Water Is A Human Right Necklace by designer Linda Loudermilk
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More than ONE BILLION people worldwide do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. 3.6 million people die each year from water-related disease. THIS IS PREVENTABLE. With this purchase, 17% of proceeds are donated to clean water initiatives worldwide.
"Water, like air, is essential to sustain life and maintain basic human dignity." Designer Linda Loudermilk
is passionate about the earth and its people, and she is making her
mark on the eco-movement with stylish products that inspire people to
think about the world and how we can make it a better place for all
inhabitants. The Water Faucet Necklace pendant is made from reclaimed
silver and features a weathered, old-fashioned faucet with a single
glass drop of water. Made in California.
ITEM NUMBER: LLWF
MATERIALS: sterling silver, glass
NOTE: chain is sterling silver.
SIZE: chain: 20" L; pendant: 1.75" L
About Linda Loudermilk:
Visionary couture and eco-designer Linda Loudermilk has been
named by “W” Magazine as one of the top 20 innovators to watch. Coined
as the “Vivienne Westwood of eco” by Elle Magazine, Loudermilk has
spearheaded the creation of a new, luxury eco™ lifestyle, blowing old
concepts of environmental living out of the water. Through her
revolutionary designs and radical spirit, Loudermilk has redefined
sustainability as something alluringly sexy, fun and edgy.
Linda’s
personal mission is to influence change on the planet and change within
ourselves, the consumer, as we and the planet are directly correlated
to one another. Linda’s purpose is to ignite expressiveness, encourage
clarity in the choices of daily life and through awareness bring about
gratitude of this planet, our home, within which we reside and from
which we are fed. Her design, practice and materials are brought
together mindfully from her core.
Six years ago, Loudermilk
had made it to the Paris runways and the top of high fashion. In that
moment she should have been rejoicing in the accolades. Instead, she
felt empty. In Loudermilk’s own words,
“I was creating beauty,
but beauty without soul.” She realized then that she wanted to make a
difference in the world, to shift the way people think about the earth.
With groundbreaking passion, she began researching products that are
sustainable, by meeting with and learning from scientists and seeking
out companies that create fibers without pesticides or other toxic
processes. She developed relationships with manufacturers that do not
poison the water supply as they have a consciousness about their effect
on the earth.
What Loudermilk discovered is a world of design
that can be blended with eco-responsibility in an exciting way. She
trademarked the term luxury eco™, becoming the first designer to create
a luxury+eco lifestyle brand under one umbrella—all made from the
sustainable fabrics that she researched and developed, targeted towards
the most demanding luxury consumer. She began using organic textiles
that are woven from natural sources like bamboo, SeaCell® (seaweed) and
Ingeo™ (corn). She collected scraps of lace and other fine fabric
remnants from European sources, and started weaving them into her
fashions. She found a way to personalize the beauty of the earth
through her designs, by honoring its natural gifts.
According
to Loudermilk, nature is the original punk. Her inventive style packs
an iconoclastic punch from noirish suits—to sculpturally sexy shift
dresses—to jeans cut deadly on the hip. That flair for the dramatic
comes innately to Loudermilk, who studied Shakespeare and costume
design at Oxford University in England “one of the world’s leading
academic institutions.” Loudermilk’s intuitive sense of tailoring,
passed down from her couturier grandmother and experience as a sculptor
is the very foundation from which she embellished upon in becoming what
she is today. Linda’s fine designs are passionately hand finished and
mostly made in the USA.
Beyond her revolutionary designs,
Loudermilk is bringing together the global pioneers who are producing
“green” and “gold” at the same time. By establishing the luxury eco™
Stamp of Approval, she seeks to identify those who are also breaking
new ground in their respective fields. The emblem is a message to the
consumer that the products or services are not only eco-friendly – but
also superior in luxury quality, design and craftsmanship. It is the
only Luxury Certification.
Loudermilk’s mission is
to define every aspect of life as radically and decidedly
eco-responsible. She is recognized as the first to identify and
successfully market to the luxury eco™ consumer. Her extraordinary
vision and commitment to research and product development have
established her as an authority and positioned her company years ahead
of the competition in understanding how to generate sustainable profits
in this emerging market.
For Loudermilk, there is no question: change is inevitable. It is the only way to the future.
“The Linda Loudermilk brand is design with a higher purpose.”
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 16 September, 2008.