We’ll be celebrating Fashion Week on October 20th, m.a.m.a. earth style, at Center for Living Peace in Irvine as we gather for our monthly class discussing all things eco-fashion and sustainable style. Let’s talk about bridging the gap between sustainability and fashion. Sign up for the class here>>
Designer, Violeta Villacorta, of OrgbyVio, will share her work with indigenous artisans in the Amazon rainforest as a sustainable alternative to multinational extractive projects in their communities, which have disrupted their traditional way of life. Her work focuses on designing and marketing beautiful wearable art for fashion and jewelry collections as a way to support their ancestral artistry, ensuring that these traditions are passed down from generation to generation, while generating a sustainable economy for Amazon communities. She will expand on her commitment to sustainable practices in her personal life and career as an eco fashion designer since the early 90ʼs. Her presentation will include facts and tips on how we can all implement sustainable practices in our lives to reduce our toll on the environment and minimize the negative impacts we inflict on the planet as a society.
After Violeta’s presentations, we’ll be joined by Maia Andersen of SustainableKids and Annie Le of Annie+Jade, two Orange County-based designers who are committed to sustainable fashion design. We’ll end with a panel discussion of all three designers along with Q & A.
This class is recommended for teens and adults.
See photos of previous m.a.m.a. earth classes here: http://bit.ly/123YCv7
About @OrgbyVio and @Violeta Villacorta:
With over 20 years in the fashion industry, Peruvian born eco-designer Violeta Villacorta has been designing luxury sustainable clothing since 1993, and has worked as senior designer for companies such as Patagonia. Her clothes have been featured in national and international magazines, she has been interviewed on television in the U.S. and Europe, dressed luminaries in the music and film industry, and shown her collections at MOCA Geffen Museum in Los Angeles. As Founder of ORG by vio®, Violeta works on creative design collaborations with indigenous communities in the Amazon to promote their arts and crafts, while incorporating their ancestral work into contemporary designs, as a means to generate a sustainable economy for the stewards of the most biodiverse ecosystem. To learn more about Violeta’s work in the Amazon, visit www.orgbyvio.com andwww.violetavillacorta.com for custom luxury sustainable clothing.
About Sustainable Kids:
As designer, mother and sustainable business advocate, Sustainable Kids founder Maia Andersen is committed to encouraging responsible consumerism and global compassion through her kids collection.Technically trained, sustainably acclaimed; Andersen is one of few US designers accepted at the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris, and Esthetica at London Fashion Week. With over 15 years experience as creative director and apparel designer, Maia Andersen has directed and developed apparel collections for global brands such as Roxy/Quiksilver, Oakley and The North Face.
Sustainable Kids embodies kids of the future who want to do right by the earth, feel good about what they’re wearing and not sacrifice their sense of style. Sustainable Kids allows kids to make positive choices about their personal attire and let others know they mean business. Sustainable Kids is manufactured entirely in the USA and uses certified organic cottons, recycled yarns and hemp blends. All our dyes are GOTS-certified. Screen printing inks are lead and phthalate-free. Even the labels and hangtags are made from recycled materials. Visit www.sustainable-kids.com for more.
About Annie and Jade by Annie Le:
Fashion designer Annie Le loves a iconic runway dress. But annie + jade, her sustainable clothing couture brand, goes beyond what merely looks good on the runway. annie + jade commits to the creation of contemporary clothing that’s always graciously green.
The forward-thinking brand finds success in maintaining that commitment in an array of styles and forms: work clothes for women headed for the corner office, cute summer dresses that radiate simplicity, and sustainable clothing pieces that pique the interest of high fashion purists. Why not buy fashion that both looks good on you and looks great for the planet?
We believe that those cute summer dresses should also count as stylish sustainable clothing. We have faith that chic work clothes for women today don’t have to ignore the realities of our planet. And we hold to our passionate ideal: the wonders of a runway dress that our girl can wear with both her night out and Mother Nature in mind. Visit www.annieandjade.com for more.
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