Meet Claire Sharwood {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
We’ve come to the last of our Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalists for 2013. Last up, but definitely not least, is Claire Sharwood from Design Academy of Fashion.
Naturally Clicquot: Biodegradable packaging from Veuve Clicquot
French designer Cédric Ragot made the Naturally Clicquot bottle cover from potato starch and recycled paper. The biodegradable packaging can keep champagne cold for up to two hours.
Meet Jade Simkins {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
Meet our penultimate Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, Jade SImkins, from Fedisa. Inspired by artworks we look forward to seeing her “apocolypse upcycled denim” look.
Avant Garde object 2013 Top 15 Finalists
Yesterday we held the first round of judging for Avant Garde object 2013 brought to you by Pick n Pay in partnership with vida e caffè.
Meet Melissa Wynne {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
Our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist is CPUT’s Melissa Wynne, a once aspiring lawyer now has the sustainable fashion world in her sights.
Green Jeans a Reality {And we don’t mean the colour}
We introduced you to Dirtball a few weeks ago with their recycled PET t-shirts. Now the company is sourcing funding to start manufacturing green jeans.
Meet Minette Olivier {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
Meet Minette Olivier, our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, and avid second hand shopper, obsessed with cats!
Converse Sues Ethical Footwear Company, Autonomie Project
Converse, the famous footwear brand, is suing ethical footwear label Autonomie Project over their “Chuck Taylor All-Star” look-alikes.
Meet Julia Bass {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
Meet our next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist, Julia Bass. This CPUT student believes in intelligent fashion and her Avant Garde dress design was inspired by hip hop amongst other things.
Stella McCartney x goop
Ethical fashion designer, Stella McCartney and bestie Gwyneth Paltrow have collaborated and launched a capsule collection to be sold exclusively on Gwyneth’s lifestyle brand’s website, goop.