Last Friday, Green Stilettos were at the United Nations Office in Geneva to speak at the conference “Forests for Fashion — Fashion for Forests” on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March. Held under the creative direction of the Italian association Cittadell’arte – Fondazione Pistoletto and its Bio Ethical Fashion Trend (BEST), the … Continue reading
By a peculiar alignment of the stars, two major events are taking place simultaneously this week: the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, running from 6-13 February, and the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia from 7-23 February. Far from being worlds apart, sport and fashion are increasingly converging. Sport chic rules the runways at … Continue reading
In the fashion universe, designer is king. That’s why the only way to get the fashion industry to embrace sustainability is by teaching future designers how to do it. A couple of years ago, New York-based designer Timo Rissanen summed up his personal sustainable fashion challenge as follows: “I basically had to learn to design again.” Sustainable fashion … Continue reading
Step into Berlin’s Kronprinzenpalais and you forget the darkness and the drizzle on a January afternoon in the German capital. Inside you find the most stylish and sustainable brands that the Berlin Fashion Week has to offer – some 30 high-end ethical fashion, footwear and accessories labels carefully selected by the curators of the Greenshowroom. … Continue reading
We’ve all been there: making New Year’s resolutions, some bigger than others. We have solemnly declared that we would sign up to the gym, go carbs-free and read Anna Karenina in the original version. But somehow come March, these resolutions melt away like winter snow under the spring sun. So instead of writing down hard-to-keep … Continue reading
Now it’s that time of the year when we are all rushed off our feet getting those very special presents for our loved ones, finishing off numerous projects before year-end and making last-minute holiday and social calendar plans. As for me, in addition to sending and receiving season’s greeting cards and attending numerous end-of-year parties, … Continue reading
Recently I was approached by BMW’s new online magazine The Ecoist for an interview about my blog Green Stilettos and how I got into sustainable fashion more generally. Needless to say, I was happy to oblige! I loved the concept of The Ecoist – a highbrow lifestyle e-zine for style-conscious yet eco-minded consumers, and of … Continue reading
Last week I had a great opportunity to visit DESIGNGUT, the annual Swiss sustainable design fair, in Winterthur — a charming town located a 20-minute train ride from Zurich. The event brought together Switzerland’s more established and up-and-coming designers in fashion, jewellery and furniture – all with a sustainable twist. Held in the city’s magnificent … Continue reading
This morning, I ticked off one of the items that are high up on my bucket list: to have breakfast at Tiffany’s. No, I didn’t fly all the way to New York to munch on a danish and sip a takeaway coffee in front of Tiffany’s flagship store. Instead, I went to Geneva’s very own … Continue reading
Among the momentous events that marked the month of September were the Big Four Fashion Weeks (New York, London, Milan and Paris) and the return of “Downton Abbey” for its fourth season. And both the catwalks and the TV series celebrated the Roaring Twenties and that decade’s forward-looking, frivolous fashion. “In the 1920s everything seemed … Continue reading
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