Eco Fashion

Indie Miami Designer Launches Industrially Chic Line

The Huffington Post | Amanda McCorquodale | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Miami Arts, Miami Fashion, Video, Miami News, Kickstarter, Indie Fashion, Miami Designer, Miami Culture, Emily Peters, Slideexpand, Reflection Collection, Eco Fashion, Fashion Design, Fashion, Miami News

Moving from Wisconsin to Miami and from designing kick-ass geometric jewelry to industrially chic clothes, Emily Peters just launched a Kickstarter ca...

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PHOTOS: Stunning Eco-Conscious Dresses

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Candice Held, Green Fashion, Eco-Fashion, Video, Candice Held Dresses, Green-Living, Slidewide, Fashion, Upcycled Dresses, Upcycled Designer Clothing, Upcycling, Candice Held Designer, Eco-Friendly Dresses, Eco-Friendly Fashion, Green News

By Dow-Yung Kou, LuxEco Living Editorial Assistant: Saving the environment is not just about finding rare and exotic eco-friendly materials. In fac...

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Deborah Lindquist: Dressing up for February -- the Love Month!

Red Room | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Dressing for February, Eco Fashion, Symbolization of Colors, Valentine's Day, Style News
Red Room

From hot, fiery red to the softest, seashell pink, there is a perfect shade of red for you. While your friend with pale skin and jet black hair can wear the darkest shade of red and look goth/fabulous, you may be a green-eyed redhead and will look better in a peachy pink tone.

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Behind the Label: H&M's Conscious Collection

Jessica Marati | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Eco-Fashion, Eco Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, H&M, Greenwashing, Green, Ecosalon, Green Living, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Fashion, Green News
Jessica Marati

H&M's steps toward sustainability are certainly laudable. However, it's undeniable that H&M's fast fashion model is in itself wildly unsustainable.

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10 Green Brands Of Jeans For Your Closet

Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Green Fashion, Green Jeans, Denim Designers, Video, Eco Fashion, Eco Salon, Earth Friendly Fashion, Eco Friendly Jeans, Eco Friendly Fashion, Fashion, Organic Fashion, Organic Jeans, Green News

From Eco Salon's Kestrel Jenkins: 10 denim designers prove that organic denim has a place in your wardrobe. When it doubt, turn to your denim. J...

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High School Gay-Straight Alliance Takes On Mayor

| Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Decatur High School Fashion Club, Eco Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Teen Car Accident, Drinking Age, Local High School News, Troy-High-School-Gsa, Voting Age, Hydroponic Farming, High-School-Patches, High School News, Local News, Teen News, Legal Ages, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School, High School News

Every week, HuffPost High School rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch...

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Three Worldchanging Women Model Sustainable Style in NYC's Union Square

Starre Vartan | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Autumn, Fall, Nyc, Fashion, Eco Fashion, Style, Sustainable Style, Green Fashion, Style News
Starre Vartan

Three friends joined in Manhattan's Union Square Park for an afternoon of relaxation and fun as autumn begins.

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World's First Disintegrating Dress (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Green Fashion, Wear Away Dress, Paper No 9, Recycled Paper Dress, Video, Brown Paper Bag Dress, Eco Fashion, Faux Leather Dress, Disintegrating Dress, Fashion, Heisel, Green News

If fashion doesn't last forever, then why should our clothes? That's the philosophy behind the new design of a brown paper bag dress that looks and fe...

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Uniform Project Pilot Series: Jessica Engle

Sheena Matheiken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vintage Style, Upcycling, Ebay, Uniform Project, Recycling, Sustainable Style, Eco Fashion, Environmentalism, Style News
Sheena Matheiken

2011-02-01-pull.psd In this pilot interview we interview U.P. blogger and social media guru Jessica Engle about the One Dress Challenge.

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Fibers for the Future Lie in the Past

Greta Eagan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retail, Textiles, Economy, Recycling, Eco Fashion, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion, Upcycling, Business, Fabric, Style News
Greta Eagan

The retail industry may have found the silver lining in affordable material sourcing with an eco-added bonus. Now it is time for luxury brands to join the pre-produced material sourcing crowd.

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Eco-Entrepreneur: Marty Stevens-Hebner of Rebagz Handbags

Tracy Metro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco Fashion, Eco-Entrepreneur, Green Fashion, Rebagz, Green Business, Environmental Business, Global Exchange, Green News
Tracy Metro

What is your name, title and the name of your business? Marty Stevens-Heebner. I'm the Founder & President of Rebagz® Handbags. What service does y...

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Uniform Project Pilot Series: Aki Goto

Sheena Matheiken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vintage Style, Repurpose, Uniform Project, Recycling, Environmentalism, Eco-Fashion, Fashion, Aki Goto, Style News
Sheena Matheiken

In 2009, I pledged to wear one little black dress for a year as an exercise in sustainability and a fundraiser. And for the next 365 days, I reinvented my uniform solely using accessories that were either vintage, handmade, reused or donated.

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When Fashion Meets Compassion. Vaute Couture's Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart.

Ari Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Veganism, Animal Activism, Animal Rights, Vegan Fashion, Eco Fashion, Fashion Designers, Vegan, Green, Design, Wool, Fur, Green Fashion, Art, Video, Vaute Couture, Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart, Leather, Polartec, Slidepollajax, Style News
Ari Solomon

At a dinner party recently I was introduced to Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart, the founder of Vaute Couture. Vaute Couture, a play on "haute couture", the V is...

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CFDA and Lexus Honor Eco Fashion Designers Costello Tagliapietra, Pean, and Cornejo

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Nyc, Fashion, Eco Fashion, Lexus, Cfda, Green News
Starre Vartan

The best part about the fete hosted by Lexus Hybrid Living and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) last week wasn't the gorgeous peop...

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John Patrick of Organic

Meredith Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco-Fashion, John Patrick Organic, Organic, Ebay, Style, Fashion, Antics, Eco-Designers, Style News
Meredith Barnett

"Sourcing has become more diverse, and I have more options with recycled and up-cycled fabrics. Fashion is actually a very slow process. We are in the infancy of the sustainable dialogue."

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Livia Firth's London Shop: Eco Age

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green Celebrity, Fashion, Eco Fashion, Green News
Starre Vartan

Livia's bringing great green resources to London, showcasing how eco-fashion can absolutely be gorgeous, and getting people to think about who (and what) their non-ethical stuff comes from.

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Project Runway Takes Over Fashion Week

Meg Hemphill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Portland Oregon, Eco-Fashion, Fashion, Project Runway, Fashion Week, Style News
Meg Hemphill

While most fashion followers are busy analyzing what just showed in Europe, there was a smaller-scale happening in Portland, showcasing designs from some familiar faces.

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Noon Solar: America's First Natural-Dye Production House

Ecouterre | Abigail Doan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Clothing, Noon Solar, Green Fashion, Jane Palmer, Natural Dye Production House, Natural Dye, Eco Fashion, Fashion, Green News

Few people, perhaps, understand the seasonal alchemy of Mother Nature better than Jane Palmer, co-creator of the Noon Solar line of bags and now the f...

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Eco Fashion Pushes the Boundaries in CocoEco Magazine's Stephen Jones Nature Project

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Stephen Jones, Gary Harvey, Fashion, Style, Eco Fashion, Coco Eco, Green News
Starre Vartan

The Stephen Jones Nature Project, featured in the latest issue of Coco Eco Magazine, is a provocative and gorgeous creative endeavour, whether you c...

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Princeton Students' Supercreative Sustainable Fashion Design Competition

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Eco Fashion, Fashion, Green Design, Students, Princeton, Green News
Starre Vartan

The Sustainable Fashion Competition was held at the lovely Princeton Art Museum Galleries I was lucky enough to be asked to judge Princeton Universi...

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Eco-Friendly, Fashionable Shoes

Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Shoes, Eco-Friendly, Melissa, Eco-Friendly Shoes, Vivienne Westwood, Eco Fashion, Shoes, Green News
Daisy Whitney

I daydream about stylish, comfortable shoes. But eco-friendly, too? Well, fan me with palm fronds, because my new heels by Vivienne Westwood Melissa meet all three criteria.

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New York Fashion Week Greenshows: Eco Fashion for Fall/Winter 2010

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Eco, Eco Fashion, Fashion, Designer, East Village, Green News
Starre Vartan

Fashion week is almost over in New York, and for ecofashionistas, the Greenshows were the place to be, with gorgeous clothes by a number of up-and-co...

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Sustainable Fashion: The Industry's Tort Reform

Alexandra Sinderbrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anya Hindmarch, Eco Fashion, Style, Chic, Gucci, Green, Sustainability, Fashion, Fashion Trends, Oscar De La Renta, Style News
Alexandra Sinderbrand

Sustainable fashion is a contradiction in terms. The three R's of sustainability are fashion's ultimate saboteur. Can an industry based on excess go green?

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The Fabulous Eco-Fashions of Nyla Noor

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Design Firm, Eco-Fashion, Organic, Garment District, Nyla Noor, Lifestyle, Eco-Friendly, Green, Design, Handbags, Launch Collection, New York City, Style News, Sustainability, Green News
2morrowknight

Make no mistake about it: eco-friendly fashion is not only red hot, but it has been a major source of innovation and out-of-the-box-thinking. This is an exciting time in the world of eco-fashion.

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Big Little Green Idea

Richard Seireeni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Building, Clothing, Energy Efficiency, Green Laundry, Laundry, Eco Fashion, Home Design, Dryer, Green News
Richard Seireeni

What if home designers added a 'dry room' to their plans -- a place where the furnace, water heater (or tankless water heater) and washer/dryer could live together along with built-in lines or racks for drying clothes?

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