Pamoyo - Styled with Heart

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, organic cotton, eco friendsly sunglasses, organic fashion, eco clothing, organic clothing, eco clothes, organic clothes, green causes on April 29 2008

 

Today we proudly present you the official launch of the Berlin made green fashion label Pamoyo and it’s first collection “STYLED WITH HEART”.

Pamoyo was founded by Frans Prins and Cecilia Palmer to design a fashion label with green vision and creative edge. Prins & Palmer are known as the initiators of the Berlin Fair Fashion Affair and the Grass Routes Foundation.

The label works community based, the collections derive from a growing, creative collective of young designers. Pamoyo is the first Open Source Fashion Label under a Creative Commons license. Patterns and designs of Pamoyo clothing are published online for non-commercial use. The Pamoyo blog reports on green fashion and sustainable lifestyle.

All items of the “STYLED WITH HEART” collection are unique, one-of-a-kind pieces made from high quality organic cotton and vintage elements. Every piece is hand made and unique. Integrated recycled materials and a rough sewing style make them feel authentic and exclusive. The collection is inspired by samples of street style and an ironic re-use of retro images and sub-cultural identities.

Pamoyo supports sustainable development and creative competences in local communities. From the online sales, two Euro per sold item goes to social-environmental projects.
For an excellent range of Pamoyo clothing for everday wear visit:

Pamoyo

The Natural Collection

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, organic cotton, fairtrade fashion, fairtrade, eco friendsly sunglasses, eco cosmetic, eco cosmetics, organic fashion, eco clothing, organic clothing, eco clothes, organic clothes, environmental shampoo, eco shoes, green causes, eco nightware, childrens eco clothing, natural cosmetics on April 24 2008

Natural Collection was formed in 1999 with a vision to create a distribution platform to support sustainable innovation and ideas. By offering a wide selection of ecologically considered products and services we hope to reach as wide an audience as possible.

Natural Collection are the UK’s leading non-food ecological retailer and are proud to be the official catalogue for Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Trees for Life, Out of This World, The Vegetarian Society, Compassion in World Farming and the World Society for the Protection of Animals

Just launched is Natural Collection’s fantastic new Spring Collection. There are loads of new and exclusive products, from gorgeous Organic and Fair Trade Fashion to Organic Garden Helpers, brilliant new Solar Technology and stylish new Eco Home Ideas!

To see the range of Fashion that Natrual Collection provide, please visit their site at:

http://www.naturalcollection.com/

 

Boutiko Gifts

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, recycled fashion accessories, fairtrade fashion, fairtrade, handmade jewelery, eco cosmetic, green cosmetic, eco clothes, green causes, natural cosmetics on April 19 2008

 This stunning necklace can be worn wrapped around the neck like a scarf, or knotted low at the front. Packaged in a pretty little organza bag for safekeeping.
Approx length: 120 cm

Handmade in Norway by a tiny cottage industry business, often using recycled glass beads from all over the world. Only one of each piece is made; however if you would like to commission another one, in the same or different colours, please contact us.

 For an excellent range of recycled, ethical, homemade and fair trade gifts visit:

Boutiko

Fair Trade and Eco Friendly Bags and Accessories

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, fairtrade fashion, fairtrade, handmade jewelery, eco friendsly sunglasses on April 18 2008

We believe that everyone can make a difference just by making a few simple changes to their shopping patterns and buying fair trade where they have the option.

We stock items from around the World that are fairly traded and others that bear the FAIRTRADE mark.

At Only Fair we try to reduce our impact on the environment and we believe that just by making small steps we can help to make changes.

We only use low energy light bulbs and we try not to leave electrical items in “standby” mode.

We recycle glass, plastic bottles, paper, aluminium and cardboard.

We attempt to recycle and re-use as much packaging as we can. We re-use any packaging that is sent to us. The box that you receive your order in may well be previously used. There will be occasions that we have to use new boxes but we do try to limit this as much as we are able to.

OnlyFair 

Blazer With Bottle !

By Drop Dead Green in green fashion, school uniform, recycled school uniform, blazers, recycled blazers, blazer, recycled blazer, eco blazer, ecoblazer, eco blazers, ecoblazers, ecosmart, recycled clothing, recycled bottles on April 9 2008

The ECOBlazer is a sustainable school blazer, made entirely out of recycled plastic bottles. Part of a dynamic new range of school clothing by leading Yorkshire-based manufacturer School Colours, ECOBlazer is aimed at a wide range of pupils who are increasingly aware of environmental issues.

