ethical elegance on the red carpet
Posted by sally, March 25, 2010
Colin may not have won an Oscar but Livia won in the style stakes this year proving that it’s easy to be green and glam on the red carpet.
Livia Firth set herself an ethical style challenge last year when she learnt husband, Colin Firth, was nominated for a slew of best actor awards for his performance in The Single Man. She decided to do the whole awards season sustainably, committing to only wearing things of beauty that fall within the remit of environmental and social justice.
Livia wore this beautiful dress ‘made from waste’ on Oscars night. Designed by Orsola de Castro, whose label is From Somewhere, every scrap of fabric is from ends of rolls, discarded silk and organza off-cuts, silk chiffon un-finished petticoats (rescued from the trash) and off-cuts from the cutting room floor. Her bag was designed by Bruno Frisoni the designer at Roger Vivier, also stitched to together from discarded materials.
Check out her blog for the full story. Livia, who runs the ethical design store EcoAge in Chiswick is also one of the fabulous ladies behind 12 Degrees of Fashion, the pop-up ethical fashion shop that’s always worth watching out for.
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