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“They Have the Right to Live in Dignity”: A Look at Cambodian Women Garment Workers (Video)

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by Starre Vartan · 03/06/12

Beyond The Garment Factory’s Floor from savann.oeurm on Vimeo.

Sometimes people think that covering and promoting eco fashion is frivolous. This is why it’s not.

Cambodia, eco fashion, Fair Trade, women, worker's rights

On Trend for Spring: Five Vintage Graphic Looks with Indy Flair

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by Starre Vartan · 03/06/12

Guest post by Barbara at Chronologie Vintage.

Sometimes it’s hard being a “green” fashionista. We love expressing ourselves with clothing, but we worry about the impact that clothes—even organic ones—have on the earth.

I started Chronologie Vintage Clothes in 2011 because I wanted to share my vision with other women. I believe all of us deserve to feel good in our skin and our clothing: When we take care of ourselves in this way and other ways, we have more to give the world.

Vintage clothes offer endless ways to express our individuality, and feel good doing it. Vintage (which is generally defined as at least 20 years old) is often better made than newer clothing, usually fits better, and is a whole lot less generic than much of what’s sold today.

Vintage clothing is more than just “used” stuff, though. In my shop, everything has to have some outstanding feature—a terrific color, fantastic fabric, unusual style, etc. I know what I like, and that’s my guiding principle in everything I buy.
Here are a few current favorites from my shop.

I found this one-of-a-kind dress last summer at a vintage market in Brussels. I got lost trying to find my family when I was done in the market. With no cell phone, I had to figure out a solution with a few euros and some bad French. This dress rode back to the US clutched in a bag on my lap…and I think it was worth all the effort.

This black silk blouse came from the same vintage market (yes, as I was lost in Brussels I was toting around a huuuge shopping bag). This blouse is so beautifully handmade by a tailor for some unknown European woman. It dates to the 1980s, but I think the cute tulip print looks like something you’d find at Urban Outfitters—very indie/hipster.
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60's, 70's, chronologie vintage, clothes, eco fashion, eco friendly, reuse, upcycling, vintage

NYFW Greenshows: Luis Valenzuela’s Wearable Sculptures

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by Starre Vartan · 02/28/12

Luis Valenzuela is both a fashion designer and a visual artist, and it shows in his creative use of eco fabrics (incorporating new types of unrefined silks) paired with sculptural and draped silhouettes.

The dresses here were shown at the Greenshows as part of New York Fashion week.

Wearable art indeed.

art, eco fashion, green fashion, greenshows, Luis Valenzuela, sculpture, silk

Suzanne Rae at NYFW: A Heightened Consciousness

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by Starre Vartan · 02/16/12

Suzanne Rae has been creating some pretty glorious eco fashions for a few seasons now, and we can’t seem to stop writing about her:
See last year’s F/W collection here
Check out the Eco Chick exclusive photo shoot featuring her designs here
Watch her gorgeous S/S 12 video by Alexandra Roxo here

Her latest collection, shown yesterday at the Box in Lincoln Center as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, was “..inspired by the eternal revolution channeling the spirits of Jim Morrison, Aldous Huxley, and William Blake,” according to the show notes. So our greatest rock ‘n roll poet, a mind-as-world author and poet, and mystical Romantic poet? Beauty described via detail and repeated elements would not be an improper way to describe Suzanne Rae’s collection.

While some of the pieces shown were everywoman wearable, others, like the dress above, were what I like to think of as ‘dress up clothes’ because they remind me of those that are fun to dream about (and show us the designer’s imagination and themes) but aren’t something that seems terribly practical. Then again, maybe what we wear needn’t always be practical! Bring back the peplum and the cape!

collection, eco designer, eco fashion, F/W 2012, Fashion, mercedes benz fashion week, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, sustainable fabrics, suzanne rae

Greenshows at NYFW: Study NY’s Classic Knits Gone Edgy (and Convertible)

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by Starre Vartan · 02/13/12

Study NY’s F/W collections (see last year’s here) always make me look forward to the colder seasons (even if we are still in the midst of one!). Sewn from sustainable fabrics that are uncompromising in their green roots, and made NYC, this year’s showing at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Greenshows at Lincoln Center was – as usual – totally covetable (and even more so by the fact that her designs are so classic they can be worn for years to come).

For St. James, it’s all about the understated details that make you want to keep wearing something over and over again; take the skirt above, a closer look reveals a brush of color at the hem (see detail shots below). Wearability is important to the designer, which is why she always makes her pieces look not only comfortable, but in some cases, convertible too.

“Everything can be personalized and is meant to be worn your own way. I think that’s an important part of sustainability. Fast fashion is so recognizable on the street, and you don’t want to be wearing what everyone else is. Even if you’re wearing the same piece it can look very different,” St. James told Ecosalon.
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