For Immediate Release: Fashion Week’s First Sustainable Swimwear Show Launches World’s First Compostable Swimsuit

Aug 27 2011
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July 20, 2010 (Miami, FL) - Over 1,100 of Miami’s eco-fashion-elite gathered poolside at the Setai Hotel on Friday, July 15th for Haute Natured—the first-ever sustainable swimwear show during Fashion Week Miami Swim. Haute Natured, presented by Mogul Events and ecosystM, featured a “walk-on-water” runway that showcased the latest eco-friendly swi
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CNN World Report: Haute Natured Green Bikini

Jul 26 2011
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CNN: "The next time you dive into the ocean blue, why not wear a green bathing suit? No, we mean Really Green, as in the World's first ever fully compostable bathing suit. The eco-friendly itty bitty bikini was revealed at a Swim Week Fashion Show in Miami."
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Sharp Style: Glass bikini sparkles on runway

Jul 22 2011
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Miami’s Swim Fashion Week debuted cutting-edge styles last week — literally. On Friday, reality-TV star Kristin Cavallari modeled a bikini made of glass shards during Diesel’s 2012 Swim show, telling People magazine: ”This is the first time I have ever walked a runway in a bathing suit. The glass sort of cut into my skin.
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Compostable swimsuits make a splash in Miami

Jul 22 2011
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When your swimsuit goes out of style, you may tuck it away in the closet, toss it in the trash, or donate it to Goodwill. Or, if you have one of designer Linda Loudermilk's new compostable swimsuits, you could just bury it in the garden. The eco-conscious swimsuits debuted at the Haute Natured sustainable-swimwear show during Fashion Week in Miami
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NPR: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! Lightning Fill in the Blank Show

Jul 22 2011
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NPR: "The hot item at this year's Miami Fashion Week was an environmentally friendly compostable bikini. The bikinis were made from a fabric derived from plant starch, and they break down after 180 days underground." ...
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Linda Loudermilk Premiers First-Ever Compostable Swimwear at Miami Fashion Week

Jul 22 2011
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Linda Loudermilk is making a major splash in the sustainable swimwear scene. The eco fashion designer premiered two compostable swimsuits at Miami Swim 2012 Fashion Week's first-ever sustainable swimwear show, Haute Natured, Ecouterre reports. And yes, you can actually wear them in the water.
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Green Tech Finds

Jul 22 2011
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The compostable bikini: Nope, you can’t charge your iPod with this one, but Linda Loudermilk’s new bikini made from plant starch decomposes in soil in 3 months. It is water safe, though – sorry, guys!
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Discovery: Traje de banho biodegradável e os desafios sustentáveis da moda praia

Jul 22 2011
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A semana de moda praia de Miami contou com vários eventos focados, principalmente, nos trajes de banho e acessórios para praia, entre eles o Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim e o Swim Show. Com o avanço da questão da sustentabilidade na indústria da moda, foi criado um novo evento: o Haute Natured, que convocou quatro marcas que trabalham com respons
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The bikini goes green

Jul 22 2011
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The world’s first fully compostable swim suit will debut at a Swim Week runway show featuring designers who specialize in "sustainable" fashions that eschew man-made materials like polyester. Swim Week on South Beach is mostly about glitz, glamor and impossibly leggy models traipsing about celebrity-lined runways.
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Linda Loudermilk Debuts the World’s First Compostable Swimsuit

Jul 22 2011
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Sometimes clothes wear down beyond repair, and bathing suits in particular are not often passed down. So what better way to cut down on material waste than with a compostable bathing suit? Eco-luxury designer Linda Loudermilk recently debuted the world’s first compostable swimsuit at the HauteNatured swimwear show at Miami Swim Week.
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Linda Loudermilk Debuts World’s First Compostable Swimsuit

Jul 22 2011
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Eco-luxury designer Linda Loudermilk has created what she dubs the world’s first compostable swimsuit. Derived from plant starch, the two-piece made its debut at the HauteNatured swimwear show at Miami Swim Week on Friday.
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Haute Fashion: World’s First Compostable Swimsuit And Other Eco-Friendly Swimwear At Haute Natured During Miami Fashion Week

Jul 22 2011
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Over 1,100 of Miami’s eco-fashion-elite gathered poolside at the Setai Hotel on Friday, July 15th for Haute Natured—the first-ever sustainable swimwear show during Fashion Week Miami Swim. Haute Natured, presented by Mogul Events and ecosystM, featured a “walk-on-water” runway that showcased the latest eco- friendly swimwear collections from E
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The Week in Pictures: Amazing Compostable Swimwear, Africa’s Epic Drought, and More

Jul 22 2011
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A high-end compostable swimsuit recently made a huge splash in Miami. We answer your burning question...does it decompose while swimming? We also have startling photos of the epic, devastating drought underway in Africa, new plant species, a minimalist approach to the desk, a tasty artichoke recipe from the French Alps, and more in our roundup of
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Inhabitat’s Week In Green

Jul 22 2011
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Groundbreaking green architecture projects popped up around the world this week as Herzog & de Meuron unveiled plans for a solar-powered stadium in Bordeaux and a Korean department store prepared to install a massive iPod-inspired green roof.
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It’s OK to Stare at This Swimsuit Model Because She Is Saving the Earth

