GreenShows Street Fashion: Environmental Activist Summer Rayne Oakes and Olivia Zaleski's Style (Video)
Environmental Journalist Olivia Zaleski at Green Fashion Week. Credit Emma Grady
We hit the green carpet opening night at GreenShows -- the premiere eco-friendly, ethically sound, and fair-trade fashion event during New York Fashion Week -- and spoke with model activist Summer Rayne Oakes and environmental journalist Olivia Zaleski -- one of our 7 hip green fashion icons -- on their style picks for the night. View our videos after the jump. The place to be for greenies during New York Fashion Week -- the GreenShows opened with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Tiffany & Co., and model and activist Summer Rayne Oakes to promoting a campaign against deforestation -- primarily driven by top fashion brands' custom packaging and shopping bags -- in Indonesia's rainforests.
Olivia Zaleski's Bamboo Dress
Olivia Zaleski wrapped bamboo fabric into a dress, complimented with jewelry by Monique Pean; made with woolly mammoth tusk and recycled gold.
Summer Rayne Oakes' Green Fashion Accessories
Summer Rayne Oakes is wearing a handmade hat by Ryan Wilde, rings by Rabbit Mafia and Kirsten Muenster, and a bracelet made with fresh water pearls by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co.Updated 2/25/10: Olivia Zaleski video removed at the request of its subject.
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