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9 Organic Cotton Pajamas: Sustainable Slumber For The Whole Family

Amber McDaniel


Tossing and turning in (in)organic PJs?

You don’t have to! 

Shut-eye can be safe, simple, and sustainable with one of our favorite sustainable fabrics

While regular cotton is one of the world’s dirtiest crops, organic cotton is one of the cleanest.

It’s grown without pesticides, fertilizers, and enormous amounts of water. Which means nightmare-free sleep for the entire family (and our planet).

Snuggle in, because we’re about to tell you a bedtime story about some magical organic cotton pajamas

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Safe & Sweet Dreams In The Best Organic Cotton Sleepwear

Once upon a time, there was a brand called Coyuchi that dreamt of bringing fair trade cotton to the land of sleep essentials. 

Far across the land, Mightly was hard at work bringing about change with organic cotton pajamas for kids.

YALA wanted to bring uninterrupted deep sleep to those in the kingdom with thermo-regulating, bamboo sleepwear. 

One fateful day, the three brands met and realized they weren’t alone in their quest. So they set forth with even more brands to create the most eco-friendly bedtime.

We know that story has you on the edge of your mattress, so let’s get tucked in and hear how these nine noble brands became sleepy-time heroes.

If you’d like to skip straight ahead to the morning, the end of the article tells a different tale on how we came upon these organic cotton pajamas.

1. Pact

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About Pact

Price Range: $20–$84

If you’re looking to have a positive impact on your sleeping habits, let this Boulder, Colorado-based company put you to bed. 

Pact is the organic clothing brand making all things conscious, including ethical hoodies, organic bras, and every layer in-between. 

Tuck your little ones in with their organic cotton baby pajamas—as well as those for everyone who graduates to a big kid bed and beyond.

Stay cool in one of their lounge jumpsuits or pick some organic cotton pajamas for winter in the form of their Fireside organic cotton flannel pajamas

Pact’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Pact called their wares Earth’s Favorite™ Clothing because they use primarily GOTS-certified organic cotton. 

In some cases, it’s blended with a tiny bit of elastane, but you’ll find plenty of 100% organic cotton pajamas, too. 

Supply chain & labor practices:

Instead of counting sheep, count the number of people empowered by Pact’s Fair Trade certified factories (985, to be exact). Both their cotton farms and factories are located in India.

Green business practices:

In addition to using only the greenest slumber party materials, Pact gives customers the option to choose carbon offsets for their deliveries… which come in recycled/recyclable/biodegradable materials.

Inclusivity:

Men and women, expect to find sizes S-XXL and XS-XXL, respectively. 

There’s also a maternity section for those seeking organic cotton maternity pajamas. 

Community & charitable giving:

All orders come delivered in a dual-use, Give Back Box. Simply unpack your PJs and refill the box with gently used clothing from any brand. Send it back for redistribution to folks in need.


2. Coyuchi

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About Coyuchi

Price Range: $28–$98

Sleep soundly and sustainably with Coyuchi

This cool, calm, and collected Californian company keeps us cozy in their range of affordable linen sheets and other bedding.

To dress yourself, they carry sustainable robes and organic cotton pajamas for men and women. 

Coyuchi’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials: 

Coyuchi’s organic cotton is certified by GOTS, MADE SAFE, and Fair Trade.

No synthetic fabric nightmares either because only organic cotton is found in Coyuchi’s sleep shirts and pants.

Supply chain & labor practices:

Coyuchi sources cotton from Tanzania, Uganda, and India via the Chetna Coalition. 

It’s either woven in Portugal or India, the latter of which is Fair Trade certified and recycles 98% of wastewater. 

Beyond fair trade, Coyuchi pays additional money into a Community Development Fund which is managed by their workers and allocated towards their community’s needs.

Green business practices:

The pajamas come in a plastic poly bag, but on a mission to minimize their plastic use, the packaging size has been reduced by up to 59%. Soon, there will be no plastic at all. 

Every item has product details showing how much water, emissions, and pesticides are avoided by sleeping soundly in organic cotton. 

Coyuchi also has a 2nd Home Take Back program where old linens from the brand can be sent back to be transformed into new products. While PJs aren’t yet accepted by this program, we’re thrilled to see companies reducing any amount of textile waste.

