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Few things are as delicate as your newborn’s skin, so it’s understandable to want to dress them in the best organic baby clothes. Health experts recommend natural and breathable fabric for babies, and an organic certification ensures this—in addition to eco-friendly fiber production. Baby clothes also need to be strong enough to hold up to frequent washing, and stretchy enough to put on little ones’ wiggly arms and legs relatively easily.
When shopping for organic clothing for your baby, look for the green Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) seal. This robust third-party standard is the most common organic certification found on clothes and home goods in the U.S., although you may also find cotton that’s USDA Organic. You’ll also want to look for features that are common to all of the best baby clothes, like easy to close snaps and zippers, durable construction and adorable style. We deeply researched the market and carefully reviewed materials to find the best organic baby clothes.
- Best Organic Baby Clothes Overall: Hanna Andersson, Monica + Andy
- Best Affordable Organic Baby Clothes: Primary, Burt’s Bees
- Best Organic Baby Clothes Made In The USA: Winter Water Factory
- Best Cute Organic Baby Clothes: Finn + Emma
- Best Organic Newborn Baby Clothes: Honest Baby
- Best Organic Onesies: Norani, Milkbarn Kids
Best Organic Baby Clothes Overall
Hanna Andersson: Beautiful Clothes That Make Lasting Hand-Me-Downs
Founded in 1983, Hanna Andersson has always used natural cotton and later expanded to GOTS certified fibers. A Forbes Vetted editor favorite, this brand is known for bright prints, matching family sets and high quality. We love that the garments are designed to be handed down from child to child, with a name label inside that has space to write in three names. I’ve purchased new Hanna Andersson pajamas and onesies for my son, and I have secondhand clothes from the brand that have held up equally well.
Monica + Andy: Soft, Stretchy Sets In Matching Prints
Monica + Andy’s GOTS-certified organic cotton baby clothes add 5% spandex to make them easy to get on and off wiggly babes. This means the garments are softer, but also have some non-organic fibers, so there’s a small trade-off. You can find rompers, onesies, baby blankets and hats in the same adorable print, which makes them an ideal baby shower gift or great for special occasions like coming home from the hospital. (Its knot top baby hats seem to stay on better than most.) Monica + Andy also has a collaboration with Disney so you can get high-quality clothes featuring your favorite character.
Best Affordable Organic Baby Clothes
Primary: A Rainbow of Basics Under $25
Primary makes baby basics in bright solid colors (hence the name) and simple patterns, all in 100% GOTS-certified cotton. The other benefit of this approach? Everything you pull out of the drawer effortlessly looks cute together. We love that everything is pre-washed so it won’t shrink and—even better for sensitive-skinned babes—is tagless. Few items cost more than $30.
Burt’s Bees: Great Value And Adorable Prints
Burt's Bees One-Piece Zip Front Romper
If you want organic baby clothes with cute prints, Burt’s Bees is an excellent value. In his first 6 months of life, my son wore Burt’s Bees footed onesies nearly constantly and they are still in great condition after countless rounds through the washing machine and dryer. Made with 100% GOTS certified cotton, these baby clothes have user-friendly details like diagonal zippers and fold-over mitts on the sleeves of the smallest sizes to prevent your newborn from scratching themselves.
Best Organic Baby Clothes Made In The USA
Winter Water Works: Unique Prints Made In The USA
Erica Joy Dunn, owner of the Cape Cod children’s boutique Littlenecks, recommends Winter Water Factory for colorful, artistic prints you won’t see everywhere. The Brooklyn-based children’s clothing company uses only 100% certified organic cotton and manufactures everything in the USA.“The prints are so beautiful,” says Dunn. “The blankets are my go-to new babe gifts.”
Best Cute Organic Baby Clothes
Emma + Finn: Fun Graphics, On-Trend Colors
Finn + Emma has a wide selection of cute printed onesies (including something for most holidays), all made from 100% certified organic cotton. The brand also has plenty of solid-colored basics to help you complete the look, and many of the designs are gender neutral, which can make it easier to pass items on to the next child when one baby outgrows them. The brand also uses eco-friendly dyes and ethical labor practices.
Best Organic Newborn Baby Clothes
Honest Baby Clothing: GOTS Cotton For Even The Smallest Babies
Honest Baby makes great organic clothing for all babies, but the brand is a favorite for newborns because it has a 0-3 month size, a newborn size and a premie size, which the brand also refers to as “earlies.” Everything is made with 100% GOTS certified organic cotton and many styles come in practical multi-packs like this set of five short sleeve body suits.
Best Organic Onesies
Norani: Smart Design That Makes Diaper Changes Smoother
Available in colorful prints like bright balloons and cherry blossoms, Norani’s onesies have a two-way zipper. That means you can take the garment off from the top down or the bottom up—whichever is better for your wiggly baby or the location of their current mess. The fabric is 95% organic cotton and 5% spandex, so the fabric is soft and stretchy, but there is a small amount of non-organic fiber in the weave.
Milkbarn Kids: Cotton And Bamboo Favorites
Milkbarn Kids makes super-soft onesies from a blend of rayon from bamboo and organic, GOTS-certified cotton. Its prints skew more watercolor than graphic; we especially love its assortment of African animals like elephants, lions and giraffes. Milkbarn’s onesies have a two-way zipper, and there are a ruffled and footed styles as well.
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At Forbes Vetted, we take baby and parenting gear—from maternity bras to baby bibs—seriously. The writers and editors who cover kids and baby gear are parents, and have spent countless hours testing and researching parenting products. We prioritize recommending safe products, and we closely follow the latest child health and safety research. We also consult health care professionals industry experts to better inform our recommendations.
For this article, we interviewed sustainable fashion expert Alden Wicker, the author of To Dye For, and Erica Joy Dunn, owner of the Cape Cod children’s boutique Littlenecks.
Margaret Badore, the author of this article, has been reporting on sustainability and health topics for over 15 years, including extensive experience covering the textile industry and consumer goods certifications. Coauthor Elyse Moody covers parenting gear. Both authors are mom themselves.
How We Chose The Best Organic Baby Clothes
I’ve been reporting on the environmental impacts of the apparel industry for over a decade, so I knew from the outset that we wanted all our recommendations to have third-party organic certification. When it comes to textiles sold in the U.S., that almost always means certification from by Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), although a few producers who make clothing domestically use cotton that’s certified USDA Organic.
As moms ourselves, we’ve purchased and used a fair share of organic baby clothes—some of which has been worthy of recommending, as well as some that is not. My coauthor also interviewed apparel industry insiders to help us learn about other factors to take into account, and additional brands we might have overlooked.
From there, I narrowed down the list by evaluating the value and design offerings of brand. I aimed to include clothing that’s easy for parents to use, as well as a range of styles to suit different tastes.
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