Eco Fashion, by Sass Brown and published by Laurence King in September 2010 showcases the range of companies making a difference in the area of sustainable design in fashion.

Eco Fashion explodes the myth that sustainable design has to be poor, or at best basic design by highlighting the range of companies producing desirable and well-designed apparel and accessories with a conscience. It not only demonstrates the range of products available around the globe, but explains the stories behind them, and the communities they support, as well as showing how and where they make a difference.“I totally respect what everyone is doing for ethical clothing, but at the same time I don’t want to be lumped as ‘that ethical clothes label.’ Our garments look like normal stylish clothes, made from luxurious fabrics and, unless you knew about us, you’d never guess the organic.

Sass Brown also looks at the larger labels and fashion houses that are developing ethical initiatives. For example Brown presents luxury goods manufacturer, Salvatore Ferragamo, and their ecological handbags, made from only natural, chemical free, and non-polluting materials. Vivienne Westwood’s DIY collection, Katherine Hamnett’s organic cotton T-shirts, and Yves Saint Laurent’s upcycling project ‘New Vintage’ are also profiled.This book honors what groundbreakers are doing in the fashion industry to intergrate their concerns for our planet and the people on it into their business strategies. The designers and labels featured here herald change in the fashion industry, be that in the form of entirley new business models, recycling, reusing, redesigning, sustainable manufacturing processes, diversion of waste materials from landfill, fair trade or community development. This book is about good design that gives back.  Buy HERE.