published September 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Credit: Marilisa Cosello/Terre di mezzo Eventi While I am gearing up to cover Fashion Week here in New York, other cities are prepping for the debut of spring/summer 2011 collections: In Milan, Terre di mezzo Eventi and Isola della Moda have organized a green fashion event, called "So Critical, So Fashion," which is geared towards" ethical consumerism," that will ...
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published September 3, 2010 and has No Comments
A design by Özgür Masur from Argande 's 2010-2011 fall-winter collection. Istanbul was abuzz last week about the latest efforts to position the city as a new fashion capital and help Turkey move from manufacturer of raw materials for clothing to purveyor of style. The third Istanbul Fashion Week drew plenty of press and party-goers and even a few ...
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published August 28, 2010 and has No Comments
Image courtesy of Tompkins Point Apparel. For those who call "The Official Preppy Handbook" a must read -- if you missed it, the forthcoming follow-up called "True Prep" is coming soon -- there's a green (and pink) option for the classic polo with insignia on the left chest from new fair trade label Tompkins Point Apparel. In fact, this ...
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published August 14, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Mi-Bra. For women who love to run with music: a sports bra that has a pocket up front for your iPod -- and no, bouncing breasts do not charge your iPod while you run -- MP3 player, credit card, or cash, and a small space to thread headphones through, too. Like Starre, over at Eco-Chick , I ...
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published August 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Munts Family I once very publicly confessed my laziness in putting up a clothes line , and the battles over clothes lines and property values are well publicized by now. But whether you are an avid outdoor drier, or you wouldn't be seen dead hanging your undies up in public, all too often the issue of clothes ...
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published August 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Volcom . Last year, Volcom , in collaboration with the National Coalition for the Homeless , donated over 5,000 pairs of jeans to fifty homeless shelters nation-wide in a jean recycling program called, "Give Jeans a Chance." This year, the athletic apparel brand is back with 200 more participating Volcom stores in North America and hopes of ...
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published July 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Credit: ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com Another day, another BP Gulf oil spill story. With a twist. A Kansas man frustrated by damage to the Gulf of Mexico has turned lemons, er, oil into printing ink. Steve Brooker is using reclaimed oil from the environmental disaster to print T-shirts and make neckaces, and giving some of the proceeds to wildlife groups. ... Read ...
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published July 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Behind the scenes with Samantha Pleet as she designs for the Do-Gooder Design Challenge. And by Catwalk we do literally mean "catwalk". Yesterday's News , makers of eco-friendly cat litter, made from recycled newspaper--hence the company'... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Top Green Fashion Designers Compete on the Catwalk for Charity (Video)
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published July 23, 2010 and has No Comments
+ Few designers know chic better than Stella McCartney. Her latest collection for Adidas includes a range of glow-in-the-dark, all-weather clothing and shoes --perfect for nocturnal cyclists. + High visibility doesn't have to mean looking like a walking Lite-Brite, as Wendy Legro's elegant LED jacket attests. + Angella Mackey's
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Best of Ecouterre: 6 Glow-in-the Dark Gear For ...
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published July 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Inhabitat The news that reverberated around the web yesterday was hardly unexpected -- the climate bill, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally announced was officially dead , was on its way out for a long time. But that doesn't make its final departure any less devastating. In light of its passage let's look at what it ...
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