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Category: Eco-Fashion
Carbon-Neutral Panties: Green Fashion
August 23, 2008
MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka has created the first custom-built eco-factory for manufacturing lingerie. You heard us correctly, eco panties. Thank goodness we can finally start wearing underwear again. Oops! Did we write that out loud?Most people think of manufacturing facilities overseas as sweat shops employing sad little children, not so with MAS Holdings. A transformative manufacturing facility, they have formed strategic partnerships...
What’s Mine Is Yours: Green Fashion
August 16, 2008
Buy and swap designer, vintage and fashionable clothing at whatsmineisyours.com
Ever get fully bummed out to realize you no longer fit into (or the piece no longer fits your style) one of your favorite pieces of clothing? Adding salt to the wound, it was an expensive piece of clothing, and simply donating it feels like a waste of the hard-earned cash you saved to purchase it in the first place. Selling it to most used clothing stores will...
Eco Chic Look of the Week: Green Fashion
August 9, 2008
This Rogan for Target Linen Stripe Wrap Dress is perfect for late summer parties, and at a 50% savings (now only $22.49!) it's practically begging to be added to your wardrobe.
Wrap dresses have a comfortable, go anywhere feel to them, and this short-sleeved, above-the-knee version is no exception. Warning, though! While wrap dresses look good on almost any figure, you need to find the right one for your figure. Example: some wrap dresses...
Corso Como Shoes: Green Fashion
August 2, 2008
This beautifully designed handcrafted Brazilian women's shoe line includes sandals, flats, peep-toes, boots, and moccasins, all of which are made with natural materials, including untreated, vegetable-dyed leather, and feature breathable soles. In addition to producing killer shoes that won't kill your feet, the company is dedicated to providing fair wages and benefits, ethical treatment, and safe working conditions for all of its employees....
Eco-Friendly Suede: Green Fashion
July 19, 2008
Suede doesn’t usually make one think “eco-friendly” – the suede-based thought process is generally more along the lines of “pleasing and fashionable by-product of that very tasty cheeseburger, with a side serving of guilt.” But no longer. August marks the launch of the first line of eco-friendly suede jackets. From the beast to your back, Bernardo Green’s line of women’s outerwear is created following a process designed to be as environmentally...
You Deserve: Green Fashion
July 7, 2008
You know the story: Young co-eds meet at UC Berkeley, fall in love with green fashion, but are devastated when they realize organic style is scarce; and darned expensive. But these ladies weren’t going to let “the man” destroy their dreams, and many post-grad years later founded You Deserve – the online home to affordable eco-friendly fashion. Thao & Rashida work with eco designers around the world and feature their latest creations, then...
Green Bikini
July 4, 2008
If you snagged your swimsuit in early May and have been faithfully sunning yourself ever since, please accept our congratulations on your admirable dedication to seasonal shopping. If you’re like us, you only just realized that March is over and it’s time to stash the wool sweaters. This post is dedicated to those who fall into the second category (and, presumably, still need a bathing suit). Therefore: here are the promised eco-friendly suits...
Mandinez Mandala Line: Green Fashion
June 30, 2008
When Jivelle Callender (Panamanian/model/designer) sought inspiration for her new clothing line for Mandinez, she just closed her eyes. The results . . . pronounced, symmetrical visual symbols of meditation. The graphics adorn her 100% organic cotton, super soft totes and tees she calls “Mandala,” a nod to the Mandala meditation that inspired the look. The designs are also created with water-based colors and are sustainable, natch. The...
It’s Summer Nau: Green Fashion
June 27, 2008
After blowing the dust off your bins of summer clothes and lifting the top, you often find that trip to the basement was wasted. Maybe moths have feasted on your favorite tank top or your best sundress proves more disreputable than you remember. Or maybe your summer pants didn’t prove accommodating enough in the expansion department. (Yeah, we hate that too.) Fear not, Nau - eco-brand extraordinaire – is having a half-off sale on summer goods....
Messenger Bags for a Cause: Green Fashion
June 25, 2008
Don't you just love scoring something super cute that also makes you feel super great? Enter two blogs that offer environmentally-friendly messenger bags as fundraisers.
Bags for Zaza is a fundraiser conducted by Jennie in British Columbia. Family members of Jennie are in the process of adopting a little girl from Colombia (currently referred to as 'Zaza', thus the blog name). Jennie thought she could combine her sewing know-how, with...
