If there’s one thing we love in the fall, it’s a trip to California wine country. But what to wear? There’s something about swirling treats from the vine in pristine Napa and Sonoma wineries that makes us want to dress up a little from our day-to-day, but without sacrificing our casual San Francisco style. [Read more...]
Green Scene: 5 Local, Eco-Minded Labels
April 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With Earth Day right around the bend, it should come as no surprise that we’re seeing green this week. Below, five local labels with eco-minded missions.
Based in Potrero Hill, Fleece-A-Nista designer Jeanne Feldkamp turns leftover fabric scraps from her fashionable fleece tops into cozy, patterned throw pillows.
Instead of using new fabrics for its yoga wear and casual apparel, Foat Designs turns textiles cast-off by other companies into new garments.
Along with using innovative eco-friendly fabrics such as milk fiber, San Francisco-based line Mr. Larkin offers another special perk: clothing tags you can plant.
Mill Valley-based Form and Fauna relies on earth-friendly synthetic materials, second-generation wood scraps for heels and water-based glues in the creation of its footwear.
With one eye on the earth and another on social responsibility, Bay Area-based PACT makes undies that do more than look good underneath it all. Through April 25, for example, the company is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from its Green Belt print underwear to help plant a forest in Africa. For every pair you buy, 20 trees will be planted.
Photos (from top): Fleece-a-nista, Series of Tubes pullover; Foat Design, fringe top; Mr. Larkin, bow dress; Form and Fauna, Fern pump; PACT, Green Belt print boyshorts.
More eco-friendly San Francisco fashion…
From Couture to Eco-Conscious: Linda Loudermilk at Clary Sage Organics
October 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Clary 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]
