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Carrie Parry combines social responsibility with tailored, haute couture-worthy looks.
Since releasing her eponymous clothing line, Carrie Parry is already establishing herself at the forefront of sustainable fashion to watch. Her collection of 30-plus femininely tailored pieces, reflecting eco-conscious roots and a penchant for whimsical pop-art hues à la Japanese polka-dot artist Yayoi Kusama, is already sweeping green fashionistas off their vegan-friendly heels.
The collection captures versatility in the form of removable bow bands, cuffs and collars, and is aptly named Mrs. Montague (a hat tip to the 1870s-era housewife Mrs. Montague, who introduced the detachable collar). Homage is also paid to the 1930′s cult classic The Women, with the use of structured jackets with a detachable shawl cover, pencil skirts, pin-tucked Peter Pan collar shirts and form-fitting trousers with tapered bottoms.
With the collection already taking front and center, it will surprise no one to learn that the L.A. native-turned-New Yorker launched herself designing under Jonathan Saunders, Marc Jacobs, and as a costumer for Memoirs of a Geisha and Gifford’s Circus.
But Parry’s most impressive detail? The collection pays consideration to social and environmental impact.
Support of Artisan Communities
Parry’s wool supports Panchachuli Women Weavers, a cooperative that works with 800-plus women in 32 villages in the Indian Himalayas where the women are shareholders in the company and receive regular wages. Raw materials, including Parry’s use of 100-percent organic, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified wool, are handspun, hand woven—producing zero carbon emissions—and dyed using azo-free dyes. Parry’s silk also supports the communities of weavers and silkworm farmers of Eastern India.
“Mindfully sourced” Materials
Carrie’s line uses: recycled polyester jersey knitted from California; tencel, a biodegradable fabric made from wood pulp cellulose; Bemberg brand cupro, a biodegradable lining made from pure cellulosic fiber sourced from the cotton plant; and organic merino wool.
Look for the collection in the fall, available online at Carrie Parry.
Images via Carrie Parry.
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