Organic Cotton By The Ton at H&M: Green Fashion
June 23, 2008
If you’re a budget-minded clotheshorse (and who here isn’t?), prepare for cheap organic cotton bliss. H&M, that grand dame of inexpensive chic, is making its move toward an eco conscience – which is good news for the world at large, given the number of leggings and swing dresses H&M moves internationally each year. Organic cotton made its debut at H&M this spring (now used in all departments), and the coming autumn marks H&M’s environmental
Threads for Thought: Green Fashion
June 20, 2008
Whether you're a blonde or brunette, we've got you covered (sorry red heads!) with these sassy graphic tees from Threads for Thought, a brand created to provoke reflection and discussion about critical issues in today's world, such as the environment, Africa and world conflict.
Brunettes, keep cool while maintaining a sense of humor in this ocean colored t-shirt that reads "Brunettes not fighter jets."
Blondes aren't to be upstaged when...
Lounge Like the Stars: Green Fashion
June 15, 2008
We peasant folk are always intrigued by the red carpet shimmer of Hollywood’s best and brightest. But we're more fascinated by what they throw on when trotting out for milk. Alternative Apparel's clean fit has long made it the cotton of choice for stars like Brad Pitt, Naomi Watts, and Lindsay Lohan. Keeping pace with the eco-trend, Alternative Apparel now boasts a sustainable line, Alternative Earth. With the same vintage look and...
Eco Top: Green Fashion
June 10, 2008
Going the organic cotton route can lead to a lot of boxy tees in neutral colors. Not that there’s nothing wrong with this, of course, everyone needs a good boxy tee – for scrubbing the toilet and making stirfry, the kind that jumps out of the pan to cover your front in soy sauced bok choi. But there are those times when you need to, say, leave the house. (We admit to walking out door in shapeless cotton on occasion, but only to go grocery...
JCPenney’s Simply Green: Green Fashion
June 5, 2008
JCPenney's Simply Green collection came out recently, and it is simply...exciting. Why is it exciting? Because it's filled with basics for summer that fit any budget. Take this trio of eco tees...For the activist in you, don't sit down meekly...tell them what you want them to know. "This shirt saves our planet." Take that! Oh, and I look darn good in it as well! So there. The shirt is made of 50% organic cotton and 50% recycled...
How To Turn a T-Shirt into T-Skirt: Green Videos
June 3, 2008
Threadbanger joins with San Francisco DIY designer Vanina from 12 Mood Studios to teach us how to transform old t-shirts into t-skirts. How cool is that? We sooo know what we're going to be doing with our old concert t-shirts we couldn't bear to part with!New Celebrity Line, Laloo: Green Fashion
May 27, 2008
Laloo means “I love you” in the personal tongue of actress Rashida Jones’s young goddaughter – and provides the name for Jones’s new organic clothing line, concocted with pal Amanda Wilcox. Jones and Wilcox live in t-shirts, and their collection is built around their own sartorial style. Featuring ultra-soft tops and tank dresses, everything is made of the highest quality organic cotton. The line is well named - we fell hopelessly in love...
Clean Jeans: Green Fashion
May 19, 2008
Finding jeans that fit the budget and the hips isn’t a task for the weak of stomach. After blazing through racks and racks of skinny jeans with gasp-worthy price tags, it’s all too easy to flee to Cold Stone for a refreshing ice cream cone instead. Throw in a responsible desire for organic cotton, and the Dreaded Denim Hunt is enough to send a girl straight back to bed. But there are many flattering organic cotton options out there – and you...
Tony Perotti Green Collection: Green Fashion
May 16, 2008
There are two things that we, at The Budget Ecoist, are willing to splurge on: 1) Really solid, well-made, basic shoes. Why? Because our tootsies matter to us! We like being able to walk and we intend to keep doing it when we are sassy, 90-something Eco Fashionistas! Our slogan...as long as they're not going out of style anytime soon, shoes are an investment. Not quite like a 401K, but sort-of.
2) A nice, basic purse. Again you ask,...
Organic Cotton 101: Green Fashion
May 12, 2008
Green gals know to buy organic cotton. But why? Here’s a run-down on organic cotton and why you should look for it when buying t-shirts, towels, and yet more of those always-disappearing white socks. Conventional cotton is one of the most widely grown crops in the world. It’s also one of the most chemical-intensive – and all those chemicals have tremendous impact on the earth’s air, water, soil, and the health of people in cotton growing...
