eCO FASHION DESIGNERS
Ali Hewson
The wife of U2 frontman Bono, and designer Rogan Gregory have their own
popular organic Edun brand, produced under fair labour practices
Anya Hindmarch
Designed the eco friendly I'm Not a Plastic Bag" cotton and rope creation
Ashley Tell's
Designs Darling Clementine collection of dresses, made from vintage fabrics
sourced from around the globe.
Brady Cunningham
Started the fashion label Souvenir, integrating fabrics made from bamboo and
silk with those made from hemp, and incorporating the reuse of vintage fabrics.
Cath Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth
Produces the label Caravana, who overcame community opposition to Muslim
women working in Pakistan's remote Chitral Valley to provide employment
opportunities to more than 500 Muslim women across the region. The women are now
able to earn money through embroidering and embellishing the pair's decorative
and colourful designs.
Deepika Govind
Creates fabrics using corn and bamboo fibres and have done lots of eco
friendly variations in silk”. She elaborates, “Blending the khadi yarn with
tencel.
Katharine Hamnett
Designs oversized political T-shirts of the '80s, who now employs thousands
of workers on organic cotton farms in Third World countries to produce her
Katharine E Hamnett collection
Linda Loudermilk & Stella McCartney
Designs sustainable clothing with bamboo, corn polymers, milk and seaweed.
Melbourne
Produces Skin and Threads label which makes "contemporary basics" from
natural and organic fabrics.
Peter Ingwersen
Designs luxury label, Noir, made from organic cotton, grown on farms he set
up in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rogan Gregory
Produces eco-cotton denim
collections Loomstate and Danish designer
Rachel Bending
Designs eco-fashion labels, Slingfings
(clothing and bags made from recycled vintage fabrics) and Bird Textile
(eco-friendly fashion and homewares) are made from natural materials and
water-based dyes and manufactured using solar-powered sewing machines.
Ritu Kumar
Designer that uses of eco friendly fabrics and vegetable dyes in her
creation
Sara Victoria's
Designs organic Softwears, whose feminine
designs are fashioned from "the finest certified organic cottons and wools.