Lululemon & oqoqo in Chicago
One thing that’s driven me crazy since moving to Germany is the total lack of decent clothing for working out … and by decent, I mean that it had to fulfill at least one of my sustainability criteria: be made of organic or sustainable fabric, be recycled or secondhand, or…
Beau Soleil: C'est Tres Chic…
Beau Soleil is a new line of ecofriendly dresses, and are they gorgeous! Designer Anne Epstein uses bamboo, veggie-dyed organic cottons, vintage fabrics, tencel, and recycled leather trims in her designs. What caused Epstein to go green? When Anne discovered she was pregnant, she and her husband morphed their “overly…
Diane Kennedy: (Green) Plus-Size Fashion
In the fashion world, clothes for sizes 12 and up has been getting better and better in recent years, with more stylish, hip offerings in the category as designers realize that just because you’re not a skinny-minnie doesn’t mean you don’t care about looking cute. To the contrary! Many women…
Ecofashion in E Magazine
This gorgeous image was shot by Eric Striffler at solar-powered, carbon-free Project Greenhouse, Long Island, NY with clothes by naturevsfuture. This month’s issue of E Magazine includes a feature on all things ecofashion, so if you have any lingering questions about why you should care about the fabrics you wear…
Toggery Collection by Kate D'Arcy
Kate D’Arcy with some of her Fall designs Designer Kate D’Arcy, 26, is a new up and coming ecofashion designer, and I was lucky enough to get to check out her line in person last week. Kate’s debut line for her label Toggery, is made up of basics with flair,…
AuH2O Fashion Show!
I had a great time at the AuH2O Fashion Brunch this past Sunday. Held in a funky East Village eatery called Marion’s that seems to have been around forever, lucky invitees enjoyed cocktails and brunchy food and then got to check out Kate Goldwater’s designs, which are all made from…
Hemp Bliss Yum!
I’ve long been a fan of hemp foods, especially my favorite hemp seed granola, and the organic hemp oil that I add to my protein shakes in the morning. But now there’s organic Hemp Bliss hemp nut milk, coming in three flavors; Original, Chocolate, and Vanilla. Taste Test: I’ve tried…
Why Not Bamboo? Q&A with Eco-Fashion Designer Sara Kirsner of Doie
Sara and I get into bamboo. Check out my dress . . . it’s from the Doie spring collection! Considering I’m on a mission to cleanse my corporate-retail past and embrace eco-fashion, I’ve decided to learn as much about environmentally friendly fabrics as I possibly can. My first lesson comes…
Project Earth Day Fashion Show in NYC
By Olivia Zaleski and Starre Vartan The above video, filmed by Brian Clark Howard, with Olivia Zaleski as host and Starre Vartan as producer, was recorded the night before the fashion show. Check it out to hear from some of the designers who showed their stuff, as well as learn…
Augusta and Elliott
My paternal grandmother, Leslie, called the West Indies home from 1948 until she died. We had a house in Antigua, with an open courtyard, that sat right on the beach. When I was little, in the seventies, and Leslie was dying, we spent time down there and I first met…
