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Stella McCartneys new boots and pumps for A/W12

was seen on every fashionistas feet during the fashion weeks in NY, London, Milan and Paris.

I'm completely in love with the look, and it sure doesn't hurt that the sole is completely biodegradable.The rest of the shoe is made with Stellas usual care about the environment and impeccable attention to detail.

Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood has always had a strong sense of social and environmental responsibility, and in her collection Red Label Summer 2012 she introduced a cooperation with Cool Earth. This organization is protecting our rainforests, and their main goal is to save those parts of the forests that are in immediate danger of being destroyed. They are working together with local communities to provide a sustainable future for the people of the rainforest.

Scary fact - The Amazon rainforest provides 20% of the world’s fresh water and a fifth of the world’s oxygen.
Still 400 000kvm (100 acres) of rainforest is being cleared every minute! Cool Earth caluculated it like this - In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO₂ into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. That really puts it into perspective, doesn't it?

Vivienne Westwood is also involved in another important project. For the winter 2012/2013 she has designed a collection of handbags made from recycled materials and handmade in Kenya. This project is carried out with support from the U.N. Ethical Fashion Program designed to empower women in some of the poorest communities in the world.

Check-out and shop Viviennes cool outfits and accessories on her homepage. 

Dandelion is spelled with three E:s

Dandelion Sportswear is a Swedish company based in Stockholm. The three E:s stands for Ecologic, Ethic and Esthetic and is the foundation of the entire company.

Dandelion encourage their customers to consume less and recycle more and they adjust their collections according to this principle. The clothes are beautiful and functional and once they are worn out you can return it to them for recycling.

All clothes are 100% organic and they make sure that everybody in the supply chain gets a decent pay for their work and that no producers use child labour. No toxic dyes are being used which not only is beneficial to the environment but for the employees as well. The design and function is not compromised with and comfort is the main goal.

Nicole, the designer and founder, has a genuine design background from some of the most prestigous schools in the industry. She is also the founder of Strömmingsloppet (The Herring race). It's carried out each year in the city of Vaxholm in the archipelago outside Stocholm. The race has recieved the eco-label Håll Sverige Rent (Keep Sweden Clean)and 100SEK of each participants fee is donated to WaterAid.

Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney is such a great role model. She is a fantastic designer and her clothes and accessories are sold and admired all over the world.

This is a woman who has never used leather or fur in her collections. She has shown that great materials can be found and used without cruelty. For the new Spring/Summer 2012 she has designed a collection of eco-friendly sunglasses in a lot of different colours and styles. In her fragrances she uses as much natural ingredients as possible, and they are completely without parabens. Together with her family she wrote a Meat Free Monday cookbook to inspire to a vegetarian lifestyle.

It's really inspiring to follow her career and what she does to lead a sustainable life.
Read more and shop her beautiful designs here; StellamcCartney

Down under

More and more brands have underwear in organic cotton or organic cotton blends.
You can find it in most high-street brands, and also online. Most is made in organic cotton, but there are also some made of bamboo, hemp or fibers of pine. All those materials breathe and are comfortable to wear closest to your body. It's nice to have clothes without chemicals that close to you.

Here are some websites to choose from; Ecolyxica, Ekogarderoben, Greentex

H&M

Their Conscious Collection is in stores now. Made from materials like organic cotton or recycled polyester. Really cool clothes and many are already sold out.

Read more and buy your favourites here; H&M.

Marc Jacobs

Apart from making gorgeous clothes, Marc Jacobs has designed a pair of sunglasses for the "Plant a Seed" project that's dedicated to saving the rainforests of Brazil.  Read more and support the project here.

The glasses are dark brown and green and has a vintage-inspired frame. They are made from renewable resources, and so is the case they come in. You can find them on his own website.

Those sunglasses can also be bought at Smartbuyglasses at a good price. Smartbuyglasses also thinks one step ahead with their Buy one - Give one concept. For every pair of glasses (not sunglasses) you buy, they donate one pair to someone that needs glasses but can't afford them. So far they've donated glasses at a value of over 800 000 USD!