April 2010
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Eco art: Alena Hennessy
An artist whose main focus is simplicity, Alena Hennessy celebrates nature in a striped down form. Her work is very recognizable and has also taken an eco turn.
Each piece from the eco-stretched series is hand screen-printed on sturdy woven organic cotton and stretched over wooden bars. Each one measures 14” x 14” with a 1.25” depth. ready to hang- framing not necessary. this...
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American Apparel- leave no scrap behind initiative
Using repurposed and excess materials, American Apparel has started the “Creative Reuse” project and line. As much as 20% of the fabric used to produce the patterned pieces that are cut from a slab of fabric wind up as excess cuttings, and usually waste. No longer! American Apparel is committed to turning these trimmings into usable pieces. As you might imagine, the majority are...
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WatchMany consumers have started purchasing organic food because they do not want exposure to harmful pesticides and chemicals. That’s the same reason many people turn to Juice Beauty’s products made with certified organic ingredients; they want to have all the benefits of great beauty products without any of the negatives. Just like with food, your skin absorbs up to 64% of what you place on it, so...
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Lamborghini Hybird
For all of you out there who have been saying you will buy a hybrid when a sports car company makes one, but the Tesla isn’t making the cut… Lamborghini has ponied up to the task! Set to release in 2015, Lamborghini will produce the new hybrid Gallardo.
The hybrid Gallardo will use a small electric motor for urban traffic. When the road opens up, however, the full petrol engine...
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The pant PACT: eco-underwear
There’s a bit of my London lingo coming out for you- I spent the first year I lived there calling my trousers pants and endured countless sneaky smiles from the local Brits I was engaged in conversation with! Any way, these pants are particularly noteworthy. They are designed with the planet in mind, and their designers’ motto is: “Change the world with your underwear.”...
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What's your dharma, darling...
Have I talked about Gala Darling yet? She is a fabulous fashion blogger whom I met in NYC at the Style Coalition Fashion 2.0 Awards in February. Amazing eccentric style tempered with a down to earth approach to life- both aspects of this lovely lady fill me up every time I visit her blog! Recently, I read the following quote on her site:
“I’m a really big believer that we all have this voice...
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Mark + Fairtrade = Responsible Beauty
Mark, the Avon line geared towards the younger woman, is moving towards conscious beauty production. Starting with a four-piece range using Fairtrade standards to source ingredients from across the globe, the line will carry the TransFair seal of approval.
The line dubbed, Body Care That Cares, is set to launch this August. Visit Meetmark.com to keep tabs on the release.
(via: wwd)
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The Weekly Wear: LA Story- eco fashion in Los...
Designers with an eco-emphasis are producing collections all over the world, and I felt it was time to get a sense for the LA scene. So, I reached out to a handful of designers for an eco-fashion project I am working on (top secret- but details coming soon!) and found them to be just as interesting and lovely as their designs.
Each collection has a sharp art influence balanced with the laid...
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Eco-Chic Essentials Earth Day Giveaway!
Earth Day is the one day, worldwide, where regardless of creed, color or nationality we celebrate our one Mother and respectfully put conscious thought forward on how to keep Her healthy. The good news is, you can support the pre-existing organizations and brands that practice eco-friendly processes by being an eco-literate and aware consumer. Not sure where to start? Not to worry-ideeli and...
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GretaGuide + ideeli Earth Day Giveaway.
Thursday is Earth Day and through a very special Earth Day Giveaway collaboration with ideeli, GretaGuide is pleased to announce a celebration of being oh so very eco-chic!
I’m not going to give away all the details just yet… but you can pre-register for your chance to win an amazing package I’ve put together for ideeli valued at over $600 when you visit their site and use the...
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re{FASHION}er
Gucci, Prada, Dior oh my! Thanks to a very stylish online swap shop you can now part with pieces you’ve grown tired of and try out someone else’s cast away treasures. re{FASHION}er is the newest couture e-tailer that combines a no money exchange policy on a platform that allows its selected members to ‘sell’ pieces that then gives them ‘credit’ to use towards...
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The new (old) definition of luxury.
Not so long ago, luxury was synonymous with scarcity. To be considered fashionable and of a certain elevated status, one simply advertised their wealth with material objects that were out of reach for others. Enter the birth of luxury brands. For example, a designer handbag provides access to a certain class and signals that belonging. Today, that handbag passport is still in existence, but the...
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The (eco) business of crowdsourcing.
A lot of companies have been using crowd sourcing to gain better access into the minds and desires of their consumers- but it is still a very underused approach. As used by Threadless- a tee shirt company that allows its community to upload and then vote upon which designs to actually produce- the crowdsourcing tactic is very effective.
A.) You only produce only that which your consumers want...
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Looking back: then and now.
Refinery29- one of my favorite NYC insider fashion sites- recently did a post on their favorite fashion bloggers ‘then and now’. It was so much fun to scroll through and see how they all got started and what amazing content they turn out today.
I thought to myself- I wonder what my ‘then and now’ would look like…
Well, here it is! First we have the photos from one...
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Moonwatch from Emotion Lab.
“Excuse me, can you tell me your mood today please?”
Not to so far fetched with the new Moonwatch that aligns itself with the wearer’s mood and the cycles of the moon to then change its display accordingly. It is like the new mood ring of the 21st century! Want.
(via design boom)
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Fashion trendspotting for EcoSalon!
I kept it under wraps until the first post went up and now it’s official, I am the newest edition to the EcoSalon team and will be writing a weekly eco-fashion trending column! Eh hem, to use one of my favorite isms to express my elation, I will simply say “Happiness is!”
EcoSalon is an eco-lifestyle site that dishes out all the goods on how to be green in style! Check out my...
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The Weekly Wear: vintage maxi dress.
So many super fun things to talk about in this post! First, my lovely sister Natalie gave me a Canon Powershot Pro camera and so the quality of my pictures has ratcheted up quite a lot! Second, I am in in sunny Southern California at the moment and I must say the extra dose of Vitamin D definitely agrees with me.
Ok, so more about this week’s Weekly Wear. As many of you know, I am on a...
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The Future of Financing Fashion: Crowd Raising.
The immediacy and the accessibility of the internet never ceases to amaze me- nor do the great minds that brainstorm up the best ways to put it to use. Alas, it was only a matter of time before ‘securitized fund raising’ would come to the fashion industry.
It feels like a blend between KickStarter- an online site that allows people to submit ideas that they need funding for- and...
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Keep calm and carry on.
We have all had times in which we’ve felt pushed over or let down by an individual or a company that we are working with. It is very hard not to take it personally and to keep your emotions out of it. Yet, the best thing you can do is keep calm and carry on.
It is important to let them know how you feel- but to keep it simple and unemotional. So, state your disappointment and how you are...
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Tweet Your Smile to Raise Money for Charity.
Changing the world one tweet at a time. Oh how I love it when social media partners with social good! From April 5- 9, Tweet My Smile has teamed up with Thread Social who will donate $1 to the Smile Train- a charity that performs cleft lip and palate surgeries on children in developing countries- for every uploaded smile to the Tweet My Smile site.
A smile is worth a thousand words, and in this...
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Waiting for perfection...
Are you waiting for everything to be perfect before… (fill in the blank)? It seems to me that a lot of people are. It is the easiest way to put something off or to let something hang in front of you that may in fact motivate you but will never be realized, because the surrounding situation isn’t perfect.
The trouble with waiting for perfection is that it actually doesn’t exist....