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

Image: popeater.com.
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.  

Give bamboo print an eco-boost

Though bamboo is an eco-fabric, many embrace it in a different way---by using the trademark bamboo print design rather than using the material. 

To give a bamboo-printed outfit a touch of eco-consciousness, add eco-friendly accessories like a vegan purse or organic cotton bottoms.

1. Orange Bamboo Jersey Top, $45, debenhams.com.

2. Koco Fair Trade Organic Leggings, $40, rapanuiclothing.com.

3. Big Buddha Ivy Bag, $90, shoostore.com.

4.  Speed Limit 98 Quarry Black Cuffed Cone Heels, $30, lulus.com.