Loudermilk: Telluride’s Scarpe Brings Eco Pioneer Designer to Colorado

Posted by andreamerida on Mar 28, 2009 in Business development, Charity Events, Colorado Boutiques, Local Fashion Shows, Sales | 0 comments

by Juliana Echavarría, Fashion Correspondent – juliana@dfbeat.com

Looking marvelously chic, igniting change in our consumerist habits, and helping the planet at the same time? Sign me up! Linda Loudermilk is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with on both coasts of the United States. Fortunately for Colorado fashionistas, her designs are now available at Scarpe boutique in Telluride.

Loudermilk is one of the few modern designers who successfully creates exquisite environmentally friendly pieces without compromising taste, design execution, or the overall value of her collections.

Having been coined as the “Vivienne Westwood of eco” by Elle Magazine, Loudermilk has spearheaded the creation of a new, luxury eco™ lifestyle by completely redefining the concept of sustainability as something alluringly sexy, fun and edgy. Her presence in Colorado has been a long time coming and could be defined as a match made in heaven. Both Coloradans and Linda Loudermilk are committed to the protection and sustainable development of the environment because each upholds the values of inner/outer sustainability and responsible consumerism for the 21st century.

She embellishes upon diverse experiences attained from numerous artistic foundations in order to continue to be the superb eco-conscious designer that she has become. Loudermilk had the fortune of having a couturier grandmother from whom she obtained her remarkable “intuitive sense of tailoring.” In addition, she studied Shakespeare and costume design from Oxford University in England and acquired further skills and knowledge in design and symmetry from sculpting.

Season after season Loudermilk provides her demanding luxury clients with fresh, sexy, and body flattering pieces that help and encourage them to nurture their inner and outer worlds by preserving our planet through the acquisition of sustainable fashion while looking absolutely fabulous. During these harsh economic times, Linda is helping the United States’ economy and improving her brand’s equity through the provision of higher brand value to American consumers. She is accomplishing this by producing the majority of her designs in the US.

Her fine designs are passionately hand finished and made with environmental friendly fabrics through environmental sustainable processes. Denver Fashion Beat loves her designs because her pieces exhibit undeniable elements of femininity. Several of Loudermilk’s designs are perfectly accentuated with zippers that provide an element of roughness to the garment without taking away from its femininity, while simultaneously complementing female form. She never fails to provide her clients with a marvelous assortment of pieces to choose from. Her iconoclastic collections usually include a fusion of sculptural sexy shift dresses, feminine elements such as sweet ruffles, noirish suits, and amazing jeans that cut deadly on the hip. Linda’s designs completely embody the values and characteristics of the women that wear them; fierceness, sexiness, social consciousness, inner and outer life balance, passion, and adaptability are all characteristics and values shared by the Linda Loudermilk line and its clientele.

One of Denver Fashion Beat’s favorite Loudemilk’s pieces is a siren coat made of organic cotton lace and seaweed fiber. This water-soluble fiber is used as a holding fiber; when the cloth is finished, the alginate is dissolved, leaving an open area. Given the luxurious environmental-friendly fabrics and its extraordinary stitching, this fabulous coat retails for only $885.00.  We also loved this hand-twisted vegetarian stitched jacket in a straw color made of luxury eco silk.

(Deal alert: this beautiful design at 50% off at Scarpe). Luxury eco silk is an Oeko-Tex approved silk manufactured with only the highest standards of sustainability, fair trade, and labor practices.

Loudermilk has found a way to effectively “personalize the beauty of the earth through her designs, by honoring its natural gifts.” 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. Examples of environmentally textiles and fabrics that Loudermilk uses to create her designs are organic textiles woven from natural sources like bamboo, SeaCell® (seaweed) and Ingeo™ (corn). She also collects scraps of lace and other fine fabric remnants from European sources and incorporates them into her designs by weaving them into her fashions.

“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.” If you share Loudermilk’s values and are interested in protecting our planet by employing socially conscious consumerism habits – and come on let’s face it, who isn’t this days? – do not hesitate to check out Linda Loudermilk’s designs at the Scarpe boutique in Telluride, CO.

For more information on Linda Loudermilk visit her website.   To purchase Linda Loudermilk’s designs in Colorado, visit Scarpe boutique online or visit them in Telluride at 250 E Pacific Ave Telluride, CO 81435.  970.728.1513.

About the author: andreamerida: I'm a Denver-based marketing consultant for fashion-related and creative businesses, and Denver Fashion Beat is my brainchild. I'm also an elected member of the Denver Board of Education. I help businesses create and/or find their niche and market to them using the Internet and social media as the primary (and cheapest!) tools. I love to brainstorm, so don't hesitate to contact me to get some insight on growing your business! Email me at andrea@dfbeat.com.