The eco fashion trend is catching on in a big way, as evidenced by the launch of the gorgeous Topshop Reclaim collection of designs made entirely from leftover material like jersey, denim, and cotton from the fashion giant’s existing stock of fabric remnants.

The UK based company partnered up with eco fashion pioneers Orsola de Castro and Filippo Ricci of From Somewhere for their venture into the world of eco chic via the process of upcycling. This is the process of utilizing leftover fabrics and materials to create unique, creative, eco friendly and, of course fashionable, garments.

The capsule collection includes ’90s inspired collarless jackets, lots of white denim, funnel neck tops, flowy and silky florals, and geometric cuts – and all at prices ranging from $22-85!

Taking cues from the Fall 2015 runways, the collection features monotones, high waist skirts and trousers, nude and sheer tops, turtlenecks and the much loved miniskirt. We especially love the Leopard Print Overlay shorts ($68), and the matching top ($52). Accessorize your fall look with chic black boots, some seductive long gloves, a skinny scarf and of course some of this season’s big and colorful bling.

We’re so glad that companies and labels with fast fashion notoriety have begun to recognize and embrace the importance of eco fashion and sustainable design and its eventual evolution into the mainstream. We hope that the Topshop Reclaim collection inspires many more of its kind!

As Trish Clarke, Head of Technical Services at Topshop stated, “We are inspired to challenge textile waste across our product areas, whilst still creating versatile designs that are wardrobe essentials for our customers. From 70’s button down dresses, to sheer panel print blouses – we want everyday fashion to be sustainable in TOPSHOP’s portfolio and blueprint.”

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This week’s Link Love is full of inspiration: from solar-powered windows, to a man buying a chinchilla farm to free the animals to gorgeous recycled styles from Topshop.

Guy walks into a fur farm and…buys the place so he can free all the animals? Hells yes. [via Ecorazzi]

See-through solar cells could turn your windows into power stations [via Grist]

Fecal transplants are real, and yes, technically a medical thing. [via Organic Authority]

Ha. Thanks, Clickhole. These Iggy Azalea gifs are the bee’s knees. [via Clickhole]

Britian’s Topshop has launched its latest recycled collection, and it’s awesome. [via Ecouterre]

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Image via Topshop

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While the New Year has provided the typical fashion media’s pause for reflection, coverage for the sustainable fashion movement is enjoying a few more toasts and moments of celebration.

Champagne Lifestyles. Don’t you think the Golden Globes’ red carpet fashion could have used a little more green? And I’m not talking about the emerald dresses sported by Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Elizabeth Moss. The best news about Colin Firth’s win for the Kings Speech? The spotlight will be more brightly focused on his dedicated green-living wife, Livia Firth, and her Eco Age store which offers sustainable fashion and domestic solutions.

Congrats! Along with mentoring the newly launched Awamaki Lab Initiative, Study NY designer Tara St. James won the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for Sustainable Design. Along with seven New York-based designers who will each receive the $25,000 grant towards production of their runway show at February’s New York Fashion Week.

Hitting the big TIME. Discussions about the need for greener fashion are increasingly penetrating the mainstream media. Levi’s Water Less Jeans have garnered a steady stream of discussion-provoking coverage since the advance news of their launch hit the airways culminating in this week’s issue of TIME.

Bottoms up! Three U.K. mass market chains are broadening the reach of ethical fashion. After the well-received upcycled line From Somewhere, the popular supermarket chain Tesco announced the launch of a capsule collection from Goodone, made from factory surplus and off cuts.

Pharrell Williams’s sustainable Fabric company, Bionic Yarn, is teaming up with retailer Topshop to launch a three-piece denim collection with this season’s 70s style detailing. Retailer M&S is also launching a 70s influenced sustainable line, Indigo Green. The 15-piece collection will be made from organic, fair trade and sustainable sourced fabrics.

Image: Matt From London

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