The end of plastic becomes catwalk reality

Fashion forward: There are now more trendy products from sustainable materials at this year’s Paris Fashion Week and Premiere Vision Paris, a hugely influential twice-yearly trade fair where the movers and shakers of the fashion industry flock in search of new materials and ideas. — AFP

FROM biker jackets made of pineapple leaves to leather tanned with olive extract – “Green is the new black,” say fashion experts.

Everyone from young avant garde designers to the big-name brands are racing to hop on the bandwagon to become greener and cut out hugely polluting chemicals fom their designs.