Project Runway Blogging: Season 5 - Episode 2
The challenge: The Models are the Clients, Enviro-Friendly Fabrics Only
It's nice that Project Runway is highlighting eco-friendly fabrics. There are quite a lot of them around, some of them new, like recycled materials, some of them tried, true, and terrific. The Greeks and Romans did wonderful things with linen and still influence designers today (just take a look at the Met's recent Costume Institute installation, "Goddess"). Where would Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters be without muslin? And the Victorians and Edwardians really knew how to rock plain, old cotton...
It's nice that Project Runway is highlighting eco-friendly fabrics. There are quite a lot of them around, some of them new, like recycled materials, some of them tried, true, and terrific. The Greeks and Romans did wonderful things with linen and still influence designers today (just take a look at the Met's recent Costume Institute installation, "Goddess"). Where would Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters be without muslin? And the Victorians and Edwardians really knew how to rock plain, old cotton...
