Eco Fashion World

Leonarda Designs - Photo by Laura Molteni 

This season, during the Milan fashion week, two events were dedicated to “eco” fashion. So Critical So Fashion, and Selection by CLASS at White. White is a trade fair for women’s apparel and accessories where you can find trendy and cutting-edge brands. There was a wide selection of products being showcased including shoes, hats, handbags, jewelry and lingerie.  

 Silenzio Stampa - Photo by Laura Molteni

Silenzio Stampa by Alice Visin jewelry is made from waxed and crumpled pages of newspaper, tickets, and maps, which are transformed into necklaces, brooches and bracelets that have a "poetic" touch. 

Leonarda Designs - Photo by Laura Molteni

Leonarda Designs jewelry is made in Kenya, using local recovered vintage glass beads and supports a small community of women who help with production.

 Massimo Tevarotto - Photo by Laura Molteni

Massimo Tevarotto showcased his necklaces, bags and hats made from a new material he created from hand dyed fishing nets. 

 Rizieri - Photo by Laura Molteni

Rizieri is a brand of footwear that includes a collection made from vegetable tanned leather and recovered textiles. All shoeboxes are made from recycled cardboard.

DesMode - Photo by Laura Molteni

DesMode produces bags from only natural materials and are handmade in Italy.

KreisiCouture - Photo by Laura Molteni

KreisiCouture hats are fun and colourful. They are made of paper fiber and parasisol (a plant fiber like straw).

Nadia Maria Ravn Nielsen in Maxjenny - Photo by Laura Molteni

Bright colours are also key to the Maxjenny collecton. This Danish designer only uses natural fabrics, and is a pioneer of “Zero Offcut Fashion”: from the beginning of the design process she thinks how to best avoid fabric waste.

The Bioneuma collection is simple and classic, made from organic cotton.

Così Nero Quasi Blue - Photo by Laura Molteni

The charming dresses by Così Nero Quasi Blue are made from bio-satin (organic cotton + mixed silk hemp and organic wool) and are hand painted with irregular strokes. 

Sofia Retro Bazaar - Photo by Laura Molteni

To add some fun into the mix, was Sofia Retro Bazaar lingerie, made with vintage fabrics.

EFW writer Laura Molteni http://www.lauramolteni.it is a freelance Italian journalist, cross media web editor and photographer, specialized in design and eco-fashion/textiles.

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