Eat Right, Sleep Tight
Date: August 13, 2008 | Category: Children, Fashion
These adorable PJs from New Jammies offer head-to-toe inspiration for good nutrition. Given that childhood obesity is nearing epidemic proportion in the US, it’s never too early to start teaching our kids the importance of healthy eating. Made from 100% certified organic cotton with non-toxic dyes, these whimsical long johns (and janes) are available in a colorful buffet of fruit and veggies, including apples, bananas, blueberries, carrots and peas. Priced at $35, each set also comes with an inspirational, age-appropriate storybook, like “Fruits and Veggies,” “Counting My Fruits and Veggies,” and “Tales From New Jammies Land.” You’ll even receive a cotton storage pouch, ideal for traveling. Given the ubiquity of junk food in our culture, we think this is a wonderful way to encourage kids to snuggle up to healthy, fruitful living.
We Can Run the World
Date: August 10, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Featured, Media, Men, Shoes, Travel & Leisure, Women
This may look like an ordinary sneaker, but it’s secretly conspiring to save the planet. Brooks’ BioMoGo has turned the traditional sneaker on its heel by creating a fully biodegradable midsole.
Eco-Chic Shopping Is So LA
Date: August 10, 2008 | Category: Accessories, Fashion, Holiday & Gift, Jewelry, Women
This New Year I made a resolution not to expand my wardrobe or excessively drink green tea. To my husband’s surprise (not to mention my own), I’ve actually managed to uphold this pledge with only a few minor glitches (solely involving caffeine), that is up until my recent trip to LA.
So I’m retroactively amending my resolution as follows: “I will not buy NEW clothes - unless they are sustainable or drink green tea more than once a day - unless I’m totally exhausted.” With that said, I can now confess that I dropped by one of my favorite SoCal haunts last week–Decades Two–which features “almost new” designer clothes that have often been worn only once by celebrities and socialites (presumably because they cannot be photographed in the same item twice, heaven forbid). Suffice it to say that I did not leave empty-handed. The next day Torso Vintages had a glam trunk show at Chateau Marmont, where I picked up some glitzy 50’s gold belts. This inspired me to pull out a purple gown I hadn’t worn in five years, ‘cinching’ a hot retro-nouveau look.
Of course, when in LA, it’s impossible not to seek out the rockstar of sustainable fashion, Linda Loudermilk. On this trip, she wowed me with exquisite hemp silk suits, organic cotton tees, lyocel dresses and amazing jewelry (everyone keeps trying to turn on my recycled gold faucet necklace). The one thing that didn’t break the bank was a zebra-striped organic Rogan skirt that I found at Target for only eight bucks!
Once again, this proves that you do not have to sacrifice style to be eco-chic on any budget. As for my modified resolution, well, so far so good.
Turn Over a New Velvet Leaf
Date: August 5, 2008 | Category: Fashion
Wanting to combine urban sophistication with timeless romance, sisters Laura and Becky Carter joined forces to create the Velvet Leaf label. Boldly committed to sustainable practices, their fashion-forward designs are made from 100% certified organic cotton and low-wastage dyes, produced in factories that honor fair trade practices. Featuring flouncy blouses, sexy dresses and jaunty jumpers, all of their pieces are earth-friendly from cradle to cradle.
Polo Goes Eco
Date: August 4, 2008 | Category: Fashion
With brilliant new designers cropping up daily in the field of green, we sometimes forget about dressing our ecofab men. That’s why we were so delighted to find these whisper-soft, organic cotton men’s polos over at econscious. Priced at under $30 at Amazon.com, these high-quality shirts are toxin-free and completely biodegradable.
Simple Shoes are Simply Fine
Date: August 4, 2008 | Category: Fashion
Dedicated to creating “shoes for a happy planet,” Simple Shoes combines a passion for trendy, contemporary design with environmental commitment.
We fell in deep like with these sporty striped slip-ons, which are so comfortable you’ll feel like you’re treading barefoot on a carpet when you’re trekking down cobblestone city streets. Completely vegan, most of the shoe is made from organic, biodegradable fibers. Insoles and outsoles are made of post-consumer waste and can be re-purposed once these shoes outlive their usefulness. Even the packaging is made from a 100% recycled box.
Embrace Your Inner Child with Stewart + Brown
Date: July 28, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Women
Stewart + Brown creators Karen Stewart and Howard Brown were among the first wave of eco-clothing designers back in 2002, incorporating organic cotton and other green materials like linen, hemp and factory surplus fabrics.
Garcia Designs Are Sheer Delight
Date: July 28, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Women
Designer Elena Garcia brings us the newest eco-designs from across the pond. Garcia launched her eponymous, eco-fashion line earlier this year. Sourcing locally wherever possible and using earth-friendly dyes and production methods, Garcia is an active member of the Ethical Fashion Forum, the Conscious Designers Collective, the Eco-Design Network and Craft Central. She also designs for Sew Last Season, a label known for upcycling (recycling garments into new pieces - in this case upscale).
Vote EcoLogically Under the Canopy
Date: July 28, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Women
Borne out of a desire to create beautiful, luxurious products that protect our planet’s canopy from the perils of harsh pollutants, Under the Canopy carries an eclectic line of organic clothes and sumptuous bedding made from toxin-free organic fibers, including denim, organic cotton angora and soy.
We covet the sexy black dress, the curve-grabbing tops and the revamped yoga pants. But what really got our green buzz on is their “108 collection,” which offers socially-conscious taglines in a soft natural palette.
Slip into Something More Comfortable and More Chic
Date: July 21, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Media
My new pair of Form & Fauna shoes have become an object of envy around the office. F&F is devoted to the use of high quality, sustainable materials like water-based glues, recycled fiber insoles and bamboo or reclaimed wooden heels. You can expect these chic shoes to garner looks from even the most lustful shoe fetish friends - you know who you are… (their turquoise and yellow strappies are a constant preoccupation of mine, since I would only allow myself one pair). But these heels are actually comfortable enough to dance the night away in!
With the Fall 2008 collection in the works, I look forward to stepping lively come September.
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