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What's Up Vogue?

I knew that the October British Vogue was doing a whole green feature, but I had heard nothing about the US version covering any such territory. Lo and Behold, I’m contemplating the resort collections and too many metallic handbags when I come across pages labelled “Earth Days”.

Included under the apple-green corner banner is an health and beauty piece on upscale organic products like Dr. Hauschka’s, John Master’s, Jurlique, Origins and Patyka. Next, a health-based article entitled “Toxic Overload” which analyses the sources of toxins in our everyday life and their possible connection to breast cancer. Finally, writer Marina Rust goes to an outdoorsy spa in Connecticut where $6,700 buys a week of eco-bliss.

So, Vogue, is this Earth Days feature going to pop up randomly in future issues? In every issue? There’s no clue in the editor’s letter, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…

bags, Beauty, breast cancer, Cancer, corn, earth day, handbags, health, Organic, Outdoors, spa, style, Toxins, Vogue

More Green Issues Than You Can Shake a Stick At

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by Starre Vartan · 09/19/06

After the double-header of the green Elle and Vanity Fair issues, a plethora of mags have shown some planet-consciousness. I’ve been collecting these for the past 2 months or so; all sorts of mags covering green topics from various angles. Here they are, in no particular order:

Innovative Home, Fall 2006: Cover story “How ‘Green’ Design is Impacting Residential Spaces”

Business Week’s Small Biz, Summer 2006: Cover story “Do You Need to Be Green?”

The Futurist, July-August 2006: Cover story “A Plan to Save Our Troubled Planet”

Photo (French), June 2006: Cover story special “A Planet in Danger- The State of Our Place, the Beauty and the Degradation; Earth, Water, Forests, Pollution, Animals, Renewable Energy, Climate Change” (forgive my translation skills)

Garden Design, June-July 2006: Cover story “Best Green Design: The Natural Look + Meadows, Roofs, Pools, Natives, Bionic Plants, More Earth-Friendly Ideas”

The New Republic’s September 4, 2006 issue: Cover story “Apocalypse Now- A Scientist’s Plea for Christian Environmentalism” by E.O. Wilson (a must-read!)

Climbing Magazine is going 100% recycled paper (85% post-consumer recyled) and Urban Climber Magazine‘s October/November issue will be a green-themed issue, and also printed on 100% recycled paper. Via: Treehugger

British Vogue’s October issue will have a 10-page spread on ethical fashion. Read more about it in the Telegraph. Via: RemyC

Animals, Beauty, business, climate change, design, Energy, ethical, ethical fashion, fall, Fashion, garden, Home, magazine, magazines, paper, Plants, Pollution, recycle, recycled, spa, summer, treehugger, urban, Vanity Fair, Vogue, water

Vogue Says It So It Must Be True

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by Starre Vartan · 06/29/06

This is a shirt of mine (you can see me wearing it at the Clearwater Festival below).

One of my biggest guilty pleasures in life (besides full-fat, real ice cream) is that I love to read fashion magazines. I adore the end of the month when Vogue appears in my mailbox, and the middle of the month when Elle shows up. Of course I have a million criticisms of these mags, (including Vogue’s adoration of fur, which enrages me regularly).

But today, I’m here to praise. In “Norwich Notes”, William Norwich’s fashion/society column in July’s Vogue (with adorable Kate Hudson on the cover) he goes through a list of dos and don’ts for summer weekends. In fitting with his high society friends and cohorts, he gives such sage advice as: ”Don’t wear flip flops to work” (oops, too late!) and “Don’t make phone calls on a crowded Long Island Rail Road train” (Of course not!!) and “Do remember that hostesses love a handwritten note.” (That’s true.)

But my favorite one?? Number 24: “Do point and laugh at people in Hummers.”

Zing! Hummers are OUT!

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Laurie David, I Presume?

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by Starre Vartan · 04/02/06

Laurie David is everywhere these days. And that’s not hyperbole. She’s omnipresent in the green world, from a huge profile in Vogue’s March “Power” issue, to Women’s Wear Daily, to another profile in Elle (which I’m guessing led to her guest-editing the upcoming May “Green” Elle, printed on 10% recyled stock).

Who is this eco-warrioress? A former talent coordinator for David Letterman, ex-comedy producer, and former vp of comedy devlopment for Fox, and current NRDC trustee, and oh-yeah, she’s married to Larry David of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm fame.

She’s using her considerable Hollywood clout for the good of the greens. She’s begun the Virtual March on Washington to stop global warming, and got both Oprah and Fox News to do a show on the topic (not together! Though that’s a funny thought)

In March’s Vogue Laurie explains that her children were her impetus to get involved:”I say what the impact would be on my kids’ lives.”

On top of all this work, Laurie has been involved in getting three different enviro specials on the air.

As E/The Environmental Magazine summed up in a recent interview:

Today, if you haven’t seen an information-crammed environmental special produced by Laurie David, it’s because you aren’t paying attention. Her live Earth to America special featured Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell and many others. Her excellent and sober (no rock music, no celebrity voice overs) HBO documentary Too Hot Not to Handle will air on Earth Day, April 22 (7 p.m. Eastern Time, 8 p.m. Central). And Participant Productions’ An Inconvenient Truth, featuring former Vice President Al Gore talking about global warming, is coming soon to a theater near you.

But don’t let the big name-dropping fool you. From Newsweek’s “quote of the week” section, talking about Too Hot Not to Handle: “This isn’t about box office. None of us are going to make a dime. [What's at stake] is, you know, the planet.” I’m sure I’m not the only one who likes to read those kinds of quotes from someone with real influence.

I’ll leave you with these words from Laurie, from the E Magazine interview:

Scientists are the most cautious humans on the planet, and they are now all saying that they have underestimated everything. They are saying we now have less than 10 years to start slowing [global warming] down. Less than 10 years. If you need a better wakeup call then that, I don’t know what it is. And if they are saying less than 10 years, my feeling is that it’s probably five years.