London: EKOCYCLE™ is excited to announce that Ada + Nik, Davide Groppi, Goorin Bros, Henrietta Ludgate, KEDS and The People’s Movement (MOVMT) will be joining its exclusive Shop-in-Shop collection at Harrods. The new products range from men’s hats and jackets to women’s dresses and shoes to design decor and lighting and will be available at Harrods beginning in late September. ECOALF is also set to launch new additions, expanding its existing EKOCYCLE™ product offering.
Embedded in the ethos that “Waste is only waste if we waste it’, EKOCYCLE™ was conceived after will.i.am was inspired to turn waste left behind at a Black Eye Peas concert into recycled sought-after objects and joined forces with The Coca-Cola Company.
Since launching in the UK in March of this year, EKOCYCLE™ has collaborated with global brands from Globe-Trotter to adidas to Tern to MCM and 3D Systems to develop an innovative range of clothes, accessories, design and lifestyle products made in part from recycled materials such as PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans. The result is an inspiring aspirational collection that challenges preconceived notions of products made from recycled materials.
Bea Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Coca-Cola Company said, “I’m pleased to announce that the EKOCYCLE initiative is expanding, with six fantastic new designers joining the collection. Together with will.i.am and Harrods, our aim is to continue to promote recycling in an innovative way, to captivate today’s youth and motivate change.”
The initiative was recently named Innovator of the Year at the WGSN awards for its ambition to educate and empower consumers to proactively seek out more sustainable lifestyle choices.
EKOCYCLE Lifestyle Collection
ADA + NIK
Award winning London based contemporary design duo, Ada + Nik (Ada Zanditon and Nik Thakkar), is adding the world’s first camera-enabled biker jacket (includes a built-in camera) to the collection. Described by press as “the most refreshing new menswear brand to emerge in recent years” – the unique, darker take on British fashion features intricate technical detail and uses innovative performance materials. The Ada + Nik: Narrative Jacket is a hybrid of leather and a subtle herringbone pattern and uses an average of 15 assorted recycled 20 oz. PET bottles
DAVIDE GROPPI
Davide Groppi is a renowned industrial designer and lighting expert based in Italy. His lights point out the basic components of his streamlined design: simplicity, lightness, emotion and invention. The special emphasis on each aesthetic solution makes each lamp original and unique. The lamp Neuro for EKOCYCLE™ is made only of basic elements: a plug, a wire, some recycled PET isolators and a recycled aluminum shade. That’s all you need: starting from a common wall socket, you play with the cable and bring the light where you like. Eko-cycled, eko-logical and eko-nomic design.
ECOALF
ECOALF integrates breakthrough technology to create clothing and accessories made entirely from recycled materials…without actually looking like it! From discarded fishing nets and plastic bottles to worn out tires and even coffee, the line transpires to outerwear, swimsuits, trainers and accessories. For the exclusive line for EKOCYCLE™ Urban Elegancy and Sportswear are brought together, all with a minimalistic touch. ECOALF EKOCYCLE™ products use a range of 38% – 100% post-consumer recycled materials.
EKOCYCLE Lifestyle Collection
GOORIN BROS
Over a century ago, Goorin Bros. started selling finely crafted custom hats from a humble horse-drawn cart on the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four generations later, it is with great pride that they continue the Goorin family legacy, in which craftsmanship and quality are paramount. Goorin Bros. joins the EKOCYCLE™ collection with an exclusive line of three hats each using an average of four assorted recycled 20 oz. PET bottles.
HENRIETTA LUDGATE
Renowned fashion designer Henrietta Ludgate was trained at Central Saint Martins School of Art. Each design is based on her signature style of structural minimalism with a sophisticated edge. The Scottish designers’ addition to the EKOCYCLE™ brand includes a range of dresses, pleated skirts, tops and coats.
EKOCYCLE Lifestyle Collection
KEDS
KEDS presents one of two new lines of shoes added to the collection. Made famous in the 1990s, KEDS x EKOCYCLE™ high tops use an average of two assorted recycled 20 oz. PET bottles per pair of shoes and come in ‘Champion’ designs – Red Mesh, Classic Canvas, Black Nylon and Print Canvas.
MOVMT
Celebrating up-cycled material, MOVMT launches with a collection of eco-hip sneakers. MOVMT supports organizations that systematically reduce plastic pollution through oceanic research, collaboration and action. These innovative hi tops contain 50% post-consumer recycled materials using an average of four assorted recycled 20 oz. PET bottles and shoelace clips made in part from recycled materials via the EKOCYLE CUBE™ 3D Systems Printer.
Visit Harrods to see the EKOCYCLE™ product line or online at Harrods.com/brand/ekocycle.