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Diane Kennedy: (Green) Plus-Size Fashion

by Starre Vartan · 09/24/07

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In the fashion world, clothes for sizes 12 and up has been getting better and better in recent years, with more stylish, hip offerings in the category as designers realize that just because you’re not a skinny-minnie doesn’t mean you don’t care about looking cute. To the contrary! Many women who don’t fit into the arbitrary sizes 0-12 offered in most stores (who decided who was considered ‘plus-sized’ in the first place, anyway?) want to celebrate their womanly figures, not hide them behind tent-dresses and tacky prints.

Enter Diane Kennedy, who’s not only crafting gorgeous fashions in sizes 0X-3X (that’s 12-22), but is making them green too! I’m so excited for her collection which is filled with gorgeous colors, fabrics that are soft and flattering for everyone (like bamboo and organic fleece), and are really cute and hip too. Check her site out because I couldn’t cut and paste images from her most recent collection since it’s a flash page and they’re more fun than the couple of images I found above.

From Kennedy’s site:

We use wonderfully soft, new eco-friendly fabrics like soy and bamboo, and our premium french terry is woven from the finest organic cotton.

All of our garments are consciously created and ethically produced right here in Canada, in beautiful British Columbia.

Tags bamboo, car, clothes, cotton, design, designer, designers, dress, ethical, fabric, fabrics, farm, Fashion, Organic, organic cotton, produce, skin, soy, women

Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A green living expert, she is managing editor of Greenopia and a contributor to The Huffington Post.

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3 Comments on “Diane Kennedy: (Green) Plus-Size Fashion”

  • Dawn

    That’s fantastic. Last time I went to try stuff on even the XL pants didn’t fit. Stupid baby weight.

    09/24/07 » 11:42 am »

  • carrie woomer

    Hi there! My name is Carrie Woomer and I am the Co-Owner of a trendy fashion forward digital magazine geared towards women sizes 12+. You’ll love to know that a new GREEN Plus fashion line is being released!!! It is called MEWV Sustainables by Saffrona. Skorch Inc. just held a nationwide model hunt to find the face of MEWV. The winner will be flown out to Portland to shoot in an editorial shoot featuring MEWV, and to shoot for the website of MEWV. MEWV Sustainables is a line that is made of all organic materials. Everything is 100% eco-friendly, making this line incredibly luscious!! The designer, Sarabeth Chambers is known for making classic and edgy clothing while being earth friendly. You have to check her site out. http://www.saffrona.com. Also, you’ll want to check out our magazine at http://www.skorchmagazine.com to keep tabs of the winner!!!!

    I’m so glad that I stumbled across your site!

    Sincerely,

    Carrie Woomer
    Co-Owner
    Skorch Magazine
    A division of Skorch Inc.
    http://www.skorchmagazine.com
    carrie@skorchmagazine.com

    10/27/07 » 11:27 pm »

  • Veronica

    eco friendly fabrics are the best

    02/27/08 » 9:26 am »

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