Sustainable Lifestyle

TwinE

Specialising in women’s accessories, TwinE was established back in 2006, after the founders scooped a Silver Award in the Taiwan International Design Competition. The company uses environmentally friendly, fair-trade and recycled materials to create their unique range of accessories. “TwinE promotes designs that are eco-friendly and innovative,” says co-founder Elizabeth Tsai. “We use wool fibres, dried fruits, recycled goods, fair trade yams from Nepal and organic fabrics.”

Returning to EDF for the second time, TwinE will showcase its wool and organic cotton collections. The former, a range of organic wool accessories and lifestyle products, also incorporates dried fruits and seeds in the designs. “Our wool-felt accessories are really popular because they are unique,” says Tsai, “As they are handmade, each one is an only one.”

For Tsai, EDF is a great opportunity to promote the company’s products and pique the interest of an already-intrigued Chinese consumer. “More and more Chinese people are aware of eco-friendly clothing,” she says. “If the design is unique and the cost is fair, there should be a market for it in China.”

Wobabybasics

Created in 2007 by Eco Design Fair (EDF) founder Sherry Poon, Wobabybasics uses sustainable materials and simple styling to create a modern range of children’s basics. Inspired by her own children, Poon’s collections are packed with child-friendly features to make dressing easier, and only certified chemical-free textiles and dyes are used in the manufacturing process.

“My children and their future motivated me to make organic children’s clothes,” says Poon, a self-described ‘Mompreneur’. “The collections are inspired by observations of children in action, in the city and in nature.”

Wobabybasics will showcase its fall/winter collection at the EDF, featuring a range of garments for newborns to 6 year olds, including organic cotton basics, reversibles and hand-knitted essentials. The entire organic collection is produced in a GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standards) certified factory in China, while the knits are hand-crafted by a women’s knitting cooperative in Northeast China.

Poon believes we can all become more earth-friendly in three simple steps. “Reduce, reuse and recycle – in that order of priority.” She adds, “And before considering purchasing organic baby items, you should first consider if that product is even needed.”