July 18, 2022

Stella McCartney Resort 2023 Collection Hits 85% Record Sustainable Production

July 18, 2022/ Anne Enke

Stella McCartney’s Resort 2023 Collection was operating on eight cylinders of creative and manufacturing moxie as fashion’s greatest advocate for the environment and PETA-friendly alternative materials hit her highest bar yet.

McCartney’s resort collection was photographed in and around her eco factory in Novara, Italy. Stella reported that 85% of the collection is produced sustainably.

Stella McCartney also has an instinctive embrace of great marketing, making her “Rewilding and rechilding” tagline a marketing hit.

Hermès' New French Workshops and Rolling Big on MycoWorks [Mushroom] Leather

April 25, 2022/ Anne Enke

The development of an artisanal approach is different from what is being labeled ‘ethical’ by websites like Good On You.

Leather is a perfect example. Hermès will never be called ethical because they are using leather. Even though they agree to the highest possible worker standards and environment-friendly policies in tanning and how the animals are treated, it’s leather.

Note, though, that even Stella McCartney can’t get a top rating on Good on You, which suggests a bleak future if even she can’t cut it with the uber-progressives. Stella does get a ‘good’ — or a B on a 5-point scale. Note Stella McCartney’s rating is 2018.

KARL LAGERFELD by Amber Valletta Spring 2022 Sustainable Collection

April 08, 2022/ Anne Enke

DESSERTO®, the highly-sustainable alternative to leather, made from cactus plants and a finalist in the LVMH 2020 Innovation Awards, is again center stage in the new Lagerfeld-Valletta collab. Other earth-friendly fibers use in the new collection are 100% organic cotton, GRS certified recycled linen, and pre-consumer upcycled material Tencel™ x Refibra™ by Lenzing.