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Black and lacy with S&M flourishes like garter belts and leather trim, Peter Ingwersen’s Noir evokes racy connotations not typically associated with socially conscious fashion. Launched in 2006, the label promotes fair trade in Uganda by paying cotton workers acceptable wages under Ingwersen’s program Illuminati II. Noir, which shows in Copenhagen, is co-designed by Marlene Juhl Joergensen and touts silk boyfriend jackets, leather leggings, and lingerie accents peeping out of blouses. In 2008, Ingwersen launched Bllack Noir, a younger diffusion line with a rock-and-roll edge.
“You hear a lot of hoo-ha these days about how this or that designer is going to save the world one anorak at a time, but this one is putting his money where his mouth is.”—Laird Borrelli-Persson Style.com
“The result is the antithesis of hippie-dippy-in fact, the line is the utmost of refined. Think a striking halter top with a tulle cape; an oversize cotton tuxedo shirt with a honeycomb leather bib; a sexy leather vest; a beaded mink collar; and a mink biker jacket lined in cotton.”—Jenny Levin Harper's Bazaar
Peter Ingwersen and Marlene Juhl Joergensen