Go Go Boots out of Recycled Plastic Bags? Go from Rags to Riches, and Be Hot to Trot in these Sexy Shoes.

Lucille Chi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:23:53 +0000

Botas Dacca Boots made out of recycled plastic bags, are hot to trot.

They are made exclusively by a noted Chilean industrial design student named Camila Labra. The interiors are constructed to be comfortable and soft with a natural piqué and the green highlight is that the exteriors are made mostly of recycled plastic bags.

ZegnaSport Solar Jacket

Lucille Chi — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:00:13 +0000

As promised in autumn, the Spring/Summer 2008 ZegnaSport menswear collection dawns a luxury solar jacket. One of the first to market in sunlight harnessing textile inventions, Mens Vouge calls the new ZegnaSport solar jacket:

A marvel of eco-friendly efficiency, it resists the elements you can do without—like wind and rain, –—and uses the sun to power the digital devices you can’t be parted from. Solar panels mounted on the jacket’s neoprene collar soak up rays and then convert the light into energy….

This is not breaking news in the solar-textile field, because in 2005 Konarka solar products partnered

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Go Go Boots out of Recycled Plastic Bags? Go from Rags to Riches, and Be Hot to Trot in these Sexy Shoes.

ZegnaSport Solar Jacket