on tuesday i posted some really cute ethical and sustainable clothing lines. and yesterday i posted an interview with Gaia Conceptions, a line of comfortable eco-friendly clothing in some really great colors. but what about wardrobe essentials besides everyday clothes? are there eco-friendly shoes, bags, and bathing suits? luckily, thanks to some really smart and passionate designers, the answer is yes!
Terra Plana makes shoes out of materials like recycled memory foam and natural latex. i was really pleasantly surprised by the large selection of super cute shoes! Deux FM makes “eco chic” clothes, like stylish bikinis made of recycled linen, organic cotton, and soy. and Pansy Maiden makes colorful bags out of organic cotton twill. so if you’re looking to finish off your wardrobe with eco-friendly items, these collections have you covered!
UPDATE: Terra Plana is offering the clothing menu readers a 25% discount on their Terra Plana classics shoes! just enter CLOTHINGMENU25 at checkout – expires august 15.
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so great! I’m all about being green! great job with this blog!
Thank you for documenting your eco-friendly finds. Those shoes are super awesome. And the bikini’s are sweet (and make me want to start my 5th diet of the year). Oh, and the bags…they are pretty cool too
thanks iva for stopping by!
haha, yes, the sun finally came out here in boston after a whole month of rain. time for the bikini! and the great bags of course!
I think this is terrific. The fact that Terra Plana (great name btw) and other brands are starting to offer eco-friendly products that look great while doing good for the environment should be a testament to the fact that this emphasis on environmental consciousness is more than a passing fad within the fashion industry. Today there are all kinds of technologies being developed to protect our resources like clean air and water as well as support local indigenous workers who often make the clothes we wear in the West.
One really interesting company helps address the massive amounts of pollution and water usage normally employed by clothing manufacturers at the dyeing stage of clothing production. Their eco-friendly dye process is called AirDye (http://AirDye.com/?21) and avoids using water as well as enormously reduces the amount of pollution to the environment.
Another interesting technology along the same lines is called Xeros was recently written about in the Economist. See the article here: (http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tm/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13892738)
Has anyone else heard of these technologies or others that they can share on this post?
Regards,
Eco-Guy