Oakes Speaks Sustainable Design to Students
April 28-30 2006. Summer Rayne had back-to-back-to-back discussions with high school students on sustainable design at Pace University, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum and the Project Emerge Program at F.I.T.At Pace, Oakes unveiled ECOFASHION 101 to 300 students at the Students for a Sustainable Future Expo. The “I Heart Design” Symposium at the Cooper Hewitt Design [...]
Summer Rayne Discusses Sustainabilty & F.I.T.
April 18, 2006. Summer Rayne visited the Fashion Institute of Technology Tuesday to sit with professors in order to discuss sustainability programs throughout the school.Though not a graduate of F.I.T., Summer Rayne has been meeting with representatives of the school for over a year discussing ideas for the implementation of sustainability programs at the world-renowned [...]
Scene on the Green: Riverkeepers Event
April 19, 2006. Summer Rayne joins Riverkeeper for their special fund-raising event. The Look: Off the heels of the Vanity Fair Party, Summer Rayne pays a visit to the Riverkeeper fundraising event at the Chelsea Piers in NYC. (Wearing a second-hand coat by Dolce & Gabanna) with self-made carved Sioux necklace.
Scene on the Green: Vanity Fair Party
April 18, 2006. Summer Rayne joins the festivities with friends at the Vanity Fair Green Issue Party at ABC Home. The look: Summer Rayne Oakes wears an empire dress made out of refound materials by Deborah Lindquist. Seen holding an organic wool crocheted capelet jacket with bell sleeves by Carasan Designs. Right (Above): Summer Rayne [...]
A sneak peak at the photo shoot with photographer, Steve Brickles. Seen here: Pachacuti panama hat from Ecuador (fair trade); Shirt by Alexander McQueen; o-wool high-waisted pants by Deborah Lindquist
See the Connections: Editorial
April 2006. Experience Life Magazine “See the Connections” issue features Summer Rayne on the cover with an inside editorial on connection fashion with…sewage sludge??? INSIDE PEEK: Summer Rayne Oakes‘ works is all about connections. Her career links fashion and sustainability, media and marketing, modeling and activism, clothes and sewer sludge. That’s right, sewer sludge. Ever [...]
Fair Trade & Fashion at the 6th WTO Conference
March/April 2006. Volume 10. No 3 issue of Healthy Living Magazine features editorial on Summer Rayne and her role at the WTO Ministerial Conference speaking about fair trade. “The fashion show was, of course, entertaining, but more importantly, it provided a real demonstration of how fair trade can be both profitable and sustainable.” – Summer [...]
