Kellan Lutz and Olga Kurylenko wear eco-couture at Oscars 2014

Actors Kellan Lutz and Olga Kurylenko donned eco-couture at the 2014 Oscars as a part of showcasing up-and-coming designers' winning works for a contest created by Red Carpet Green Dress.

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Quantum of Solace star Kurylenko wore a coral gown with a ruffled shoulder. The sustainable gown was designed by contest winner Alice Elia, a student at ESMOD fashion school in Paris, France who specializes in women's couture.

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Beyond Skin, a U.K.-based vegan footwear company, provided Kurylenko's shoes, which were comprised of Dinamica, a faux suede made entirely of recycled polyester from plastic bottles and polyurethane fibers. Beyond Skin partnered with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to start selling the metallic-trimmed evening shoe on March 3.

Twilight star Kellan Lutz wore a textured black eco-tux with cerulean accents by New Zealand-based H Brothers designer Jomnarn Dul. H Brothers created a limited edition line of eco-tuxes each made of up to 25 recycled plastic bottles from an eco-fabric known as Repreve. It's a part of a partnership with EKOCYCLE, a joint venture from musician/eco-tech enthusiast will.i.am and the Coca-Cola Company to help brands make sustainable products from post-consumer recycled materials.

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Red Carpet Green Dress is an organization founded by actress and philanthropist Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of famed director James Cameron. For the past five years, the organization has held a worldwide contest for fashion designers to create formal attire with eco-fabrics for the Academy Awards. 

Thursday night, Red Carpet Green Dress celebrated its fifth anniversary with a few celebs like Lutz and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom actress Naomie Harris, who wore the winning gown at last year's Oscars.

Oscars nominee Lupita Nyong'o talks natural beauty

This year's Oscar it girl Lupita Nyong'o talked about discovering her natural beauty at a recent Essence video shoot.

The 31-year-old actress is nominated for her supporting role as Patsey in 12 Years A Slave. Born in Mexico and raised in Kenya, Nyong'o earned her award-winning role a few weeks shy of graduating from the Yale School of Drama.

On her natural hair:

"At the age of 19, I just got really fed up of always going to the salon, and it taking so much effort to look presentable before you leave the house," she said. "I just one day decided to cut it off. And I cut it all off."

On her skin:

"I don't wear makeup when I'm not working on the red carpet," she said, "except for a night out here and there."

Global Green USA holds annual pre-Oscars party

Eco-conscious celebrities gathered on the green carpet at the 11th annual Global Green USA party at the Avalon in Hollywood Wednesday night as one of the major events leading up to the 2014 Academy Awards this weekend. The party raised $20,000 for the nonprofit's ongoing programs.

Hollywood environmentalists Orlando Bloom, Ed Begley Jr., and Dylan McDermott helped host the zero-waste party, where guests feasted on a gourmet plant-based dinner by Akasha, a Culver City-based restaurant known for using locally sourced, sustainable ingredients. Event sponsor Cadillac also brought its newest plug-in ELR electric hybrid coupe to the event.

Vegan musician Moby and electronica duo The Crystal Method performed at the party while eco-friendly singer Michelle Branch modeled a conflict-free, lab-grown diamond ring by eco-jewelry company Gemesis, which sold at the event for $12,000.

The best fashions of the night included sleek gowns and midi-dresses, along with the color emerald fitting the theme of being green.

President and CEO Caren Brooks of the Brooks Family Foundation dazzles in a violet gown.

Actress Tehmina Sunny from FOX's The Following wore an Adrianna Papell Grecian-inspired silver gown.
 

Actress and eco-living expert Rainbeau Mars, also on the hosting committee, modeled a loose-fitting sparkly emerald pantsuit.

DJ Shy, who performed at the event, also decided on emerald with a chic party dress by Sue Wong.

Actress Malin Akerman, currently starring on ABC's Trophy Wife, wore a Wes Gordon light lemon midi-dress.

Actress Maggie Grace of Taken fame wore a vintage 1920s silk nightgown with a vintage beaded clutch and pendant necklace, according to Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Vintage fashion equals eco-fashion with the recycling or repurposing of old clothes and accessories.

