Crews Attitude

Maroussia Rebecq, founder of Parisian fashion line Andrea Crews Collective, knows just how to upcycle unwanted garbs and make them into eccentric new art pieces. Her works have been seen on such artists as Santigold, Yelle, Olivia of The Do, and Metronomy.

The name, "Andrea Crews" signifies a masked person whose name might just belong to a man in Germany or a woman in Italy highlighting the fact that this 'collective' is made up of multiple facets and collaborations. Although indie at heart, Andrea Crews attracts some mainstream brands who have asked Rebecq to reinvent their stock in a co-branding approach such as Nike.

Andrea Crews includes a line of organic clothing in addition to recycled garment collections.

Seen below is her futuristic-tribalistic "Sisters of Mercy" collection.

All pieces in this collection are hand-made and include recycled vintage.

Olsenhaus' Hot Kicks

Coming Spring 2010, Olsenhaus will be releasing a line of super cute [Babylon] eco-chic flats that are made entirely from Recycled Television Screen Microfiber!

The recycling process used reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions by 80%-- talk about kick-ing bad habits!

www.olsenhaus.com

Dear Mr. Larkin

Your designs are ethical, elegant, and lovely.

Eco-consious 'Mr. Larkin' made an impressive impact on all who attended the The Green Shows, a two-day event that took place in Soho sponsored by The Rainforest Action Network.

Designer Casey Larkin's collection included organic, sustainable, and renewable textiles. Organic cotton, peace silk, bamboo muslin and tulle were utilized in all of her pieces. All of the dyes used were derived from plants and vegetables such as blackberries, olives, fig, acorn, and sour grass.

www.mrlarkin.net

Lara Miller Holiday Collection 2009

Lara Miller is greatly influenced by architectural aspects of her hometown of Chicago. Her designs have been featured on Elle.com, The Today Show, NY Times, WWD, Lucky Magazine, and many others.

In addition to doing her best to limit her carbon footprint, Lara's designs are created by hand pattern making and draping which allows her to re-use old patterns and scrap material into future collections. Lara researches her materials very thoroughly to ensure that they include only low-impact reactive dyes. She has also been researching new ways of dyeing with natural sources.

Lara's garments incorporate SKAL certified cotton, hemp, vegan ahimsa peace silk, organic wool, linen, lycoll, flax, soy fibers, hand-loomed bamboo, and recycled organic cotton. Lara favors recycled organic cotton and looks forward to incorporating more in future projects as the yarn is regenerated from post-industrial scraps. By using this material, Lara can assist in reducing the need for growing crops and using dyes while also contributing to reducing the amount of waste that goes into our landfills.

www.laramiller.net

Meiling Chen - Ecologique Show

Clothing by: Meiling Chen

Ecologique Fashion Show 10-17-09

Photos by Stephen|Akers Photography

Has Katharine Hamnett convinced you to "Save the Future" ?

Can Katharine Hamnett convince you to consume only organic cotton?

"Non-organic cotton represents 10% of world agriculture."

This type of cotton contains 25% of the world's pesticides.

"100 million conventional cotton farmers... are living in conditions of abject poverty and near starvation."

"Conventional cotton subsidies funded by American taxpayers are causing poverty in the developing world as they lower the world price for cotton."

[American's can change this by writing their congress people and insisting organic cotton clothing]

"20,000 people die every year from accidental pesticide poisoning in conventional cotton agriculture"

http://www.katharinehamnett.com/