Yesterday’s News Promotes Green Catwalk

Four of the world’s leading eco-friendly designers are capturing headlines for more than just their fashion sense. On Sept. 21, the designers–Anthony Lilore, Bahar Shahpar, Lara Miller and Samantha Pleet–unveiled their autumn collections at Yesterday’s News Green Catwalk and Workshop Event in New York City with a particular emphasis on the written word as models [...]

New York to implement clothing recycling program

In Singapore where we are so stuck on whats new and trendy (not such a great trend in itself) there would be a great use for an idea like this! Someone please stand up and do this, you can count me in! Starting in September, New York City will launch one of the largest textile [...]

American Apparel’s New Nail Polish is Eco-Chic (and Cheap!) : TreeHugger

This could be a “small” problem for those mummies to be who love their pampering… American Apparel is known for sex-charged ads and made-in-America product, but aside from their locally-made goods, their green side is a little lack-luster. Organic cotton might seem like the obvious way to improve sustainability, but only a few of their [...]

Melinda Looi Launches Organic Basics Brand

Kuala Lumpur, – Melinda Looi, leading Malaysian fashion designer, is making a strategic addition to her product portfolio by entering the basic category. When her latest range of fashion ‘must-haves’ such as, basic tanks & tees hit the stores, the benefits of organic cotton will be felt and understood by all. Melinda Looi’s new brand [...]

Fashion Expressions at Suntec City Mall

EcoChic Singapore will open two weekends of fashion-related activities at the ‘Fashion Expressions at Suntec City Mall’. This exciting event will celebrate all things fashionable and trendy with a dose of eco inspiration. Looks from around 40 international designers representing some 25 different countries will hit the EcoChic runway, proving to Singapore’s weekend shoppers that [...]

Re-purpose your old sweater: turn it into a scarf

Haik Avanian makes his mother unpick your knitwear and knits them into something else at Reknit (rekn.it – a pretty cool URL which made us think it was an Italian site). From the site, it looks as if the items his mother knits changes periodically – this month, it’s sweaters to scarves. You send her [...]

EcoChic At The UN Headquarters In Geneva

Last night, 52 prominent fashion designers from around 40 countries united on the catwalk at the Palais des Nations, headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, for the first time ever. The groundbreaking event was held in order to promote the positive impact that fashion could have on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Over 450 [...]