This week, Portland Fashion Week (PFW) put on a four day event in sustainable style. Their vision: “to emphasize eco-responsible fashion, stage independent designers, and draw national attention to Portland’s unique intersection of Art, Commerce, and Sustainability.”
According to Prasenjit Tito Chowdhury, executive producer of PFW, “This is the first and only sustainable production of a fashion week in the world—not just the United States.”
Since 2007, PFW has promoted green fashion designers with eco-friendly practices. Anna Cohen, for instance, uses sustainably produced fibers from Oregon’s Imperial Stock Ranch and incorporates environment-minded production ideas into her work. For the 2009 event, PFW built a sustainably harvested bamboo stage, printed programs on recycled paper, and used low-voltage LED lights and soy-based paints. They decided to forgo electrical tape, saving three thousand rolls (which cannot be recycled down into raw ingredients) from a landfill! The event even used sustainable-certified hotels.
Portland Fashion Week—style savvy and environmentally forward. Here at Ooligan, we’re taking note. Producing a class-act event doesn’t have to hurt the environment.
Sources:
http://www.kgw.com/environment/stories/kgw_100809_lifestyle_portland_fashion_week.1f8d5c686.html
http://www.portlandfashionweek.net/
http://www.imperialcollectionbyac.com/
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