The Perfect Maxi Dress: How I Wear Eco Fashion
I took the gorgeous organic cotton, Rosewood dress out for a spin at Cape Lookout.
Vintage Mohair: A Love Story with a Luxe Fabric
So began my love affair with a fabric that I find endlessly lovely.
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan’s Home Featured on Inhabitat (Video)
This was such a fun video and article to be a part of! Thanks to Jill and the Inhabitat team for featuring me and my home – and helping people learn how to winterize their homes to save money (and carbon emissions!). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nx08kBY4wg&w=560&h=315]
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan Speaks to New York Times Blogger Andrew Revkin (Video)
Andrew Revkin is one of the reasons I started writing about the environment in the first place, and he is one of the few reporters who was covering environmental issues before they became commonplace (environmental reporting only became widely-covered topic within the last decade, thanks in part to early bloggers’…
Starre Vartan Called "Queen of Eco Chic" in Chile's El Mercurio Newspaper
I am honored to be featured in Chile’s oldest continuously published newspaper, El Mercurio (it’s also the oldest Spanish-language paper in the world!).
September's Whole Living: Focus on Slow Fashion Pioneers Adie + George!
I am SO excited to share with you the piece I wrote for September’s Whole Living – all about one of my favorite topics, Slow Fashion. I interviewed the creators behind the slow fashion label Adie + George (natural dyes expert Sasha Duerr and ecofashion designer Casey Larkin of Mr.…
Behind the Scenes of the Project Green Search Model Competition Finals
Project Green Search, the first-ever green model competition, has a winner! Rachel Avalon hails from Los Angeles, California, and beat out over 130 other serious contenders for her new title as Green It Girl (read more about Rachel and her plans here). But before the winner was chosen, there were…
Starre Vartan and Eco-chick.com Featured in Glamour's 70th Anniversary Issue!
I am so honored to have been invited to take part in Glamour Magazine’s 70th Anniversary issue, out this month (look for Katie Holmes on the cover of the April issue). To celebrate, they brought together 70 of the most influential women in green, including me! Standing next to me…
Starre Vartan to Speak at "Plugging Into Green" Panel in Brooklyn
P.S. 107 Kicks off its 5th Annual “Readings on the 4th Floor” Series by Plugging into the Green Movement Leading writers from the frontlines of “green” discuss life and community-changing strategies. Why in a city with the cleanest water in the country do the mass of New Yorkers cling to…
Eco Chick Third Birthday and Book Party: Fun for All (Species)!!
Eco Chick is three years old! To celebrate her growing up (there are over 900 posts!) as well as the launch of my book, based on the blog, The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be Fabulously Green, called for a kid’s themed party of course! Eco Chick Founder…