For Days
Rated: Great
Price: $$
Location: USA
Quick verdict
For Days is best understood as a textile recycling platform rather than a traditional fashion brand. Its signature Take Back Bag ($20, with $20 Closet Cash credited back) lets consumers recycle up to 15 pounds of any textile from any brand, diverting waste from landfills. While the circular concept is genuinely innovative, the brand has significantly pivoted, it no longer prominently sells its own clothing line and instead operates as a curated marketplace with a recycling program. Caveat: customer reviews are mixed (Closet Cash restrictions frustrate many), labor transparency for marketplace brands is unclear, and the shift away from its own product line raises questions about the brand's future direction.
Key info
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Founded
- 2018
- Product categories
- Basics, Womenswear
- Price range
- $$
- Key certifications
- Formerly: GRS, SMETA (labor); currently unclear for marketplace brands
For Days sustainability rating
Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (We Avoid) to 5 (Excellent). How we rate
Rating breakdown
When For Days sold its own clothing, products were made from organic cotton, recycled fibers, and non-toxic dyes, all GRS-certified and designed for recyclability. The shift to a marketplace model means materials vary widely by brand. Earlier environmental assessments may not reflect current practices.
Production is sourced from countries with extreme risk of labor abuse, there is no Code of Conduct, and no living wage assurance. As a marketplace, the labor standards of partner brands are unclear, no published vetting criteria exist.
The Take Back Bag is the standout offering. 74% of received items are sorted for reuse, 15–20% go to fiber recycling, and only ~5% end up in landfill. Partners include Hallotex, Leigh Fibers, and Phoenix Fibers. Making textile recycling easy and rewarding for consumers is genuinely innovative.
Has declined significantly since the brand's early days. The website no longer shows factory information, mill details, or a Code of Conduct. The marketplace lacks published criteria for how partner brands are selected or vetted for sustainability.
Take Back Bags are $20 each (with $20 Closet Cash back), making the recycling program effectively free if you shop on the platform. However, multiple reviews report frustration with Closet Cash restrictions (capped at $20 per order, excluded from bag purchases, hard to redeem).
What they do well
- Pioneered accessible textile recycling for consumers: the Take Back Bag makes it easy to recycle any textile in any condition from any brand, addressing a major gap in consumer access to textile recycling; claims to have diverted millions of pounds from landfills
- 74% reuse rate on received items: the majority of Take Back Bag contents are sorted for resale/reuse rather than downcycled, maximizing the value and environmental benefit of each item
- Founded by a credible industry veteran: CEO Kristy Caylor previously co-founded Maiyet (luxury ethical fashion), led Gap's Product (RED) division, and worked with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Original clothing line was genuinely circular: when For Days sold its own products, they were 100% recyclable, made with organic cotton and non-toxic dyes, GRS-certified, and designed for closed-loop recycling
Room for improvement
- Major transparency decline since pivoting to marketplace model, no published vetting criteria for marketplace brands, no Code of Conduct, no factory information. Some marketplace brands may not meet high sustainability standards. This approaches greenwashing territory.
- Widespread customer frustration with Closet Cash program, persistent complaints: Closet Cash capped at $20 per order, excluded from Take Back Bag purchases, technical glitches, shifting program rules, and poor communication. Multiple customers describe feeling misled.
About For Days
For Days was founded in 2018 in Los Angeles by Kristy Caylor and Mary Saunders, both veterans of the fashion industry (previously co-founders of luxury ethical brand Maiyet). The brand launched as the self-described "first-ever circular fashion brand," selling its own line of 100% recyclable basics designed to be sent back and recycled into new products at end-of-life.
The initial model was genuinely innovative: customers could return worn For Days clothing for recycling and receive Closet Cash credit for future purchases, creating a closed loop. Products were GRS-certified, SMETA-audited, made with organic cotton and non-toxic dyes. 1% of each order was donated to build schools in factory communities in Morocco.
However, the brand has significantly pivoted. For Days no longer prominently sells its own branded clothing and instead operates primarily as a textile recycling service via the Take Back Bag ($20, accepts any textile from any brand, with $20 Closet Cash back) and a curated marketplace. The Take Back Bag program has been rebranded under the name "Trashie."
Working with recycling partners Hallotex, Leigh Fibers, and Phoenix Fibers, For Days claims 74% of received items go to reuse, 15–20% to fiber recycling, and ~5% to landfill. While the recycling concept remains strong, transparency has declined, the brand no longer publishes factory details, labor certifications, or a Code of Conduct for its marketplace.
Product highlights
Take Back Bag
Recycling bag accepting up to 15 lbs of any textiles from any brand
$20 (with $20 Closet Cash back)
Core product; makes textile recycling accessible and rewarding; accepts items in any condition including ripped, torn, or stained
Take Back Bag 6-Pack
Bundle of 6 recycling bags for full-home cleanouts
~$100 ($20 off + free shipping)
Best value for large closet purges; each bag earns separate Closet Cash
Marketplace Clothing
Curated selection from various sustainable brands (tees, dresses, basics)
~$20–$100+
Varies by brand; original For Days basics (when available) were organic cotton, non-toxic dyes, and 100% recyclable
Original Organic Tee (when available)
100% recyclable organic cotton T-shirt
~$28–$38
The brand's original hero product; GRS-certified, designed for closed-loop recycling; availability now limited
