Livia Firth, wife of Mr. Darcy and director of Eco Age, has graced the Green Carpet for many years. Now, she’s unveiling the first piece in a new line, Livia Firth Designs. The limited-edition skull necklace is the work of a small cooperative workshop in Devon, where artisans employ the ancient art of cire perdue (also known as lost-wax casting) to mold the individual elements by hand. I don’t usually like skulls, but this is SEXY:
(Via Ecouterre)
Emobi yellow floral bikini printed with eco inks and manufactured with sustainable practices in Australia. Available at Fashion Conscience
- Black Beaded one-piece and print two-piece, both Made in USA by Mara Hoffman. Continue reading
Since I dove head-first into the world of sustainable fashion last year my attitude towards shopping has gone through a rapid evolution. Maybe even a revolution. It went something like this:
Pre-awakening: Shopped for the cheapest (cutest) stuff possible and then wore til death (the death of the clothing, that is).
Early period:After reading Where Am I Wearing?, began to look at clothing labels to see where my things were made. Read about consumption and the slow fashion movement and barely shopped at all.
Invested in a few durable, staple items, like my sustainable black boots. Continue reading
Petra Hanson is not just any fixer. She’s a fixxologist. She takes your old clothes, metamorphosizes them, and turns them into beautiful butterflies…so to speak. When I visited her in Brooklyn in January, she showed me a beloved old Hermès scarf that she’d attached a ribbed neck and sleeves to and voila: beautiful poncho!
A native New Yorker and a graduate of both FIT and Cornell, Petra is a knitwear designer by trade. She’s designed for Oscar de la Renta and Julien MacDonald, among others, and recently did a bit of freelancing for Coldwater Creek and eco brand Under the Canopy before striking out on her own. Continue reading
