E-Fabrics: Brazilian Alternative Textile Materials
by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 05.22.07
E-Fabrics is a branch of E-Brigade, an environmental information and awareness organization that promotes actions to spread a culture of individual responsibility and sustainable development. This branch was founded by Brazilian designer Oskar Metsavaht, whose brand Osklen was considered by WGSN ‘one of the top ten most influential and inspiring brands in the world’, and aims to identify textile commodities that respect fair trade criteria and sustainable development. “E-Fabrics it’s not a certification, on the contrary. As an identification label, its philosophy even covers transition products”, they say on their website. This organization has already incorporated in its lines products from recycled PET, reused jeans, organic cotton, alternative leathers, natural fibers such as organic silk, manual knittings, and alternative materials such as ‘Natural Latex from Amazonia’. All of E-Fabrics developments can be seen on the organization website, and some were put to use in Osklen’s latest collection, Amazon Guardians (picture). This collection features a material from recycled PET, organic knittings, and accessories from recycled wood. ::E-Fabrics ::Osklen
Via JC Report
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That woman in the middle, she looks like she's been starving.
Maybe we should organize a food donation drive or something?
Yeah, that photo makes me sick. Anorexic models and goons with mohawks. Gee... great marketing guys!
Way to judge people by their looks... sigh
That's very nice and all. Then you realize that he's only doing that to the rich and famous. An e-brigade T-shirt cost 250 reais, about 125 US Dollars. How much is that, you ask. The minimum wage in Brazil is 380. That's about 190 USD. How absurd is that?
I'm willing to pay more for that kind of product. I just can't afford to pay that much on a T-shirt.
She may look a bit thin, but the dashing lads remind me of Adam and The Ants, Kings of the Wild Frontier! (Most readers are too old to remember them, but some posters today sound pretty old and crochety, and probably do.
all comments about appearance aside..does anyone else agree that we are doomed? organisations such as this need to be a generally accepted thing in order for your average person to see the change