Carte Blanche Ethical Fashion: Get In on the Ground Floor with This Smart New Label
This new label addresses all of what is problematic about fast fashion and today's (unfortunate) way of making clothes.
Modavanti: Hot Summer Sustainable Style
We want modern styles that look good and do right. But the question of where to shop is not always apparent. Stuck? We've got a hint that will make it easy.
Is Tencel (aka Lyocell) A Sustainable Fabric? The Textile Test Series Investigates
Soft, renewable, biodegradable and wrinkle-resistant, lyocell, or Tencel©, is considered an eco-textile with big advantages.
Well Dressed: Livia Firth’s Eco Age and the Observer Honor Stylish, Sustainable Fashion
Sustainable style guru and Eco-Chick Heroine for the Planet Livia Firth will have a hand in choosing the Observer Ethical Awards‘ first sustainable fashion champion for 2013! Organized by British newspaper The Observer in collaboration with eco-friendly cleaning product company Ecover, these awards celebrate the people, campaigns and initiatives making…
The Higg Index: A New Way to Judge the Sustainability of Your Clothes?
Various companies have been working for the last few years to assess the sustainability of the clothing we buy off the rack (or from the website!). Now Patagonia, WalMart, DuPont, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the EPA, and companies like Nike, Target, H&M, Zara’s parent company, Gap, Adidas, have come…
The Green Closet Project: Eco Designers Tara St. James and Auralis Join Forces with Ecover to Promote Smarter, Lower Impact Fashion
Auralis in her studio. “Americans spent roughly $340 billion on clothing and shoes last year, which is about 25 percent of the global market, and virtually all of it — 99 percent for footwear and 98 percent for clothes — came from somewhere else,” reported the New York Times last…
Heroines for the Planet Presented by Neutrogena Naturals: Livia Firth Fresh From the Oscars
To say Livia Firth is passionate about greening the fashion industry would be an understatement. Sure, she fancies walking the red carpet sustainably on the arm of her Oscar-winning husband Colin Firth, but she’s more concerned with helping others transform their approach to style — causing a ripple effect felt…
Eco Chic Weekly: July 30, 2009
Eco Chic Weekly is a digest that features the best of the best in green fashion and beauty blogging. If you would like to have your post featured in ECW please send a link to the_q (at) inbox.com. Ecco*Eco has a collection of inspiring friends and finery to get you through…
Eco Chic Weekly – December 16, 2008
The Alternative Consumer tells you how to recognize if you’re a Trendy Fashion Victim…and how to slow it down if you are! Eco-Chick encourages her readers to rock an Ugly Christmas Sweater. Fashion, Evolved has a gift idea for the girl who has everything! Green Cotton reports on the economic…
Eco Chic Weekly – December 9, 2008
The Alternative Consumer has some sexy and eco-savvy graphic T-shirts from Sustainabilitee! Eco-Chick tells you how to keep away the stink–the natural way! Fashion, evolved is drooling over the 100% sustainable and ethical jewelry by Dawes Design. Fig+Sage introduces Amala Beauty–and has a giveaway worth $152! Green Grechen has the…
