SFF Takes Hollywood

ECO BASH

Presented by Earth Angel & YEA! Impact

In Partnership with Slow Fashion Festival

On June 23, 2023, Slow Fashion Festival proudly crossed state lines to produce its first-ever out-of-state fashion show in Los Angeles, co-creating an unforgettable night as part of the 3rd Annual ECO BASH. This high-impact celebration was presented by Earth Angel Sets and YEA! Impact and served as the official closing event of the Hollywood Climate Summit.

Hosted at The Preserve LA — a world-renowned creative campus and winner of the “Building of the Year” award — the event embodied sustainability from the ground up. With over 6,500 plants and trees integrated into its biophilic design, The Preserve offered guests not only unparalleled views and fresh oxygen-rich air but also a vibrant, eco-conscious atmosphere that elevated the night’s mission. As one of LA’s most sophisticated event spaces, it provided a stunning backdrop for a sold-out celebration of climate action, creativity, and community.

More than just a fashion show, ECO BASH 2023 was a milestone for Slow Fashion Festival — our first national show, our first production in Hollywood, and an event that sold out in advance. It represented a bold step forward in our mission to create immersive, community-driven experiences that merge education, artistry, and environmental justice.

We are honored to have been part of such an inspiring evening and are deeply grateful to our partners at Earth Angel, YEA! Impact, the Hollywood Climate Summit, and The Preserve LA for making this moment possible.

From Texas to Tinseltown

Over 500 attendees filled the space for an evening of green carpet photo ops, climate-forward celebration, and a slow fashion runway show curated and produced by the Slow Fashion Festival team. The show featured six visionary designers — Brandi Joan, NTA, LOTI, and Ysabel Hilado from Los Angeles, and Espíritu Libre and Psychic Outlaw representing our home city of Austin, Texas — each showcasing fashion made through sustainable, reclaimed, and upcycled practices.

The show was co-hosted by actors and climate advocates Richa Moorjani and Poorna Jagannathan, whose presence helped bridge entertainment, activism, and fashion. Attendees came dressed in their favorite thrifted and reimagined outfits, turning the crowd itself into a statement on conscious style.

Coast to Coast:

A Sustainable Style Exchange from Austin to LA

Texas Based Designers:

Hecho a mano y con mucho amor, my brand is Espíritu Libre. This brand embodies the divine feminine energy and reminds those who wear the pieces of their higher goddess selves. Through this expression of art, I’m able to fuse together my adoration of jewelry + clothing by combining dreamy velvet fabric with a gold chain/charm combo. Every Espíritu Libre piece is unique, custom, and powerful in representation. As a Latina designer, I wanted to create this brand/safe space where positive energía is radiated in every step of the creative process.
In 2018, Psychic Outlaw was born out of Creator & Owner Rebecca Wright’s lifelong obsession with collecting and creating her own one-of-a-kind clothing. Psychic Outlaw has quickly blossomed into a small team of creatives dedicated to creating sustainable, happy, handmade clothing using recycled, vintage and antique textiles.
This Collection was built with waste in mind. Psychic Outlaw buys recycled bandanas from textile waste centers and then processes and dyes each one to give them a unique look.Each one of the designs in this collection was constructed using the imperfect white bandanas and then over-dying them to create painterly, colorful garments.

LA Based Designers:

Brandi Joan is a Los Angeles based fashion designer who has been making clothes for over a decade. She has gained success in the sewing community, growing her social media following to over 300k with fun, infectious videos on home sewing and fashion.
She has released her sewing patterns in partnership with McCalls and is retailed in over 500 locations. She's now branching out from home sewing to ready to wear and runway! Playing with textured lace that evokes a sense of femininity, elegance, and romance.
She also incorporates sequins and metallic fabrics to elevate her designs and make them stand out on the runway.
NTA is a slow fashion, made to order brand run by Natalia Trevino Amaro in Los Angeles, California. Every piece is made to the customer's measurements to ensure inclusivity and also reduce clothing waste as there is no excess inventory left after any collection comes to an end.
All materials are sourced sustainably, most being deadstock, and NTA prides itself in being a zero-waste studio - meaning all scraps get repurposed or recycled properly.
Ysabel Hilado is a fashion designer and digital content creator from Southern California. Fashion has been an extensive part of Ysabel’s life for over a decade. Her design aesthetic can be described as street chic, where she strives to create pieces that merge streetwear and high fashion for a versatile, effortless look.
By actively maintaining a social media presence and documenting her journey through the industry, she has built an online community of fashion, DIY, and sewing enthusiasts worldwide. In 2022, she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in fashion design with a minor in fashion merchandising from California State University, Long Beach.
She is currently working on her clothing brand, Hilado, and and her debut book, Fashion Upcycling: The DIY Guide to Sewing, Mending, and Sustainably Reinventing Your Wardrobe, was published in late 2023.
LOTI is a Peruvian-Owned Upcycling Design Studio that repurposes Premium Textile Waste into dreamy new garments. They have formed partnerships with local factories in Peru to utilize the textile waste that is left over after making clothes for traditional apparel brands.
LOTI has a steadfast commitment to ethical production practices, which is why they work directly with independent seamstresses and boutique factories to craft their pieces. They have been featured and celebrated by many international publications, including Forbes, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire and Nylon.
Though embracing creativity, environmental consciousness, and social impact, LOTI aims to get folks to rethink upcycling and introduce upcycled goods into their everyday lives. Welcome to the Upcycling Revolution!Camille highlighted the need to reduce overproduction and embrace slower fashion. SaSha emphasized designing for longevity, working with ethical manufacturers, and avoiding greenwashing. Together, they discussed how businesses can integrate sustainability at every level, from supply chain to consumer engagement.
The panel ended with a live audience Q&A, and attendees received a 15% discount code from PACT to support their next sustainable purchase.