The blazer, which is also stylish and comfortable, has been made to last - in recognition of the cheaper range of school clothing options available elsewhere. “This blazer is comfortable, stylish and will last several years as well as making a unique contribution to a more sustainable earth,” said Mark Southcott, Managing Director.

Bottles are broken down into flakes, before undergoing chemical processes to change their structure. They are then made into clothing. Up to 30 1.5litre bottles can be used up in the production of a fleece, whilst a pair of trousers can consume 15. No component of any bottles recycled in this manner will end up in a landfill. “Plastic is not biodegradable, and millions of plastic bottles are produced every day worldwide. The ECOSmart range helps to solve the problem of disposing of these by recycling them,” said Southcott. He added, “School Colours is committed to green values, and we always seek the most ecologically sound method of manufacture, whilst keeping our range affordable to parents. I am confident this school blazer will catch the imagination of parents and pupils alike.”

By using an eco-friendly technique, the used plastic bottle is collected from consumers, and through the processes of washing, sorting, metal detection and grinding, a flake is made that is used as a new raw material, and this replace the chips normally used, which are derived from oil. The flake is then depolymerised back into its original components, EG and PTA. When this is repolymerised to chip form, and then extruded, drawn and texturised, it becomes a more purified yarn, actually better than virgin yarn.

Energy use and CO2 emissions are markedly lower using this process. Energy use - especially in terms of oil being used to make new plastic - is reduced some 84%, whilst CO2 emissions are reduced by 77%. For a 1,000 recycled fleece jackets, energy savings over jackets made from virgin yarn are equal to the energy used by a medium-sized Japanese household in a year. The total CO2 emission cut is equal to the circulation provided by 228 pines trees. A fleece jacket consumes around 30 1.5L bottles, whilst a pair of trousers can use around 15 bottles. Every bottle recycled in this way does not end buried in a land fill.

School Colours, one of the country’s leading manufacturers of school uniforms, has announced a range of uniform pieces - ECOSmart - including blazers and trousers, which are produced from recycled polyester. Founded in Bridlington in 1870 by C.G. Southcott, School Colours is now run by his great-grandsons and is a leading independent supplier of school uniforms.

http://www.schoolcolours.co.uk

Organics for Everyday Wear

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, organic cotton, fairtrade fashion, fairtrade, eco friendsly sunglasses, organic fashion, eco clothing, organic clothing, eco clothes, organic clothes, childrens eco clothing on April 7 2008

 

IDEO: This French label creates great and very pretty organic cotton basics and accessories from India and South America, they are members of the French Plateforme Pour le Commerce Equitable (the Fair Trade board for France) and only use organic and non genetically modified fibres. As featured in
Mossberry  

 

Organic Cotton T-shirts

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, organic cotton, organic fashion, eco clothing, organic clothing, eco clothes, organic clothes on April 3 2008

 A lot of organic clothing seems to cost the earth, but it doesn’t have to.

Keeping to the basics we can all have affordable organic clothing.

Impact Trading is just an example.

Impact Trading

Eco Toys

By Drop Dead Green in green fashion, eco toys, wooden toys on April 3 2008

Lets go back to when kids wanted to play with real toys, but lets get away from plastic.

I came across this site and thought how much fun I used to have as a child with these types of toys.  Much better for your children to use their imagination.

Real Toys

ReFashion Awards Pre Launches 7th April 2008

By Drop Dead Green in eco fashion, green fashion, recycled fashion accessories, organic cotton, fairtrade fashion, eco friendsly sunglasses, eco fashion show, organic fashion, eco clothing, organic clothing, organic clothes, eco shoes on March 26 2008

Get recognition for your eco fashion with RE:Fashion Awards.

The Awards celebrate the best in ethical fashion.

Categories will cover retail, manufacture and consumer campaigns.

Awards will be made on the basis of improving social, environmental and economic standards in the fashion supply chain.

Winning entries will need to prove their style credentials. Our high profile judges will be looking for on trend fashion that makes a difference.

For more information and to aquire your application form visit Refashion Awards

Jute the natural source for bags and clothing.

By Drop Dead Green in green fashion, fairtrade, organic fashion, jute on March 21 2008

 Jute production is one of the oldest industries in India and is traditionally used for packaging. Jute is one of the strongest of all natural fibres available today; it also has some heat and fire resistance. It is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into strong threads, the threads are then turned into material (jute fabrics are also called hessian cloth). The biodegradable features of jute are becoming increasingly important to consumers and manufacturers alike.

 

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