From Global Green USA's Twitter timeline, there was more eco-fashion at the event.

Love this dress on the right made from bamboo! #ecofashion #domoregreen #GreenPreOscar pic.twitter.com/dGd3bPM0Qe
— Global Green USA (@globalgreen) February 27, 2014

 All images from Global Green USA's Flickr photostream. 

Celebs wear vintage designer duds at VMAs

The 2013 MTV Music Video Awards show was so outrageous that we're still talking about it days later. But what stood out on the red carpet were the few celebs who chose to wear vintage outfits circa 1990s.

 Miley Cyrus in vintage Dolce & Gabbana. Image: people.com.

 Naya Rivera in vintage Paco Rabanne. Image: people.com.

 2 Chainz in vintage Versace. Image: huffingtonpost.com.

Oscars 2013: the eco-fashion highlights

Eco-fashionable celebs made a splash on the red carpet at the 2013 Oscars.

Veteran actress Helen Hunt, nominated for Best Supporting Actress in her role in The Sessions, surprised everyone when she announced on the red carpet she was wearing a sapphire gown from H+M for Global Green USA.

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Skyfall Bond girl Naomie Harris wore a golden gown from the Red Carpet Green Challenge, a contest designed by Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of famed director James Cameron and eco-couture advocate.

Up-and-coming designers turn in the best award-worthy gowns made from sustainable materials to judges like Vivienne Westwood. This year, 20-year-old Ghanaian designer Michael Badger won the honor to have his gown debut at the Oscars. 

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The sustainable gown is made from organic silk dyed with chamomile and goldenrod embroidered with vintage beads and recycled chocolate wrappers, according to Naomie's Twitter and Facebook.

Relive the eco-glamour of Oscars 2012.

Esperanza Spalding shines in eco-fashion at Grammys

Musician Esperanza Spalding, a longtime eco-fashion supporter, didn't disappoint Sunday night at the 2013 Grammys when she wore a Eden Diodati gown and Natalie Frigo and Red Earth Trading Company jewelry.

Eden Diodati, dedicated to using sustainable fabrics and practicing fair trade, adorned Spalding in a golden multi-colored gown with sleeves. Natalie Frigo uses recycled metals, conflict-free diamonds, and sustainably sourced gemstones in the rings like Spalding wore. The Red Earth Trading Company hires rural artisans in underdeveloped countries to create 100% handmade jewelry while Maiyet, the company responsible for her heels, practices the same economic philosophy with shoes.

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Spalding, who famously beat Justin Bieber in the Best New Artist category in 2011, took home two more Grammys. She wasn't the only one wearing a designer with eco-fashion ties. Kat Dennings of 2 Broke Girls donned a Vivienne Westwood dress. Last year, the designer lent her skills to making organic cotton tees to raise funds for climate refugees.

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Bradley Cooper wears eco-tux at Golden Globes

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Sunday night, I watched the glitz and glamour of the Golden Globes, but I paid special attention to the Red Carpet pre-show to see if any celeb wore green fashion, and it turned out actor Bradley Cooper did!

Cooper, nominated for his lead role in Silver Linings Playbook, donned a Tom Ford tux made from European spun and woven wool. Though not exactly vegan, it was certified to be free of harmful chemicals by the OEKO-TEX textile testing system.

The eco-fashion statement was brought to you by the Green Carpet Challenge where famous eco-fashionistas Livia Firth and Lucy Siegle convince celebs to wear eco-couture by well-known and up-and-coming fashion designers.

Check out some posts from last year about celebs wearing eco-fashion at snazzy shows: 

Livia Firth wears eco-couture @ Oscars

Oscars 2012: the eco-fashion/eco-beauty highlights

Celebs wear Prophetik gowns on red carpet

Celebs wear Prophetik gowns on red carpet

More celebs are sashaying down the red carpet in green fashion. The latest supporter is actress Suzy Amis Cameron, who wore a silver gray Prophetik by Jeff Garner gown made from peace or ahimsa silk, at the international film premiere of 1997's Titanic in 3D. 

Director James Cameron and actress wife Suzy Amis Cameron on the red carpet at the Titanic 3D premiere in London. Image: upi.com.