Inclusivity:

Women’s sizes run from XS-L and men’s from M-XL. 

Community & charitable giving:

Regenerative agriculture is a big priority for the brand, which is why their 1% for the Planet donations go towards Fibershed and White Buffalo Land Trust .


3. Print Fresh

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About Print Fresh 

Price Range: $78–$248

Print Fresh takes organic sleepwear to a whole new level with its beginnings blooming from an artistic background. 

The unique patterns on these organic cotton button down pajamas (medieval unicorns anyone?) begin as paintings that get turned into digital prints and then hand-screen printed in India. 

Ethical fashion values are woven into every step of the design process of all products, including home decor (bed sheet sets), slippers, and makeup bags. 

Print Fresh’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

All products are made with 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton so your garments will be comfy and cruelty-free. 

Supply chain & labor practices:

A third-party conducts audits of the apparel factories following the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) to ensure fair wages and safe working conditions are met.

Green business practices:

The sewing factory is solar powered and recycles waste water while the printing supplier also recycles the waste water, delivered for reuse via a private pipeline directly back to the facility. 

At least 50% of Print Fresh’s inventory is sent by ship. They plan three months in advance so they can fit a season’s worth of new stock into one shipping container to cut emissions.

 Any offcuts are kept and stored for future upcycling projects. 

With a strong aversion to fast fashion, the brand doesn’t run many sales.

For shipping, they use an eco-friendly packaging from EcoEnclose, a 100% recycled poly mailer, made from both recycled and post consumer waste. 

Inclusivity: 

As an almost completely female-run business (sans co-founder husband, Leo), they make sure all sizes feel welcome. 

Men’s sleepwear runs from XS-3XL and women’s from XXS-6XL, making them one of the best brands for plus size organic cotton pajamas.

Community & charitable giving:

Print Fresh supports a number of incredible organizations such as: International Rescue Committee, Loveland Foundation, GiveIndia, and others. 

They are a part of Pledge 1%, a movement driving social change for companies big and small to create a positive impact.


4. YALA

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About YALA

Price Range: $49–$158

YALA is a “women-owned, women-led” sustainable business, bringing us some of the best organic cotton pajamas for summer around. 

While bamboo pajamas—in gowns, robes, sleep shirts, pants, and sets—are their main focus, you’ll find some that blend in organic cotton, like the Berkeley Puff Raglan Sweatshirt Top.

No men’s sleepwear as of yet, but they have organic cotton t-shirts, outerwear, and a small selection of lounge pants. 

YALA’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Organic bamboo is their main fabric due to its quick regeneration and lack of need for irrigation. It’s certified by the FSC and processed in a closed-loop system that recycles 98% of water

They also use certified organic cotton, RWS-certified superfine merino wool, and recycled spandex in some items to increase durability. 

AZO-free dyes, bluesign®-approval, ECOCERT certification, and OEKO-TEX certification ensures no toxic chemicals crawl into bed with you.

Supply chain & labor practices:

Having worked with the same production team for 17 years in China (where the bamboo is hand-harvested) ensures a close working relationship so they can better monitor workplace conditions.

As much as possible, they adhere to a “sewn where sourced” policy. Only their non-mulesed merino wool comes from outside China from small, family farms in New Zealand.

Green business practices:

In addition to reducing their manufacturing emissions by centralizing entities, they hope to keep your PJs around as long as possible by encouraging proper fabric care. Please machine wash with cold water. 

Inclusivity:

Women’s sleepwear runs from XS-XXL.


5. Leena & Lu

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About Leena & Lu

Price Range: $68–$108

Sister-run Leena & Lu is changing the way we view sustainable pajamas.

Instead of toxic chemicals, they use plants. Instead of mass-production, they use traditional techniques and small batches. Instead of quantity, they focus on quality. 

They create organic cotton pajamas for women in a wide variety of styles from t-shirts and shorts/joggers to dresses and robes—which are stylish and subtle enough to be worn during the daytime, too. 

Leena & Lu’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

If you’re looking for organic pima cotton pajamas, Leena and Lu uses 100% of it for their entire range. 

The colors are created with a combination of Andean plants and flowers.

