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TOMS Wedges: Now Perfect for Autumn Too

If you regularly ready Eco Chick, you know that I’m a huge fan of TOMS shoes, the company famous for the ‘buy a pair and a child in need gets a pair of shoes too’ (they recently dropped their millionth pair!).

Their program is called One for One and it’s a simple idea that makes a tremendous difference for the kids who aren’t able to go to school unless they are wearing shoes. Shoes also protect kids in developing countries from getting soil-transmitted diseases, or cuts or sores on their feet.

The new wedges are available in (my fave) ash, cranberry, and black for $69, and unlike the summer styles, have a fabric-covered wedge instead of an espadrille style, making this version perfect for Autumn and Spring.

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Lara Miller: Eco Fashion’s Quick Change Artist

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by Starre Vartan · 07/27/10

Eco Fashion designer Lara Miller is an Eco Chick fave; her supermodern, often convertible, sensuously romantic, yet travel-friendly designs are deceptively simple but always on point.

Lara says she didn’t plan her designs for the travelling types (though they suit us so well), but that her ideas come from a playful, fun place that happens to result in highly variable separates (think dresses that can be worn three ways, or trousers that have adjustable hems):

I graduated from a very conceptual design program at the School of the Art Institute where I researched Eadweard Muybridge images and architectual theory by Gregg Lynn. I was fascinated with the idea of animation and gestures in every day life, especially when getting dressed. I wanted to give the wearer a relationship to their pieces and allow them to be more individual. As my line and I have grown up, the functionality has really become key.

The Fern Flip wrap in recycled cotton
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Bllack by Noir’s Spring/Summer 2010 Collection: Visciously Lovely

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by Starre Vartan · 12/11/09

This jacket is perfectly now, reflecting the strong shoulder trend that has been everywhere since Balenciaga reinvigorated it over a year ago (now Gucci, Margiela, and hordes of others have joined in). Bllack’s version is totally wearable and the longer hemline and single button are classics.

Bllack by Noir’s Spring/Summer 2010 Collection embodies one of the oft-ignored sides of the natural world: nature’s dark half. Frozen winters, bared teeth and claws, an onrushing tidal wave, a slow descent to madness.

I think these shorts, with a flattering vertical zippered pocket, might just be totally perfect.

Perusing the Danish designer’s collection, which is composed of mostly black fabrics and leathers calls to mind a lion stalking at midnight, the flash of a gazelle’s eyes before it is attacked. This is nature too, and though we may be loath to acknowledge the darker sides, they exist in balance to the light and are just as important to a functioning ecosystem (or designer’s oevre).

If you’re only going to nod slightly to the Mad Max-Urban Warrior trend, this is it. A double-zip leather vest with a hood is versatile enough to go with jeans and stilettos when you want a bit of mean, and could be paired with an uber-floaty floral dress for a study in contrasts.