Green Options

On exhibit now at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City is Design for a Living World. The design show exhibits ten of the world’s leading designers commissioned by the Nature Conservancy to develop new uses for sustainably farmed and harvested materials. Each invention shares a special story about global design and conservation as well as the life-cycle of the materials used.

New York City’s Cooper Hewitt is highlighting their Fashioning Felt exhibit in a big way. My mind is now filled with ideas about the possibilities of felt. 

 ”Fashioning Felt presents an extraordinary range of felt. From two-dimensional carpets to three-dimensional environments, each work reveals the virtuosity of both the material and the designers. The exhibition and book focus on felt that has been produced by traditional hand- or machine-felting processes; they exclude non-woven felt and techniques, in order to underscore the essential elements of feltmaking — wool fiber, agitation, moisture, and pressure.”

I fell for this Felt Ovoid Jacket and Empire Pant look. Isn’t this draped felt suit creative? 

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Look at how gorgeous these TOMS wrap boots look:

Recently we did a feature called~TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow, Giving Gifts to the Poor as You Shop …and their amazing cause to bring shoes to poor children in Africa.

Now we are back on this topic because they’ve been nominated for the Cooper Hewitt People’s Design Award. Here is a message from TOMS: “Last year, TOMS Shoes was fortunate enough to be recognized with the Cooper Hewitt People’s Design Award. This year we got lucky again“,