Vintage Mohair: A Love Story with a Luxe Fabric
So began my love affair with a fabric that I find endlessly lovely.
3 Incredible Videos That Prove Mannequins Matter When It Comes to Body Image
Check out these three videos and tell me if you'll ever look at mannequins the same way again!
Off to Wanderlust Vermont!
I'm excited to be headed off to Vermont for Wanderlust!
Manufacture NY Brings Fashion Production Back to Brooklyn and New York City
As increases in rent force designers, pattern-cutters, sewers and other vital components of New York's Garment District to find a new home, Manufacture NY is cradling in-city production with their newly acquired 20,000 square foot space in Brooklyn’s Industry City.
Another Bangladesh Factory Fire: This is Fast Fashion
Seven workers were killed — all women — and more than 15 injured on Saturday following a fire in a garment factory in Mohammadpur in the western part of Dhaka City, Bangladesh. The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights reports that the workers were crushed as they tried to escape the…
Eco Closet in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: A New Sustainable Fashion Destination
Eco Closet owner Lisa Joseph minds the till. Eco Closet opened this past summer, rounding out a chic green shopping row in Billyburg; its next to Vaute Couture, the vegan coat store, and down the street from Bird. Run by the knowledgeable and friendly Lisa Joseph, who has an extensive…
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…
"Leharia" by Carrie Parry: Easy-to-Wear Eco Fashion for Fall/Winter 2012
Eco fashion designer Carrie Parry’s eponymous line has always been about practical, fashionable clothing for women of the world. And we aren’t the only ones recognizing the line’s style and sustainability; first Carrie Parry won the Green Fashion Competition at Amsterdam fashion week, and now her online store is filled…
Clover Canyon's Print-tastic Fall 2012 Collection: Made in and Inspired by California
Clover Canyon‘s amazing prints couldn’t have come from anywhere other than California; the line’s saturated colors and crazy-fun designs featuring Western iconography, from highway lines on full pant legs and maxi skirt bottoms to Native American prints and cyclists to riotous flowers, marijuana leaves and sunsets call to mind the…
