US cosmetics brand AVEDA sponsored a fashion show at Rome’s AltaRoma featuring Ecoture by fashion designer Deborah Milner. Milner, well known for her collaboration with Philip Treacey, designed a stunning range of couture pieces based on ecologically renewable and recycled fabrics. Some of these were sourced from her trip deep into the Amazon jungle, where she worked with the Yawanawa tribe to develop sustainable fabrics from local materials.
There were also fabrics from China and India, as well as other astonishing examples of recycling – like a white ball gown made from melted plastic bags.
Mark Andrews and Olly Ravaux designed and organized the show, which took place in the Second-Century Tempio di Adriano, in Rome’s historic Piazza di Pietra. The film you can see here, put together by Mark and David Hughes, formed the backdrop to the main entrance to the show. It features footage taken by Deborah when she met with the Yawanawa and stills of each of the Ecoture pieces Deborah made for the show. movie link
