Articles tagged with: Fashion
Posted in Designer, Fashion on 28 September 2008

There are fresh footsteps on the path of eco-fashion. They call themselves Redewin and sell unique classic and reconstructed clothes. Opening just last week, this fashion hub has caught on well with the eco-conscious masses who, look for green yet stylish outfits.
I find the concept of reconstructed clothing very interesting. Redewin takes button-ups, t-shirts, dresses, sweaters, jeans etc and stitch them together to create new fashion trends. So, you can be assured that the article you shop for will be unique.
Check out the Redewin website to discover some innovations in men’s, women’s and children’s fashion. And hey, you can pick up some recycled furnishings for your eco-house too.
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Posted in Fashion, Health, Products on 21 September 2008

And we thought lead in lipsticks was history. But a recent estimation revealed horrific findings. Apparently, an average woman consumes a kilo of lipstick every year, a part of which is the deadly metal lead. Yes, even brands like L’Oreal, Cover Girl and Christian Dior can’t be exonerated from this slow but dangerous health crime. Medical experts are concerned because lead does not have a tendency to get detoxified in fact it is readily stored in the body. So one can imagine the storage of disaster that the fashion woman harbours inside her! The toxic metal is associated with problems of behavioural disorder and miscarriages.
Those who thought they could detect lead by applying lipstick to gold, I’m afraid to say it’s not a safe method. In fact, lead is not even listed as an ingredient on lipstick labels. However, a look at SafeCosmetics.org will equip you will helpful and healthy information.
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Posted in Designer, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Green on 5 September 2008

Nowadays fashion statement is also getting eco friendly touch all over the places. Day by day designers are putting forward hip and trendy style accomplices which are embraced with naturally green pieces as well. Displayed here is an assortment of myriad eco-chic head bands. This recent green fashion line launched by designer Rebecca Michaels has become tremendously popular among all the rage generation in recent times.
The organic stripe of hair accessories labeled Violet Love is clinched with distinctively green features as of the stuff they are ready from.
Since the entire gamut of these eco-accessories is finished through organic and natural matter like bamboo, lyrca and poly spandex, it proffers an ultra soothe and stability factor.
Crafted with soft fabrics and cuddled with colorful designs the whole range of this VL headband undeniably exhibits the designer’s immense love for nature.
Posted in Designer, Fashion, Green on 1 September 2008

Green thinkers can essentially go to any extent for exploring new ideas as there are no perimeters to their eco-ardor. Bearing this in mind an eco up to date contraption presently encountered by me doesn’t unerringly came to me as an astounding surprise. This nifty creation which just deludes to be a diminutive capsule is in actuality hemming in bundles of trendy and green attributes. Fashioned with the efficacy of handy and convenient plant growing gear it can in fact foster growth of numerous plants like cabbage, basil, green pepper and cherry tomato seeds.
Designed by Boford’s Lohas product division this eco-hip pod is gifted to be used as a modish jewelry piece as well. It may be put on akin to a pendant in the chain or a mobile phone’s band according to a persona’s predilection. Furthermore the encapsulated plant when sprouts out excessively larger than the capsule size can be taken out of the kit and replanted well in the meadows.
Lohas which simply means ‘Sustainable Lifestyle’ has authentically attested its denotation by launch of this green innovative artifact.
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Posted in Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Health on 30 August 2008

An utterly green assortment of organic beauty products like eye cream, face wash, moisturizer, deep facial masque, lip cure or delicate cleansing antiseptic pads etc. has been newly launched in the skincare marketplace by Vegan Skin Care.

The facet which keep this product line aloof from other beauty products is its eco-friendliness as these fine beauty products have been nattily primed out of food items such as cardamom, kaolin etc. without employing any perilous chemicals. This novel beauty care lineup emerges to be decently cited as “Be Fine” since it organically bestows us with a healthy and fine looking skin.
Furthermore, apart from its green and organic worth an added striking feature appears in its fiscal worth as well since every single product in this streak falls in the price range of merely $30. These naturally finished oil free products would be by far accessible at most of the renowned medical stores like CVS and Rite-Aid.
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http://trendhunter.com/trends/vegan-skincare-be-fine-food-skin-care
Posted in Designer, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Green on 5 August 2008

We must comprehend Earth’s precincts while making our day to day choices as the wellbeing and endurance of our planet relies mainly on our understanding. As we are consuming the bequests of our nature in profusion, we ought to have thoughts of recurring or replenishing it in one way or other. Accordingly, in recent times a considerable fact regarding environment has been articulated by ‘WalMart’, a substantial retailer of Gold jewelry that more or less 20 tons of mining waste is produced by a solitary gold ring. In view of that WalMart has introduced a novel range of jewelry that would take away the gold mining bangs on inhabitants and surroundings.
WalMart’s freshly launched ecofriendly jewelry is designed such that it could be traced back to the collieries, where they originally belong .This latest golden green jewelry has been sensibly labeled as ‘Love, Earth’ collection so that we get exceedingly enthused to love our planet earth and save it from eco-hazardous processes.
This wholly new concept may perhaps be a speck of media hype act but if it’s a authentic march towards a greener world then it sincerely become worthy of approval and nobility. The ‘Love, Earth’ assemblage by WalMart is in fact a green alternative that would help us bonding with our planet earth in true sense.
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Green, Recycling on 4 August 2008

