Turning First World Problems into Third World Solutions: new ethical clothing brand FWP launches

FWP Clothing is a brand new ethically-minded t-shirt brand that helps to put the everyday into perspective with 10% of profits from each of their First World Problem t-shirt designs supporting a different Third World Need. First For Third.

Founders Greg and Jimmy, colleagues at innocent drinks, took inspiration from brands like TOMS shoes, and came up with the idea while at the office gym thinking about how we too often find ourselves complaining about menial things when there are real issues faced by many around the world. They then pitched for, and won, the £1000 innocent scholarship, voted by peers, to test the idea and have since launched the business with this funding.

 The launch range comprises of four designs in Men’s and Women’s variants for: Hope For Health, The Travel Foundation, Project Waterfall and Telecom Sans Frontieres
Price £25

http://fwpclothing.com/

Ada Zanditon AW13 Collection -March of the Tigress

Video of Ethical Fashion Designer Ada Zanditon's AW13 Collection titled March of the Tigress at Berlin Fashion Week

Ada Zanditon was sponsored at Berlin Fashion Week by Low Cost Holidays.

www.lowcostholidays.com 

Check out the below link for their Berlin city breaks. You may be too late for Berlin Fashion Week, but it's still a great place for shopping, sightseeing and nightlife. 

www.lowcostholidays.com/germany/berlin/berlin-city-breaks.htm

Or for city break late deals:  

www.lowcostholidays.com/cheap-city-break-late-deals.htm  

For Ada Zanditon stockist go to:

http://www.adazanditon.com/stockists/

 

H&M Conscious launches an Exclusive Glamour Collection

The H&M Conscious range shows that you can create red carpet glamour and keep green. Their new Exclusive Glamour Collection uses the more sustainable materials such as organic cotton and hemp as well as recycled polyester. 

 This glamorous evening dress features creamy white organic cotton and silk bouclé at the top, with a frothy organza plissé meringue skirt – available in a limited edition of 1,000 pieces, each individually numbered.

The collection has already been seen on the red carpet. Amanda Seyfried wore the blue tuxedo blazer and shorts at a London premiere.

 Oscar nominee Viola Davis has been seen in the hot-pink sleeveless top and skirt ...

....and 'Sex & the City' Kristin Davis wore the apple green organic cotton embroidered dress to a Vanity Fair event.

Here’s a few more pieces of this Exclusive Conscious collection, which will be available from April 12 in around 100 stores H&M worldwide, as well as selected looks on-line www.hm.com

 

PHOTO PRINT DRESS

Kaleidoscope colors decorate this photo print dress and matching jacket in a recycled polyester blend.

BEADED MAXI -This lemon yellow chiffon maxi gown in recycled polyester has a beaded bodice, combining elegant decoration with classic design.

So there's no excuse not to go green for red carpet glamour.

All Photographs by Kacper Kasprzyk

Sample Sale at Eco-friendly fashion label Handwritten

Handwritten by Tanya Sarne is having a sample sale starting this Friday till Sunday.

Tanya created GHOST and Handwritten is her new collection. www.handwrittenuk.com

 

The sale will feature Handwritten’s most recent and past collections including dresses, jumpers, cardigans, jackets, knits, leather and accessories.

If you're itching to get your hands on one of these gorgeous designs made from a unique fabric that is both eco-friendly and luxurious then get down to:

1-3 Middle Row

London
W10 5AT

2^nd – 4^th December 11am – 7pm.

Image provided by Spring London PR

Sticky Fingers Autumn/Winter 11 collection

For AW11, Sticky Fingers takes its inspiration from Paris' left bank mixed with the fun of 1970's Studio 54.

Main colour palette is sophisticated chic with midnight blue,

snow white, grey marl and

camel whilst the accents of....

.....ruby red and....

.....sapphire blue make the collection sparkle.

The key trend is the colbalt blue sheer organza trench coat. May not keep you dry in the rain but you'll still look striking when wet. And people can still see your party dress underneath!!

Feminine pussy bow blouses (loving the lace print effect on this ruby red blouse) and silk shirts are worn with classic pencil skirts, peg trousers and....

.....shift dresses.

Chanel inspired boucle jackets are dressed down with jeans

 whilst the matching boucle dress is glamourised with an embellished jewelled neckline and faux fur stole.

And the cute 60's inspired a line mini dress is given a Parisian chic make over with small ruffles around the neck, sleeves and hemline.

Prophetik AW11 collection at London Fashion Week

Titled ‘Artist Wonderment’,

designer Jeff Garner was inspired by the fashionable French court of Louis XV where frivolity reigned and egos were high, but turns this pretension around to appreciate the wonderment of an artist.

Prophetik is an ethical range so the fabrics used are eco-friendly such as hemp and organic velour. He’s introduced two new fabrics this season: the cactus silk made from the agave plant and his own great grandmother’s 100year old southern quilts!

The quilts were a patchwork of soft colours, but the main colour palette of the collection was neutrals, white, black

   .......and the splashing of rich hues (well it is Louis XV inspired) in emerald, plum, violet, deep scarlet and burgundy.

One of his key pieces was of course the finale dress called ‘Mrs Moulton’ made of hand sewn white ostrich feathers on white silk and silk organza. Why it was called this I don’t know, maybe because the ostrich naturally moults its feathers twice a year? Or it could be Jeff’s old next door neighbour.
Whatever the reason, the feathers gave an otherwise simple gown a touch of grace and playful frothiness.

Another key piece was called ‘Lola’ named after his great grandmother. Here Lola’s old quilt was given a new lease of life as a corset panel and quilted hood. Teamed with wool jodhpurs (considerately lined in linen) which are embellished with reclaimed gold piping and antique gold buttons.

