By Jasmin Malik Chua, Source: Ecouterre

Looks like Livia Firth ♥ Narciso Rodriguez as much as he ♥ social enterprise. Firth awarded the New York City designer with the “Green Carpet Challenge” brand mark on Thursday for his work with Bottletop, a fair-trade label that employs artisans to create accessories using upcycled materials. The Eco-Age creative director praised the Narciso Rodriguez ♥ Bottletop collection, which comprises a day bag (the “Candice,” named for model Candice Swanepoel) and a clutch (the “Jessica,” after actress Jessica Alba) made from deforestation-free Amazonian leather and recycled soda-can ring pulls, for its “marriage of ethics and aesthetics … connecting sustainable materials and design with real people in the supply chain.”

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