In this day and age it has become a mounting vogue amid smart and trendy folks to possess a bit of green and chic frills. Mulling over the rising stipulation and curiosity for eco-friendly products, designers are coming with green and fresh innovations day after day.
Amongst the myriad of flourishes being instigated so far, Krejci rubber bags seem to be a gorgeous assortment for usage and carrying out. Marvelous aspect of these Krejci bags is the eco concept behind them. A Glimpse would not divulge that actually they are finished through caste-off rubber tires.
These pretty bags prepared from recycled rubber would be accessible to us not only in diverse sizes and designs but also in special names as well. The attributes which would keep them exceptional from others are their elegant look and stylish names.
For that reason, these eco-friendly bags would essentially catch your attention as each bag is exclusive in its own way. I feel these Krejci’s creations would undoubtedly rule the souk of bags and fashionable accessories in upcoming time.
Posted in Architecture, Designer, Earth, Eco Art, Eco-Friendly, Eco-friendly products, Environment, Fashion, Go green, Green, concept on 4 August 2008

The concept of eco-interiors was talked about at great length by Jeanie Pyun, editor of Sprig along with famous eco-interior designer Kelly LaPlante on Discussion on WashingtonPost.com. The strongest point of the show was the little tips that were offered to help you green your style. And that was not all as the hosts gave guidelines on finding healthy food and products. Even FAQs like “What is a green roof†and “What does VOC mean†were answered by them. Since the discussion was hosted online, the two eco-friendly women could post web-links directly to the chat to give readers easy, direct access to the tips being discussed. Other areas of concern were, “why it is still so difficult to find healthy products and why are they not cheaper?†as well as “what is a single mom hoping to green on a limited budget?â€
Now isn’t Washingtonpost.com really cool as the discussions there are like an interactive blog, where readers can ask questions in real-time to experts on a variety of subjects. For those of you who did not know, Pyun was the former editor of Organic Style magazine and co-editor of In Style Home magazine. LaPlante owns a furniture showroom in Venice Beach, CA, is the host of Brilliant Green on Ovation TV, and recently published her first book Ecologique.Â
C’mon let’s go green because the experts say so.
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Posted in Eco-Friendly, Go green on 3 August 2008
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Every woman wants to have some funky designs in her wardrobe. What if these funky and outrageous, bold yet sexy designs are eco-friendly as well? I would say, it can’t get better than this! Based in London, Goodone-a sustainable clothing collection is all about ethical-fashion. Its clothes ooze out style and comfort, and the collection is certainly “with an edgeâ€. The designers at Goodone handpick rough materials for their designs. These rough materials include tones of waste fabric, dead stock, faulty garments, textile discards, shreds, scraps etc. from world-famous charities like Amnesty, WWF, Liberty, Green Peace to name a few. The creative people at Goodone believe in possibility thinking and can make use of half of the material dumped on landfills! They then recycle the fabric waste into uber-stylish, chic and hep clothes.

While you might be happily throwing away your daughter’s last summer frocks, trousers, tees etc. talented Goodone designers at their East London studio churn out lovely dresses from them. This designer wear you can then pick up from their boutiques across London, Manchester and Glasgow and also from their recently launched online store. So, from now onwards don’t throw away your hard earned money on those fakes of designer labels like Chanel, Gucci, D&G and like. Instead opt for this brilliant ethical fashion wear from Goodone which cleans up some debris from our planet for fashion’s sake!
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Posted in Designer, Eco-Friendly, Eco-friendly products, Fashion, Green on 2 August 2008

A glorious UK designer Andrew Ross who is a product of Dundee University has lately got the “New Designers Swarovski Crystal Palace Award†for exploring “out of the blue stuff†every time. This youthful designer at this time approaches us with a fresh thought of utilizing cow bones to craft gamut of creative articles. Earlier cow bones were used for nourishment of cattle but nowadays this act has been disallowed owing to BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) which is an atrocious cow syndrome catastrophe. Subsequent to prohibition of this practice, cow bones are just lying redundant in abattoirs after getting butchered for mutton.

This brilliant designer intends to make the most of such superfluous material for making beautiful items like women jewelry. For this Bone Project Andrew received the matter straight through slaughterhouses.
By comprehensive analysis of relevancies the designer makes us certain that his mission will be favorable both to surroundings and financial system. His eco plan would definitely facilitate the world in maintaining a green unsoiled atmosphere. Moreover this innovative ecofriendly scheme would make farmers more self reliant by assisting them to cultivate crops and formulating new creative stuff as well.


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