Since the mid-19th century we’ve transformed flimsy sheets of paper into a rigid, stackable, cushioning form of packaging. And we never stopped with our fascination and magnifeco imagination for the uses of corrugated fiberboard - a.k.a. cardboard.
Cats love the texture and feel of cardboard, and the Caboodle Corrugated Habitat for Cats has lots of edges [...]
Imps & Elfs - ethical fashion for totsIt always makes me smile when little ones are dressed as replica’s of adult archetypes, especially little rockers and little hipsters. Dutch-based Imps & Elfs started in 1997 as a modest children’s label. Owner/founder Fons Cohen and his designer Jacqueline Streng, set up the ethical collection of simple basics divided into two lines: a new-born [...]
John Patrick Organic - of course it’s organicJohn Patrick ORGANIC showcased on the opening day of New York Fashion Week last week and wowed with his fall/winter 2010 collection, inspired by Lady Diana and Jony Mitchell. Founded in 2006 by fashion veteran John Patrick, who spent four years researching organic practices and learning about organic farming in Peru, ORGANIC is advancing the [...]
Thank you, dear readers, for your patience and your kind words and well wishes! The surgery was as success and now I am recuperating in the comfort of my home! The prognosis is great - I will snowboard again, and should make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks! I feel very lucky, although I’m mournful [...]
As you all know I am currently living in Switzerland. I have been a snowboarder for the past 15 years of my life. Recently (Monday Feb. 15) I had a fall. It was a little more serious than I had hoped and it required immediate surgery. There is no permanent damage but I ended up [...]
Awk! Did I make the right choice? Choosing Estethica and Now Showcase over the Green Shows? Hard to say….. looking at the line-up now….. oh, where’s the instantaneous-travel-machine-that-has-no-carbon-footprint when you need it.
We would have loved to see JoAnn Berman, a New York /London based artist/designer and upcycler extrordinaire. A club-girl (think Studio 54) turned [...]
Feral Childe - fine arts makes fine fashionParticipating in the Now Showcase is bi-coastal label, Feral Childe. Design duo Moriah Carlson (Brooklyn, NY) and Alice Wu (Oakland, CA), who both come from a fine arts background, make their collection with organic cotton, soy, bamboo, organic wool, hemp-cotton blends and mill-end fabrics. Each season, Feral Childe’s collaborative drawings form the basis of the [...]
Sunday Sales are weak this week…. nothing terribly exciting. So for your viewing pleasure….in the category of “just for fun” I present ‘eco shoes’ - one really is truly eco and one looks eco.
Last year, Sergio Rossi unvieled this eco pump (which I photographed while at EcoChic in Geneva). They partnered with a German company [...]
Ivana Basilotta - Eco-sustainable fashionWe discovered Ivana Basilotta at EcoCHic in Geneva (read about her in this post). Italian by nationality, born and educated in Germany, her label - Ivana Basilotta is based in London. Designed with an Eco-conscious approach, Ivana Basilotta uses the best and most innovative in organic, eco, biodegradable, peace silk/ vegetarian silk and recycled fabrics. [...]
Best of Green Call for Nominations!
Do you know of a green person, product, company, event, concept (or magnifeco blog???) that deserves to be lauded? TreeHugger’s second annual Best of Green Awards are coming up and they are looking to bestow top honors on the people, places, and things that are helping move sustainability into the [...]
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