Avec OBAG’ ça coule de source !
La nouvelle génération des cubi est enfin arrivé !
Qui n’a jamais pensé qu’un cubi « ça ne le faisait pas » niveau déco ! Qui n’a jamais caché son cubi parce qu’il n’était pas design…
Cette période est révolue, l’Obag’ revisite le cubi tradi : simplement élégant et facile à utiliser, l’Obag se la joue chic en lin enduit.
Un bag O’ combien révolutionnaire, à accrocher à la branche d’un olivier, à la proue de votre yacht ou bien évidemment dans votre cuisine, il restera l’eco- complice de vos moments de convivialité.
For three weeks each summer, Edinburgh becomes the cultural capitol of the world presenting the very best in international drama, dance, music and opera as the Edinburgh International Festival. Equally famous is the Edinburgh Festival “Fringe” for its off-the-wall performances, comedy and madcap street-theatre.
For Bill Baber Knitwear the festival is a hectic time as people from around the globe visit Edinburgh, not only for the cultural experience, but to shop in the beautiful capitol city of Scotland. Bill Baber Knitwear situated in the historic Grassmarket, is a true “knitwear designer” business – each piece is a one-off. Jackets, dresses, tops and sweaters made by hand using only natural and vegetable fibres. A true family business Helen, Bill’s wife is the principle designer whilst their son Jack has recently joined them to open a new shop in York.
Bill says “In Edinburgh we all layer-up as we don’t know what the temperature will be like between home and office, or house to house when we go visiting! Might as well make every layer count, so we always look good!” Seen here is “Tango” a lightweight over-top shift dress in Linen with a “Sally” dress beneath it, also in Linen – Linen on Linen has got to be twice as comfortable!
www.billbaber.com
Posté par
Sue
le 16/08/10
Nicole Bridger was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She obtained her BAA in fashion design from Ryerson University in Toronto ON. She then went to London, UK to intern at Vivienne Westwood where she learned the art of sculpting fabric and returned with an understanding of doing more than just making clothes. Bridger came back to Vancouver looking to learn some of the business side of things and paired up with the owner of Lululemon Athletica to co-create Oqoqo, a casual eco clothing line. She was then ready to put her design and business sides together to create her own label of socially conscious contemporary women’s wear, Nicole Bridger.
She uses organic cotton, linen, hemp, modal, tencel, organic wool and silk. What makes a fabric sustainable for the most part is what it is made of. « Linen and hemp are really the most eco fibres there are — they require very little water or pesticides to grow, unlike organic cotton, which though does not use pesticides but requires a lot of water ».
Discover her 2010 fall/winter collection at http://nicolebridger.com/index.php
Posté par
Cline
le 11/08/10
Quand le lin a rendez-vous avec le luxe, ça se passe à Milan aussi ! Une seule ambition, l’innovation comme moteur pour la filature et le tissage européen…
Au-delà du manifeste urbain, l’évènement LUCE DAL LINO exprime les différentes facettes de l’innovation portée par le savoir-faire unique de toute la filière textile européenne. A chaque stade de transformation, filature, tissage, édition, la R&D est présente, garante d’avancées techniques qui confèrent au lin sa spécificité toute européenne de matière qualitative et inégalée.
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The EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF LINEN AND HEMP (CELC) is the only agro-industrial European organization grouping together and federating all stages of production and transformation of linen & hemp.
Founded in 1951 and composed of 10,000 member companies from 14 countries, the CELC creates an environment favorable to the competitivity of industrial companies in an international context. It stimulates innovation based on values inscribed in sustainable development.
Through the Textile Pole and the MASTERS OF LINEN brand, it promotes the European linen and hemp industry in the areas of clothing and art of living.
With the creation of the Technical Pole and its European Scientific Commitee, the CELC helps bring its members towards the future to discover new technical opportunities such as composite, high performance products and eco building.
LInen Dream Lab Paris and Milan are the CELC showrooms for expression, dedicated to creation and innovation for fabrics and techniques.
Having opened in March 2009 in Paris and February 2010 in Milan, the Linen Dream Lab proposes its services by appointment to order-givers in the fashion, art of living and design industries.
Posté par
Cline
le 09/08/10
The Unidentified Flying Object cover of the journal…, we cannot resist sharing it with you: a visionary image challenging the dimensions of a LINEN planet which doesn’t stop to reinvent itself.
The cover of this journal No. 4 , placed under the sign of well-being and innovation, deploys outsized textiles such as the table and the bed seriously up-dated, the spa, the linen knitt voluptuousness, a phantom couch, a talented linen addict designer and a dive towards a future within reach, innovation into eco-techno fibers composites.
Be patient ! The Journal of Flax and Hemp will be unveiled at the MAISON&OBJET tradeshow in September and at our various international meetings: Premiere Vision, Mood, Milano Unica tradeshows…
Posté par
Cline
le 08/08/10
« Attached to the land but open to the world » is the flax history in Europe. From Riga to Belfast, from Kortrijk to Venice, from Saint Malo to Cadiz, from Lille to Milan… it spreads out to all parts of the globe through its markets but it is also synonymous of a typically European way of life.
Nowadays, 70% of the worldwide flax production come from European lands, whose of which 80% are from France.
Posté par
Cline
le 04/08/10
Savile Row tailors: Anderson & Sheppard, Henry Poole and Huntsman promoted European Linen
in a month long window campaign. “Perfect for most social occasions, linen exudes a sense of relaxed confidence” says Poppy Charles of Huntsman. “Yes, it crumples and yes, it looks lived in, but the joy of linen is that it can and should look just so, elegant but easy going.”
Huntsman carry a superb range of linens and linen blends from some great British and Italian mills, key being Solbiati and Scabal. All of the linens are available in a spectrum of colours and designs – classic navy or straw, pastels, checks & stripes.
The window theme, LONG LIVE LINEN, highlighted these benefits:
Linen from Europe: tailoring’s most environmentally friendly cloth.
Renewable – Sustainable – Locally Sourced – Low Carbon Footprint – No waste – No water.
Posté par
Susie
le 03/08/10
Maggie Doyle, who has designed for many years in London and Paris for ready-to-wear and haute couture, runs a series of short courses at Central St Martins College of Art & Design in London. The courses are aimed increasing the fabric knowledge and awareness of designers and covers weaving & knitting production across all major fibre types. In particular it focuses on fabrics used in Designer collections and Haute Couture.
During these courses CELC Masters of Linen has been invited to present the European Linen story to the class. Here are a group of students, during a recent “teach in” by Susie McHugh the UK Strategic Partner based in London, learn about the growing, production and finished products of all things linen & flax.
Posté par
Susie
le 02/08/10
Quand le lin fait son épouvantail pendant la Semaine de la Couture Parisienne, les passants en prennent plein les mirettes. Création et innovation se roulent dans un vrai champ de lin et rendent hommage à l’emblème de nos campagnes. Vous avez peut-être raté cette aventure à LINFINI ? Mais la Linen and Hemp community veille au grain. Un vrai champ de lin en fleur en plein Paris, 19 créateurs pour autant d’épouvantails, les jeunes agris en action, un tapis rouge 100% lin, la foule et un ministre…
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