///WALL OF FAITH

An ode to the people who make this Hiphonest movement happen. At the page Wall of Faith you can meet the enterprising creative pioneers who dare to stand out. ‘Dare to share because you care!’

Fashion designer Meiling Chen, Based in New York City.

Meiling Chen’s designs are a free-spirited journey into the uncharted terrain of contemporary ready-to-wear and eco couture. The NYC-based designer launched her first sustainable fashion collection in 2008, and has since participated in runaway shows during New York Fashion Week as well as numerous gallery exhibitions. She also collaborates with Ekovaruhuset (‘House of Organic’), Paris, New York, and Stockholm.

Meiling’s work is organically interdisciplinary with creative ideas patterned after her Taiwanese upbringing. A family tradition of bespoke tailoring led her to pursue fashion design at FIT, post-graduation from the School of Read the rest of this entry »

///FASHION

Looking for a new adventure in fashion? Apply soon! Rank a Brand, a leading global company with supply chain productions in various areas, including textile, hunting for an ambitious Product Developer! Rankabrand is looking for a Product Developer with: -Diligence, high concentration capacity, attention to detail. -Flexibility, ability to work on average 84 hours/week. -Physical health and capacity to stand and kneel for several hours at a time. Candidates free from infectious diseases strongly preferred.

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///ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Kyra Martens, a Dutch photographer made these gorgeous pictures of animals and fashion (clothes by Edwin Oudshoorn, make-up by Samantha van de Ven & Bajram Gashi).

This talented and promising photographer just finished her studies in photography at The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague. “On the Origin of Species” the projects title refers to the eponymous book written by Charles Darwin from 1859. Kyra took the guts to shoot these animals herself, some supermodels she found in ‘Artis’ (the Zoo of Amsterdam) others in ‘Apenheul’ (the monkey Zoo in Apeldoorn).

“Our sense of esthetics was evolutionary developed to distinguish the difference between Read the rest of this entry »

///WALL OF FAITH

Finally the first male faces at the Wall of Faith.

An ode to the people who make this Hiphonest movement happen. At the page Wall of Faith you can meet the enterprising creative pioneers who dare to stand out. ‘Dare to share because you care!’

Architect Gereon Pilz van der Grinten and entrepreneur in Sustanable Fashion Frans Prins, both founders of THEKEY.TO, based in Berlin.  (photo by Kristyan Geyr).

Their motto:  BE PART OF THE SHIFT!

THEKEY.TO was successfully launched in July 2009. Its start leads back to the visionary idea of an international team of interdisciplinary professionals who decided to give birth to the first international event for green fashion, sustainable lifestyle and culture in Berlin. THEKEY.TO is the ideal event to spot new trends and visions in the fashion industry. Through the labels’ selection and the intense cultural program THEKEY.TO aims at spreading the signal that the shift towards an era where coolness and a strong sense for quality and responsibility are naturally interlinked, is already possible. It’s now! Read the rest of this entry »

///CRADLE TO CRADLE

Written by Miranda Hoogervorst.

Although some old sneakers do smell as if they would do well in the compost bin, it surely is not a good idea to litter them into your garden. Glue, PVC and other poisonous materials will do no good to your fresh green lawn. Now here’s some great news for people who like to donate their shoes to the environment. Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn and Christiaan Maats of the Dutch company OAT Shoes have designed a sneaker that literally nurtures nature. As we speak, they are working on the launch of a 100% compostable, hip sneaker made from all natural ingredients. For this sneaker they were inspired by the cradle-to-cradle philosophy of Michael Braungart and William McDonough. Christiaan: “There are so many shoes in the world. Read the rest of this entry »