John Patrick Organic at NY Fashion Week: American Gothic
Talk about a hayseed! John Patrick was totally chanelling his inner hick with his Spring ’09 collection, presented as a tableau vivant on the hyper-Baroque stage of an old Victorian building complex that’s now the Desmond Tutu Center on the West Side of Manhattan. It was a stunning collection, filled…
hessnatur; organic is the new modern
Starre Vartan in front ‘Pajaro’ by Miguel Adrover Last Sunday night, at the beginning of fashion week, I met a very hopeful version of the future. The hessnatur show was the epitome of the direction I think fashion is headed in: supernatural fabrics in beyond modern designs. This perfectly curated…
Eating Healthy on the Road – Avoid Processed Junk!
What to do when you’re traveling and need to stop for a bite to eat, and the healthiest thing available is a microwaved veggie burger from a fast food joint? I find myself in this dilemma all the time, frustratingly enough. For the majority of us, healthy and organic fast…
We Add Up
Last month I attended a green expo in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was fun and there were a lot of interesting people to share stories, peddle eco-wares, and wax prolific on everything organic, local, and carbon neutral. One of the booths at the event was We Add Up. We Add…
Deplasticize Your Life!
This movie from the 1950’s shows Disney’s “House of the Future” which is totally kitted out in plastic EVERYthing. Ironic that here I am from 2008 writing about how to get plastic out of my life! I haven’t picked up a plastic bag in weeks now*, and I’m looking for…
Lucky Day at Fashion Ethic = Crazy Deals
OK, I don’t normally post emails or releases directly from stores, but these are really amazing!–SV Today, 08-08-08, Fashion Ethic celebrates their customers with a Lucky Day! As the world comes together for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, we wanted our customers to experience a day seen as triple-lucky…
Ecofashion Summer Sales
FashionEthic is a new online ecofashion boutique and they’re having a summer sale at 20%-70% off with some consciously curated cuteness. They’re adding some great lines in the near future so be sure to check back for their fall collections. The Lizzie Parker Trenchy Coat overcame me with it’s bamboo/organic…
Natural, Cheap Mango Facemask: Fruitilicious!
Starre with mango on my face (and in yummy chunks in the bowl)! The big cosmetics companies have been slapping the “AHA” label on skin cleansers, creams and masks for a few years now, but translate that sciencey-sounding name (AHA stands for alpha-hydroxy acids) and you get simple fruit acids,…
Sharkah Chakra WhiteHot Jeans: Win Them!
These are the gorgeous new bleach-free white jeans, which are whitened using the sun’s rays and nothing more. I’ve written here about Sharkah Chakra jeans– the super-sustainable jeans that are not only organic cotton and Fairtrade certified, but hand-dyed with natural indigo and hand finished in Italy– even the pocket…
Help Fight Chocolate Extinction!
First the honeybees (and duh, the honey) and now chocolate is on the decline? Say it ain’t so!! According to this CNN article on the subject of chocolate extinction, “Yields are declining all across the cocoa plantations of West Africa, where two thirds of the world’s supply is grown, as…
