PARTYWEAR: FEELING DOTTY
When I’m going “out out” and getting dressed up, I tend to go for more wearable, classic pieces with a cool edge and avoid the more overtly “sexy” styles that always appear more hard work and effort! Well… finding THIS dress by one of my favourite eco brands might have just changed that. Effortlessly chic with a sexy twist, it ticks all the Christmas party dress boxes. Yes, I might have to be mindful of how I sit and layer up between home and the party, but isn’t both being mindful and layering up en vogue now anyway?
MOP make beautiful, luxurious pieces with an impressive focus on sustainability. The super forward-thinking brand constantly strives to make its production process as green as possible, from how their London offices run to the materials they use for each piece, privileging natural and organic fibres and using as few chemicals as they can. They are committed to animal welfare and social responsibility in the factories they work with.
Founded in 2001, Beyond Skin is the first independent British luxury vegan footwear brand dedicated to designing cruelty-free luxury shoes for fashionable yet ethically conscious women. Beyond Skin was created in response to the challenging predicament of combining both style and fashion with an ethically conscious lifestyle. All of the brand's collections are produced in Spain with fabrics and components sourced from both Spain and Italy.
London-based designer Rosh Mahtani took the inspiration for jewellery brand Alighieri from her studies of Dante’s Divine Comedy in her time at Oxford University. Each piece in the label corresponds to one of the poet’s 100 poems and is made by hand locally, with quality and durability at the forefront of the production process. The pieces are made through the process of lost-wax casting, in recycled bronze, ethically sourced in Italy. I rented these from By Rotation.
