Ethical Designers

Ethical Design Spotlight – SPUN

29 September 2009

Septembers design spotlight reminds us of the important fact that design isn’t all about flashy details and dramatic silhouettes, sometimes it’s about getting the basics right first. Sara Seumae started SPUN after she was unable to find quality, stylish, organic clothing that wouldn’t break the budget. Those basic pieces just weren’t there in an affordable [...]

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Ethical Design Spotlight – Erika Hendrix

28 July 2009

German based Erika Hendrix has had her own independent label since 2005 and creates gorgeous detailed pieces from 90% natural materials. She started sewing shirts back in 2002 during an internship in Interior Design and the line has grown from shirts, to dresses, coats, leggings and even scarves, jewellery and accessories. Every piece on the [...]

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How Green Are Your Pants?

14 July 2009

If I’m honest I don’t think very often about how green my pants are. They’re so small, aand it’s not like I have a huge selection of frilly fripperies, I tend to just buy the cheapest ones I can find and have done with it. I certainly never thought my pants could save the world, [...]

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Ethical Design Spotlight – Todd Reed

2 July 2009

For most Women jewellery, and I mean *real* jewellery, not the costume pieces you pick up in Topshop, is probably a once or twice in a life time purchase at most. More commonly it’s received as a gift. It’s such a shame that such an emotional gift, given in love, is so often the product [...]

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Ethical Design Spotlight – Kristinit

26 May 2009

This months Ethical Design Spotlight is on LA based label Kristinit . Kristinit is available in selected US boutiques and online, but sadly doesn’t seem to be available in the UK, but since Retro Chick has a fair portion of of readers based in the US and Canada I thought it was worth a mention. [...]