ABC Los Angeles did a nice job covering the movement this week and you can watch it online. The highlight of the piece is an interview with Linda Loudermilk. Watch it now.

This stuff is kind of dated but fun to look at, check out this slide show from FutureFashion 2005 at the verdopolis Web site.

Armani is and so are American companies (Strauss, Gap, Nike and Marks & Spencer) doing business in Italy.

According to Gabriella Foglio, an activist with Italy’s biggest environmental group, Legambiente “..not all companies are willing to renovate themselves to reduce their environmental impact. There isn’t a strong market in Italy for selling eco-fashion, or consumers who can pay more for ‘green’ clothing,” she said.

Read the full Inter Press Service News Agency article.

From the dailyemerald.com article “Designer presents on eco-fashion” By Christopher Funk

Cohen, a fashion designer from New York, who moved to Oregon from Italy to be a part of what she calls the “center for sustainability,” has worked with major fashion designers and companies such as Max Mara, Patrizia Pepe, Guess and Binicocchi. Cohen gave a presentation on globally responsible fashion Tuesday night in front of roughly 50 students, faculty and community members.

&qout;I want my company to be on the forefront of moving both fashion design and the global fashion industry toward more sustainable practices that support environment and social justice, to creating cutting edge design using globally responsible business practices,&qout;

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“there’s only one consumer item that’s more self-expressive, more mobile, and more on display than the car in your driveway - the clothes on your back. Which is why green apparel - the logical extension of the hybrid movement - is on the rise.”

Read the full article, it is really a good one. wired.com
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fiftyRX3 is a blog project perusing the crossroads of style and sustainability. The site will partner with eco retailers to offer “Green Light Specials”, sustainably stylish products that will be discounted for it’s readers. Everyday is Earth Day on fiftyRX3, where specials will be offered continually throughout the year.

Give me the press release.

Take me to the products.

Good on azcentral for publishing an article exploding with quotes and upcoming events in Eco-fashion. A few highlights from the article:

Edun, the new label launched by U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson uses organic materials made in family-run, fair-labor factories in South America and Africa. (Edun will be available when the new Greenloop launches this spring)

Anti-leather activist Stella McCartney recently introduced her first accessories collection, due in stores this June

Danny Seo, host of the satellite-radio show Simply Green with Danny Seo is quoted as saying, “Beauty has tipped. Cars have tipped. Food has tipped. Fashion is one of the last categories to tip”

Elle magazine is going green for its May issue, which will be printed on recycled paper and guest edited by Laurie David, wife of Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Sponsored by Aveda, the issue will be devoted to the environment.

In May Wal-Mart will be stocking shelves with organic cotton baby clothes.

Good stuff read the full article at azcentral.com

“A recyclable, biodegradable wedding dress made of hemp with a bodice that doubles as a wall hanging might not be at the top of every bride’s wishlist…” Better on the wall then in the closet. Read the full article at Vogue.com

Two articles today both touting “Green as the New Black” and a gang of Celebes getting on board. The tone of the International Herald Tribune article really resonated; we are sick of this throw away culture, design products that last, build with sustainable materials and people will pay for them.

From the International Herald Tribune article by Suzy Menkes
“This is about good design, not products that shout ‘eco’ - and lots of designers don’t want to create a green gang,” says Earley, explaining her “long involvement” from fabric student in the 1990s at Central Saint Martins school, when she became aware that “everything I produced had a limited life span,”…

Take the time this morning to read the article it is a good one.

Eco-friendly: Why green is the new black

Green chic: At last top celebrities wake up to plight of the planet