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Eco Chic Weekly 8/29/09

Eco Chic Weekly compiles the best of the best in green fashion and beauty blogging each week. Please feel free to copy and use this post on your blog with a link back to Fashion, Evolved.

• Learn how to make ethical fashion choices and upcycle your existing wardrobe this week on Green Girls Global.
• Check out the Eco Fashion World interview with Maroussia Rebecq, founder of the Andrea Crews Collective.
• Eco-Chick has rounded up some Eco Fashion News from around the web!
• The Eco Diva goes local with Etsy.com!
• Learn about Bangladesh Garment Factories Going Fair Trade at Ethical Style!
• Check out Curatorial’s Limited Edition Collection featured on Feelgood Style.
• Green Grechen discusses the impacts of milk silk.
• Want to see some of the best organic fashion on sale today? Green Lashes and Fashion has a round up!
• 8 Ways to Get the Closest Eco Shave for Men and Women–on Greenopia!
• Inhabitat is featuring the very drool-worthy Noon Solar Bags.
• Modern Hippie Mag has a question about hair oil in their Ask the Beauty Chick column.
• Are You a Green Beauty? Take the Quiz on Planet Green!
• Upcycled bags are better the second time around…so says The Alternative Consumer!
• Join in the Vintage Jewelry Obsession this Fall at The Green Girls.
• The Thrifty Chicks are Standing Naked in a Thrift Store.
• Treehugger dishes on the 7 Common Cosmetics Ingredients You Need to Avoid!
• Fashion, Evolved interviews Jaszy McAllister creator of ethical, beautiful Jaszy’s Jewelry.

HessNatur and PlanetGreen Eco Tee Design Challenge!

Get your design printed on a beautiful organic cotton t-shirt like this one, original design by Eco chick fave, Miguel Adrover.

Are you an aspiring designer? Just love creating fun t-shirts for your friends and family? If so, then check out Hessnatur and Planet Green’s Eco-Tee Design Challenge which has just gone live on PlanetGreen’s site.

The public will vote for the design they feel is most creative and original. After the pool is whittled down to five finalists, the esteemed panel of judges will choose a winner. The winner’s tee will be made at Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ Grameen Knitwear project, with 50% of the proceeds going back to the foundation. In addition, the winner’s tee will be sold internationally at Hessnatur’s website

Judges include Hessnatur designer Miguel Adrover, Toms shoes CEO, Blake Mycoskie and Eco-model Summer Rayne Oakes, as well as Miranda Purves, lifestyle editor at ELLE.

The official date to enter designs is from August 1st to September 1st, but all necessary tools are available to get started, so check out all the details here and get designing!

Wolf Luedge and Dr. Mohammend Yunus, founder of the Grameen Foundation