I'm Blogging for Elle's Green Issue!
Go check it out! I’m the guest-blogger for Elle Magazine’s annual Green issue (on newsstands the month of April)! I’ll be reposting some of my pieces here, but for more- plus all the behind the scenes reports from their other bloggers, go to the Elle Tell All blog. Besides the…
Mon Petit Oiseau
Organic Cotton Cassie Dress Organic cotton tank I have two much-beloved items from Mon Petit Oiseau; my only white dress (with adorable silver threading) and a short cardi, both of which have gorgeous, subtle detailing, which is what the line is known for. Neither of my pieces is ecofriendly, but…
Avant-Garde Jewish (Eco)Fashion
All photos by Dan Sieradski That’s model Oksana Baiul (former Olympic medal skater) in one of Okunov’s designs As part of their Off the Wall exhibition, which features up-and-coming artists, The Jewish Museum in Manhattan threw a super-fun fashion show and party last Thursday night. I attended with Dan Sieradski,…
Gorg Vegan Shoes from Georgette
I love shoes: Boots, booties, pumps, sandals, wedges- as long as it has a heel I will consider it. But as a vegetarian for the last 15 years, I’ve always struggled with the idea of leather. I don’t eat animals, so how can I justify wearing them? At the same…
Sublet: Subtly Sexy
Sublet’s mellow-sexy bamboo and organic cotton tops and dresses make dressing sustainable downright simple. The genesis of the label is a reflection of how the designers of the line met-cute: After responding to a Craigslist sublet posting during college, Inessah found herself dragging two suitcases up three flights of stairs…
Green Fashion from Mahalo Daily!
Check out all the pretty (recycled and sustainable) wares at LA’s Avita Co-op courtesy of Mahalo Daily!
Plastic Bag Plague: Five Easy Ways To Remember Your Reusable
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom started the fire. In March of 2007, Newsom passed the nation’s first plastic bag ban outlawing San Fran’s supermarkets and large retailers from offering customers non-biodegradable plastic bags. Though Germany, South Africa, Ireland, Norway and Australia have long imposed restrictions on bag use, several countries…
Lucky Mag's Great Green Resources
The February issue of Lucky Magazine (with an Eco-Chick favorite, Hayden Panettiere), on the cover, has some really fun green content, along with their regular fashion how-to’s and trend reports. It’s great that mags aren’t just running ‘green’ issues anymore; now ecofashion and beauty products are just a part of…
Fix It, Don't Toss It!
After arriving at warm home town Barranquilla, Colombia, I was in the process of putting away my winter clothes, when inside my jacket’s pocket I found an unfamiliar object. I reached inside and out came a pair of earrings. “Nice”, I thought. And tried to remember where I had gotten…
Eco-Fashion Makes Local Farmers Happy
The organics industry is expected to boom faster than ever in the next few years. And I’m stoked. It seems like everywhere I look, someone else is going organic. Just the other day I was perusing my favorite store, H&M and came across and entire organic section, that I had…
