Eco knickers

Ambra has a new ecosytle range of underwear made from organic cotton and bamboo. Basic knickers, tanks and singlets in white mocha and black. Check their range out here. They look simple and comfy.
Mitch Dowd also has a 'green' range. Mens, womens and kids underwear made from organic cotton and bamboo. See their website here.

Event in Sydney: Eco-fashion and sustainable style

Curator Margot Riley will be discussing Is green the new black? on Thursday 21 February at the State Library. See here for details. There will be a fashion parade by the Vintage Clothing Shop. I might pop along, anyone else interested?

Summer fun

Browsing in a surf shop while on holidays at the seaside I came across this organic cotton tee made by Billabong. I like the print, and the button detail on the sleeves and I love that it is organic. The tees are part of Billabong's Design for Humanity where they also make board shorts out of recycled plastic bottles. They have organic tees and recycled boardies for guys and girls. Billabong make heaps of stuff, it is a good start, but would be great to see more organic cotton stuff.

A passion for eco-fashion

I've just found and article called A passion for eco-fashion which sums up some of the issues of eco-fashion. It doesn't go into the gory details of the fashion industry's appalling environmental profile, but it does mention some designers doing some great eco conscious designs. I can't wait to check them out.

Hemp

Hemp clothing can be pretty potato sack-ish. However, I've just started a hemp section as it is pretty hard to talk about eco fashion and not talk about hemp. Some of the hemp brands do have a few items that would make great 'basics' to really set of some funky pieces. Probably best to steer clear of a full hemp outfit if you really are trying to avoid the potato sack look. Hemp is a great fibre with amazing qualites that I wont go into here as most of the websites rave on about it heaps.

Vogue has gone eco chic with bamboo bras

The Times Online reports that Vogue, the globe’s style bible, has provided its list of 30 tips on how to save the world while still managing to turn heads.
Their 30 tips range from bags, surfboards, lipsticks, jeans, books to kitchens and linen. A full gamut of things to save the world. Actually, there are some fun sites to look at wish we had in Australia.

Sara Victoria

Sara Victoria Organic Softwears seems to be trying to move away from the old baggy sack look of organic clothes of days gone by. Their website states that they are "excited to present a range of organic softwears that represent a revolutionary shift in the way organics will be perceived by the fashion industry and the average fashion conscious Australian".

Sara Victoria has a number of soft wear collections for men and women made from certified organic fabrics which are also organic colour grown fabrics. The cotton is produced naturally with it’s own hue, as opposed to dying the yarn. The website also says that all production is currently in Australia.

The clothes are very elegant and soft flowing. Plus there are some pieces that would make great summer basics to set off your other items of eco-fashion.
Unfortunately the collections shown on the website are from the 2006, so I am not sure what the latest is from Sara Victoria. However the website details a lot of press received for Sara Victoria in 2007, so it would appear that things are still going strong for Sara Victoria and will continue to do so with such a lovely range.