Tashay is more than fashion. Tashay is the dream come true of the Argentinean Adriana Castillo, who with the establishment of her label brings traditional textile work made of exclusive natural fibers to Europe and thus supports small and medium-sized certified companies from Peru to southern Argentina.
Continue readingcoilex ® Store – Online shop for innovative shoes
With the precisely curated Coilex online store, shoe designer Sebastian Thies created a digital home for innovative shoes in 2009. In addition to the own brands of the traditional company thies from Garching near Munich, the outstanding sneakers made from hay, milk, glass & Co. of the family-owned label nat-2 footwear by Sebastian Thies are also represented.
Continue readingElina Sternefeld – empowering real jewelry
After almost ten years, Elina Sternefeld left the conventional jewelry industry and developed her name into a brand with a clear concept. Since 2019 her label STERNEFELD has stood for sustainable, handcrafted “Made in Germany” real jewelry made from recycled precious metals and fair-won diamonds and gemstones.
Continue readingWeDress Collective – rent & repeat
With her community rental model WeDress Collective, Jasmin Huber makes it possible to borrow and lend high-quality fashion between private individuals and ensures a wide range of fashion choices with a minimal ecological footprint. She started her “Airbnb for Fashion” in autumn 2020 in Berlin, Munich and Vienna.
Continue readingBye-bye, Black Friday: Avarice is cool is something of yesterday.
As a positive counterpoint to the ever-growing consumer madness of Black Friday, we have collected campaigns, ideas, projects for a better one today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. Unreduced. Because fair fashion needs a fair price.
Continue readingCONSCIOUS COLLAB club @ Villa Flora – postponed
The Conscious Collab Club should go into the next round, but has unfortunately been postponed: Together with CLOTHESfriends, we wanted to invite you to a Sustainable Fashion Weekend from November 19 to 21, 2021 at Villa Flora in Munich. Instead, we will introduce you to the CCC brands
Continue readingthies 1856 – Shoemaker by tradition
The Munich family company thies 1856 produces quality shoes in the sixth generation. Simply shoes was always not enough for the busy shoe pioneers. And that’s why there are the multiple award-winning thies 1856 collections made from upcycled milk, recycled PET and numerous other innovative materials.
Continue readingPeru Natural – upcycled in Bavaria
Germany imports over a million tons of coffee every year – the number of coffee sacks that have served their actual purpose after the beans have been transferred is correspondingly high. Instead of disposing of them, Roxana Diaz with her label Peru Natural is giving as many sacks as possible a new life as casual shopping bags with colorful prints.
Continue readingN.O.R.A. – circular shoe design
Flats, boots and booties that are produced almost entirely (95 percent!) From natural materials under fair and transparent conditions and at the same time can play in the top league of style? The Italian shoe designer Simone Gronchi has it for his label N.O.R.A. designed. And because Simone is a perfectionist, his models are of course circular.
Continue readingExpansion of the Biolife concept – Interview with exhibition director Thomas Mur
The concept of “organic”, “regional” and “fair” has finally arrived in the middle of society. Biolife is based on this with the expansion of the product range to include furnishings, natural cosmetics and fashion. It goes without saying that we will be there again with GREENSTYLE this time.
Continue readingSimone Gronchi: visionary shoe design
The N.O.R.A. collection, which Simone Gronchi developed for his design studio of the same name, proves that consistent sustainability and style do not contradict each other. The smart Italian has now used his expertise from 30 years of shoe design for well-known high fashion houses and developed his own collection: as stylish as possible and just as sustainable.
Continue readingGOOD news – the future of fashion is slow
It’s fantastic to see what moves her in the field of sustainable fashion. A new label here, a creative concept there. Exciting collaborations, innovative formats, visionary developments. With our quick & (not!) Dirty GOOD news we give a brief overview of various developments in the sustainable fashion sector. Why? So that we all stay up-to-date and have other topics than Corona
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