John Patrick Organic at NY Fashion Week: American Gothic

Talk about a hayseed! John Patrick was totally chanelling his inner hick with his Spring ’09 collection, presented as a tableau vivant on the hyper-Baroque stage of an old Victorian building complex that’s now the Desmond Tutu Center on the West Side of Manhattan.

It was a stunning collection, filled with organic cotton check and dobby blouses, herringbone blazers, madras jackets and matching shorts, surplus cotton voile dresses, organic denim, a vegetable tanned leather moto jacket, and some pants in recycled polyester.

Check out his Fall/Winter ’08 line now on the John Patrick Organic site, on sale now.

These full shorts are flattering, chic, and miles away from the usual boring cropped options.

The veggie-tanned leather moto jacket (leather is a super-sustainable material that can last for decades if cared for, but it’s often tanned and dyed with super-toxic chemicals that pollute waterways the world over; vegetable tanning is a natural way to cure the leather without adding to the chemical load the world already carries).

‘American Gothic’ was the inspiration for the collection because, “Today, facing the challenges that seems as vast, if not vaster [than the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 30's] what I see all around me are people working to create something new. They’re rebooting the system,” says John Patrick.

John Patrick smiles with one of the models while photographers (including me!) capture it all.

All images by Starre Vartan

ecofashion, Fashion, Organic

Starre Vartan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A problogger and oft-quoted green living expert who has been featured in the NYTimes, Elle, Glamour and Whole Living, she is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Inhabitat, and Hearst's The Daily Green, and is currently editor-at-large for Coco Eco Magazine. An active ecofashionista, she has style edited for Plenty magazine and coordinated runway shows. She splits her time between Connecticut and NYC and calls Sydney, Australia her second home, even though it was her first (as that's where she was born and most of her family resides). When not writing, blogging, or researching her next book, she is trailrunning, trying to cook, or snowboarding.

6 Comments on “John Patrick Organic at NY Fashion Week: American Gothic”

RemyC

Awesome coverage, and great photos Starre! Soon you won’t need me anymore… ;o)

09/16/08 » 8:37 am »
Jessica

I absolutely love his vision and inspiration for this collection! I think it is so chic and refreshing, and I am in love with the motorcycle jacket, it’s adorable. It’s so nice to see you can be eco-friendly and look chic at the same time

09/16/08 » 1:16 pm »
Carla

I love the photos! Very creative and I love the third photo.

09/16/08 » 1:31 pm »
meli

these are lovely pieces!!!
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just found your blog♥ via greenLAgirl, will visit often!!

10/27/08 » 11:40 am »
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frrreemi

humm where is the eco platic faces new cloth …fachon consuming

it gonna change nothing

sorry you just have made the same problematic thing ant try to put a green cover on it becose its cool

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