CSR is The New Black

Corporate Social Responsibility is spreading in the fashion world. Isn't it good to know fashion is finally becoming eco-friendly? For one, the government will be dead pleased, but it also comes as a relief that it can be luxurious too.

Ethically-minded clothes no longer have to be made of hemp, recycled newspaper or biodegradable apple skins. Thanks in part to the leaders of the field - Katherine Hamnett and Peter Ingwersen of Noir - ethical fashion is getting a huge injection of glamour (Lily Cole modelling one of Hamnett's t-shirts is proof enough). As Ingwerson confirmed yesterday, 70% of his Noir collection for next season is ethically made (he includes fair trade, organic materials, and using leather as a by product under the umbrella term 'ethical clothing'). 'It's time the luxury brands picked up on this - it's no longer about hemp wearers, or granola fashion as it used to be coined, ethical fashion can be luxurious.

Lilly Cole for Katherine Hamnett