What Are YOU Doing for Fashion Revolution Day in 2016? There’s LOTS Going On!
Rana Plaza: On April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed and over 2,500 injured at the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh. Some of them are still missing, their bodies lost to the race for the fashion bottom—the two dollar t-shirt. The truth is that they didn’t have to die. The…
How Is Indy Actress, Surfer and Designer Tanna Frederick Saving Our Oceans? One Kid at a Time
The ocean is a place to slow down, get centered and appreciate this amazing world we live in.
Soul Track Thursday: FKA Twigs Swings on A “Pendulum”
FKA Twigs is bringing a haunting edge to contemporary music.
5 Fashion Brands Inspired by (and Supporting) African Women
Fashion admirers can now use our consumer power to support communities globally.
What Eve Ensler Taught Me About My Body’s Connection to the Planet
Ensler has guided me through the difficulties of becoming a woman in a world that is hostile to the diversity of a womanish self.
Summer Travel: Ethnotek Launches the Chiburi Wallet and the Cyclo Sling
Do some (smart, organized) summer travel with these lightweight bags and wallets.
Bangladesh’s Awful Building Collapse: Almost 400 dead, Over a Thousand Injured: This is Fast Fashion
Making just $37-$90 a month, its those incredibly low wages that are part of the reason we can buy clothing more cheaply in 2013 than in 1995, despite all other costs (materials, transportation, rents) having risen.
Lara Miller: Eco Fashion's Quick Change Artist
Eco Fashion designer Lara Miller is an Eco Chick fave; her supermodern, often convertible, sensuously romantic, yet travel-friendly designs are deceptively simple but always on point. Lara says she didn’t plan her designs for the travelling types (though they suit us so well), but that her ideas come from a…
People Won't Change for the Environment (on my campus)
A recent article outlines a pretty simplistic poll conducted in London about people’s willingness to change their behaviour for the good of the planet. A straw poll of 15 British men and 15 British women between the ages of 25-75 in central London, showed all were willing to make small…
Eco Chic Weekly 8/29/09
Eco Chic Weekly compiles the best of the best in green fashion and beauty blogging each week. Please feel free to copy and use this post on your blog with a link back to Fashion, Evolved. Learn how to make ethical fashion choices and upcycle your existing wardrobe this week…