Edited by McArthur Joseph
As guys there is usually one woman in your life that tends to take all of your clothes. (Remember this?) Probably a roommate, sister, or if your “lucky” then a girlfriend. In the spirit of our eco month we’ve rounded up a few green friendly shirt styles that you can have stolen by share with the lady in your life.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Armed with organic fibers and heritage wools, Samantha Pleet sought to revive romanticism for Fall 2012. With a halo of gold around their heads, the designs paint a picture of soft beauty, with a backstory of sustainability. Since Pleet’s debut in 2006, the now 29-year-old designer has used eco-friendly materials in a delicately cool way. She’s shown with Gen Art and The Green Shows, and continues to build a following of girl rockers like The Dirty Projectors and Au Revoir Simone, along with girls who want beautiful clothes (that just happen to be carefully crafted to preserve the environment).
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Designer Beryl Man has shifted her concerns from Donna Karan’s knitwear and Hussein Chalayan’s collection, to focusing on sustainability within her own label, Ajna. Man creates clothing that makes people think, and that makes the world a better place. Convertible, ever changing garments are made up of artisanal and organic textiles with low-impact dyes. She embraces the philosophy of the Tao: a life of simplicity with non-interference with the natural course of events. With that, Man is doing all in her power to create and produce in a way that won’t disrupt Mother Nature.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
After spending the afternoon at the Green Products Expo at the Hyatt at Grand Central Station, my mind is reeling with eco friendliness. Organic this! Gluten-free that! Antioxidants in everything! All of the green foods we tasted today have seeped into the fashion conscious. Thus, we bring you three sustainable looks to match super eco foods.
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
We already know that H&M started an organic cotton collection but now the company has announced that it’s going greener. It plans an even bigger step into organic cotton for Autumn/Winter 2008-2009, and will use other sustainable materials like organic and recycled wool and polyester.
“We are now using organic cotton in all departments,” said H&M’s head of design, Ann-Sofie Johansson.
Among the organic items you will be able to buy are accessories like scarves (left), and recycled wool mix skirts, coats, and trousers.
Source: FabSugar
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
The green/eco trend is now hitting larger companies. Intimo- a leading manufacturer of underwear, sleepwear and loungewear for men, women and children is launching an eco-friendly line called Bamboo. Intimo caters to upper-tier and specialty stores, department stores, mid-tier stores, catalog and Internet retailers with supple, elegant fabrications and designs. Their product collections range from long johns and boxers to lingerie, robes and upscale sleep sets.
The Bamboo line will consist of a Cotton/Rayon blended fabric, which will make it tempting to touch. It is sensual and comfortable to wear with temperature control that allows you to remain cool and dry. Bamboo is eco-friendly, biodegradable, highly sustainable resource and naturally regenerative.
Bamboo crops need less water, grow quickly and as a result, have less of a negative impact on the atmosphere. Look for the line May 15, 2008
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
Bamboo is like the whiz kid of the botany world. It builds houses, feeds pandas, filters toxins out of the soiland grows up to four feet per day in any climate—and it also makes a pretty great cashmere substitute. Pamplemosses is a new label out of LA that has realized the potential of this overachieving plant and used it to create a line of kitten-soft garments for men, women and babies, proving that luxury doesn’t have to harm the earth.
The brainchild of artist Gene Eu, Pamplemosses was born in November 2006 with a simple goal in mind: “to bring people harmonious products that are comfortable, beautiful, and nurturing to the environment.” To achieve this, each Pamplemosses T-shirt, dress and pair of underwear is crafted from 100% natural bamboo fiber, and is silk screened with Eu’s nature-inspired illustrations in water-based ink. The resulting fabrics are not just super soft, but also hypoallergenic, antibacterial and UV protective—apparently, the only thing they can’t do is make the morning coffee.
The past year’s journey has been a major learning curve for Eu and his team, many of whom come from high-fashion backgrounds. “Working with bamboo is a pretty new approach, and there weren’t any rules for us to follow when we started out,” he explains. But with a growing following among the fashion set and exciting new innovations in fabric color and texture in the works for next year, it looks like their cram session has more than paid off.
Content courtesy of JC Report.
