Sense & Sustainability
By Rachna Kapur
April 9, 2010
Sense and Sustainability hosted by Joya Dass and Aiden Murtagh of Eyes Wide Open Productions, was a classy, sophisticated, "green" charity fashion event that took place on April 9, 2010 at the Aicon Gallery in New York City. The goal of this event was to raise awareness and raise funds for a documentary that focuses on the forty-five million people living with some form of visual impairment in India. The documentary features the plight of three-sight challenged children through the Sankara Eye Care Institutions. The goal of this documentary is to draw attention to Sankara's efforts to eradicate curable blindness in the country. To date Sankara Eye Care Institutions have performed 550,000 free eye surgeries. Sankara's goal is to ramp up to a million beneficiaries a year by the year 2020.
The event featured "green" drinks, appetizers and brought together fashion designers that focused on the "green movement" and are committed to using fair-trade resources to further the green fashion movement. Swati Argade, Helen Asir, Rachel Lyra Kospodar and Marcus Hicks all give back by using natural and/or recycled resources to create sustainable fashion.
Swati Argade's line of exotic dresses are woven in fair-trade cooperatives in India, which helps to sustain and develop the local economy of Orissa. The event was the debut of her latest collection and included the introduction of her newest endeavor "Bhoomi", which is a line of "green" raincoats that are made of recycled plastic bottles and organic Texas-grown cotton.
Helen Asir's line uses luxurious organic silk, pure silk, and natural stones gathered from India. No plastic zippers or synthetics can be found in her Couture Collection.
Rachel Lynn Kospodar of Medium Reality was the only designer featured that was from outside of New York, her clothing features vintage men's clothing She uses laser etched appliques, salvaged trim and patches to give the vintage clothing a new lease on life.
Marcus Hicks uses only organic, sustainable and recycled textile for his menswear and womeswear lines. He does not utilize sweatshop labor in the creation of his clothing lines.
The event was a success and spread the message of "green" living and raised awareness of the documentary that is set to release October 2010.
For more information on the featured designers or on the documentary, visit: www.firstsightthemovie.com
The event featured "green" drinks, appetizers and brought together fashion designers that focused on the "green movement" and are committed to using fair-trade resources to further the green fashion movement. Swati Argade, Helen Asir, Rachel Lyra Kospodar and Marcus Hicks all give back by using natural and/or recycled resources to create sustainable fashion.
Swati Argade's line of exotic dresses are woven in fair-trade cooperatives in India, which helps to sustain and develop the local economy of Orissa. The event was the debut of her latest collection and included the introduction of her newest endeavor "Bhoomi", which is a line of "green" raincoats that are made of recycled plastic bottles and organic Texas-grown cotton.
Helen Asir's line uses luxurious organic silk, pure silk, and natural stones gathered from India. No plastic zippers or synthetics can be found in her Couture Collection.
Rachel Lynn Kospodar of Medium Reality was the only designer featured that was from outside of New York, her clothing features vintage men's clothing She uses laser etched appliques, salvaged trim and patches to give the vintage clothing a new lease on life.
Marcus Hicks uses only organic, sustainable and recycled textile for his menswear and womeswear lines. He does not utilize sweatshop labor in the creation of his clothing lines.
The event was a success and spread the message of "green" living and raised awareness of the documentary that is set to release October 2010.
For more information on the featured designers or on the documentary, visit: www.firstsightthemovie.com
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