Even musician Esperanza Spalding wore a similar version of the Prophetik dress in sky blue last month at the Oscars. 

Musician Esperanza Spalding on the red carpet at the Oscars last month in Los Angeles. Image: vogue.com.

Oscars 2012: the eco-fashion/eco-beauty highlights

The 84th annual Academy Awards took place tonight, and some celebs decided to take the eco-fashion/eco-beauty route this year.

1. Actress Missi Pyle, who stars in the Best Motion Picture winner, The Artist, wore a pastel aqua gown made from peace silk where cruelty-free silkworms finish their life cycles before producing silk. Recycled zippers, recycled polyester, and natural mineral dyes also made an appearance in the gown, which was created by rising fashion designer and Green Carpet Challenge winner, Valentina Delfino.

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2. One of the people behind GCC, Eco-Age creative director Livia Firth wore a cherry red Valentino gown made from silk and recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic deriving from plastic soft drink bottles.

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3. Three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep, who won Best Actress for her role in The Iron Lady, wore a glittery gold gown, the first Lanvin gown made from fabrics considered to be eco-friendly by GCC.

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4. Actress Viola Davis, nominated for Best Actress in The Help, wore her natural hair minus the chemical relaxer or straightening treatment, both, when overdone, can be damaging to the hair. Davis also wore an eco-friendly pink Valentino gown at the BAFTA awards earlier this month.

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Livia Firth wears eco-couture @ Oscars

Image: Getty. Livia Firth
wears an eco-gown on the red
carpet at the 2011 Academy
Awards last night.

Colin Firth may have won the Best Actor award at the Oscars last night, but his wife deserved a honorable mention for triumphing eco-fashion couture. 

Livia Giuggioli Firth, an Italian film producer known for her dedication to ethical fashion, wore a Gary Harvey-designed gown upcycled from 11 vintage dresses from The King's Speech era. 

Even her eco-jewelry provided by Annaloucah was fair-trade, fair-mined, and made from ecologically certified gold. Aquamarine gemstones from Zambia and diamonds from Lesotho were all fair-trade and fair-mined and support the local communities.
 
Read more about her Green Carpet Challenge at her UK Vogue blog.

Read about another eco-gown she adorned on the red carpet at the Golden Globes 2011 last month. 

Natalie Portman wears H+M eco-fashion @ pre-Oscars event

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Natalie Portman wears a
recycled polyester dress
from H+M's new eco-fashion
line today at the pre-Oscar
Vanity Fair party in Los Angeles.

While H+M plans to reveal its new sustainable clothing line this spring, Conscious Collection, Oscar-nominated actress Natalie Portman has already debuted one of its pieces.

The cream-colored dress with patterned see-through sleeves is made from recycled polyester and retails at $49.95.

The eco-fashion line, characterized by easy, breezy attire for spring in shades of white and created with green materials like organic cotton and Tencel, a man-made, biodegradable fabric made from wood pulp cellulose, will hit stores this April.  

Read about Natalie Portman's eco-friendly engagement ring.  

Golden Globes 2011 best fashion

After viewing the many slideshows focused on the fashion worn at last night's award shows, I noticed discrepancies with the best dressed and the worst dressed lists. 

Truthfully, the night was filled with a lot of misses. Plunging necklines with unflattering cleavages, dress color matching the skin tone and/or hair color slightly too much, and the overdone sparkle of retro-looking dresses were all crimes committed last night. 

I had to put my own little thing together. Here's a list of the more acceptable clothing though you might notice there were very few colors considered red carpet hot this season.

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ECO-FASHION SIDE: Colin Firth, who won Best Actor for "The King's Speech", attended the ceremony with his wife, Livia. She wore an ahimsa or peace silk dress designed by Prophetik. Ahimsa or peace silk comes from silkworms who finished their life cycles.

With the dresses above, those were the best, and some other actresses wore similar gowns while most fell completely short. So now it's all about finding the eco-fashionable versions of these dresses when the knockoffs come to a department store near us soon. Or maybe there's vintage lookalikes hanging in some consignment shop window.