Eco Fashion World

We all know Puma as the sportswear brand that turns out fashion must-haves through their collaboration with top designers like Alexander McQueen, Yasuhiro Mihara and Rudolf Dassler. But Puma also seems to be on the right track when it comes to sustainability. At the last EBS-Symposium, Puma’s CEO Jochen Zeitz publicly announced that Puma will continue their commitment to sustainable development.

A true visionary, Coco Chanel was one of the first designers to make costume jewelry an object of high fashion desire. Today, oversized baubles and colorful bangles of questionable quality can be found for pennies in a number of stores to satisfy that desire for an instant fashion update…and will probably end up in the trash or gathering dust in your room.

Set aside those bad lingerie thoughts: even your finest intimates can now be made in a climate friendly way. What do you think of these beautiful pieces made of pinewood from G98? Or for the man in your life some Babygod boxers? For basic pieces you could also trust good old Marks & Spencer. They have been a partner of a Sri Lankan factory for years which is now being advertized as the world’s first for carbon neutrality. MAS Holdings has a hot green date with the global economy and it sounds as good as this model looks. There's no refrigerant-filled compressor for air conditioning. Instead it uses evaporative cooling, which leaves the workplace around four degrees hotter than air-conditioning would—but uses much less energy. The factory includes natural lighting of workspace, green roof, and so on. With the result that it uses 40% less energy than an ordinary factory of the same size. And the electricity it uses is from renewable sources: 90% from a hydro-power plant and 10% from on-site solar panels.

While we may still enjoy hot summer dresses and tops for a few weeks, we all know that grey suit time is approaching again. With days getting shorter, nights for eco shopping on the net become longer. Make sure you get yourself wrapped in one of these sharply cut alternatives to the office suit.

The Guardian recently gave some suggestions to succeed in shopping for office clothes. Like the Amana classic jacket available at Fashion Conscience. Or the Camilla Norrback high waist pencil skirt made of organic cotton. And this brings us to highlight another Scandinavian designer because Noir’s sexy blazers can easily be worn in an office environment.

The perfect man: he’s committed to environmental and social causes, good looking, and he just wants to make your life more comfortable. Ladies, your perfect man is a shoe!

This fall, Toms Shoes is launching several models that have our little hearts beating. They already score points with their ethical production and their “one for one” program that gives a pair of shoes to a destitute child for every pair that you buy. Then you slip them on and feel the joy of walking out in shoes as comfortable as your slippers and you want to wear them every day, luckily with their sturdy construction, you actually can.

Sometimes, a girl just wants to shut down her computer, make herself a cup of tea (or rich almond milk hot chocolate) curl up on the couch and read a paper magazine, or maybe take it with her on her morning commute…no judgment, we like that too!

Luckily, there's now a greener alternative to your favorite glossies. The Dutch already have Green 2 and this August, the chic American eco-lifestyle magazine Boho. Chock-full of sustainable goodies, green tips and inspirational stories, the mag is also printed on 100% post consumer waste paper with natural soy inks.

This is the year! If you don’t wear leather and you’ve been moaning and groaning about the lack of fashionable options and the high cost of the few truly fabulous vegan shoe brands out there, this fall you will finally be rewarded for your patience.

 Of course, waking up at four o’clock in the morning to bid on Stella McCartney boots at half price on E-bay is still an option (not that it’s ever happened to us, of course) but you might just find shoe love amongst our new fall favorites: