Japanese Designer Oka Masako Expands on Eco-friendly Fashion
October 31, 2008 | Levent OZLER
Japanese designer Oka Masako was making eco-friendly fashion using soybeans, corn, bamboo and silk long before it was the newest thing on this fall's runways.
Masako is known for using ecologically friendly fabrics and creating light, transparent garments embroidered with flowers and leaves.
She began tapping organic textiles 13 years ago.
"I show the theme of ecology on my clothes to represent the sense of peace and calm nature has given me," Masako said before her show at Mexico's Fashion Week last Friday.
"It has more to do with a (personal) symbiosis."
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