Alkemie
Offering sophisticated jewelry forged from 100% reclaimed metal, Alkemie has perfected the art of transforming something common into something precious. Eclectic with feminine details and a rock ‘n’ roll edge, Alkemie's distinctive appeal reinterprets, repurposes and reworks one-of-a-kind vintage finds, creating sophisticated, wearable art with each piece. www.alkemiejewelry.com

Bahar Shahpar
Brooklyn-based Bahar Shahpar is a self-taught designer with a diverse creative background in multimedia event production, fashion, and publishing. Previously, she has owned an art gallery and designed custom accessories in London and New York. In 2005, she debuted her first womenswear line, agricult, inspired by the American frontier. For Spring/Summer 2007, Bahar launched her eponymous label, focusing on a more modern, less structured form while still drawing from an Edwardian aesthetic. She was featured as part of domino magazine’s 2007 Green List and has been profiled in Lucky, NYLON, ELLE, and WWD.

Bodkin
Bodkin is a women’s collection designed in accordance with principles of sustainability in materials and production methods. Manufactured in New York City using organic cotton and organic wool and artisanal vegetable dyes along with innovative fibers such as recycled-PET nylon, cellulosic fibers, and kapok, Bodkin consists of understatedly classic yet forward-thinking pieces that reconcile style with utility and transparency, supporting and encouraging both traditional craft and environmentally beneficial technologies of the future. Bodkin was named the inaugural recipient of the Ecco Domani Sustainable Design Award in 2009.


Charmoné
Charming shoes, in harmony with the earth. Our mission is to create beautiful, luxurious, sexy shoes that are also sustainable and cruelty-free. Every shoe incorporates European design and quality while using only animal-free, eco-friendly materials. We believe no one should sacrifice their style conscious just to serve their social conscience. Charmoné is focused on compassionate design: for animals, for the planet and for the people.


Cri de Coeur
Cri de Coeur is a French expression that translates literally to “cry from the heart.” To us, it symbolizes our heartfelt desire to change the face of the fashion footwear market. Launching for Spring 2008, Cri de Coeur provides stylish, contemporary women’s footwear that is ethically produced from start to finish. Every pair is made by hand as much as possible in Europe. Our shoes are entirely free of animal products and as environmentally friendly as technology will allow, without sacrificing style or wearability. These are shoes for serious fashionistas, with a conscience.

Covet
Inspired by the far east, Covet is renowned for achieving fusion and balance between fashion and the world in which we live. This is accomplished by using sustainable fibers while remaining dedicated to the details and styling of a contemporary fashion brand. Light and airy fabrics, such as soy, bamboo, tencel, hemp and silk are a few reasons Covet is praised for being as wonderful to the wear as it is to our environment. Covet was launched in 2005 by creative director Tara St James, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.


Fearlessdreamer by Meiling Chen
Meiling’s work explores the relationship between fashion, visual design and art. Fueled by a Taiwanese family tradition of smart tailoring and drawing freely from her professional training, her curiosity and love for people, nature, writing and the arts, Meiling’s designs are a free-spirited and adventurous take on hand-dyed organic fabrics coupled with waste-free eco chic couture. As her goal is to bring fun and creativity to people’s daily lives through sustainable work, Meiling strives to create trend-defying, season-challenging, and socially responsible apparel that is beautiful, but also deeply expressive of the lives of the people that wear it.

Melissa Kirgan
“Once I met a group of Byelorussians. They gasped when they heard my last name. Told me it meant something to the equivalent of: “mountain of dead bodies in war time, to which one will eventually climb over and conquer the enemy victoriously.” Then they gave me a trinket they said was the “teapot of hope.” Creative by nature but destructive by nurture, I strive to create works that reflect the balance of opposites. Organic lines supported by a firm structure, freehand draping techniques coupled with strict pattern making. In this I find beauty and a certain silent peacefulness. These are more than just clothes. They are a way of life and I enjoy making life look good!”


Mika Organic
The care for the environment, the planet, and animals are the main inspirations for Mika Machida. Only the finest organic and sustainably made materials are used in her line, including organic cotton, organic linen, hemp, and organic wool. It is our responsibility as members of this planet to be sustainable and tread lightly on the natural world we live in so that we all can enjoy the beauty of this planet and pass it on to future generations.


Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard (AKA: XZ)
After 19 years of uniforms and military-style upbringing in Taiwan, XZ found solace in expressing herself though art and dance. She came to NYC, enrolled in The Pratt Institute, and became a student of Ba-Gua an internal martial art. Here she began to re-educate herself about design and how she saw the world.
XZ's garments and accessories are a montage of illustration, graphics and free hand crochet; each element is compiled to create wondrous works of wearable art. Every piece is an original and unique expression of creative chaos crafted from the finest organic materials. Using organic materials has transcended XZ to a higher level of design. It has become a way to be in touch with the earth while being responsible to the people whom love her work.


