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A Piece of Eairth

I finally got my first piece of Eairth! A couple of months ago, I gushed about this eco-friendly and sustainable line. Then I found this Mandaya Knifer pleated dress that’s new for Fall 2008. It’s an intricately pleated organic cotton knit dress with stitched down knife pleats that is hand stitched and hand dyed with natural pigments. The dress is gorgeous but a bit tricky to wear since the pleating hits at the spot that I’m most conscious of - my midsection. Thankfully, I lost about six pounds recently so I feel more confident about wearing this dress now. The photo below shows the pleating by the cuff that can be pushed back to form lantern sleeves and are finished with leather binding. Love it! Available at Oak NYC. Thanks for getting this for me, Stef!

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Craving For Eairth

Here’s a brand to watch out for: Eairth.The sustainable line caught my attention last year and I’ve been on a mission to own a piece. It’s so under the radar though that I have yet to find it in Los Angeles. Designer Melissa Dizon describes the concept of Eairth as “an effortless sensibility of comfort with an artful edge.”

Women’s Wear Daily Fast just featured Eairth and reports:

The tops and bottoms that comprise the collection are made from organic cottons and trims sourced in the Philippines, except for the denim, which comes from Italy and Spain. Yet the earthy, deep colors that characterize the line are the result of natural dyes harvested from leaves, fallen wood and bark, roots, flowers and even coconut husks…. Eairth is available in select stores in the U.S. such as Pixie Market, Jussara Lee, Kaight and Oak in New York; Fred Segal and Kin in Los Angeles, and MAC, Cielo and August in San Francisco. In Japan, Eairth is carried by Cul de Paris.

View the whole article here. I want that brown dress pictured below!

[Via Chuvaness, Oak NYC]