Last summer my Ecofabs colleagues and me organized another exciting clothes swap during Amsterdam Duurzaam.Happy t-shirts, slick and proud skinny’s and joyful summer skirts found a new owner.
But recently, we’ve collected some more said dumped dresses and lonely accessories. So get yourself ready for a clothes swap and visit upcoming Ecofabs Fashion Party during Margriet Winter Fair in Utrecht(18/24 November 2011). This time Ecofabs teams up with Ecover. Ecover is THE leading -eco friendly cleaning products brand- in Europe. Fresh up your swapped clothes with Ecover and you will not only have a happy but also a glorious new outfit!
Did you know that women account for 85 percent of all consumer products? In TrendsActive’s opinion, women aren’t a niche – they are the primary change-makers. The world is more feminine than ever, but most world leaders in business and politics are still male. Nevertheless research shows that women are the drivers behind sustainability. Women take care for themselves, their family, their friends and the world.
In the beginning of this year I joined the TrendsActive team for a while to do some very interesting research about social cultural trends focusing on women trends. In the book “In Your Purse: Archaeology of the American Handbag” I could read that American women carry around 66 items in their bag to help them through the day. Hmm that’s a lot right..? An interesting trigger to count the stuff in my own bag.
Wow…I felt like entering a fairy tale when I visited the Ijm colour pop-up store, perfectly matching colours on walls and ceiling and these enchanting String Gardens. Imagine these beauties by nature in your house, balcony, and bedroom…
Amsterdam based bag designer Kim van Beek presented Buddhi bags.
1. What is your story behind your product? To design for a developing country. Nepal. I developed a new design for an old craft: felting. A craft which they master well in Nepal.
Wondering where you can find these alluring designer products? Check out former posts and links participating designers/stores at the right. (credits in this report will follow asap).
Utrecht based eco-friendly store Smile Superstore is presenting some innovative products: Ecogen products designed by Hans Maier-Aichen, Paraplu Brelli and fair trade condoms.
Interview with Hans Maier-Aichen, the designer of ECOGEN.
Hans Maier-Aichen is a Stuttgart (Germany) based Designer, Curator and Professor for Product Design .
1. What is your story behind your product? Try to avoid any plastic waste for the future and designing some archetypic/longterm, super normal products for everyday life with a 100% compostable material.
2. What are your values of luxury? To do LESS but BETTER products, reading LESS BUT BETTER books, try to stay independent from most of global and Read the rest of this entry »
1. What is your story behind your product? All items in our store are hip, fair + eco friendly. All our brands have a story to tell. We communicate the brand’s philosophy, production methods and innovation in the field of sustainability through our concept.
If you prefer to create something yourself, -like you might have did when you were an arty kid-, than check out threadbanger and Etsy for some inspiration. Making your own soap and get dirty in the kitchen, build a homesweethome birdhouse for the cosy tweeters in her garden or get nostalgic by designing some real ’70 string art.
Tell your mom to stay in bed and bring her a fresh delicious breakfast. Check out these fancy cupcakes by rosieandthecupcakefactory for some inspiration. For tastefull vegan cooking tips you can buy the book Ecofabulous cooking for all seasons, written by Lisette Kreischer.
Things To Do:
For the perfect activity you need ingredients like nature, pleasure and good food! So what about a bike tour and a picnic? If you are based in the Netherlands than you can’t miss the Giro d’ Italia. This world-famous long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists will paint the Netherlands PINK on 8/9 May by hosting the kick off of the alluring event. At Mother’s day the province of Zeeland (down at the west coast) presents Girodimamma, and bike event with different art/flower/farm routes through the green agriculture fields.
Mum is more into extremes? Than join her in a bungy jump or anti-skid course.
Welcome to YOI: a blog about sustainable fashion and design. YOI: is an acronym for Your Own Identity and stresses that life can be enjoyed the most when you can be yourself. In other words: do what you enjoy doing and be true to yourself. Be YOI! Read more about the story of YOI:
On this blog you can find a lot of alluring examples of Hiphonest fashion labels. Hiphonest’ stands for stylish fashion that is made with respect for people and planet. It's about looking good, doing good and feeling good.
