Sustainable Style Makeover: Spring 2010 Ivory Trend
From the resort collection by Vera Wang, we get an easy breezy feel for the spring ahead. There is a return to the feminine influence with sweet cuts and sheer fabrics. The eco-minded brand, Bodkin, has rolled out some amazing effortless pieces for warm weather dressing. This dress is a…
Discovery's "Life" A Glorious Follow-Up to "Planet Earth", but Party Smacks of Hypocricy
Discovery and the BBC’s new series, “Life” is knock-your-socks off fantastic. Seven years in the making, the all-animal cast performs feats of daring, acts of subterfuge, and engages in fantastical flirting, all captured with crazy high-def cameras that had a lifelong devotee of nature programs like myself practically gasping out…
Eve S. Mosher: Eco Art Visualizing Powerful Intentions
48 Hours of Sao Paolo – Time’s Square, what are we not seeing? ▪ (proposal, 2008) If seeing is believing, Eve S. Mosher is helping us to stretch our imagination to conceive our world as it might be in a future whose outcome we determine. Among her public art projects,…
Global Green pre-Oscar Party: Radha Mitchell, Maiara Walsh, Rachel Avalon, Anna Getty, Sharon Lawrence, More!
A fun insider’s video by CocoEco Magazine with Host Kathie Butler at the Global Green pre-Oscar party; great to see all these folks come out to celebrate this event that was headlined by James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron. Other attendees included: Orlando Bloom | Sebastian Copeland |…
Sustainable Style Makeover: African-Inspired Graphic Prints
Style story: Why does this winter feel so long…? We are ready for the fresh bright prints of spring- and in many combinations. Get ready to play with different patterns and strike a careful balance of contrast and compliment with these bold prints. Keep the shoes and accessories neutral or…
Eco Chick’s Heroines for the Planet: Danielle Nierenberg
If it’s true that there are sayers and there are doers, Danielle Nierenberg falls firmly into the latter camp. Danielle is currently traveling through sub-saharan Africa to highlight stories of hope and success in sustainable agriculture and blogging about it at WorldWatch.org. A Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute and…
United Nations Celebrates Fibers and Biodiversity with Eco Chic Fashion Show in Geneva
I just ran across this video from the eco fashion show that was held a few weeks ago at the Palais de Nations, the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (See if you can spot eco models Summer Rayne Oakes and Kate Dillon among the grey-coiffed walkers.) EcoChic Fashion Geneva brought…
Gratitude: Non Toxic Perfume by Zorica of Malibu
Zorica Denton, former European model, moved to Malibu and worked in the beauty industry for some time before becoming disillusioned with the copious amount of products women were being told they “must have.” Choosing simpler methods that utilized natural ingredients, Zorica researched products for two years and then developed her…
New York Fashion Week Greenshows: Romancing the 40's with Deux FM
The Deux FM show certainly didn’t look like any of the other shows during Fashion Week’s Greenshows. I spoke with designer Anna Gilkerson after her show and she told me that this collection “was inspired by the 1940’s because like today, people were getting glammed up again but there was…
New York Fashion Week Greenshows: Gary Harvey's Literal Take on Recycled Fashion
Dress created from Weleda boxes. Image by Brian Clark Howard. Gary Harvey’s show kicked off the Greenshows last week, and his extremely creative use of materials included recycling Weleda (Greenshows sponsor) boxes, t-shirts, baseball jackets, rugby shirts and more. Designer Harvey didn’t just reuse materials though; he really incorporated their…