Supply chain & labor practices:

The brand partners with Peruvian cotton farmers and small factories that are GOTS-certified and use fair trade compliant practices. All garments are handmade. 

Green business practices:

Sleep well knowing that Leena and Lu prioritizes small-batch crafting to reduce deadstock waste.

Inclusivity:

Leena & Lu’s organic cotton sleepwear come in sizes XS-XL.


6. MATE The Label

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About MATE the Label

Price Range: $48–$148

DressClean™ and DreamClean with MATE the Label: the sleep-inducing best friend you’ve always wanted. 

They’re also friendly for waking hours, too, especially if you’re on a budget. 

Their affordable ethical clothing will leave you dreaming about how else you can spend your hard-earned money (a carbon offset vacation, maybe?).

Do that while dozing off in their minimalistic sleep t-shirts and pants that are so soft, it’ll feel like you’re sleeping au naturel. 

MATE the Label’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

MATE’s pajamas aren’t made exclusively with organic cotton but rather a blend of 30% organic cotton and 70% TENCEL, colored with low-impact dyes.

Supply chain & labor practices:

The organic cotton is grown in India, the lyocell comes from Austria’s Lenzing brand, and all sewing takes place in a factory in Los Angeles—meaning these are some of the few organic cotton pajamas made in the USA

MATE doesn’t sleep on the job. They adhere to strict California labor laws and some of the highest international standards, including fair trade criteria (but uncertified).

Green business practices:

Plastic-free pajamas are the way to go—which is why 100% of MATE’s packaging materials are single-use plastic-free. 

Their Impact Report includes other green efforts, like their in-development garment recycling program.

Inclusivity:

Women’s sizes run from XS to XXXL (for extended sizes).

Community & charitable giving:

Essential worker discounts are offered for first responders, teachers, and medical professionals.


7. Mightly

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About Mightly

Price Range: $30–$45

Founded from a need for more durable clothing for active kids, Mightly is a women-owned business that carries a full range of sustainable baby clothes and kids clothes. 

With 40 years of collective ethical fashion experience between the owners, they made sure sustainability was at the heart of the company for their kids’ health and the planet’s. 

They carry affordable matching organic cotton pajamas for the family, so you can all snuggle up for the perfect photo op. 

Mightly’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Mightly offers 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton pajamas for babies and toddlers.

Machine wash with cold water, so they can last long enough to be handed down after your kids outgrow them.

Supply chain & labor practices:

Fair Trade certified, all organic cotton comes from the farmer-run Chetna Organic Farmers Association. Their soil regeneration methods use 62% less energy than non-organic cotton farming and 71% less water.

Mightly pays a Fair Trade Premium so the community can decide collectively how to use the funds for projects needed. 

They also work with Rajlakshmi Cotton Mills in Kolkata, India, the first factory to ever receive Fair Trade certification. 

Green business practices:

This brand offers customers the option to have their goods shipped with reusable RePack mailers which reduces single-use plastic. 

Inclusivity:

Mightly supports gender neutrality and carries a line that makes any child feel comfortable in their own skin (and Pjs). 

You’ll find newborn through size 14 children’s organic cotton pajamas. Adult unisex sizes run XS-XXL.

Community & charitable giving:

Their direct work with Chetna Organic Farmers Association positively impacts the community. When farming is profitable for marginalized families, they can use the funds to create schools, eco-centers, women’s enterprises, and more.


8. Nest Design

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About Nest Designs

Price Range: $28–$132

Perfect for new moms and little ones, Nest Designs creates premium, eco-friendly products for playtime, bedtime, dinnertime, and everything in between. 

And you can avoid fast fashion with this Canadian company who creates evergreen products that are designed to stand the test of time. 

This includes lightweight, breathable organic cotton sleepwear and sleep bags for babies, kids, and moms—including organic cotton nursing pajamas

Nest Designs’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Nest Designs prioritizes environmentally friendly fabrics like bamboo, Pima cotton, and GOTS-certified organic cotton. Bamboo-Pima cotton blends are found in most.

Everything is third-party tested so that safety concerns for these organic cotton kids pajamas won’t keep new parents up at night. 

