Eco Fashion TV
Has everybody seen this but me? Did y’all know there was online treehugger TV? Well there is, and I am stoked about it. So far I’ve only watched one of their episodes, the one on sustainable style, but so far I am very impressed.
This here is Jill Danyelle who narrates the episode, leading us through the world of recycled clothing and sustainable style. Danyelle also runs a site called fiftyRX3, where the tagline reads “perusing the crossroads of style and sustainability”. Her own site, danyelle.org says this about her:
Her interest in design and environmentalism has led her to investigate methods for creating products which are sustainable without sacrificing aesthetics.
And she seems to be succeeding. Check out her featured recycled project for December:
Dudes, she made this out of old umbrella fabric. How awesome is that?
April 27th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
wow! that is really pretty, and i love that it is made from something so unique. it’s also nice to see a movement towards recyling and planet friendly craft. :)
April 27th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
Awesome, and waterproof!
April 28th, 2006 at 12:41 am
Points for creativity and recyclability, but I’m guessing the sweat factor is unbelievable in a waterproof dress. Ugh. . .
April 28th, 2006 at 1:23 am
wow, whip up! thanks so much for the love. And yes Kelli, this is the perfect spillproof dress!
April 28th, 2006 at 1:49 am
that is AWESOME!
April 28th, 2006 at 1:55 am
My breath just caught in my throat. That has my name all over it. Have to figure out how I can see these shows…
April 28th, 2006 at 3:02 am
I seem to remember seeing a similar dress a couple of years ago…
Found it: http://www.theeel.com/~feyeel/personal/umbrella.html
50RX3 is aware of it too.
April 28th, 2006 at 7:43 am
Yes, korinthe, a reader sent me a link to that dress after I posted about mine and I was super impressed. I wrote a post about it and lauded her skills as a seamstress! The first and only umbrella garment I had ever seen was from tiffany tomato
http://tiffanytomato.com/pages/makeit/umskirt.htm
but I wanted to try make a garment that nobody might guess it was umbrellas unless you told them. Unfortunately, at this point I have more umbrella fabric than time, as I’d love to do some more stuff! I really like the jacket which I draped out in one night from one umbrella and scraps.