Re-Design For Life.: New York Fashion Week

Friday, 8 June 2012

Suno continue to captivate

Since starting this blog back in 2008, around the same time that the label Suno was launched, I have been captivated by the brand's creativity. Now a regular at New York Fashion Week, Suno continues to produce directional collections with an innovative use of print, colour and fabrics.

Suno have also continued to be true to the brands initial ethics of supporting communities and economies in countries including Kenya, India and Peru.

Below are a few of my favourites from Suno's latest Resort collection.

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Suno
Resort Collection
Image by Suno via style.com

Monday, 14 February 2011

Edun brings elegant ethics to New York fashion week

Edun - AW2011
Image via Style.com

Way, way back in Autumn 2009 I read that the eco-fashion brand Edun - set up by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson - was selling a stake to LVMH. Yes! LVMH. LVMH the world's largest luxury group. I have to admit I was shocked. Was Edun selling out? Would Edun's original ethics - building sustainable communities in the areas where the clothes are produced - be lost behind the luxury corporate powerhouse that is LVMH.

One thing is for certain, it proves that LVMH is taking a serious interest in sustainability. As Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune said "For the forward-looking in the industry, ethics is the new elegance, and doing things right carries more weight than doing things fast"

Edun's AW2011 collection brings ethics and elegance to the international catwalks. Whilst remaining committed to the brand's fair-trade principles, Edun's designer Sharon Wauchob has created a collection with so many I-Want-One-of-Those pieces.