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Jennifer Fukushima and her team spend hours sifting through vintage castoffs to find the best materials to create their eclectic palette of printed, tonal and textural fashions.

Women love Paper People because of its unique yet wearable aesthetic.  Funky accessories, handkerchief hem dresses and layering pieces are cute and casual, while vests, cardigans and blazers are work appropriate with a creative edge.  Reclaimed pieces are all one of a kind and designed to be as unique as the women who wear them.  Basics are crafted from environmentally conscious textiles and are designed to complement the reclaimed statement pieces. 

While eco fashion protects our environment through organic production processes, can it also save wildlife?

“We [consumers] hold the power to change,” says Joyce Hu, Creative Director of Wildlife Works, as she explains the term Consumer Powered Conservation. By buying one of Wildlife Works products, every consumer becomes an “agent for conservation,” contributing to the protection of our environment and ensuring survival of approximately 50 species of large mammals including elephants, zebras and lions, throughout an area in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park.

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Founded in 2007, Goodforall’s MY PAPER BAG collection is designed by Ramón Middelkoop for Goodforall. This Dutch designer was inspired by an old, dirty brown paper bag being carried by a homeless person in a New York subway. This timeless classic is created in a modern and sustainable manner. The MY PAPER BAG is functional, stylish and the leather becomes even more beautiful with wear.

You can’t have a conversation in Vancouver about eco fashion without ending talking about Myriam Laroche. Vancouver hasn’t had the best fashion reputation over the years, and Vancouverite style was synonymous with fleece sweaters, rain coats and yoga pants.  However, in the past few years a dramatically increasing number of markets, pop-up shops and local retailers have brought mainstream attention to local and eco designers.  Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week, the event created by Myriam Laroche, is working to change the face of the fashion landscape in more ways than just style.

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GoLDFABRIK Online Shop & Atelier is a unique initiative of jewelry designer Nadine Kieft. The designer runs her own succesful jewelry label since 2007. Her work is published in many magazines like ELLE and Marie-Claire. Her jewelry was also featured on the covers of Nouveau and Glossy. 

In 2012 the official label for Fairtrade & Fairmined gold was launched in the Netherlands. As one of the first dutch licensees of the fairtrade label, she designed a new ethically sourced gold line. With her belief in fair mining and sustainability she started GoLDFABRIK, an online shop for one of a kind jewelry made of Fairtrade & Fairmined gold.