SYDNEY: Australia's first self-proclaimed climate neutral company is venturing into the retail sector.
Eco-fashion, textiles and homeware brand Bird Textiles Emporium will open its first retail store in Surry Hills next month. Founder and designer Rachel Bending said the brand had enjoyed a surge in domestic and export sales and that it was time to move to the next level.
The retail store will launch with Benning's autumn/winter 2008 collection, which includes the follow-up to her successful homewares range which was introduced last year. Each season, the designer's collection revolves around three new fabrics, designed and handmade at a studio in Byron Bay and hand-printed using water-based dyes.
Bird is currently working with eco-friendly company Climate Friendly to offset any carbon emissions created by the business. Its climate impact through from freight of raw materials, manufacture, operations and delivery of finished goods has been calculated so that they can green their carbon emissions by funding projects that slow global warming.