Seven fashion designers have repurposed sheets from Fairmont Waterfront Hotel into kimonos as part of Eco Fashion Week (EFW) 2015 in Vancouver. “We’ve all been stuck in our ways of doing things for years so it’s time to think about changing. We want to make it easy for the industry to be more responsible,” said Myriam Laroche, EFW’s founder and president.
GRAB THE ESSENTIALS
1: According to Kristyna Vogel, marketing and public relations manager of the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, the 1,500 sheets that are disposed of each year are normally either reused as rags and furniture covers or donated to local shelters.
2: The fabric has a 250-thread-count and is 70 per cent cotton and 30 per cent polyester blend.
DIG DEEPER
1: Read the original article in the Vancouver Sun.
2: See the recycled kimonos in this video.
3: Follow Eco Fashion Week on twitter.
