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For those who don’t know, Livia Firth is an eco-fashion warrior champion badass who happens to be married to Mr. Darcy Colin Firth.
She first caught our eye when she announced her Green Carpet Challenge where she proclaimed that all her red carpet dresses for the year would be sustainable – and she did it! (Beautifully, no less.) When I heard that she was planning on debuting a line of sustainable dresses, I was more than impressed. I’m definitely please to see that her Green Carpet Challenge was a success! (I definitely get excited when I see a sustainable designer’s dress on the red carpet.)
She’s working with one of our favorite websites, Yooxygen, and Reclaim To Wear - an system that aids designers in using reclaimed fabrics, saved from the trash! Recently, she debuted a dress from her line, inspired by a vintage dress from her grandmother.
Gorgeous silver! Not into it? Well, it comes in five colors. Five.
In case you’re still not impressed, her line is also charitable.
I love this dress in the dark brown!
Yep! – it benefits an organization in Livia’s native country, Italy, called Cooperativa Rinascere. All of this heartwarming stuff is making me start to wonder if Livia is trying to compensate for something. Maybe she’s an ex-assassin who is trying to seriously realign her karma. Maybe. She’s probably just a really nice person. And, yeah… probably not an assassin. (Damn.)
Here line definitely falls into the “eco-friendly luxury fashion” category, as the price is $832. Ouch. But, hey… It’s good fodder for my daily afternoon fantasy, aka the only place where I could actually afford this dress (and trust me – if I could, it would be on me right now).
I’m not sure the dress would work on me; I’m 4’11″ and it would fall to an awkward length! I’ve seen that, comparing runway photos to red carpet. On a model, sure, the hem sits correctly, but put it on even the most attractive of actresses and suddenly we have entered Stump City, population the wearer. So. Not for me. Besides, that much of that fabric would overwhelm me.
But on someone taller, say, like Stana Katic? Smoky eye to go with the smoky colour. A simple shoe, in a similar shade. I’d do a chunky rope chain necklace there in a warmish shade (but not too coppery or bright), since she has the bones for it; almost any size but minuscule would work. Simple matching bracelet, obviously less with the chunk, and a clutch with gold accents.