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Archive for July, 2009

Jul 31, 2009

Shrimpton Couture- Luxury Vintage & Reconstructed Pieces

Cherie Federau adores vintage. At her online shop Shrimpton Couture you will find the best of the best name and label-wise, side by side with unlabeled treasures. She’s a snob when it comes to quality and cut, and after those two criteria are met - that is when the name on the label comes into [...]

Jul 30, 2009

Hand-made Thursdays

We can’t get enough of mixing old with new these days! It’s so magnifeco. Like Etsy shop Pretty Birdie where Stephanie Teague uses only Recycled, Surplus and Sustainable fabrics. She loves antique and vintage fabrics and incorporates a lot of old Antique Quilt tops, feed and flour sacks and depression dresses into her designs to [...]

Jul 29, 2009

Alabama Chanin- finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

Alabama Chanin has just been announced as one of the ten finalists for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. For the sixth year, up-and-coming American fashion talent will compete for cash prizes and mentoring from industry insiders. “We had very strong applicant pool this year,” say Vogue’s Editor In Chief, Anna Wintour. “The ten finalists we selected [...]

Jul 28, 2009

Indarra.dtx - technology meet eco-fashion

Argentinian-based Indarra.dtx develops clothing that integrates technology and the latest advances in textile development, with natural, biodegrading, recyclable or from renewable materials. Technology and nature interacting, multiplying effects and benefits. Indarra comes from bask, language of the Inferior Palaeolithic, and means strength, power, energy. This BR T-shirt for men features integrated technology: Antibacterial, UV protected [...]

Jul 27, 2009

JP Monkey - the 100% eco-friendly reusable bags

We use them, we have a wide variety of them floating around in purses, backpacks and pockets but we’ve never found one that was truly magnifeco - until today. JP Monkey is one of the first companies to develop an eco-shopping bag that’s not only 100% environmentally friendly but are made recycled remnant upholstery fabrics!

The [...]

Jul 26, 2009

Events - July 28, NYC

Jul 26, 2009

Sunday Sales

Jul 25, 2009

Frugi - on sale at Purity Style

Beautiful clothes shouldn’t cost the earth - that’s the motto of U.K. online shop Purity Style. With their fantastic selection of magnifeco clothes and with their current sale - it really rings true. This Truly Scrumptious dress from Frugi (rhymes with boogie and comes from the Latin word for Fruits of the Earth)requires no ironing; [...]

Jul 24, 2009

Organic Keds by Loomstate

They‘re here! An exclusive collaboration between Keds and Loomstate brings us the 1916 original sneaker reinvented as an 100% organic classic Champion-style Keds in Loomstate prints. 100% certified organic canvas round toe laceless tie dye sneaker with contrast trim at throat. Nickel-free eyelets, 100% recycled insole board and gum rubber sole. Exclusively at Barneys.com! [...]

Jul 23, 2009

Hand-Made Thursdays - Dad’s shirt

Looking for the perfect gift for the new dad? If you can sneak one of his shirts out of his closet, Etsy shop Allthenumbers can make it into an adorable dress for his little girl! But if you don’t have any button down shirts to spare, don’t worry, Allthenumbers have a large collection just waiting [...]