Mantis: Recycled Cigarette Butt Clothing

by Ariston Anderson Eco-designers are constantly exploring new materials to incorporate into fabrics. Just look at Pharrell Williams recent acquisition of Bionic Yarn, a company known for making items like luggage and blue jeans out of recycled plastic bottles. But what about seeking to recycle items that would be the last thing you'd think of to turn into clothing? Well that's what fashion designer Alexandra …

Newton Motion AW

Newton's sneakers are as close to running barefoot as a person can get. Much has been made recently of returning to the elemental movement of walking or running. The logic suggests that our bodily structure is best served when motion is as close as possible to its primal state (i.e. running while barefoot). Newton attempts to fulfill this role for casual and professional runners, basing …

Lane Marinho Accessories

São Paulo-based Marinho cites the concept of nature's Golden Ratio as it relates to plants and flowers to explain some pieces that she builds in a progression of size with the end result to "create a harmonic composition," she says. Materials range from linen to other fabrics, all spruced up by metallic finishings, silk thread, cording and sample pieces. Worn with basics, her accessories look …