Eco Friendly Designers Natalie Chanin and Monique Pean Are 2009 CFDA/Vogue Finalists!

Congratulations to Natalie Chanin and her line, Alabama Chanin and Monique Pean for being among the top ten finalists recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue Magazine.

“The ten finalists we selected are a talented, diverse group, who are building healthy independent businesses in challenging times.” –Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief, Vogue

The winner (and two runners-up) will be announced at a gala dinner in NYC on November 16, 2009

Natalie Chanin wearing and holding her designs, which are hand-sewn by women from their homes in the American Southeast.

Here is the complete list of finalists:

ALABAMA CHANIN – Natalie Chanin

ESQUIVEL SHOES – George Esquivel

GARY GRAHAM – Gary Graham

HOUSE OF WARIS – Waris Ahluwalia

MONIQUE PEAN – Monique Péan

OHNE TITEL – Flora Gill and Alexa Adams

PATRIK ERVELL – Patrik Ervell

SOPHIE THEALLET – Sophie Theallet

SPURR – Simon Spurr

WAYNE – Wayne Lee

designer, Vogue

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.

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One Comment on “Eco Friendly Designers Natalie Chanin and Monique Pean Are 2009 CFDA/Vogue Finalists!”

Leslie
Check out AirDye technology- it’s a textile technology that dyes clothes without using water. The NYTimes Green Inc blog wrote all about this eco-fashion breakthough here: http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes......-industry/
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