Environmentally conscious collection is inspired by British conservationist Isabella Tree
The past two years have not left many optimists still standing but Gabriela Hearst, the creative director of Chloé, is one of the few who remain.
Hearst believes – unlike many – that it is possible for fashion to be a force for good. A sustainability campaigner who staged the world’s first carbon neutral catwalk show under her own name before winning the Chloé job, she has helped to make designing with “deadstock” – leftover fabric – a mainstream industry practice, and to champion craft-made over industrialised production to improve the environmental and social impact of clothes.
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