As Fashion Week makes its way across the Atlantic, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals treated Londoners to a different kind of runway show. Dressed to kill in little black dresses and spiked heels, a trio of models turned heads—and stomachs—on Thursday by strutting down New Bond Street with the bloodied remains of two foxes.
This week the Avant Garde object Design Time students storyboards display the actual utility object that they have in mind, or a variation of the eco design.
Ethiopian ethical footwear company, SoleRebels began as an idea to create cool shoes that could be a platform for inspiration and hope. The shoes are made from eco materials including recycled, organic and bio-based materials and are all handmade.
Live Eco upcycled fashion show, Avant Garde dress on Upcycle That!
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South Africa has lifted a moratorium on shale gas exploration in the country’s semi-arid Karoo region, where the extraction technique of “fracking” might be deployed, minister in the presidency Collins Chabane said on Friday.
Australian Nikki Durkin, 21, founder of 99 dresses has created an online environment where women can trade their clothes with one another thereby supporting the notion of sustainable fashion.
CAN DO! Trekking for Trash is a courageous 3000km trek on foot by social change adventurers Michael Baretta and Camilla Howard along the South African coast line from Alexander Bay on the Namibian border, to Kosi Bay on the Mozambican border.
We are now in Week 2 of the competition and are seeing see some of the eco designs starting to take shape in the students storyboards below. Some are becoming quite obvious as to what the final designs will be, others still remain a bit of a mystery!
I am totally addicted to Pinterest. There are so many beautiful people, places, food, animals… I could go on forever and you don’t even have to spend a cent to admire it all.