Sustainability and Luxury: The Ecological Intelligence in the Aspirational Dimension of Luxury

Since time immemorial Luxury has revealed itself as a step beyond in the necessity of clothing. We can verify the interrelation between Human Being and Nature in clothing as well as in accessories. Luxury is distinguished by incorporating hard to find raw materials (in this case, a valued metal like it is gold), laboured with high quality craftsmanship that add value to the objects. Today there is a process of change in the aspirational values intrinsic to luxury in Fashion. It is a challenge to know the possibilities of production from new raw materials with the latest technology that, without attacking the natural space, allow demonstrating that natural luxury is possible. Luxury incorporates the element of distinction of certain members of society (religious and political power) that makes them stand out from the rest of the group, who meanwhile desired that high social status. In this way, the aspirational element of Luxury arose.