Pharrell & Adidas to Turn Ocean Plastic Waste into Sneakers
byPharrell & his Bionic Yarn is at it again. We told you about his G-Star colab a couple of weeks ago and this time it’s with Adidas.
Fashion News
Marks & Spencer, H&M & Gap Named “World’s Most Ethical” Companies
byBritish retailer Marks & Spencer has made Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list for 2014 {under the general retail section}, followed by H&M, Levi’s and Gap in the apparel section.
H&M Launches it’s ‘Conscious Exclusive’ Collection
byThe wait is almost over, H&M’s new sustainable fashion collection, ‘Conscious Exclusive’ will hit stores on 10 April 2014.
The Street Store: Hang up and Help Out!
byWelcome to The Street Store: just as its name implies, it’s a store on the street. But it’s so much more than that: an excellent fashion breakthrough that upcycles threads while helping those in need.
Levi’s using 100% Recycled Water to make Jeans
byLevi Strauss has developed a new way to make jeans using 100% recycled water. The denim manufacturer, which applied the first-of-its-kind process to 100,000 pairs of women’s jeans during a test run, says it saved some 12 million liters of water, or enough to fill nearly five Olympic-size swimming pools.
Bond Girl to Don this year’s Red Carpet Green Dress at the Oscars
byActress Olga Kurylenko will have the honor of walking the red carpet at the 86th annual Academy Awards on March 2nd for Red Carpet Green Dress. Kurylenko’s gown will be the sustainable vision of contest winner Alice Elia, a student of ESMOD in Paris, where she is currently being mentored through dress construction by the college’s couture team.
H&M Conscious Foundation donates over $28 million to education, clean water & women empowerment
byIn an effort to create more of a sustainable and ethical mission, H&M’s Conscious Foundation will donate over $28 million to global programs that enact change in the areas of education, clean water and women empowerment programs.
Upcycled Goodie Bags at Brit Awards 2014
byA Bristol fashion designer will saw some of her work paraded by music stars from around the UK at the Brit Awards last night. Katcha Bilek, who runs her own fashion design company, KB, won a contract to supply men’s goodie bags at the 2014 edition of the major awards ceremony for the British music industry.
Greenpeace Demands Toxic Free Fashion at Milan Fashion Week
byGreenpeace activists opened Milan Fashion Week yesterday at Italy’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II by unfurling an enormous banner calling for toxic free fashion in the luxury fashion industry.
Kellan Lutz Introduces Menswear to the Red Carpet Green Dress Challenge
byKellan Lutz will be wearing the Red Carpet Green Dress Challenge’s first winning sustainable tuxedo – designed by New Zealand designer Jomnarn Dul – down the red carpet on Oscar night, 02 March 2014.