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Monday, July 23, 2007

Fashion Portland’s Lean Green Fashion Machine

Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Mon, Jul 23 at 1:55 PM

Are you tired of hearing about green/sustainable/ethical fashion yet? Well, TOO BAD. Check out these two upcoming local events:

First up, on Saturday, July 28 11 am-6 pm, Mario’s 3.10 at Bridgeport Village is having “Organic Day,” with the store’s local/sustainable designers Anna Cohen and Ryan Christensen of Sameunderneath. They’ll also be showing off the latest merch from Organics and Loomstate, plus a farmer’s market. And then, on August 2nd, the Art Institute kicks off a monthlong exhibit exploring the concept of sustainable design, with participating designers including Cohen and Christensen once again, as well as Nicole Flood (Flood Clothing), Sharon Blair (BlairWear), Faith Jennings, Emily Katz, Jen Neitzel (Knot Ugly Designs), and entermodal’s Larry Olmstead. The exhibit will also feature AI’s winners of the apparel and accessory design student green design competition. (Juried by Araina Duffy of Nike Considered, and Peter Kallen of Nau.) Reception from 6-8 pm.

(a bag from entermodal)

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Um, how does green/sustainable/ethical = leather?

Posted by Hula | July 24, 2007 7:19 AM

Hula—you should definitely ask entermodal's Larry about that. He can talk your ear off about it and has really done an incredible amount of research on the subject. America has been slower to realize it, but leather as a sustainable textile has long been accepted on the other side of the pond.

Posted by Marjorie Skinner | July 24, 2007 9:59 AM

Then it's just the growing and feeding of the leather-covered animals that's a little hard on the land? Not the actual use of leather. um...

Posted by Hula | July 25, 2007 4:32 PM

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