New fashion collections: Hi-tech, eco or both?

Posted on September 9, 2008 
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BERLIN: The new autumn and winter fashion collections highlight the tension between technology and the environment, luxury and ecology, consumption and conservation. In the designers’ view, these large and at first glance irreconcilable contradictions constitute the spirit of our times. Their fashions this season test the harmonious combination of contrasts.

“The environment may be attracting a lot of attention, but technology is indispensable today,” remarked Elke Giese, who is on the staff of the Berlin-based German Fashion Institute. For many people, the dichotomy between environmental protection and technological progress poses lifestyle questions. More…

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