As part of the UN Climate Change Summit going on in Copenhagen this week, there are a series of related events going on to promote eco-friendly products and lifestyles. Today, Crown Princess Mary presided over a fashion show where green was the new black.
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“The fashion industry is full of good ideas and creative people, people who are always ahead of time,” said Mary, who awarded the designer with the best fashion line. “It is an industry that picks up on and mirrors the developments in our society.”
20 fashion designers from the five Nordic countries gathered at the Opera House to display their works. Those works included clothes made out of organic silk and cotton, polyesters constructed from recycled plastic bottles, and other fabrics made from industrial and agricultural waste.
After a runway show displaying these unorthodox clothes, a prize was awarded. The winner was Finnish designer Saara Lepokorpi, who used organic wool, milk powder and corn scraps for her line.
The fashion event was done by the Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE), which has been establishing companies in the Nordic fashion industry in becoming more environmentally friendly.
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