Lounging in Lulan Luxury

What is the key to unlocking beautiful eco-interior design and smashing eco-fashion? It is the fabric, stupid, or rather, it is the fabric, friends!

For decades, there has been a dearth of fabulous eco-fabrics, which led to the perception (and reality) that there was no choice besides scratchy hemp for the eco-conscious. And having no choice is b-o-r-i-n-g. All of that is thankfully changing, and more exhilarating options are entering the market. Say goodbye to monotone beige, and hello to a world of color and beauty.

A case is point is Lulan Artisans, the sustainable fabrics company founded by architect Eve Blossom. And judging by her fabrics I saw recently, Lulan is truly blossoming.

Lulan’s colorful palette of 100% handwoven, hand-dyed silk fabrics is perfect for pillows, bedding, upholstery, and drapes (aka window treatments in fancy designer speak). I think some of her fabrics could also be excellent for fashionable scarves, wraps, skirts, and more.

Lulan aims to be sustainable through its values of community support, reverence for nature, and environmental stewardship. Natural silks are used, and dyes are natural or low-impact to be environmentally sensitive. Lulan partners with over 600 spinners, twisters, dyers, weavers and finishers in Southeast Asia, where master silk weavers use centuries-old techniques to create the collection by hand in small workshops. Lulan works to enhance the weavers’ economic standing and their community. Her fabrics do have to be shipped from Asia, but perhaps the travel could be balanced out with incremental carbon offsets?  Blossom’s is a holistic approach that bears beautiful fabric fruit with good karma.

The Lulan Artisans collection is currently on display at the Sundance Film Festival’s Project GreenHouse, an exclusive eco-conscious lifestyle suite. Check out Lulan online or in-person if possible at a showroom near you. Eve is also frequently in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. Handwoven Inspiration indeed. Let the eco-luxury home makeover begin, and don’t forget the sustainable wood, the zero-VOC paint, and the soy candles. Voila!  www.lulan.com