Latest Stories in Sustainable Fashion - Page 15
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Himalayan Yak Wool Reaches New Heights in Khunu Sportwear
The other day we mentioned outdoor clothing company Icebreaker. They started out as a small New Zealand company, but almost single-handedly created the burgeoning international market for fine merino wool sports clothing. Might Khunu
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New York Fashion Week: Susan Cianciolo Fall 2010 - "Underneath the Sea, Inside a Mountain" (Photos)
We recently revealed the beauty secrets behind the vibrant colors at Susan Cianciolo's presentation during New York Fashion Week and now, the beautifully constructed
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3D Printing Your Party Shoes: Hit or Miss?
Got a party tonight? Need a jazzy pair of shoes? No need to run out to the store; just print them up on your desktop 3D printer. No need to have a huge closet to store all of your shoes; they will be part of a closed loop, going back
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Prince Charles Tells Us to Get Woolly Again
Prince Charles has a new project. He is pushing wool as a fashionable and eco-friendly fabric for clothes. That may seem odd as many of us wear wool sweaters as a matter of course. But it turns out that's not quite the case.
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Horny Toad Activewear: Every Spring Collection is An Adventure
Horny Toad is a Californian based outdoor lifestyle clothing company, with an often whimsical edge to their marketing. Check out the video (after the fold) of a typical day at work for the Toadsters. The company
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What's New With Nau For Spring 2010
Nau, is a clothing company that crafts apparel equally at home in a storm or a dorm. Threads at ease in a metropolis, or on the Galapagos. The idea for a clothing business that would adhere to the three
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The Human Bee Pollinator: People in a Beeless World?
It's well known by now that much of the action at the failed climate talks in Copenhagen happened outside the convention center. From clashes with police to activists being banned from talks, some of the action was
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Icebreaker Earn a LEED Gold Stamp for Their North American Office
Icebreaker, the New Zealand outdoor apparel company, who started the Merino wool clothing renaissance in 1994, announced just the other day that their North American headquarters , in Portland, Oregon, had
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Nubrella Reinvents the Umbrella: Hit or Miss?
Those of us who cycle all winter are familiar with the phrase "There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing." But how to take that important call on your cellphone in the middle of a rainstorm? Nubrella to the rescue. It reinvents
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Organic Exchange Responds to GMO/Organic Cotton Controversy
Non-profit organization Organic Exchange has published a response to the headline-grabbing "organic cotton fraud" news, that major retailers--including H&M;, C&A;, and Tchibo--are knowingly selling genetically modified (GMO)
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ARMO: Exchangeable Shoes by Rodrigo Alonso
A funny look but interesting idea: ARMO is a line of ready-to-assemble shoes meant to be transformed, customized, disassembled and flattened. Produced under fair trade practices by a group of people in need, they
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Soles4Souls Collects Shoes for Haiti, 750,000 and Counting
Credit: Soles4Souls Soles4Souls has rallied support for Haiti with the help of consumers and footwear companies donations nationwide. The footwear charity has collected over 750,000 pairs of shoes, and is well on their way towards their committed
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Where New York's Unsold Clothing Is Supposed To Go
Last week Jim Dwyer of the New York Times wrote about destroyed clothing found behind the H&M; and Walmart, and their subsequent promise never to do this again. Walmart sent us a press release:
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Spring/Summer 2010: ROSEL
Brooklyn transplant by way of Germany, Juliane Copmosano is launching eco-friendly knitwear line Rosel for spring/summer 2010, WWD reports. The edgy, modern, and sophisticated collection of
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6 Green Dresses to Ring in the New Year
One more holiday hurdle to bring us into 2010, but what to wear? We are keeping it simple this season and suggest scouring vintage and second-hand shops, raiding a friend's
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Ideologie's Trendy Spin on the Organic Cotton T-Shirt
While green fashion has expanded far beyond the organic cotton t-shirt we still get excited when we find cool variations of the sustainable clothing staple. Enter Ideologie Organic. Their limited edition t-shirts are made
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Equinox Fitness Club Premiers "Orange" Organic Apparel
Organic Label 'Orange' by Equinox Fitness Club. Via WWD Equinox Fitness fanatics now have apparel to suit their workout sessions. The gym officially launched Orange, their first private label apparel collection, on Dec. 14 and it's all organic and
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Patagonia Footwear Wraps Cold Toes in Recycled Fleece
With the northern hemisphere encased in deep pre-Christmas snow, with more white stuff forecast, thoughts might turn to keeping ones tootsies warm and snug. One way to do this could be to consider Patagonia Footwear's winter shoes and
