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Green garb

Fashion Takes Action’s new Distillery District showroom and store (55 Mill, building 74, studio 202, 417-778-5934, fashiontakesaction.com) is the spot to score the next wave of Canadian eco designers. We asked the organization’s leader and resident green garmento, Kelly Drennan, to pick her favourite clothing and accessories for spring. Here’s her shopping list.

1. Rescued

Montreal-based Rescued cuts fancy fabric remnants from mills in Italy and France into one-of-a-kind frocks like this floral print piece ($225).

2. Deborah Adams

For eco-fashionistas who require high-capacity baggage, Deborah Adams creates this oversized tote ($149).

3. Meemoza

Made in Montreal using modal and Tencel fabrics, Meemoza’s Audrey cocktail dress ($139) has the tailored fit you don’t always find in green fashion.

4. Bazant

Jewellery designer Lara Bazant shares studio space with FTA, where she crafts baubles like this necklace with vintage, natural and fair trade stones ($140).

5. Local Buttons

To balance the second-hand clothing market’s decimation of garment manufacturing in developing countries, Toronto-based Local Buttons collaborates on pieces like this men’s vest ($65) with tailors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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