Larsen Gray
Inspired by art, music, and global cultures, Larsen Gray's signature quirky-chic aesthetic juxtaposes the classic with the unexpected. Headed by designers Nora Caliguri – a fan favorite on Season 1 of Project Runway – and Rachelyn Porter – previously with Chanel – Larsen Gray offers playful pieces and inventive details resonating with the contemporary woman who sees fashion as fun, and who isn't afraid to be noticed. On top of selecting sustainable and organic textiles and local production supporting the New York garment district, the label carefully sources fair-trade artisanal elements from indigenous communities around the world, such as friendship bracelets from Sri Lanka for Spring 2009. The crafted accents are fused with contemporary pallettes and shapes to form the distinct Larsen Gray point of view.


Loyale
Loyale is an apparel company that merges sophistication, style, sustainable fabrics and fair trade. Jenny Hwa, founder and designer, creates eco-clothing for stylish consumers who are equally conscious about fashion as they are about the environment. The intention of Loyale is to translate runway trends, create fashion-forward, accessible clothing that is made fair trade with sustainable fabrics. To further ameliorate the health of the ecology, Loyale donates a portion of annual sales to green corps, an exceptional environmental non-profit.


Mociun
Brooklyn-based designer Caitlin Mociun left her native California at the age of 12 and spent six years living and traveling throughout Asia and Europe, with extended stays in both Malaysia and Prague. At 18 she returned to the States to attend the Rhode Island School of Design to study textile design. Drawing inspiration from things as varied as the vegetables she buys from her local grocer to some of the rarest creatures to be found at the natural history museum, her line of clothing speaks as much to a sense of youthful discovery and creation as it does to traditional conceptions of aesthetics.

Mottainai
The word Mottainai (moe tie nie) roughly translates into "what a waste", and can be interpreted to sum up when people squander natural resources. Deeply embedded in Japanese folk tales, it is commonly used by parents to ensure children eat all of their rice. Children are taught that if they waste things, the "mottainai ghost" will come. The Mottainai brand was created in 2007, in Brooklyn, NY out of a collective disappointment in the abundance of substandard clothing. Most clothes seemed needless and others incomplete. We set off to design collections based on necessity and frame of mind. Mottainai garments are for those who understand the importance of environmental stewardship and whose modern lifestyle demands innovative creations. Authentic, simple, and resourceful. Think of us as a brand that has finally fused luxury with sustainability.



Neuaura
Neuaura is committed to bringing uncompromising fashion footwear to animal-friendly consumers. Our purpose is to provide fun and exciting quality footwear that does not involve unnecessary harm to animals and to the environment. Season after season we want our product to be fresh, innovative and beautiful! NEUAURA shoes DO NOT CONTAIN ANY leather, fur, silk, wool, shell, or pearls. NO animal by-products are used during manufacturing and/or finishing processes. All NEUAURA shoes are made at an eco-friendly factory in the Mountains of Brazil.

Olsenhaus
For over twenty years, Elizabeth has been an outspoken advocate against the use of animals for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment, as well as for the environment and social justice. Her creative concepts stem from a passionate pursuit of consciousness, purpose, function, color, art, design, and ethics. Olsenhaus is the fruit of Elizabeth's journey thus far—and by the size of her star-studded black book, this cruelty-free girl is here to stay. The name pays homage to Elizabeth’s Nordic heritage by combining her last name Olsen with ” haus” the German word for house. Elizabeth Olsen is the creator and owner, currently wearing all the department hats for Olsenhaus, from Creative Director, Designer, Production Manager, Business Manager, to Marketing Director.


Lara Miller
In 2002, Miller was chosen as the Exhibiting Artist of p.45, Wicker Park’s clothing boutique, to run in conjunction with the Around the Coyote Arts Festival. The show was followed by publications in Chicago Social magazine, Ten by Ten, and the Chicago Tribune. Since then, the company, Lara Miller, has grown quickly. The Lara Miller collections are now carried in 17 retail stores in the U.S.
Lara Miller’s quest is to keep fashion fun by creating sophisticated clothing that allows women to feel comfortable at work or at play. Lara designed the trademark FLIP® Line that allows you to enjoy wearing a garment in a variety of ways and project your own style to the world. You may “flip” a breezy halter dress into a stylish skirt or wrapped knits into fluent body accessories.


Sublet
Built on principles of social and environmental responsibility, New York-based Sublet clothing's mission is to design and manufacture sustainable garments for the creative community that inspires their collections. They design simple, refined silhouettes balanced by thoughtful details. Sublet is focused on supporting and driving the sustainable movement forward through integrating traditional and emerging sustainable materials, practices and processes. They are always striving for better solutions for themselves as individuals, as a company, and as part of the greater community.