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Archive for August, 2009

Aug 31, 2009

Olsen Haus - Fall 09 Collection is here

Oh-la-la, the Olsen Haus Fall ‘09 Collection is ready! Olsen Haus is committed to being 100% cruelty- free, producing functional goods, with a high standard of ethical social responsibility in animal and human rights. Products are made of non-animal materials, in sample rooms & factories that are personally checked for ethical practices & environment. The [...]

Aug 30, 2009

Sunday Sales - Verdessence, Stewart+Brown® and ShopEnvi

Ah…. Sunday! Today’s sales look like the perfect way to add that missing basic t or accessory to our wardrobe (or start stocking up for next summer). Verdessence is a Chicago-based on-line retailer opened by Lauren McGinty and Michael McCarthy out of a desire to promote positive change in the world, and an appreciation for [...]

Aug 29, 2009

Vaute Couture - Vegan Outerwear

Vaute Couture, which stands for high fashion (“haute couture”) with a V for Vegan, is the first apparel label to not just use existing vegan fabrics, but to focus on developing vegan alternatives to animal derived clothing. Research and development is the heart of Vaute Couture and took eight months to complete for the first line [...]

Aug 28, 2009

Revel Seven - organic denim and sportswear

During the summer of 2008, Revel Seven’s Eco-Shop toured the US, dropping in on music festivals across the country to promote sustainable apparel and positive messaging. Using a biodiesel-fueled Penske truck, the recycled aluminum and bamboo Eco-Shop hit fifteen cities and seventeen music festivals over the course of three months. Finally, the Revel Seven line [...]

Aug 27, 2009

Hand-made Thursdays

We’ve featured her before, but never on hand-made Thursdays. Designed and sewn on the coast of Maine, the brook there clothing line is developed using organic and sustainable fabrics and local manufacturing. She’s closed down her online webshop and moved her entire collection to Etsy. Which is where we found this Mobius Dress, a beautiful [...]

Aug 26, 2009

Perfectly Imperfect - Organic underthings

Back in the spring of ‘06, Jadie Kadletz launched her line of eco-conscious basics and called it Perfectly Imperfect. The name connotes rustic simplicity and the beauty of imperfection, an Asian philosophy known as wabi-sabi. Also called PI Organic, it is a line of eco-contemporary lingerie, loungewear, and ready-to-wear. We found the lingerie on sale [...]

Aug 25, 2009

ANGeLRoX - get your wings with these basics

Roxi Suger, whose previous experience includes designing for Vivienne Tam, Urban Outfitters and  Adjunt Faculty, Parsons The New School for Design,  now designs, markets, manufactures and distributes her own women’s apparel line, ANGeLRoX. The line features naturally derived bamboo, rayon and organic cotton, fibers that are sumptuous on the skin and biodegradeable! This Organic [...]

Aug 24, 2009

Greenloop’s Project Green Search for the Next Green Model

Have a passion for eco-fashion?? Want to take a stand, get noticed, align your modeling endeavors with your personal beliefs, be an advocate for the environment, animal welfare, fair trade, and human rights. Be the poster girl for what is ok to sell…and what is not. Then you need to read about Greenloop’s Project Green [...]

Aug 23, 2009

Sunday Sales - Ascension, Kate Quinn Organics, BTC Elements

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I like to start Sunday morning with a big cup of coffee and open the Sunday paper…. well, actually those were the ‘old’ days, now I like to open my computer and flip through my favourite eco-boutiques and browse the sales. Nothing goes better [...]

Aug 22, 2009

Degree Six Clothing - easy on carbon emissions & water supply

Degree 6 is the last degree that theoretically separates us all from the entire world…and Degree 6 Clothing believe it will take the entire world to act in order to affect global climate change. They choose to consciously produce clothing that focuses on two of the planet’s most critical issues: carbon emissions and water supply. [...]