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Spotlight on design: Nicole Bridger

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Vancouver-born Canadian designer Nicole Bridger offers an essential collection of feminine pieces made from the highest quality ethical and sustainable fabrics. Her collections incorporate soft lines and strong shapes, with a focus on chic and tailored  pieces. Bridger studied fashion design at Ryerson University, before working with Vivienne Westwood in London where she learned draping, sculpting and layering of fabric. Her incredible passion and talent for fashion design is matched only by her unwavering commitment to create measurable social change, through an innovative business model that puts people and planet at the heart of her ethos and aesthetic. 90% of the Nicole Bridger collection is manufactured ethically in their factory in Vancouver, with the remaining pieces produced in fair trade factories internationally, using only responsibly sourced fabrics. She delivers beautiful clothing without compromise. To learn more about Nicole Bridger and shop the collection, please click here.

Written by Angela Wallace of Sasstainable

Angela Wallace is the founder and editor of www.sasstainable.ca, an expert voice on ethical luxury and sustainable lifestyle. In 2009, she was granted Ryerson University’s Top 30 Under 30 Alumni award, because of her work as a motivational speaker, when she inspired over 30,000 students across North America. In 2013, she completed her MSc in Environmental Management at the University of London, at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy. Her passion for the environment grew out of her family’s rural property in Raglan, Ontario, now a designated Natural Heritage System area in the Ontario Greenbelt. She is a published writer, contributing articles to Women's Post, Toronto’s leading business magazine for women. She enjoys urban gardening, writing, fashion and yoga and currently lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, Owen.

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