It seems like ages ago now that high-end and fast-fashion retailers alike were proudly trying to make the female population dress like fighter pilots and/or garbage collectors by foisting jumpsuits upon them.  Now, hopefully, that trend has given way to another full-body outfit: the catsuit.  Take a look at this black velvet number from Bodkin and tell me it isn’t an improvement.  Me-ow!  Jump for another look.

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As the inaugural recipient of the Ecco Domani Sustainable Design Award for 2009, BODKIN is an ongoing exploration of sustainability in methods and materials. Designer, Eviana Hartman, creates wearable sustainable clothing essentials for this Fall 2009 collection.

The A/W 09 collection will be available starting August 2009 at fine retailers like Steven Alan.

GALLERY: Bodkin Fall 09

Samantha Pleet left Bodkin in the trusty hands of former Teen Vogue and Nylon writer Eviana Hartman, with whom she started the eco-friendly label.

Hartman held Bodkin’s first official runway show Monday and showed off “dyes derived from eggplants or spinach leaves, quilting from recycled bottles, and non-violent silk blessed by the Dalai Lama.” The result: slouchy, warm shapes, one-of-a-kind dye jobs, and sustainable simplicity.

GALLERY: Bodkin Fall 2009

Open until mid-January, the pop-up shop features clothing and accessories from Samantha Pleet, Patrick Pleet, Rapscallion, Bodkin, Pamela Love, Kendi, Jewish Rosaries, and Mocun.

For their Spring 2009 lookbook, Brooklyn-based Bodkin designers Samantha Pleet and Eviana Hartman recruited Swedish songbird Lykke Li to model their latest eco-friendly looks.

Images from Refinery29.