Colin Firth: Met Ball 2013 Red Carpet with Livia Giuggioli (JUST JARED)

Colin Firth poses for a picture with his wife Livia Giuggioli on the red carpet at the 2013 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 6) in New York City.

The 52-year-old actor wore head-to-toeTom Ford to the event while Livia, 43, chose an eco-friendly Moschino gown.

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Colin Firth - Bradley Cooper Wore Eco-friendly Tux To Golden Globes (CONTACT MUSIC)

Colin Firth's eco-warrior wife has heaped praise on Bradley Cooper for daring to wear a tuxedo made of recycled materials to the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday (13Jan13).

Livia Firth convinced the actor to don a Tom Ford tuxedo made from ethical wool for her Green Carpet Challenge (Gcc), which asks top designers to create environmentally-friendly red-carpet looks.

In a post on her blog, Livia writes, "This year we opted to celebrate menswear as the divine Golden Globes nominee Bradley Cooper joined the Gcc in a two piece suit by Tom Ford, designed exclusively for the Green Carpet Challenge.

"The suit was made from... low environmental impact, European spun and woven wool suiting. As Gcc fans will know, while we love the glitz and the excitement of the red carpet, we are fascinated by the supply chain and this project gave us the chance to... create a beautiful fibre that stands the test of time.

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Chiswick eco-campaigner, Livia Firth, honoured for her work on ethical fashion

Ethical fashion campaigner Livia Firth has been recognized as an international ‘Leader of Change' 2012 for her work with the fashion industry.

The founder of the Green Carpet challenge, who is married to Oscar-winner Colin Firth, was chosen by the Foundation for Social Change in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Partnerships for her work highlighting supply-chain ethics in fashion.

‘Receiving this award is a great honour and a wonderful recognition of everything the Green Carpet Challenge has achieved so far,’ says Livia.

‘The Foundation for Social Change sits perfectly with GCC values. We believe passionately in putting environmental and social justice on a platform with world class design and production.’

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Colin Firth's eco-friendly clothes (EXPOSE ENTERTAINMENT)

Colin Firth wears environmentally-friendly clothes on the red carpet.

The Oscar-winning actor's wife, Livia, has her own ethical fashion collection, Livia Firth Design, and he is taking inspiration from his spouse by wearing recycled outfits.

When asked if Colin has worn environmentally-friendly clothes, Livia said: ''Yes, he does and so does Michael Fassbender.''

Livia also says she hopes her collection has inspired other designers to be more ethical with their designs as it's so important.

She told Britain's Hello! magazine: ''Fast fashion is a problem, but we have to try and make companies responsible to make things better. What is the solution? I don't know. Hopefully it will work. Some are starting to take steps and that is admirable. We buy too much as consumers so perhaps we should also take care with buying things that we don't really need.''

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Emily Blunt: JOHN KRASINSKI & EMILY BLUNT We Dropped $2 Mil On Eco-Friendly Mansion (TMZ)

"Office" star John Krasinski and his real life "Pam" Emily Blunt are environmental warriors ... the couple just bought a $2 million house way out in the country -- run on RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY!!!!

The couple purchased the 4,177 square-foot-pad in Ojai -- nicknamed the 'Shangri-la of CA' thanks to the city's focus on health and spirituality -- back in June for $2,150,000.

But get this, the 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath digs is totally eco-friendly and decked out with state of the art renewable energy technology -- including giant solar panels, which help power their crib ... by harnessing the power of the sun.

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Colin Firth: Eco queen Livia Firth to launch her own range Enjoy a preview of Liva Firth Designs, the first sustainably-made capsule collection by Colin Firth's ethically-minded other half, Livia. (FASHION) BY OLIVIA BERGIN | 06 JULY 2012

Livia Firth is one savvy style-setter. When her husband Colin Firth was nominated for a Golden Globe in Tom Ford's A Single Man , the Italian-born former film producer didn't succumb to the role of mere 'trophy wife'. Instead, she elected to attend all red carpet events, including the Oscars, dressed solely in sustainable fashion in order to raise the profile of ecological and social justice in the fashion industry. More than just a one-off awards season wonder, she launched the Green Carpet Challenge , persuading stars such as Cameron Diaz and Meryl Streep to step out in bespoke designer creations made from recycled polyester from plastic bottles.

Next up on her plans for global eco-fashion domination? Why, her own line of course.
Following on from the online launch of Eco Age , her shop-in-shop on the shopping website Yooxygen which features her edit of the best ethical fashion, (she closed her west London store to focus on e-commerce) Firth is making her own design debut with five pieces.


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Livia Firth Challenges Hollywood to go Green on Red Carpet BY CRYSTAL WILTSHIRE APRIL 27, 2012 (ECORAZZI)

Every Hollywood star knows that one of the most important parts of an awards ceremony is who you are wearing. Livia Firth, wife of Academy Award-winning actor Colin, wants the kind of fabric you are wearing to be just as essential. Firth founded the Green Carpet Challenge in 2009, to influence top designers to rethink their fabric choices when designing fashions for the world’s biggest starts.