They have the following certifications under their belt: ECOCERT, OEKO-TEX, and Antibacterial Activity Testing.

Supply chain & labor practices:

Manufacturing partners are chosen based on quality craftsmanship and ethical operations. They only partner with companies that take care of their employees and ensure working environments that are safe, sociable, and enjoyable. 

Green business practices:

Nest Designs is currently working on reducing their carbon footprint by eliminating waste and minimizing packaging. 

Inclusivity:

Women’s sizes run from XS-L. 

Community & charitable giving:

As supporters of the David Suzuki Foundation and the BC Children’s Hospital, Nest Designs supports organizations making a difference, whether in the life of one child or all of them by contributing to a more sustainable future.


9. Finn + Emma

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About Finn + Emma

Price Range: $11–$38

As a new parent, the last thing you want is to have to spend time searching through product details, researching confusing materials, and weeding out any greenwashing

That’s why Finn + Emma will put any parent in zero waste baby heaven with their selection of non-toxic play mats, toys, and clothing. 

Whether you’re browsing for an upcoming baby shower, looking for an organic cotton baby blanket to swaddle your little one, or on the hunt for organic cotton baby pajamas, Finn + Emma will put your search to a fin

Check out their itty-bitty Home for the Holidays sets if you’re looking for organic cotton Christmas pajamas for babies or toddlers.

Finn + Emma’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

100% GOTS-certified, heirloom-quality organic cotton and non-toxic dyes are all you’ll find in these buttery-soft jammies.

Supply chain & labor practices:

All organic cotton pajama sets and singles are ethically produced in India under ethical work conditions and for fair trade pay. 

Finn + Emma prioritizes working with female artisans, because women’s empowerment is one of the best ways to advance social changes and support developing communities. 

Green business practices:

Oh baby! Organic cotton means they’re better for the planet when your one-month-old grows out of that onesie in no time. If you can’t hand it down, you can compost it.

You won’t find petrochemicals or toxins in any of their organic baby toys either.


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How We Found The Best Organic Pajamas For The Whole Family

When it comes to sustainable living, paying a little more mind to the things we consume is the most impactful thing we can do.

Even if our minds aren’t there while we’re wearing our PJs, they should be when we’re buying them. To help, we applied our sustainable and ethical fashion criteria:

Materials:

It’s no secret we love organic cotton, and based on these pajamas (and these organic cotton leggings), it’s clear we aren’t the only ones. 

While this was the main, and often only, material to cuddle up in, we weren’t too bummed about seeing TENCEL lyocell or closed-loop bamboo fabric either. 

If we have to count sheep, that’s one thing, but we certainly don’t want to count toxic chemicals. We also looked for non-toxic and sustainable dyes and sans flame-retardant treated fabrics. 

Supply Chain & Labor Practices:

We’re happy to see that brands are rising and shining to transparency by sharing where and how their pajamas are crafted.

Going above and beyond prohibiting abhorrent practices like child/forced labor, many of these brands use fair trade practices with some specifically aiming to empower women with employment opportunities. 

Green Business Practices:

An organic cotton nightgown feels so much comfier knowing it was handcrafted in small batches, using recycled water, and shipped in recycled/recyclable materials. 

Partnering with carbon offset programs also makes up for unavoidable emissions.

Inclusivity:

We’re always happy to see women-owned businesses, extended sizes, inclusive models, and gender-neutral options. 

Community & Charitable Giving:

Organic cotton holiday pajamas make for festive and functional eco-friendly gifts—and even more so when they also give back to environmental or social organizations.


Final Thoughts On Organic Cotton Sleepwear

Globally, over 27 million tons of cotton is produced, but only a small faction is organic. Traditionally harvested cotton is detrimental to the environment and extremely climate dependent. 

Fortunately, last year the number of GOTS-certified facilities rose by 19% while OCS-certified facilities rose by 37%.

The rising demand for organic cotton is driving global-scale change—and it’s all thanks to you!

So whether you’re in need of a new pair of pajamas or have a kiddo that won’t stop growing, the only thing you’ll be counting in these women’s and men’s organic cotton pajamas is the thread count. 

Share this article with friends and family, and maybe have a slumber party to show off your new ethical (and fashionable) PJs!

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