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Zite Fight is a website that lets people like you and me go head-to-head by submitting photos and letting the rest of the world decide which is better.  There have been many zite fight contests, but this week they are launching an ECO FASHION FIGHT!
You can participate in a couple ways.  First, you can [...]

What’s better than saving the earth?  How about  doing it while saving some of your hard earned cash?  Now, you can look fab for less–and do good by the environment while you’re at it!  Check out the great discount website You Deserve which offers 30-70% off top designer eco-fashions for men, women, children and the [...]

I picked up some great Fall pieces at some of my fave Eco-boutiques in NYC last week, discovered some new lines (which I’ll be sharing soon in an upcoming post) and tried on A LOT of different stuff. I was really excited to try Eairth’s dresses, which I first saw at the Fashion Flipside [...]

Summer showing off a cute pair of flats (close-up below)
I have to admit I was (pleasantly) surprised when I got an invite a couple weeks ago to check out Payless Shoes’ new green line, but when it comes to mainstream brands greenifying, I put my skeptics hat on. But I have to say I was [...]

Recently, I was lucky enough to get to write again for E Magazine (I was a contributing writer there for four years and really got my enviro journalism chops while putting stories together for them each issue); they tapped me to write about my very favorite topic- eco fashion!
The focus of the whole issue [...]

Emerald The OC by Ecoist
With a marketing and venture capital background, the Marcoschamer brothers had always wanted to develop a brand to which they could also apply meaning, soul and longevity. The goal was “more than just profit, it was about leaving a mark”, says Ecoist Cofounder Jonathan Marcoschamer.
Jonathan spoke to me about a 2004 [...]

The good news is that I really don’t need much in the way of new shoes this Autumn. But I have been feeling decidedly dowdy of late and I realized I don’t really wear very sexy shoes (cool shoes, interesting shoes, comfortable shoes, arty shoes, fabulous shoes, yes, I have all of those, but sexy [...]

Coco Eco Magazine is the brainchild of Anna Griffin, who’s known in the LA scene for keeping tabs on ecotrends, hooking celebs up with green, and has hosted videos for Ecorazzi. She put together a superstar team for her mag:
I have the best and brightest people in the eco-scene working with me. They really [...]

Lauren (Bush) and (David) Lauren
Twenty-four-year-old Lauren Bush let the word out in September that she’s launching an eco-friendly fashion line, although her decision to name the line Lauren Pierce has raised some eyebrows.
But for George Bush’s neice, it’s probably not easy being green when someone like Robert F. Kennedy states that your uncle “George W. [...]

An interview with Melissa Kirgan, ecofashion designer, who dyed her organic “Deep Waters” dress with Indigo, an excellent rotational crop for increasing soil fertility that contains no chemicals or toxic metals and Cochineal, the referenced beetles, which produce a totally natural red dye.
The final fashion week event that I was able to attend was [...]