Eco-Fashion
With the growing trend in eco-fashion comes much misleading marketing. The truth is there are a great many brands with true ecologicial credentials like NOHARM, Sugar Cane, Loomstate, Kohzo to name a few but there are also a great many other brands who are simply looking to make a buck off the latest trend. Venessa [...]
Counterfeit Clothing = Terrorism
Following Kitmeout’s report that fake clothing is supporting terrorism in 2006: http://www.kitmeout.com/blog/2006/02/14/louis-vuitton-shoes-louis-vuitton-bag-louis-vuitton-fakes/, Reuters have issued the following update: “NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City, long a place where counterfeit watches and fake designer handbags are sold on street corners, is unveiling an ad campaign warning consumers of the human cost of indulging in knockoffs. [...]
Ethical Fashion
The International ethical fashion trade fair will take place October 9th – 12th 2008 in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre. Ethical Fashion Show® is organised by Universal Love a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1995. Ethical Fashion Show’s objective is to bring together International buyers and fashion professionals together with cutting edge ethical fashion designers [...]
Earthchild Clothing with a Conscience!
Following the lead of NOHARM Footwear and Clothing, Earthchild Clothing is making an impact with Contemporary, Comfortable Clothing with a Conscience. Bright Beginning Aware of the fine quality of South African cotton, the partners of the Earthchild U.S. Flagship store in Westfield, N.J. sought a clothing store with South African roots. “One look at Earthchild [...]
Barneys + Loomstate to Go Green…
Barneys, Loomstate to Go Green by Recycling T-Shirts. The axiom “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is getting an eco-sensitive spin, thanks to Barneys New York, Loomstate and the Sundance Channel. Anyone up for recycling their Tees let us know. Launched in New York City in 2004 by designer Rogan Gregory and Scott Hahn, [...]
Green Fashion + NOHARM Clothing
“Research and Markets” just published a report covering the latest of green textiles and apparel. According to Research and Markets “green fashion” is the way forward and the future for the industry is looking very rosie. Going green is still a hot news item and environmental issues are being addressed. Research and Markets reports it’s [...]
Sugar Cane Jeans, The Eco Answer?
ECO-TIPS FOR JEANS Sugar Cane Jeans, the original environmentally progressive brand is perhaps the answer to the denim woes highlighted by UNEP? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) presents an innovative ad to sensitize young people to climate change through… their jeans! Paris, France – March 2008 – Among the sustainability challenges that affect our [...]
A Peace Treaty 2008 Collection
Born as a personal treaty between Faraf Malik, a Pakistani Muslim and Dana Arbib, a Libyan Jew, A PEACE TREATY is a statement in fashion aimed at an international audience. Their production enables talented artisans to ply their trade in difficult socio-economic conditions. Each collection focuses on a specific region, with the 2008 collection inspired [...]
Green Fashion = FutureFashion
During New York Fashion Week, 28 top designers dazzled New York with cutting edge eco-friendly fashions on the runway. Renewable, reusable, non-polluting fabrics such as organic cotton and wool, bamboo, corn-based fibers, recycled fibers and biopolymers were transformed into everything from elegant couture to street wear. Why FutureFashion? FutureFashion have launched FutureFashion as an Earth [...]
Nudie Jeans claims Amnesty!
For AW07, Nudie Jeans have teamed up with Amnesty International in Sweden to create a Human Rights T-shirt collection. Each shirt represents one of the 30 articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and was donated by the designers who took part in this project.
Stella McCartney Designer of the Year
The annual British Fashion Awards at Lawrence Hall, handed Stella McCartney Designer of the Year award; only the fifth time a women has taken the award in 20 years! Vivienne Westwood recieved the Outstanding Achievement Award and Anya Hindmarch took the award for Best Designer Brand. Not surprisingly, Marc Jacobs store was awarded Best Retail [...]
Is Green Fashion the Future?
Is Green Fashion the Future? Monarchy, Linda Loudermilk, Gary Harvey Creative, Evidence of Evolution, The Battalion, Peligrosa and a dozen eco-minded labels touted that message this month at presentations of their spring collections at BoxEight, Smashbox Studios and other events during Los Angeles Fashion Week. In fashion, environmental sustainability is “an emerging trend,” said Mark [...]
Denim Design Lab + organic selvage denim
Denim Design Lab to produce custom jeans for presenters and nominees from the 2007 ESPY Awards. Denim Design Lab recently participated in the ESPY Style Studio, an exclusive event in association with the 2007 ESPY Awards. The world’s best athletes, along with upcoming actors, actresses and “taste makers†came through the ESPY Style Suites held [...]
D&G Jeans Going Green?
Are D&G going green and turning from bling merchants to treehuggers? Perhaps a leading question which persumes you can’t be both… Anyway, D&G’s latest collection is being billed as “D&G go to Glastonbury” and includes a hippie mix of florals, fringes and patched-up jeans. D&G Jeans had wide legs which designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano [...]
Pine IV Jeans – Environmental Denim?
Pine IV jeans is a line of denim out of Redmond, WA. Pine IV jeans are billed as sweet and sexy…yet tough. Painful marketing at best! That said, Pine IV’s main attribute is the brand’s ennvironmental credentials. For every pair of Pine IV jeans sold, the brand will plant a tree on the customer’s behalf [...]
