Attending The Green Shows during New York Fashion Week feels like a departure from the haughty attitudes as well as the not-so-sustainable practices of the mainstream fashion industry.

Backstage, models sit easily while natural products are applied to their skin and hair. The front of house is mingling and chatting sociably without a halo of status hanging over each person. In other words, the eco-scene is… well, good.

“Showing at the Green Shows is so wonderful because it is such an intimate setting,” says featured eco-designer Krystal Hoffacker of Dress Reform.

(Looks above from the Dress Reform show. Photo credit: Greta Eagan)

The Green Shows may be intimate with only a couple hundred attendees up against the vast numbers squeezing into the tents at Lincoln Center for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, but one thing is certain – sustainable fashion is on the map and catching the interest of new designers as well as the public and press.

(Looks above from the Bright Young Things show. Photo credit: Greta Eagan)

A packed house for Day Two at the Metropolitan Pavilion, where the Green Shows was hosted this year, turned out to see versatile pieces from Dress Reform, a live exhibit of the Uniform Project in conjunction with the new Bright Young Things line, and topped the day off with an evening presentation and party for New York’s little sustainable star, Samantha Pleet.

Watch our EcoSalon Exclusives NYFW Spring 2011 Highlights Day 2 at The Green Shows video for an inside look at the green scene that is quietly and confidently making its presence known!

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New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and aside from people watching and jotting down some trendsetting street looks, I went to The Green Shows where 10 eco-fashion designers were selected to show their spring/summer 2011 collections.

We’ve got the best of Day One right here on EcoSalon. After the break you’ll find a video from the event which offers backstage beauty insight and runways glimpses. You’ll also see more photos showing off the main attraction – the clothes!

Joann Berman poses backstage with a couple models from her show. The S/S 2011 collection was influenced by music and a jet-setting woman who picks up amazing prints and jewelry on her journeys.

Models from the Ashton Michael Black Label get cozy for backstage pictures at The Green Shows.

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