Not all the skirts lengths were sweeping the floor. There were a few day dresses in the collection. 

and Grandma Garner's quilt adorned the bodice -now that’s recycling at its best .

Generations together - Eco fashion shoot

Through the Hammersmith & Fulham council, ten wonderful ladies over the age of 50 agreed and were happy to put themselves in the hands of hairstylists, make-up artists and fashion stylists for a mini make over.
The event was called Generations Together - Eco Fashion Shoot. The aim,to bring the under 25s and the over 50s together in a social environment and to bring more awareness to eco-friendly beauty and fashion products.
The under 25s were able to put in to practice their hairstyling and make-up skills and help with the fashion styling whilst the over 50s blossomed in to glamorous models.
Here's a few before and after shots:

This olive green empire line dress in organic cotton fine knit from Pingush is the perfect colour and style for this models's colouring and body shape. Using a clutch bag and necklaces in similar shades creates a tone on tone combination ensuring the look stays soft. The khaki clutch is from Bobelle and made of eel skin, a by-product of the food industry in Korea. The necklaces are from Juzi and made of recycled paper.





Wearing a dress and a long cardigan of the same length creates a slimmer silhouette. The reason - the layering is neater and the body line is not broken into two. Using one colour but in different shades creates a low contrast combination and keeps the look soft and sophisticated. The smokey white Bobelle clutch adds just enough brightness to this outfit without taking the attention away from the model.




Here the colours are still soft but this time the shades are deeper and the contrast is higher because this model looks great in the stronger shades. The multi coloured vegetable ivory necklace from Leju keeps the outfit from being too subdued and draws the eye towards the model's face. The darker long cardigan is left open creating a slimmer silhouette whilst allowing you to wear a lighter brighter colour underneath.




Darker brighter skin looks best in bold high contrasting colours such as this black and light red combination. The fitted red jacket from Outsider nips in at the waist and shows off this model's hour glass figure. The length just stops before the hips so bringing attention again to the waist. Layering underneath with a black tunic from Outsider ensures the pattern in model's own skirt is only showing at the bottom and front and so drawing the eye downwards to create a slimmer silhouette.


A black jacket is matched with a maroon empire line dress to give a high contrast in a deeper tone rather than a brighter tone. Although this model's complexion can take strong colours, they need to be in a dull or soft fabric to stay muted otherwise they would be too bright and garish looking. The long necklace from Leju helps break up the space that the dress's high neckline is creating.




The day was a success with the under 25s and the over 50s getting to know each other and everyone leaving with more knowledge of ethical products.

The fashion makeover was organised and sourced by ethical fashion stylist Lupe Castro from LupeCastro.com, with help on the day by Karen Grace from frumpy to funky.
Useful links:
www.lupecastro.com
www.frumpytofunky.com
www.pingush.com
www.bobelle.co.uk
www.outsiderfashion.com
www.lejudesigns.com
www.juzionline.com

Timothy Foxx - Exceptionally Eccentric Ladies Tweed Clothing Co.

I first met new designer Rosalie Eustace in September at the fashion pop-up showcase hosted by micro-boutique hotel 40WiNKS. Here she was exhibiting a sample of her designs from her fashion label “Timothy Foxx”. This new label’s signature look is “vintage modern chic” where traditional British tweed is mixed with other fabrics such as silks and cottons. Her main collection shows funky miniskirts with colourful silk panel slits, shorts with silk/cotton patterned patches around the bottom area, and traditional blazers with quirky patterned linings and silk cuffs. Rosalie’s vision was to keep the tweed’s reputation as eccentric but update it to a youthful and fashionable eccentricity. She has now expanded this vision to include women of all ages who want this playful quirkiness but don’t necessarily want to wear a miniskirt. And so Rosalie’s new collection includes the Hazel skirt – a sexy knee length tweed pencil skirt with the hint of a funky lining showing.
Why did Rosalie choose tweed as her main fabric?

Well there is a little story to this – are you sitting comfortably? Once upon a time there was a beautiful young princess who loved to sew and one birthday her dreams came true when her fairy godmother presented her with her very own sewing machine. Running out of fabric, the princess decided to raid her father’s (the King,) wardrobe and “borrowed” an old tweed jacket. With the aid of her sewing machine and scissors, she magically transformed the jacket in to a tweed mini skirt with funky silk patterned inserts and lining. She instantly became the belle of the ball and all the other maidens wanted a tweed mini skirt too. As the princess was blessed with a kind heart, she let the maidens borrow her skirt, but found that this meant she never got to wear it again. So she repeated her magic formula and designed another tweed skirt for herself and kind hearted as she was, started designing bespoke skirts for all of her friends. And what of the King? Did he miss his old tweed jacket? Well he may have but as a loving father he never let on. But as a loving daughter the princess made a bespoke jacket to replace the old one.

Why did Rosalie decide on the label name Timothy Foxx?

Rosalie named her new label after a much loved antique wooden horse she had as a toy in her childhood. Now the horse proudly takes centre stage in her fashion show stands.

Now about her collection.

Timothy Foxx has grown to include the long elegant Alexandra jacket (great as a suit with the hazel pencil skirt), and the shorter length Grace Jacket to show off the on trend Livibum shorts and Aimee miniskirts. Other pieces include the Victoria waistcoat, Gregory Union Jack patch flat cap, Maryrose scarves and Timothy Foxx polo shirts.

And what about a collection for all the gentle Prince Charmings?

No immediate plans for a full collection in gentlemen’s wear , but just to keep Prince Charming interested Timothy Foxx is currently creating tweed bow ties, flat caps and casual tops such as hoodies and rugby shirts. But for the moment there is the Timothy Foxx hound silk tie in maroon available.

Where to purchase the Timothy Foxx collection?

Online! The web address is www.timothyfoxx.co.uk

This is one fairytale designer who will live happy ever after.