Peak textiles – Apr 22

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Clothes-Minded? Wear Your Earth Day Suit! (video)
Umbra, Grist TV via YouTube
What are the impacts of being a fashion plate? Plenty. Learn the naked truths of the clothing …
(9 April 2009)

Best In Show: Solar Clothing
WorldChanging
Last week, researchers at solar firm Konarka Technologies said they’d made a breakthrough in the move to incorporate solar power into clothing. Their finding was a new, more efficient type of photovoltaic wire that could one day be added to clothing, shop awnings and sails to generate renewable electricity. Here we take a look at the history of solar fashion so far, from bags to jackets.
(19 March 2009)
Many photos.

Luxury-Goods Makers Embrace Sustainability
Jeremy Kahn, The New Times
To many people, “sustainable luxury” is a term that might best be found in the dictionary under the entry for oxymoron, right alongside “postal service” and “military intelligence.”

After all, luxury often carries with it connotations of excess and waste, and it is associated with fashion, an industry prone to fads that change at least as quickly as the seasons.

But leading industry executives say that they are trying to change the image of the luxury goods business by embracing new environmental and labor standards.
(26 March 2009)
Hmmh…sustainable luxury? I think I prefer the idea of sustainable quality…KS