Shirts Made of Milk and Underwear Made of Seaweed

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Senior editor Kiki Aranita thinks deeply about how the stuff she wears is made and how it impacts the environment. She avoids fast fashion and labels like “vegan leather” and “100% organic cotton” as “there are frequently unmentioned virgin plastics involved in making the former and excessive water usage in cultivating the latter.” If you take a peek inside her closet, you’ll find pieces made of seaweed, banana skins, spent soy husks, and even milk. Here are some of her favorite sustainable pieces.

In beauty and wellness news: Arielle Avila asked a cosmetic chemist if bakuchiol really stands up to retinol (not quite), and Rachael Griffiths named Lux Unfiltered’s N°36 Supernatural Original Tanning Mousse the best-smelling self-tanner (“It genuinely smelled like a rich chocolate-bomb dessert,” she says).

The past few days of false fall have been wonderful, but since summer sweat isn’t behind us quite yet, you might want to try one of the full-body deodorants Dominique Pariso spoke to experts about. And you can read more about how Pariso tests and chooses beauty and wellness products (including the sex toys she always recommends) here. —Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor