Elena Garcia = Creative Women's Apparel 2nd Runner-up Tie

Elena's work blends daring design, traditional techniques, and luxurious, eco-friendly textiles to create beautiful, timeless pieces for women of all ages.

Elena is a tied winner with America’s Britta Reynolds as second runner-up for Chíc Eco’s 2008 Best Eco-Creative Women’s Fashion Designer Poll.

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Best Eco-creative 2008 Women's Apparel Designer Award

Sophie Rieu wins Chic Eco's Best Eco-creative Women's Apparel Designer 2008 award.

Licensed trade fashion buyers contact Delia at Chic Eco for line sheets.

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Recycled Tires, Tubes and Splaff Flopps

Recycled car tires are converted to soles; used bicycle inner tubes are made into straps; hemp fabric is in the foot beds, covers the straps; and the mid sole is made from Regupol®.

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Eco-luxury Infant Clothes Designer Sandy Swan for Holy Cow

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It’s obvious that Sandy pays special attention to the detail of each piece. After all, the Holy Cow mission is to design and produce the best clothing on Earth.

Eco-luxury Infant Clothes Design Team: via Hani Hong for Fierce Hugs

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Like a form of social fashion, independent artists make delightful eclectic images for Fierce Hugs. The partners describe their designs as playfully offbeat and mildly edgy in a fuzzy, baby-safe way.

Eco- luxury Infant Clothes Designer: Tina Bossy for Bossy Baby

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Tina is another great talent discovered from nominations towards the Best Eco-luxury Infant Clothes Designer. That competition ended September 1st. The winner, who received the most votes, will be announced with runner-ups by October.

Eco luxury Infant Clothes Designer: Jennifer Murphy for Chapter One Organics

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Jennifer not only designs for her clothing company, Chapter One Organics, she collaborates with a U.S. manufacturer that trains women facing significant barriers to employment. The women learn sewing skills, earn a living wage, attain productive work habits, establish careers, and begin their “Chapter One.”

Cliff Drill for Splaff Inc Wins Best Sustainable Footwear Designer Poll

Perfected simplicity is where he's at.

Famed Birkenstock Shoes Update

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Birki’s stands for comfortable and healthy walking. And there’s a strong company focus on ecological responsibility. This is not new, but the progress report is.

Sustainable Footwear Rocks in Ethiopia

Production is authentic and "green" by Ethiopian heritage, not because of conscious trends. Bethlehem, now Cofounder and Managing Director, points out that zero carbon output is the norm since Ethiopians recycle as a way of life. They don't even refer to the process as recycling.

A Prime Example of Eco Footwear

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Creative sourcing kudos for materials such as recycled carpet padding, which consist of scraps and recycled foam. Also natural latex rubber, which is tapped from trees to make all kinds of footwear parts.