Want to win a gorgeous Eco Party Dress from us for free? We have teamed up with fantastic Eco Style site Greenmystyle.com to offer readers of the site this stunning and chic organic and hand embroidered dress from top eco label FIN for free!
We were delighted to be asked to reveal our top Ebay find today for GreenMyStyle.com - the new and fabulous eco fashion magazine website. If you have read much of our blog you will know we love trawling ebay for brilliant buys, so picking out a piece is second nature.
Just go to Greenmystyle.com to read what we had to say about it. Or take a look at the gorgeous piece here. Bidding is still active on the dress!
Want to see Organic Denim styles modelled up close? And want to tips on how to wear them as part of eco outifts? Of course you do. Stay tuned for our Green Style TV, How To Wear… Organic Denim video. All denim and all accessories, knits and tops are available to buy on Fashion-Conscience.com.
Clogs? Fashion madness we hear you think. Well, yes, if we are talking Crocs - the sartorial equivalent of wearing ice cream tubs on your feet. But vintage, beautifully worn leather clogs? Now we’re talking. We have had a strange obsession with finding vintage clogs for a wee while now. Let us explain.
1 - They look amazing with ribbed socks - you might think this is a look strictly for fashion mag editorial but wear said ribbed socks with black tights and culottes? He heh? Now you are seeing the look! Yon can get Ribbed Organic Ankle Socks from Beaumont Organic or even Ribbed Organic Cotton Tights here.
2 - Get the right style - ie with heels - and they make you taller (always a bonus) but maintain a homely, hip, straight out of the corn fields feel and go weirdly well with the check shirts which have been doing the rounds as part of the punk/gothic trend.
3 - They are just cool! No one else will have them, natch.
4 - Bonus point - they are bargainous. We’ve spotted some for about the $50/£25 mark.
5 - Naturally vintage = eco. And clogs are made from natural materials - leather and wood and metal studs. No messing.
Take a look at these beauties we found on Etsy. See how fabulous they are!?
We adore Liv Tyler, ever since we interviewed her a few years ago, and she complimented us on our dress. She knows how to make a girl heart her - go straight to the sartorial air kisses! So we were hugely chuffed to see her picking an Eco label to wear at an awards ceremony last weekend. Liv Tyler picked the current celeb favourite Doucette Duvall - and one of our favourite designs - the ‘Mer’ dress, in black. Ok, we stock this dress, but heart it hugely, even almost wearing it to a friends wedding in Ibiza last month, but instead opting for vintage Anna Sui instead.
Liv totally does the dress justice, a cocktail dress with a bit of rock and roll going on, just like her. If you want to see more on Doucette Duvall see our other postings on it and it’s celeb followers, and check out the Eco collection, exclusive to us in the UK.
Escama are an amazing design company based in Brazil making bags from recycled aluminium can ring pulls. What is so special is that no only are they recycling a waste product into something useful, they also work with communities providing work in a fair trade manner. Each bag they produce is signed by the maker, creating a real connection between you and the piece and the person who made it. Escama make small purses to larger handbags. Here watch a video on the pieces on the catwalk, and browse the Escama fair trade recycled collection. The ring pull purses work brilliantly as unique metallic accessories for the party season.
Del Forte is one of the leading organic denim labels. Their organic cotton is from the US. Here the label head Tierra Del Forte talks about working in the conventional denim market and then launching her own sustainable label and what made her want to work in an eco and ethical way. She also talks about their amazing fit and styles. Watch the video interview with Tierra then browse the organic sustainable Del Forte denim line.
Noir is one of the leading lights of ethical fashion, they take fashion seriously with sleek masculine suits, and diaphanous, wispy and body conscious dresses.
Formed by Danish designer, Peter Ingwersen, the label uses Oeko Tex and organic fabrics, invests in communities and makes sure manufacture is under fair work practices, and as low impact on the environment as possible. Here in a video interview he talks about the ethos behind Noir. Want to shop Noir’s classic and beautifully cut suits, jackets and shirts? Go to the Noir page in our designers section or click here to see the high end eco fashion pieces online at Fashion-conscience.com
Wondered who the brains are behind some of the amazing new vegan lines? Evelina Zdunczyk is the CEO of Vegan Queen, the eco luxury and vegan handbags made from vegetal leather, organic French terry lining, brass and vintage hardware which look like they could be Louis Vuitton. Le vegan c’est chic! Click on here on Vegan Queen eco luxury bags to view the collection on fashion-conscience.com.
Here catch an interview with Evelina on Eco Luxury and Vegan Queen on the US Fox Business News channel about the surge in eco luxury products.
Fin, the Norwegian eco collection, is one of the most accomplished ethical fashion lines currently available, creating wearable, smart casual pieces all made from organic cotton, or wild silk and all fair trade. The catwalk collection show below, features this season’s pieces, including the great trench coat, beaded shawl, slim classic trousers, silk print dress and embellished black work to party dress. All stunning and available at Fin eco organic collection.
