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You’ve gotta love a company with a moniker like Blake Hamster. Besides the cute-as-a-tiny-rodent name, the company is actually a group art project, not just another fashion label:
Blake Hamster is a collaborative effort by a loose network of designers, artists, marketeers, journalists, authors and musicians from all over the world. It is their aim to [...]

This issue of S4 was an enlightening one to write. Denim is the perfect product to highlight pertinent issues around: There is so much activity happening in the world of denim on the sustainability front + it is such a staple in so many people’s wardrobes. How can you go wrong?
I waited for a long [...]

If you want to feel pleased with yourself, your country, or your recent tropical vacation, don’t watch “Life and Debt,” Stephanie Black’s 2001 documentary about the relationship between the IMF and Jamaica. The film is antagonistic–it features lots of shots of overweight, drunk and dopey looking Americans–but the interviews with Jamaican farmers, former Prime [...]

The Palma Collection is completely on par with my sense of style: artisanal, vibrantly exotic and steeped with a raw edge.
Palma’s vivid collection of jewelry is made from the “vegetable ivory” of the fruit or the nut of the Tagua tree (Phytelephas macrocarpa). When I received my pieces in the mail, I was surprised [...]

A rumor began spreading on the internet that Ali Hewson’s, Edun, line was closing. This was picked up by the website, Style Dash, who pointed to a press release that now has been removed from the internet. According to sources, Edun is not closing.
On a side note, creating a fashion label, let alone, a [...]

As a person dealing with a newly discovered gluten allergy, I totally need to rant about how in love I am with LÄRABARS. Not only are they a super tasty snack, but they’re healthy and full of great ingredients.
Each LÄRABAR (there are currently 6 flavors) contains 1 1/2 servings of fruit (!) and no [...]

Anthropologie is one of my favorites stores, but one I haven’t been shopping at as much lately, now that so many green fashion designers have such gorgeous stuff out there. Gone are the days when ecofashion meant organic cotton yoga pants with a stripe down the side. (While I love yoga pants, I don’t believe [...]

If you were like me and did not want to brace the ‘black Friday’ shoppers, yet you wanted to find the greatest deals and holiday gifts, have I got a great holiday shopping site for you. SHIFT Media has introduced ShiftYourGift.com, a sustainable shopping site that allows you to do your holiday shopping, donate [...]

Mark your calendars: Claudy Jongstra’s textiles are on view at the Modernism show at the 7th Regiment Armory on Park Avenue through Monday 5pm (booth C3).
The fabrics are dyed with only natural vegetable ingredients and made from exceptionally high-quality materials, such as the finest Drenthe Heath wool from her own sheep, as well as merino [...]

Today is Election Day.Please take action; make a stand in our present and our future. This is a very important election and is a time for us all to utilize our power to VOTE. If we want there to be any drastic changes as to how our government addresses our world’s environmental issues, then we [...]