Coolest Designers of the Ethical Fashion Show
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Design, Fashion | No Comments »The Ethical Fashion Show 2008 is over again. For those who can't wait till the next edition, the Ethical Fashion Show is also opening in Milan and Rio de Janairo, as we heard when we spoke with Isabelle Quehe, founder ...
New Eco Fashion Founds
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion | 1 Comment »There's so much going on in eco fashion land, it's hard to cover it. For the eco fashion addicts among you, here are some good and fun resources I discovered the last couple of months: Eco Fashion World Your Biggest Bang Ecofashioned Ecostyletto Eco Fashion ...
Fashion Designers join Fair Wear Foundation collectively
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fair Trade, Fashion | No Comments »Elsewear, a Dutch initiative that promotes green fashion, organizes a joined membership of the Fair Wear Foundation for designers and smaller brands. On the 4th of September, during a meeting on Green Profit, the two organizations will sign a contract that ...
Clothingbrand Tchibo Print their own Anticommercials
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Fashion | 1 Comment »"This T-shirt is sewn by a child for Tchibo" stands on the shirt. Clothing company Tchibo offers a new print-on-demand service, where you can send in your own texts to be printed. Dr. Kirstin Brodde, German textile expert and editor for ...
ÖkoRausch & Sommerkiosk: Events for Eco-Design
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design | No Comments »While we at Grass Routes are still clearing the details for the next Fair Fashion in Berlin, the Bureau Gruen in Cologne comes with a concurring event in September: the ÖkoRausch, a "Fair for design with consicousness". The event wants ...
Pamoyo: New Green Fashion Styled With Heart
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design, Fashion, Products | No Comments »We launched the new Pamoyo site and Pamoyo collection during a short trip to The Netherlands, making it a truly nomadic clothing label. And it took a few days before I noticed I did not even announced it here on ...
500 Godz: Berlin Streetart Shirt Label with Organic Prints
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion, Products | No Comments »The new Berlin based ecological shirtlabel 500 Godz has a close connection to the street art scene. Their first collection of organic shirts are printed with works by the British graffiti artist AME72.A new collection will include prints of works ...
Sexy Swimwear from Recycled Plastic Bottles by Aaron Chang
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Recycling | No Comments »Off course most natural and ecological is to swim naked. But for all those occasions where that's not an option (not everyone owns a private swimming pool or beach) it's cool to have some eco options. New on the green ...
German Social Fashion Label Armed Angels launches New Collection & website
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 1 Comment »Social fashion - for the label Armed Angels this means more than organic cotton and fair trade production. The label also involves their online community in deciding over the models, print designs, and to which charity the 3,33 Euro per ...
Eco Fashion Spotting: Gibbous, Recycling Fashion from LA
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Products, Recycling | No Comments »"From the freebox to the couture house" Gibbous is a small recycling fashion label from LA, very creative one-of-a kind items with Victorian style elements, which they also sell through their own webshop... through: wearing the future
Eco Fashion Spotting: German Custom Made Organic Jeans by IND NAT
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | No Comments »Sometimes I am just happily surprised by finding a new fashion brand with ethical approach. The people behind IND NAT replied on an article on this blog a few days ago and I have to admit they are not completely ...
Sexy Ethics & Dirty Business: the Edgy Fashion Game of American Apparel
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Products, Trends & Marketing | 2 Comments »American Apparel clothes are so fucking sexy. And they are so amazingly social to their workers. Wow! They care about their employers so much. But, well, maybe a bit too much... I was in an American Apparel store just yesterday and ...
Stylish Vegan Footwear by Bourgeois Boheme
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion | 3 Comments »Bourgeois Boheme, an online animal-friendly fashion boutique, has recently launched its own stylish footwear for men and women named Espiritual and Jiva. The shoes are handmade and ethically produced in Portugal and India. The range is made of microfibre, an eco-friendly ...
Green is Sexy and Organic Underwear is Getting Hot
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion | No Comments »Green is sexy - and new cool green fashion is combating the old eco-stereotypes succesfully. And new organic underwear lines are giving green lifestyle a fresh, kinky sex appeal. If you consider trying out some eco-clothing, underwear is not the worst to ...
Berlin Fashion Week Reports: Mayi, Serene Ethical Fashion from Vienna
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion | No Comments »Mayi is a young, ethical fashion brand from Vienna by artist and designer Maye Riess. The clothes are serene and subtle, using white and light colors, and round, arty screen prints. The label produces one-of-a-kinds, the screen prints are hand ...