Clothing with A Conscience Is Sexy
Apr 7th, 2008 | By Style Snob | Category: Conscious FashionThe clothes we wear tell others who we are and what we care about. You don’t have to adorn yourself with potato sacks to prove you are environmentally conscious, because more and more designers are realizing the need for organic clothing.
Eco-friendly fashion has undergone a major transformation from “hippie” to “hip”. Take a look at what some eco-friendly designers are doing to change the world and our fashion. Feel sexy with clothes that make you feel good inside out.
Patagonia - Makes its fleece out of recycled soda bottles.
Loomstate - Designs jeans you can look good in and feel good about. The line uses only organic and pesticide-free cotton.
Nike - Undergoing change to adapt to the conscious trend-blending some organic cotton into all its clothes. The sportswear giant also dedicated one line to 100-percent organic cotton.
Whole Foods Now carries eco-friendly lines from hats and bags to t-shirts and shoes.
Linda Loudermilk - Organic, sustainable clothing. This clothing designer devoted her life and business to fashion that doesn’t hurt the earth.
Edun - Owned by U2’s Bono and wife Ali Hewson launched this socially-conscious clothing line that’s manufactured in family-run factories in countries that practice fair trade.
Ecoist - “Candy Wrapper Handbags.” The line uses misprinted or discontinued snack bags, soda labels and candy wrappers to make handbags. Ecoist also plants a tree for every bag it sells.
Earth Pledge - A non-profit environmental agency-shot a video of an all-eco runway show with 28 famous designers like Diane von Furstenberg and Oscar de la Renta during the New York Fashion Week.
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