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.
Sometimes you arrive home back from a night that only deserves one word PERFECT! Even a total rain shower on my pink JUX dress (yes read soaking wet) doesn’t matter at all. Bravo to the kool-conscious people of Strawberry Earth and sponsor Greenchoice, the filmmakers and all the other Greenies who made this Award Dinner of the Dutch Environmental Film Festival happen. Congrats to the makers of movie Dive for their Golden Strawberry Earth award. A longer report will be posted soon. For now, I will temper my energy and sleep well on the delicious organic dinner.
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.
