About MATE
Style With Standards.
Our philosophy
Luxurious textures, clean silhouettes, positive impact.
MATE blends utilitarian beauty with tactile warmth in intentional essentials made with the highest standards and the finest natural materials. We've considered every detail—fiber sourcing, fit architecture, material performance—for women who won’t compromise between their values and their aesthetic.
Dress code
The MATE Dress Code brings your values into each fiber and fabrication.
- Thoughtfully sourced natural materials with certifications including GOTS, ROC™, and OEKO-TEX® across select fabrications.
- The Climate Label certified for reduced environmental impact.
- Certified B-Corp for social and environmental accountability.
- Female founded and led, designed by and for women.
Soft Fabrics. Strong Convictions.
MATE brings the best of the natural world to your wardrobe, from certified organic and regenerative foundations to activewear designed for your health.
Explore Our Fabric LibraryCertifications
The leading global certification for organic textiles, covering the entire supply chain from fiber to finished product, GOTS ensures both organic farming practices and strict chemical restrictions (such as prohibiting toxic heavy metals and azo dyes) throughout the entire supply chain, verifying both fiber integrity and responsible processing.
What it certifies
- Textiles made with certified organic natural fibers
- Environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing
Key standards
- No toxic bleaches, formaldehyde, heavy metals, or hazardous dyes
- Strict wastewater treatment requirements
- Bans on GMOs
- Social compliance aligned with International Labour Organization standards (no forced labor, child labor, unsafe conditions)
- Full traceability and third-party audits
ROC™ verifies regenerative agriculture practices that restore ecosystems, capture carbon, and improve soil health, as well as additional social fairness and animal welfare criteria.
What it certifies
- Products made from ingredients grown using regenerative farming methods that improve soil and ecosystem health.
Key standards
- Soil health and land management covering cropping, composting, rotational grazing, carbon sequestration
- Higher animal welfare standards than conventional agriculture
- Protections and fair treatment for farm workers
- Full traceability and third-party audits
OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is considered one of the most comprehensive chemical safety tests globally, verifying the finished product is safe for human health.
What it certifies
- Finished fabrics, trims, and garments tested against a comprehensive list of over 1,000 harmful substances to ensure they’re safe for direct contact with skin
Testing includes:
- Heavy metals
- Formaldehyde
- Azo dyes
- Pesticides
- Phthalates
- PFAS
The Climate Label verifies that brands actively measure their supply chain greenhouse gas emissions, fund verified climate solutions, and make concrete reductions toward net-zero targets, rather than merely neutralizing past emissions (carbon offsetting).
What it certifies:
- Verifies structural business investments and continuous supply chain emission reductions
Key standards:
- Measuring greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering products and services
- Planning a decarbonization journey and tracking carbon reduction actions and results
- Funding projects that mitigate carbon emissions
- Amplifying impact through disclosure, advocacy, and education.
An integrated business certification that ensures a brand meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability
What it certifies:
- Impact and commitment to responsible business practices that benefit people and planet
Key pillars:
- Impact on climate, water, land, and biodiversity including carbon footprint, supply chain materials, and resource conservation
- Worker compensation, benefits, health and safety, training, and overall job satisfaction
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain practices
- Stewardship of customers through ethical marketing, data privacy, and the creation of impactful products or services
- Overall mission, ethics, accountability, and transparency
Responsible packaging
No plastic in our mailers or gift boxes—nothing that lingers in landfills or pollutes our oceans.
Vela Bags
FSC certified
REACH tested and compliant
Curbside recyclable
Gift Box
Made with recycled paper
Soy based ink
Curbside recyclable
Made in the USA
Mailers
Made with 100% recycled kraft content (70% post consumer)
HydroSoy ink
Curbside recyclable
Made in the USA
