Inspired by Finnish designer Satu Maaranen, winner of the Hyères Fashion Festival whose collection fused nature and haute couture (1), design begins to question how we can fuse both fashion and nature together as one. And lingerie, one might add? The response: with natural organic matter like soy, bamboo and cotton, as well as with printed neo-camouflage - mastered beautifully by Clare Bare (2) - which, once recolored, is no longer the preserve of a handful of sportswear brands. In northern Europe, the weather often dictates a palette that sits in the grey pages of Pantone; it is therefore of no surprise that Underprotection, the young Danish brand founded in 2010, attracted a considerable amount of attention at the last Lingerie Collective Show in New York with its bamboo and organic cotton marbled tie-dye printed undies (3), which not only evoke a grey and gloomy sky beautifully but are sure to breeze their way instantaneously into the wardrobes of any eco-friendly fashionista too.