Alabama Chanin's Cyber Monday Sale: 50% Off Handmade Slow Fashion
Alabama Chanin rarely has a sale, but this one’s a doozy (so much so, I had to share it with you all). Up to 50% off in the brand’s red dot sale, happening NOW! I’m loving the large polka dot t-shirt (above) and the Little Flowers Walking Cape (below)>. If…
Fashioning Change Offers 40% Off Everything for Cyber Monday! And a Fun Song for Their First Birthday
Organic Camel Coco Coat Head on over to Fashioning Change to check out all the cute sustainable fashion fabulousness you can get 40% off on today! (Use code givegood) Get a FREE KCA Scarf when you purchase one of the items below during its designated time slot. Keep it for…
Karvt's Beautiful Wood MacBook Air, iPad and iPhone Covers: LOVE!!
My last laptop was covered—festooned, plastered, personalized—with stickers. Stickers on top of stickers, for bands, great coffeehouses, Fair Trade USA, environmental organizations, and Elephant Journal. That computer took me through graduate school and more than half of the time this website has been publishing. But it’s time was, finally, up.…
Video: Suzanne Rae's F/W 2012 Collection Set to Brilliant New York City
Passionate, complex and mythical are some women might describe themselves, and it’s that attitude that designer Suzanne Rae captures in her Fall/Winter 2012 collection (see our take on the runway presentation here). The designs, most made with sustainable fabric, are featured in the below video, which captures NYC by night,…
On Set at Harper’s Bazaar India Shoot: Green and Glam Makeup
This piece originally published on The Green Beauty Team. I’d like to take you behind the scenes of a Harper’s Bazaar India shoot for which I used an entirely “green” makeup kit to prepare the models in an opulent and fantastical location set in in Italy’s breathtaking Lake Como. The…
Edge of Ember: Simply Chic Jewelry That Supports South and Southeast Asian Women
Edge of Ember jewelry is more than meets the eye. Trend-driven styles and a sweet price point mean that accessories trend followers will love the line, but the backstory—that the pieces are made by southeast and south Asian women who need a leg up—makes these more than mere baubles. And…
Eco Chick's "Heroines for the Planet" Video with the Veria Living Network
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Over the course of several weeks now, we’ve shared our message and thoughts on fair fashion and eco beauty with the Veria Living Network. It’s been such an honor to spread Eco Chick’s mission to Veria’s audience. Naturally, we jumped at the opportunity to talk about our…
Wanderlust Festival to be Held in Chile and Hawaii in 2013 (I'm Excited!!)
I attended Wanderlust in Stowe, Vermont this past summer, and had SUCH a blast. It was the perfect active person’s long weekend, totally packed with fun activities (I tried stand-up paddleboard yoga for the first time, as well as hooping, fun!), great food, fantastic music in the evenings, great outdoors-living…
Eco Chick Giveaway: Fair Fashion from Treetie
This scarf from Treetie could be yours. Treetie (pronounced like ‘treaty’) is a new online boutique offering eco friendly and fair trade women’s fashion apparel, accessories, and gifts. Its founder, Nichole Dunst, said the name of the company represents a treaty she’s forging between fashion and Mother Nature. Nichole and…
Heroines for the Planet: Art Activist Asher Jay
Photo by Anne Casale. It’s Asher Jay’s indomitable spirit — an appreciation and understanding that everything in this beautiful life is interconnected — that is ever present in her work as an art activist and fashion designer. Each of her pieces has a bold message, packaged in such a way that’s both…
