Posts Tagged: low carbon footprint

Antiform

Tired of the homogeny of fast fashion, Antiform prefers the material connection from maker to wearer they engender through their designs.

The American Mid West touches and colors all of Gretchen Jones work from the casual knit sweaters she pairs with floral skirts, reminiscent of blooming country meadows, to the accessorizing of her collection with heavy brown leather ankle boots, as at home on a farm as a catwalk.

Eva Zingoni

Eva Zingoni is an Argentinean, Italian, sometimes Madrileña, deeply Parisian and completely Latin. A traveler, a personality with boundless curiosity, eclectic taste, and a cultivated independence, Zingoni’s designs are limited edition pieces cut from surplus materials sourced from Parisian fashion houses.

Samantha Pleet

Brooklyn Designer Samantha Pleet produces a quirky, youthful collection intertwining story telling with modern, wearable clothes. Her signature look is a mix of quirky Americana ala Little House on the Prairie, meets the Amish rights of Passage, Rumspringa, where the strict religious community allows their youth to experience modern society, before committing or breaking from the faith.

Daniel Silverstein

As the name suggest, the founders of 100%, Daniel Silverstein and Marge Bacon, are one hundred percent committed to creating extraordinary garments, with every piece in the collection cut from one hundred percent organic supine cotton.

Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda

Goveo Balmaseda’s knitwear collection is a craft led exploration of the concept of transition and hybrid evolutions reflected in moss and critical weathering. The knitwear collection was produced using only recycled, and ethically responsible methods and materials, and explores her personal journey into biomorphic design in knitwear.

PARTIMI

London eco fashion brand PARTIMI, was founded by Central Saint Martins graduate, Eleanor Dorrien-Smith. Partimi presented their first full collection at Estethica, London Fashion Week’s eco fashion trade show, with the presentation of their spring summer 2011 collection.

Lemuria

Lemuria specialize in polymorphic clothing, with a full range of adaptable tops, dresses and even pant/skirts, with options that range from short to long voluminous and fitted, and even sleeveless, strapless, short sleeved and long sleeved all in a single garment.

Stewart + Brown

Stewart and Brown produce a quirky, wearable collection full of life, layers, textures, muted colors, lengths and asymmetries, with a very Parisian sense of style; the kind of easy wear, yet stylish comfort that Parisians achieve so effortlessly.

Henrietta Ludgate

A supporter of slow fashion, Ludgate’s understated silhouettes are haunting in their simplicity and sophistication, with a slight retro sensibility, intonated more by her exquisite tailoring and attention to detail than anything else, she never the less maintains a distinctive and undeniably modern aesthetic.

Feng Ho

Feng Ho is an award winning ethical designer working with a range of sustainable textiles, including bamboo, soy, organic cotton, hemp and peace silk, to produce a bespoke range of womenswear.

Of Handmade

A whimsical, rich textured hand knit line, Of Handmade is exactly that, handmade by Simona Giaomo. Each piece in the collection is entirely hand knitted or crocheted with rich textural yarns and chunky stitches.