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Summer Rayne Oakes looks over fabric swatches at Source4Style. Photo: courtesy Cartier Women's Initiative Award
We've been following sustainable sourcing marketplace Source4Style, founded by Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh, from the very beginning, and now, they're up for a major award, the weiterlesen...
Bahar Shahpar and Tara St. James of Guilded. Photo: courtesy Guilded
"The fashion industry needs a wake-up call," according to ethical fashion designers-turned-teachers Bahar Shahpar, of her eponymous label, and Tara St. James of Study NY.
After years working in the fashion industry and learning the destructive impact...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Want to see how some of eco-fashion’s top designers and thought leaders wear sustainable style? Check out this video of Ecouterre and Hessnatur’s panel discussion on the future of green fashion. Not only will you get a glimpse at what green fashionistas like Jill Fehrenbacher and Summer Rayne Oakes are wearing, you’ll also sneak a peak at the conversation behin... weiterlesen...
AFINGO Fashion Forum in New York. Photo: Emma Grady
Are you tired of the eco fashion moniker? Bored with green marketing? Is fast fashion on its way out or here to stay?
These are just a few of the questions industry insiders, including fashion consultant Julie Gilhart, model and activist Summer Rayne Oakes, address, below.
In New Yor...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In an exclusive interview, Adrian Grenier speaks to the global water crisis and why he supports charity: water. Video: Emma Grady.
In New York City last night, actor and environmental activist weiterlesen...
Summer Rayne Oakes wears Amisha Jewelery. Photo: Fiona Garden
From UK-based Amisha Jewelry comes a chic collection of everyday accessories that are perfect for everyday accessories and gifts for the holiday season. Made with handcrafted silver and semi-precious stones, the limited-edition "Five Elements" collection--modeled by weiterlesen...
Summer Rayne Oakes is one of the fresh faces pushing the green movement forward – an eco-model, social entrepreneur, author, editor, and designer, this girl has got it going on! This week we’ve teamed up with Summer to give away some of her favorite green picks to one lucky reader. An eco-fab stash packed with a set of Portico Home organic-cotton towels (bath, hand... weiterlesen...
Summer Rayne Oakes explores how much a silk worm silks. Photo: Source4Style
Online sustainable sourcing platform Source4Style has launched a video series of sustainable design news called The Cutting Edge. Hosted by Source4Style co-founder and world-renowned Eco Model Summer Rayne Oakes, the short, 60-second films will explore innovations in sustainability and technology, accor... weiterlesen...
Farm Sanctuary's Gene Baur, Olsenhaus' Elizabeth Olsen and Russell Simmons (left to right). Photo: Getty
Olsenhaus founder Elizabeth Olsen is the queen bee of vegan footwear. Not only does she have a slew of celebrity followers, including Moby, Russell Simmons, weiterlesen...
Sourcing sustainable textiles at Source4Style. Photo: Source4Style
As I wrote earlier this month, sourcing textiles can be difficult for fashion and interior designers--and sustainable textiles, even more so. This week in New York City, Source4Style co-founders Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh hosted the inaugural weiterlesen...
Source4Style, an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers source sustainable textiles by connecting them directly with suppliers, has officially launched in public beta. Co-founders Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh announced the news at the House of Lords on October 5th and at the RITE Conference the next day.
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Source 4 Style, screenshot of development site. Image courtesy of Source 4 Style
When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers source sustainable textiles by connecting them directly with suppliers. Founded b...R... weiterlesen...
Bright Young Things Style Challenger Tiffany of Six SIx Sick. Photo: Ayasha Guerin
When Bright Young Things (BYT), the sustainable fashion label that launched with one little black dress last month, asked if I would don their LBD for a Style Challenge I had to muster every ounce of will po...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Summer Rayne Oakes at "Pay It Fashion Forward" in New York City. Credit: Emma Grady
Eco-model and activist Summer Rayne Oakes and fast fashion brand Forever 21 are hardly--if ever--used in the same sentence. But the two came together, along with hosts Emmanuelle Chriqui of HBO's Entourage and Bryan Greenberg of HBO's How To Make It In America, to help raise funds for weiterlesen...