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TEXTILE & FASHION DESIGN
Love the eArth.Fashion (LeAF) - at a first glance, nothing seems to be more opposite than fashion and sustainable living. The LeAF association, on the contrary, thinks that sustainability and aesthetics could be easily conjugated through a creative approach. LeAF is also an informative website addressed to designers, opinion makers and to the general public who love and respect the planet. [www.earthfashion.com] YXC
Eblood Clothing - the company started in Turin, Italy in 1999 in order to create a technical, stylish and ethical clothing. They are constantly looking for artists, performers, actors, Dj's, movie-makers, athletes to promote and support the cause of animal liberation and veganism. Therefore, none of their items contains components of animal origin like wool, leather, suede or silk. [www.ebloodclothing.com] YXC
ITCH magazine - the target groups of the magazine are designers and producers of textiles and clothes. Its aim is to make fashion meet a sustainable and ethically justifiable production, as well as to link ecological thinking and the world of fashion. [www.design.dk/events/itch_en.htm] YXC
Lucire magazine - is one of the world’s leading fashion titles on the web. Lucire is committed to publishing stories that combine fashion, style and issues of social and environmental consciousness.
[www.lucire.com] YXC
NoShit Guidelines - a downloadable book that gives guidelines to improve the fashion and textile industry towards a more sustainable approach. The book examines the responsibility and role of the designer and buyer when they consider sustainability and ethics in their work. It communicates a difficult subject in an inspiring way, both in text and pictures. [www.no-shit.dk]
Oeko-Tex 100 - it enables the testing of textiles and clothing for their human ecology properties, with the aim of ensuring the human safety aspects of the clothing without compromising fashion and function. Since 1999, over 5,000 certificates have been issued every year worldwide… [www.oeko-tex.com] YXC
Riciclando - promoted by Istituto Europeo di Design, Italy, it is an initiative based on the synergy between research and experimentation through the creation of a women's clothing and accessories collection that uses secondary and refuse material. It re-traces and re-discovers the life of alternative and apparently unusable materials: an inspiring online gallery! [www.ied.it/Ied/eng/gallery/riciclando2003.html?startmsg=0] YXC
Sustainable Cotton Project (SCP) - focuses on one of the most widely grown and chemical-intensive crops. SCP has been building bridges between farmers, manufacturers and consumers to pioneer markets for certified organically grown cotton. [www.sustainablecotton.org] YXC
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