Photo Credit: Operation Fairy Dust What did you do with your formal dress after you wore it? You know you are not going to wear it again and your sister doesn’t need it. It has sentimental value so you don’t just want to give it to anyone. You want the recipient of your dress to love it as much
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Recycle Your Formal Dress: Operation Fairy Dust
Monday March 9th, 2009 | 05:00 amCotton of the Carolinas Dirt to Shirt
Thursday February 26th, 2009 | 08:54 pmPhoto Credit: TS Designs Cotton of the Carolinas is an ambitious new way to think about the t-shirt supply chain. Or, you could say, it’s a return to a common-sense way of thinking – from a time before all our manufacturing was shipped to China and other sources for inexpensive labor, says Burlington NC T.S. Designs
Stewart and Brown Organic Pioneers
Friday February 13th, 2009 | 09:15 pmKaren Stewart and Howard Brown founded Stewart and Brown about six years in their garage in Ventura, CA. The line started with some organic cotton graphic tees and has since expanded to include green fibers like hemp, tencel and linen as well as renewable, biodegradable fibers like cashmere and wool. Check out Stewart and Brown at noblivity.com
Fair Trade Eco Fashion from Alchem1st
Monday February 9th, 2009 | 03:38 amAlchem1st Creative Director, Aisyha Syahdinar, introduces Ahimsa Silk (Peace Silk) and three varieties of bamboo fabrics in their Spring/Summer ’09 Collection affectionately known as ‘Earth Loves Alchem1st’. The new line uses prints and plains rich in earthly colors such as; Coca Brown, Beach Beige, Strawberry Fields, Rasta Green and Purple Haze. Exquisitely accented with intricate
Credit Crunched? Lay It Away
Monday February 2nd, 2009 | 07:52 amDon’t want to use your credit card in these uncertain times, you’re not alone. Many vendors and large and small retailers are offering layaway plans – again. Sears led the charge, no pun intended, and other major retailers, TJMaxx, Marshalls and Burlington Coat Factory are falling in line. Mary Pilon, WSJ reports: “…thanks to the credit
Vintage 60′s African Couture
Saturday November 29th, 2008 | 12:00 amEmerging designer Adama Kargbo’s story from her recent graduation from Parsons School of Design in Paris France to her return to Freetown, Sierra Leone to launch her first collection – Aschobi Designs – is anything but ordinary. She could have launched her new line in Paris France, New York or anywhere but she chose to go
A Dynamic Duo – Chic and Green
Friday November 28th, 2008 | 12:00 amNow Blooming | A Green Tradeshow The Moment | Steffie Nelson |October 21, 2008 Sustainable fashion has finally outgrown its hemp straitjacket. Just two years ago, when Barbara Kramer and Ed Mandlebaum curated the first “green room” within their bi-coastal trade show, Designers & Agents, pickins were slim. But this past weekend, the pair took over
Fashionista meet Recessionista
Monday November 24th, 2008 | 07:31 amFinding designer bargains at Target is the posh thing to do for today’s “recessionista” New York Times| Natasha Singer | October 27, 2008 In an economic climate in which buying a handbag with a four- or five-digit price tag is starting to seem gauche, the free-spending style hounds formerly known as “fashionistas” are rebranding themselves.
Versace lights up Beijing in first China fashion show
Thursday November 20th, 2008 | 07:40 pmReuters Life! ¦ Ben Blanchard ¦ Nov 13, 2008 BEIJING – Italian luxury brand Versace put on a glitzy and glamorous first fashion show in China on Thursday a stone’s throw from Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square, raising more than $100,000 for charity. Using only Chinese models on a circular runway similar to one used at
