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More Eco-Friendly Jeffrey Campbell For Convert Shoes Coming in ’12

December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Environmentally-conscious East Bay fashion staple Convert has followed its debut collaboration from last spring with L.A.-based Jeffrey Campbell with a new line of eco-friendly shoes ready to hit the streets early next year. The funky, but earth-friendly result is once again a hip, vegan and sustainable collection of styles available exclusively at the Berkeley boutique.

Check out some of our favorite pairs from the new collection below.

Wynette Boot with buckle detail (available January 2012)

All Caps red Hopi print wedge (available January 2012)

Martini black and white flat (now available)

Glide wedge (available now)

99 Tie wedge (available January 2012)

To see more styles (including a vegan version of the famous Lita shoe) or to pre-order a pair or two, visit the Convert website.

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Alexandra is a San Francisco writer with a passion for style and creativity. You can find her on Twitter @theTsaritsa
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All the Right Moves: Ethical Fashion Night

April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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More often than not, it’s oh-so-easy to tell the difference between right (recycling) vs. wrong (the all-to-common San Francisco special: a left turn made from the right lane). But pondering the ethics of fashion has been known to leave us with a headache. Is it better to buy organic, even if it is shipped from overseas? How do we know fair trade is really fair? What does eco-friendly really mean?

Instead of ruminating over these style conundrums by your lonesome, you can do so among others while perusing apparel and accessories by environmentally- and socially-responsible companies during Thursday’s Ethical Fashion Night.

“[Ethical fashion] doesn’t have to be expensive, and it doesn’t have to be difficult,” says Domenica Peterson of Global Action Through Fashion, the Bay Area-based organization behind the event.

Along with fashion displays from labels such as PACT, Vagadu and Indigenous, the event seeks to educate attendees about fair trade and socially-responsible fashion production methods. Music, food and drinks take the sting out of the learning process.

The event is open to the first 350 people to RSVP online.

Photos (from top): Escama Studio; Indigenous; PACT; Vagadu.

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We’ve Got Big Love for this Dress

October 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

20th Anniversary Environmental Media Awards Green Carpet We were pleased as punch to learn from the folks at Academy of Art this week that the simply eco-chic dress donned by Big Love star and eco-advocate Ginnifer Goodwin to last weekend’s 20th Anniversary Environmental Media Association Awards, held in Los Angeles, was a clever design by students Priscilla Guimarais, Kumiko Haruyama, Nui Tanapornwattana, Audrey Wang and Tramaine Tillman – collectively working to create a collection dubbed 1Oak (One Of A Kind).

This is more than a simple strapless frock. Instead of traditional fabric, the students reused hospital scrubs that would have otherwise been tossed, then dyed, pleated and treated away using sustainable construction methods to achieve the final look.

The dress was part of a larger collection created as part of a class project devoted to showcasing sustainable design from inception to garment completion.

Just so ya know, this pic really doesn’t do the dress justice. We recommend taking a peak over at the school’s Fashion School Daily blog for some worthy close-ups.

[Photo: Courtesy the Associated Press]

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From Couture to Eco-Conscious: Linda Loudermilk at Clary Sage Organics

October 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

2009_Fiss.LindaLoudermilk-4515Clary Sage Organics treated San Francisco to a special visit from Los Angeles designer Linda Loudermilk on Thursday and taught us a thing or two about being eco-chic.

“When you get your inspiration from nature, it doesn’t look contrived,” Loudermilk says.

After achieving success on the Paris runways, Loudermilk switched gears in 2002 to develop what many credit as the world’s first eco-friendly luxury apparel line, and we’re certainly happy she did.

Now, seven years later, we just can’t get enough of her sustainable apparel (see the fall collection), made of innovative fabrics from plants such as bamboo and soy and manufactured using environmentally sound practices and fair labor standards.

Along with Linda Loudermilk, Clary Sage Organics carries environmentally-minded San Francisco fashion labels such as Mr. Larkin and Turk + Taylor, as well as its own collection of super soft organic yoga apparel designed by store co-owners Patti Cazzato and Daniel Kalish.

– SF Indie Fashion Contributor Michelle Ruiz

[Photo: Loudermilk, center, chats with a guest at Thursday’s trunk show event. Photo courtesy of Noami Fiss Photography]

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Green Chic: Oakland’s Zelaya

July 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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We’ve been intrigued by the fair trade clothing, handbags and accessories from Oakland-based Zelaya ever since an SF Indie Fashion friend (thanks, Jamie!) brought them to our attention after a visit to last month’s Feria Urbana.

Along with the sweetly simple silhouettes of the tops, skirts, dresses and handbags quietly adorned with artfully-constructed details such as the fabric flower on the Flora Clutch shown here and delicate webs of fabric leaves, we dig the line’s commitment to sustainable, renewable materials and socially-conscious labor practices. You’ll find garments made of raw cotton manta fabric sourced from El Salvador and creative alternatives to traditional fastening methods used instead of plastic buttons and metal zippers.

Buy online via Brooklyn-based Supermarket, shop Zelaya on etsy, or head to Perch to find Zelaya within city limits.

Looking for more notworthy finds from Bay Area designers? Keep reading SF Indie Fashion’s local designers section….

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