Very Nice Threads launched in 2009 as a blog dedicated to raising awareness of ethical and sustainable fashion and is run by Christine de León, owner and director. Christine is an online arts and culture editor and writes about sustainable fashion for The Huffington Post and Ecouterre. Christine is an honorary fellow of the Ethical Fashion Forum.
A digital native, Christine has always had a passion for that space where fashion, music and art overlap. During the first dotcom wave, Christine helped create what was at the time the largest outdoor screen dedicated to digital art, overlooking London’s Leicester Square; the first webcast of the Notting Hill Carnival – from Norman Jay’s Good Times Sound System; and the first interactive mobile guide to Berlin’s Love Parade.
Dance culture and fashion often seemed at odds with Christine’s deep interest in environmental issues and social justice. But the opportunity to attend Estethica at London Fashion Week in 2008, the emergence of blogging platforms and the rise of social enterpreneurship inspired the creation of Very Nice Threads.
hi,
keep up the good work!
thanks for the links to our site
Always happy to link to designers that are street savvy.
I read your comment about the off schedule just being off with great interest and couldn’t agree more- the design of anything must hold up against everything else on offer to have a shot at becoming expected rather than a novelty within mainstream collections.
On that note I thought you might be intrigued by our new collection-the first season of which we are currently launching. It would be great to see what you think of it and if you’re in Paris this weekend come and see us at Zip Zone.
http://Www.untetienne.com or search UntoEtienne on Facebook.
We are from knitwear backgrounds but are now creating strong silhouettes of knit, print and soft tailoring… Oh and it’s all responsibly made and created, of course.
Best wishes and keep up the good work
Ruth
Hi, I work in property…hence the above website. But graduated from St Martins a while back…as a textile designer. I worked in Japan for Michiko Koshino and in London for Katharine Hamnett, who was really the first designer to try to be more eco friendly. After that I worked in Istanbul for many designers and the lack of respect for the environment was awful. It really turned me off fashion when I came back to London. But hey…I still love design and fabrics and want to design and produce organic and or fairtrade printed textiles. I would love to subscribe to your news letter, I do need some help to source really good organic quality linens and cottons…any ideas? Thanks again.
Hi Susan, Thanks for getting in touch. What an interesting background you have! We don’t have a newsletter just yet, but you can subscribe to our RSS feed. There’s a cool US site called Source4Style and Offset Warehouse here in the UK – both good places to start.