Designer Jenni Kayne highlighted Organic by John Patrick's Combo Pullover in her selection for Who What Wear in celebration of Earth Day last month, featuring her favorite eco-friendly fashion and beauty items. Thank you, Jenni, for the kind words!
You can view the Combo Pullover in our webstore.
We absolutely love the blog Saving the Season! The site is run by Kevin West, who is currently anticipating the release of his new book, Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving, which will be available at the end of June.
Saving the Season is about home canning—or "putting up" as one might say where Kevin is from—and it covers jams and other fruit preserves, pickles and briny things, canned vegetables and condiments such as relishes, sauces, salsas and more, all made from seasonal produce. Please visit Saving the Season for posts featuring the occasional candid canning anecdote, various reports and of course, amazing recipes!
This week, dubbed Bee Week, our friends at Modern Farmer celebrated the curious and vital-to-our-survival insects with informative articles, including a global guide to local honey, an article about bee rustling (the theft of bee hives), how to legally start an urban bee hive, and more.
We loved their interesting features about bees and we couldn't help but get excited that our crop pullover fits the theme of the week!
Please visit Modern Farmer for their complete coverage of Bee Week and you may view the crop pullover available in our webstore.
Tomorrow marks the opening of the Maison de Mode Ethical Pop-Up Shop at the Hole Gallery, which is located at 312 Bowery Street in New York. The pop-up shop will be open to the public Friday through Sunday from 12-7pm. The Maison de Mode Pop-Up Ethical Shop will feature a capsule collection from Organic by John Patrick, amongst the acclaimed Stella McCartney, Osklen and several others. In the pop-up shop, there will be featured items from Organic's Pre-Fall 2013 collection that are not yet available in our webstore. The event, in conjunction with the Frieze Art Fair, is founded by Designer Hassan Pierre, curated by Town & Country's Special Project Editor Amanda Hearst and will also be co-hosted by Hannah Bronfman.
Amanda Hearst reflected on the debut of Maison de Mode this past December at Art Basel Miami Beach, which nearly sold out, telling the New York Times' T Magazine, "The funny thing is that I think a lot of people walked away not realizing the items were ethically produced. I basically made it my mission to prove that ethical fashion isn't frumpy and bland."
Victor Castro is a contemporary artist, born in Mexico and currently creating and living in the United States. His work is created using collected materials and aims to inspire conscious re-thinking of materials we use every day.
As promised, here is another image of work from our friend Victor:
Ron Finley, co-founder of L.A. Green Grounds, is a guerilla gardener who plants vegetable gardens in South Central L.A. wherever he can, such as in abandoned lots, traffic medians and alongside curbs. He is empowered by gardening and explains in an interview with CNN that when you look at the statistics, you see that drive-thrus literally are killing more people than the drive-bys.
Finley hopes to create positive change by starting an urban garden revolution and also writes in a recent op-ed, "We need to take the responsibility to be the creative force in our society. We need to be the gardeners of our society."
We are infatuated with his approach towards creating a revolution through urban gardening. Please check out his featured appearance on TEDTalks.
If you're thinking about... all white, please visit the Organic by John Patrick web store! You will find a variety from our collection available in white, including the Oversize Shirttail, the Oversize 1 Pocket Shirt, the Scoop Neck Tank and more! Additionally, please stay connected with us by signing up for or newsletter and visiting Organic by John Patrick on Facebook.
Earlier this week, Women's Wear Daily wrote about Organic's participation in the 3rd annual symposium at the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law, where panelists discussed the Federal Trade Commission's recently updated Green Guides, what it means to be sustainable & ethical and how the fashion industry has a long way to go.
Vogue Australia also highlighted Hannah Bronfman wearing Organic in their March 2013 issue in a wonderful article about Hannah for their monthly SPY feature.
Additionally, Ecouterre posted about an event taking place tonight at GGrippo Art + Design in Brooklyn, where Organic will join other designers and editors to host a conversation about slow fashion. You may find more information about the event courtesy of the Ethical Fashion Academy. Looking forward!
Also this week, fashion blogger Olivia Inkster wrote about Organic's A/W 2013 collection for Style Defined NYC and also a more personal recollection on her own blog Those Kind of Girls. Olivia wrote of the collection, "...This build-up reflected the balance in John Patrick’s latest creations, which seem to represent the quintessential downtown girl but one with a more graduated perspective on herself and the world around her, consciousness of even the clothes she hangs in her closet." We love this reflection, thank you!
Edendale Farm, a community farm and urban food center in the heart of Los Angeles.
The mission of Edendale Farm is to grow local organic food, harvest and conserve water, conserve & produce energy, build soil fertility, eliminate waste, foster community relations and apply new alternative living systems. Edendale grows food for the local community, hosts tours and teaches classes on a variety of topics.
Yesterday, a series of peaceful, organized marches took place throughout the streets of downtown Los Angeles, with thousands of participants sharing a variety of important messages. This year's May Day Marches focused on the timely Senate immigration bill, with marchers advocating for comprehensive immigration and citizenship reform including equal working opportunities and protections for legal immigrants and rights for binational same-sex couples. One group that participated in the marches was the Latino Equality Alliance, whose mission is to promote liberty, equality and justice for the Latino LGBT community. John Patrick was in attendance and captured the following moments:
On April 19th, Organic by John Patrick participated in a panel for the 3rd annual symposium at the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law and presented a speech discussing various problems with government involvement and the economy in relation to fashion and sustainability today.
This week, Women's Wear Daily wrote about the event and quoted Organic.
