Looks to Love:
Amour Vert Spring/Summer 2011
Palo Alto-via-Paris designer Linda Balti’s first line for Amour Vert (“green love”) caught our eye with its well-cut collection of dresses, shorts and colorful sashes. Believing that elegance and eco-consciousness need not be exclusive, Balti looked to dye fabrics locally in the Bay Area (with vegetable dyes for peace silks and low-impact dyes for jersey apparel).
The price is right, too: the new Airelle wide pants ($109) and Bouquet belted dress ($129) are among the great sub-$150 items that the company is likely to win fans with.
When Amour Vert describes the natural pant fabric, tencel, as “soft as silk, cool as linen, warm as wool,” they’re not fibbing - the pants can be worn year round. But don’t let us be the ones to tell you how good waste-free production will look on you.
*Photo credit: AmourVert.com; (via Two Birds Boutique)
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