It’s easy to live a green life now, with all the green restaurants, furniture, home and personal items. And now, even fashion designers have decided to embrace green life and share it with their clients.
Meet some of the world’s green fashion designers.
Anja Hynynen (Sweden)
Based in Sweden, with regular trips to Scotland, Anja Hynynen, 27, creates clothing from organic materials. As an independent designer, her collection is mainly womenswear, with some for men and children. Her designs include tailored pieces with exquisite detailing in woven fabric, knitted pieces and pieces with application work.
Raquel Allegra (USA)
Born in Berkeley, CA, Raquel Allegra creates unique shirts made from oversized vintage shirts recycled from the Los Angeles County Prison System. Coupled with comfort and a modern romantic design, no wonder her cult following follows her from Los Angeles to Beirut.
Jane Palmer (USA)
Jane Palmer, along with her partner, Marianne Fairbanks, created a powerful bag called Noon Solar. Noon Solar bags come equipped with thin solar panels to help you charge your iPod or cell phone. Jane Palmer is also the founder of the first and only natural-dye production house in the US.
Julie Roebuck (UK)
Julie Roebuck, from London, designs and produces clothes from used or surplus garments. She uses only rejected items, materials that are unwanted and have been discarded to create brilliant chic street wear masterpieces.
Dandi Maestre (Canada)
Born in Colombia, studied in New York, worked in Bogota and now living in Toronta, Canada, Dandi Maestre’s jewelry designs is a mix of naive and urban cultures. She uses shed antlers, bone, driftwood, crocodile skins, skulls and shells to create avant-garde jewelry masterpieces.