The challenge encourages designers to consider ecologically friendly and socially responsible fabrics when creating their pieces. “First of all, you want to wear something that is made with non-toxic materials and dyes and also that it’s made by people who are happy fundamentally,” Firth says.

She herself has worn yarn made from recycled plastic bottles to the Golden Globes, material from repurposed thrift store finds for the Oscars and discarded fabric to meet Queen Elizabeth II. With the Challenge now in its third year, Firth is on a mission to convince some of the biggest names in Hollywood to follow her lead, including designer and film director Tom Ford, Hollywood legend Meryl Streep and rising star Michael Fassbender.

“A designer will create a gown for an actress anyway. So what we do is to work with the designers to switch the fabric to eco-alternatives,” Firth said. One of Firth’s own “green carpet” triumphs was an emerald green gown made of upcycled fabric created from scratch by British designer Henrietta Ludgate who produces her designs out of a small workshop/showroom in London.

 “We source from mills in Scotland and England. We upcycle fabrics and we produce everything locally. It’s zero clothes miles,” Ludgate said. This method gives Ludgate a very hands on approach to the production process which results in a superior product. She goes on to say, “People buy for design rather than sustainability. When they find out about it, I’m hoping that they will buy more!”


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Colin Firth: Livia Firth recruits Meryl Streep, Kenneth Branagh into Eco-friendly Couture (TELEGRAPH)

Oscars 2012: Livia Firth recruited Meryl Streep and more for her Green Carpet Challenge Eco-friendly fashion hits a glamorous high-point as Livia Firth adds Meryl Streep and Kenneth Branagh to her Green Carpet Challenge roll call.

BY BELINDA WHITE | 27 FEBRUARY 2012

Yes, that gorgeous golden gown Meryl was wearing - the one that matched her latest trophy - was also custom made by Lanvin for the GCC from 'eco certified fabric'.

Also taking part at the Oscars were Colin Firth (natch) who cunningly recycled the Tom Ford suit he wore to collect his best actor Oscar last year; Kenneth Branagh whose navy Ermenegildo Zegna tuxedo was created with eco-friendly Merino wool; and Demian Bichir whose Ermenegildo Zegna black tuxedo was designed with TROFEO 600 fabric - an eco-friendly blend of superfine wool and silk.

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Colin Firth Hosts Star-Studded Charity Dinner For Oxfam America (LOOK TO THE STARS)

On February 22, 2012 Vanity Fair and Ermenegildo Zegna, along with Colin and Livia Firth and Anna Zegna, hosted an intimate dinner at Chateau Marmont to benefit Oxfam America, the international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.

 Over the last ten years, Colin Firth has worked hard, both in public and behind the scenes, to become an extremely knowledgeable and highly respected campaigner for Oxfam. Guests at the event included hosts Colin and Livia Firth and Anna Zegna, along with Demian Bichir, Emily Blunt, Kenneth Branagh, Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter, Kristin Davis, Cameron Diaz, Djimon Honsou and Kimora Lee, Emile Hirsch, Danny Huston, John Krazinski, Olga Kurylenko, Vanity Fair Publisher Edward Menicheschi, President of Oxfam Raymond Offenheiser, Gary Oldman and Alexandra Oldman, Stefanie Sherk, Mia Wasikowska and more.

Adding a special element to the evening, Ermenegildo Zegna dressed select male guests including Demian Bichir, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Djimon Honsou, John Krazinski, Danny Huston, and Raymond Offenheiser in eco-friendly fashions as part of Livia Firth’s ‘The Green Carpet Challenge.’ For the third year in a row, Livia Firth is spearheading the project which asks top designers to use eco-friendly fabrics when designing gowns and suits for celebrities to wear during awards season. The goal of the project is to show design and creativity doesn’t have to be compromised while working with environmentally friendly materials.


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Colin Firth: Livia Firth outfits BAFTA stars in eco-friendly outfits (HOLLYWOOD)

BY WENN.COM

Colin Firth's eco-warrior wife Livia convinced Fassbender to wear a Giorgio Armani tuxedo made from ethical wool as part of her Green Carpet Challenge.

 As part of the test, top fashion houses must use recycled materials for their red-carpet looks. Firth reveals there was a last-minute panic for top designer Valentino after the material for Davis' pink recycled soda can gown was almost lost in transit.

 In a post on her Vogue blog, she writes, "On a scale of calm to blind panic, we were somewhere near the latter when the fabric for Viola's dress got stuck in an epic snowstorm on the way to Turin. If it weren't for the valiant attempts of my dear friend Giorgio taking the fabric from Milan to Rome on the train, I think Viola would be wearing actual soda cans rather than the miraculously recycled ones."

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