April’s Shopping Favorites
Welcome to our monthly conscious shopping favorites! Each month, we will introduce you to Holly’s and Sarah’s top three favorite sustainable garments. In the first edition, we chose three items perfect for spring: the Amaya dress by Umlaut (named after the model who wore it for their first shoot, as we found out in our interview with the three female founders), a feminine blouse by the mother-daughter-duo Maison Cléo and a silk set to lounge in at home from the Les Dessous de Blue x Luméra collection (as seen in our styling story “A Day in Silk”). Enjoy scrolling through and find out more about the brands within our in-dept founder interviews linked below.
words and creative direction by SARAH MARIE FRANKEN
photographs by ANDREW DAY
01 // UMLAUT AMAYA DRESS
Brand: Umlaut
Founders: Eloise Bombeau, Emma Panchot & Zélie Israel
Based in Paris
Founded in 2020
Long story short: Three childhood friends decided to make garments out of leftover Haute Couture fabrics
Mission: Reducing textile waste while creating beautiful garments
Fun fact: The Amaya dress is named after the model who wore the dress during the first shoot
“We didn’t want something all green with the word organic or sustainable everywhere. We didn’t want that. We wanted something obviously sustainable.” - Eloise
Read our interview with the Umlaut girls here
Shop the Amaya dress here
02 // MAISON CLÉO ANITA BLOUSE
Brand: Maison Cléo
Founders: Cléo & Marie Dewet
Based in Lille
Founded in 2017
Long story short: A mother-daughter-duo creates handmade slow fashion. Every piece is made-to-order in their home or studio. They became known for their authenticity, transparency and extraordinary designs.
Mission: Making sustainable fashion accessible
Shop the Anita blouse here
03 // LES DESSOUS DE BLUE x LUMÉRA SILK SET CREME
Brand: Les Dessous de Blue
Founder: Blue Duraffourd
Based in Paris & Normandy
Founded in 2019
Long story short: An all made-in-France lingerie brand where everything is sown by hand. Blue has two lines, her classic pieces (such as the silk set above) and her vintage collection. For the latter, she uses vintage scarfs that she turns into one-of-a-kind lingerie sets.
Mission: Showing that lingerie can be sustainable and sexy at the same time
Fun fact: Blue always travels with her sewing machine
“I want to create a small brand that produces fair, has good relationships with all people involved and uses high quality materials.” - Blue
Read our interview with Blue here
Shop the silk set here
Further Reading
Georgia Gibbs styles six summer evening outfits in New York City within our Sustainable Style Challenge series. All pieces are slow fashion and from her own wardrobe.