Jul 22 2011
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If there's one problem plaguing the environment these days it's discarded, non-recyclable bikinis. They're awful! Plugging up landfills and taking eons to biodegrade. Utterly unacceptable. But not this bikini. This one is special. Special because it's completely compostable. So is the other one. The one that looks like a fig leaf.
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And there was much rejoicing: compostable swimsuits

Jul 22 2011
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See that swimsuit? Study it closely. No, keep looking. Okay, now, notice anything weird about it? If you said "well gee it kinda looks compostable," you're much better at observing the finer points of swimsuit technology than I am, because guess what, you're right: it is compostable. And so is the skimpier version.
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Introducing the World’s First Compostable Bikini

Jul 22 2011
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Women hate swimsuit shopping, am I right? And we all know why: Because swimsuits do not disintegrate when buried underground for 180 days. Luckily, designer Linda Loudermilk has come out with the world’s first line of compostable swimwear. Yes, they’re hideously unflattering (warning: image mildly NSFW, definitely NSFA where A is aesthe
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Swim Week in Miami Debuts World’s First Compostable Bathing Suit

Jul 22 2011
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Can we save the planet with one bikini at a time? A designer featured during Swim Week in Miami thinks so. The first ever fully compostable bathing suit appeared on the runaway at the Setai. Designer Linda Loudermilk, a pioneer of the eco-fashion movement, created the first compostable swimsuit from a plant starch that had been turned into fabric.
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Diddy Promotes ‘Haute Natured’ on his Facebook Page to One Million Followers

Jul 22 2011
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July 11, 2011 – Diddy promoted the Haute Natured website link on his Facebook page in front of close to a million followers, resulting in the post being shared more than 250 times across the social media platform and driving thousands of hits to Hautenatured.com.
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Bright Magazine (Netherlands): Begraaf je bikini

Jul 22 2011
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Composteerbare kleding is doorgedrongen tot hooggerestpecteerde zwemmodecompetities. En de bikini blijft een favoriet object bij het experimenteren met duurzame kleding. Eerder zagen we al een zonne-energie-model en een 3d-geprinte bikini, nu kunnen we de zwemkleding begraven. De bikini is niet zo afbreekbaar dat hij aan je lijf oplost - iets dat t
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Compostable Swimsuits and Other Things That Don’t Make Sense But Do

Jul 22 2011
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Yes, friends, the eco-friendly fashionistas of the world finally have their first compostable swimsuit. This is something you wear in water that breaks down naturally and feeds worms, and possibly make fish bellies grumble. Is it possible to think of something nuttier? Nair shampoo? Turns out, the beachwear isn't such a bad idea. The sexy suits ar
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Miami Swim Week premieres first compostable bikini

Jul 22 2011
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Swim Week on South Beach is mostly about glitz, glamor and impossibly leggy models traipsing about celebrity-lined runways. But at one Friday night show at The Setai, it’s also about trying to save the planet — one itty-bitty bikini at a time.
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Haute Natured: Sustainable Swimwear Hits the Runway During Fashion Week

Jul 22 2011
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Innovative fashion show at the Setai Hotel will be exclusive destination for eco-friendly designers. During this year’s Fashion Week Swim in Miami Beach, Mogul Events and ecosystM have created the first annual Haute Natured sustainable swimwear show at The Setai Hotel.
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The bikini goes green with world’s first fully compostable suit

Jul 22 2011
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A group of "eco-couture" designers unveiled lines that eschew synthetic textiles like polyester. Instead, they're crafting "sustainable" swimwear out of fabrics made from wood pulp, hemp and bamboo or from recycled plastic bottles, "upcycled" factory scraps of cotton and nylon and "repurposed" material like military parachutes.
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Introducing the World‘s First ’Green Bikini’

Jul 22 2011
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Eco-friendliness is hardly a new concept, but with bathing suit season in full swing, it’s finally here: The first “green bikini.” Linda Loudermilk, an “eco-couture” designer, said she will debut the world’s first fully compostable bathing suit Friday night during a Swim Week runway show.
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Swimwear goes green with compostable suits

Jul 22 2011
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Designer Linda Loudermilk debuted what she billed as the world's first fully compostable bathing suit. It's fashioned from a plant starch, she said, that has been turned into a fabric so new she just got her hands on it four days earlier.
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The bikini goes green with world’s first fully compostable suit

Jul 22 2011
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Designer Linda Loudermilk said last week that she would debut what she billed as the world's first fully compostable bathing suit. It's fashioned from a plant starch, she said, that has been turned into a fabric. She said the suit won't dissolve...
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Linda Loudermilk Premiers First-Ever Compostable Swimwear at Miami Fashion Week

Jul 22 2011
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Linda Loudermilk is making a major splash in the sustainable swimwear scene. The eco fashion designer premiered two compostable swimsuits at Miami Swim 2012 Fashion Week's first-ever sustainable swimwear show.
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Miami Swim Week premieres first compostable bikini

Jul 21 2011
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Swim Week on South Beach is mostly about glitz, glamor and impossibly leggy models traipsing about celebrity-lined runways. But at one Friday night show at The Setai, it’s also about trying to save the planet — one itty-bitty bikini at a time.
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Sustainable swimwear to debut at Fashion Week Swim in Miami

Jul 21 2011
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Eco fashion is also evolving readily and is becoming popular. The very new eco-couture, the swimwear made of eco-friendly and sustainable materials, will debut at the Fashion Swim Week in Miami, Florida this year.
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