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Eco Fashion

Handsome Co: Hong Kong
When Billy Potts walked down a familiar Kowloon street, he realized that the waste being generated by taxi garages had possibilities for a second life. Billy enlisted the help of Joseph Ng to design their first products: a line of bags and accessories made of discarded taxi upholstery. This is how Handsome Co. started. Handsome Co. employs local craftspeople, manufacturers, and NGOs to help ensure that valuable skills are not lost. The company believes that Hong Kong design has something to offer the world and intends to prove it.
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Rags2Riches: Philippines
From the Philippine capital of Manila, Rags2Riches is creating eco-ethical fashion and home accessories out of up cycled scrap cloth, organic materials and indigenous fabrics by working with over 800 artisans living in the poor communities across the country. Founder and current CEO, Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, partners with well-known influential fashion designers to create an integrated design solution providing additional skills-based, financial and health training for the local artisans so that they can maximize their career potential and take steps towards long-term financial and personal well-being.
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Keo KJay: Cambodia
Keo K'jay, started by Rachel Faller, provides jobs for HIV positive women, who manufacture handmade clothing and accessories from recycled and sustainable materials. About 70% of the fabrics the brand use are recycled and about (25%) are locally and sustainably made. KeoK'jay has become a well-loved fashion brand inside and outside of Cambodia, known for its quirky sense of style, comfortable and versatile designs, and commitment to high environmental and social standards.
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Naked Ape: South Africa
"Set trend, don't follow. Do not constrict, rather contrive" - This is Naked Ape's founder, Shaldon Kopman's personal mantra. From a cottage industry to a fully-fledged studio and showroom, Shaldon has managed to achieve this growth in just 10 years. By wearing Naked Ape you are not only fashion forward but also future focused as caring for our earth is essential. Each garment Naked Ape created is made up of 100% natural materials and fabrics, such as hemp, wool, cotton, linen and leather with some having coconut buttons. Taking this eco-friendly concept further, Naked Ape offers a wardrobe recycling service that looks at your current wardrobe and revamps it to create a new garment.
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Art of Shade: USA
Resuscitating discarded tarps, sails and utilitarian fabrics, Kayce Armstrong breathes life into not only the garments she creates, but the fashion landscape as well. It is the infectious compositions of Armstrong's creative consciousness that set her aesthetic apart from any other designer, bringing the idea of recycled and re-purposed textiles to high fashion. The living and breathing textures become wearable pieces of art inspired by an array of natural and mechanical influences. Born of a collaborative union between ecological preservation and unparalleled style, AOS is the epitome of Green Luxury. "My mission has always been the to bring Eco fashion and recycling capabilities to another level, in today's couture market." - Kayce Armstrong
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