Designers & Fashion

Hemp Fashion and Design

Not Just Pipe Dreams: Hemp is High Fashion

Hemp Fashion and Design

  • New York, NY – One the evening of January 31st in the elegant sophistication of New York’s Gotham Hall two dozen internationally recognized designers displayed their latest creations to a waiting high-powered audience at the Earth Pledge eco-fashion show FutureFashion, before the official opening of New York Fashion Week. With fabric sponsored by EnviroTextiles, designers like Donatella Versace, Behnaz Sarafour, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Isabel Toledo, and Calvin Klein wove their magic with everything from Hemp/Organic Cotton Jersey Knits to Hemp Silk/Charmeuse.

“We see 2008 as a breakthrough year for hemp fashion thanks to more than a decade of hard work,” says Summer Star Haeske, Sales Manager for EnviroTextiles, LLC. “With elegant fabrics like the shiny Hemp Silk Shiny Charmeuse, one of my favorites; has been one of the hits for top couture designers. Proving you don’t have to sacrifice anything when it comes to style and going green.”

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