Oka Masako Says Eco-Friendly Fashion is the Future
To know Oka Masako is to love her. The Japanese designer is a fixture in sustainable eco-friendly fashion. She’s used bamboo and silk, corn and soybeans before it was the “in-thing” to do and she’s done it very well. Her fabrics have been the talk of the runway since 2003 and since the creation of the ECOMACO line’s launch, her push towards biodegradable fashion has been a staple everywhere.
Masako held a show at Mexico Fashion Week last Friday and it was the talk of the industry. She’s pioneered a new thread using fermented corn syrup. Naturally one would think that her collection is edible since most of her products are used in food, but the point to this as she describes it is to truly make clothing a “second skin”.
ECOMACO may not hit critical mass just yet, but it may be on the road to that. Masako states the pricepoints for eco-friendly fabrics may be high, but this is definitely the wave of the future.
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