Stella McCartney x Adidas offend PETA
PETA raise the hyprocacy flag and attact their once staunchest fashion ally, Stella McCartney. Â Stella McCartney, reputedly used kangaroo leather to produce her Adidas shoe collection. The new collection is to be launched at London Fashion Week this month. Several animal right organisations are protesting against the collection and are trying to stop its [...]
One 4 All Clothing, Tommy Hilfiger + Thierry Henry
Tommy Hilfiger and Thierry Henry are teaming up to create a new fashion collection called One 4 All clothing, the proceeds of which go to the anti-racism foundation of the same name. “I’m very happy to be able bring something to people who’ve had less luck than myself,” said Thierry, the official ambassador against racism for [...]
Sugar Cane Jeans, Smoulder…
Eco-friendly jeans just got a whole lot more sexier. Sugar Cane Jeans are known as the original eco-denim if not the original eco-brand and now they are taking it to the next level and saying just because we’re green doesn’t mean we can’t be sexy. Sugar Cane jeans prove having a conscience is more than [...]
Ethical Footwear by NOHARM
NOHARM synergises High Fashion and Ethical Consumerism. NOHARM recognises these two terms are no longer mutually exclusive and the synergy of fashion and ethics is consumer driven by a powerful and wide demographic. “Ethical consumerism” is a term gaining support and recognition at an exponential rate. The growing demand for cruelty-free, eco-conscious, environmentally-friendly and fair-trade [...]
Stella McCartney Anti Fur Fashion
Stella McCartney is to launch a virtual antifur protest. On July 12, the designer and PETA will co-host an online event on a specially created island in the virtual world. Visitors to the island will be able to show their support for PETA in virtual terms. All visitors will receive a selection of antifur accessories for their [...]
UNIQLO Clothing = Green + Ethical
Since 2001 UNIQLO Clothing has been collecting fleece wear and converting it into fuel for power generation; now they are accepting everything, twice a year at season change. In the trial, 140,000 items were collected, 92% was suitable for additional use and donated to refugee camps in Thailand and Nepal, 6% was converted into fuel [...]
Nudie Jeans + Nudie T-Shirt = Amnesty International
Visionary fashion brand Nudie Jeans encourages the support of Amnesty International. For every sold â€Fight for human rights†t-shirt Amnesty receives 5.5 euros. This is their angle: â€Every year, throughout the world, many thousands of people of all ages have their human rights abused. Most of us don’t experience this personally, but it tis impossible [...]
Organic Jeans + Organic Denim = Original Sugar Cane Jeans!
Organic cotton used to create so called organic jeans is all the rage at the moment. According to Sugar Cane’s UK brand director, Paul Morarji, though, bar all the hype, it’s actually nothing new. “We have always offered an organic denim, ever since we started producing jeans in 1975,” he says. “The cotton and the [...]
Nudie Jeans + Organic Denim
Nudie Jeans made with organic cotton — the reasons why: “Denim is made of cotton, which causes great damage to our environment both in terms of water consumption (7000 to 29.000 litres of water for each kilogram of ready garment) and in terms of poisonous substances and insecticides. Cotton fields stand for 25% of all [...]
Evisu Jeans + Puma Evisu = Go Green
There’s Green and there’s GREEN denim. Most of us think of Sugar Cane, Loomstate, Edun or a list of other Eco-friendly denim offerings when we think of GREEN jeans. Evisu, however, have opted to take it literally and offer a pair of green-hued jeans. To quote the guys: “In addition to ring spun denim with [...]
Sling & Stones jeans + eco-friendly jeans
Sling & Stones jeans for the socially responsible follower of fashion. Sling & Stones is a collective of dreamers turned doers. Began in 2005 with nary a fashion designer on staff, Sling & Stones represents a reckless pursuit of revolution. From mathematicians to fine artists, each of them has sacrificed the security of paychecks and [...]
Sugar Cane Union Star Jeans
The newest addition to the Sugar Cane denim line-up for 2007 is the Union Star Jean. Sugar Cane Union Star Jeans available from listed retailers on the official website www.sugarcanejeans.co.uk and online at Togged In July of 1965 Toyo Enterprise, the parent company of Sugar Cane, was commissioned to make a limited run of jeans [...]
Aoki Jeans + Green Tree = Green Jeans
Atlanta denim company AOKI, Japanese for “Green Tree”, is set to take the fashion world by storm. The AOKI collection of prestige denim is designed for the true denim aficionado. The Aoki Denim collection includes a style that is created horn raw organic cotton with premium finishes and uses exceptional construction to achieve superior fit. [...]
Vegan Shoes + Ethical Fashion = NOHARM
At Last!! Genuinely stylish and ethically responsible shoes and fashion. The NOHARM collection is the Gucci of the green, vegan and ethical world. This classy and ethical brand is handcrafted in Italy and conforms to a set of high ethical standards. The future of fashion starts here. “NOHARM synergises High Fashion and Ethical Consumerism. NOHARM [...]
Earnest Sewn Jeans help the environment?
Helios House, BP’s eco-friendly gas station in Los Angeles, have kitted their petrol pump attendants out with Earnest Sewn jeans. BP label Helios House as “a green experiment at the pump.” and is set to lead the way into a more environmentally responsible future. Earnest Sewn have clearly discerned the importance of environmentally and ethically [...]
