Wearing Her Green Credentials on Her Sleeve
” Entitled HEIRLOOM, and in shops over the coming months, the Winter ‘09 collection is inspired by Rita Angus Life & Vision exhibition currently touring the country. Channelling the 50’s silhouette, Foon has placed the focus firmly on the waist. This is balanced out by masculine style jackets, voluminous batwings and high-waisted pants created in the softest wools, merinos and, a particular Foon favourite, a lustrous blend of hemp, silk and organic cotton.
All Starfish garments are made in New Zealand, even though Foon could no doubt fatten her margins if she moved production offshore. She uses organic cotton, recycled rubber and buttons, vegetable based dye, reuses all plastic garment bags and coat hangers and carry bags are made from recycled chlorine-free paper.
‘See, you can be fashionable and still save the planet,’ Foon says with a smile.”
Your Weekend, January 2009.