sustainable sunday :: iou project

fashion friday :: kreatia

Kreatia
Originally from Poland, Agnieszka Kulon works professionally
as a fashion designer and photographer under label KREATIA.
As a fashion designer Agnieszka offers, to her clients, alternatives 
to main stream of industry. Her collection, featured in nation wide 
magazine Fiber Art Magazine, is built from one of the kind pieces.
In her photography she features quite often the same person,
but her strong background in make-up artistry and fashion design
allows her to alter images. She uses both digital and traditional 
photography, shooting film and processing her prints in wet lab.
Agnieszka specializes in portraits, fashion and humouristic 
sequences.

sustainable sunday :: ecouterre

"Ecouterre is a website devoted to the future
of sustainable fashion design. We’re dedicated to showcasing
and supporting designers who not only contemplate cut, form, and 
drape, but also a garment’s social and environmental impact, from 
the cultivation of its fibers to its use and disposal.
Our mission: To follow the evolution of the apparel industry toward a 
more environmentally sound future, as well as facilitate a conversation 
about why sustainable fashion matters."

"In September 2009, Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of sustainable-design 
website Inhabitat.com, launched Ecouterre to dispel any disparaging 
stereotypes that still cling to the concept of eco-fashion (hemp ponchos, 
anyone?), while highlighting innovations in fiber technology that will help 
pave the way for designers and manufacturers to embrace sustainable 
materials and processes."

"Her goal with Ecouterre: To get both designers and consumers to start
taking the issue of sustainability in clothing design more seriously. 
Frustrated by constant criticism for her fashion-design coverage from 
hardcore greenies and eco-snobs who dismiss the impact that clothing 
design has on our planet, Jill was compelled to launch a site dedicated 
exclusively to eco-fashion to raise awareness of these issues."

fashion friday :: xylem

Xylem
Founded in 2003 by designers Danielle Nelson and Jazzi Januari,
Xylem represents the designers passion to create sustainable,
eco-responsible clothing with an uncompromised dedication
to fashion forward style, versatility, durability and exceptional comfort.