Tag: Denim
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Dirty, Unwashed Jeans Encouraged, Says Levis to Employees
For World Water Day, Levi’s has asked employees to change their laundry habits by wearing the same pair of pants five days in a row without washing them.
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High-Tech Help for Some Turkish Denim Workers
With the recent death toll among Turkish denim sandblasting workers due to the lung disease silicosis nearing 50, one
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The Gap Brings Back Denim-to-Insulation Recycling in October (Video)
If your jeans have seen better days, bring them to a Gap store near you tomorrow through October 20th, where they will be recycled into UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation--brr...it's getting cold
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Fashion Heavyweights Levi's, H&M; Take a Stand on Dangerous Practice of Sandblasting Jeans
The sad fate of workers in the denim industry has finally caught the attention of two of
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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes
When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing
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Green Fashion Pioneer Kuyichi Opens First Concept Store in the UK
We've been covering eco-fashion denim brand Kuyichi since 2004, when TreeHugger was still in its formative years. Founded in 2001, by international NGO Solidaridad, the sustainable brand -- and winner of our Best of Green Award for
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Levi's Care to Air Design Competition Finalists Find New Ways to Dry Clothes Without a Dryer
Experienced riders only try this at home. From The Way We See the World, comes an innovative way to dry your jeans: Red straps made with post-industrial scraps, integrated into Levi's jeans, let you hang jeans anywhere
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Care to Air Design Challenge by Levi's
Air-drying clothing is definitely the cheapest, and especially the most eco-friendly way of drying your clothes; no energy or machinery is needed. However, if you live in a small space, a rainy country or simply are a busy (or forgetful) person,
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Best of Green: Fashion & Beauty (Slideshow)
While green fashion and natural beauty might get lost amidst haute hybrids, architectural wonders, and renewable energy here on TreeHugger, if you're dressed or showered, this category applies to you.
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Green Jeans: Forget Washing. Just Freeze Them.
The world's most popular clothing item could also be the most eco-friendly. That's right, blue-jeans are going green--or at least that the hope of one Brazilian manufacturer. The Rio based company, Tristar, recently revealed their new line of
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Trousers London Launches 2 NEW Men's Organic Denim Styles for Spring
Trousers London is launching two new organic denim styles this week, and they are too haute not to mention. The brand designs with sustainability and slow fashion in mind, "towards a new tradition of collectible fashion." Click through for photos of two
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Raleigh Denim: Sustainably Stitched Jeans
Flipping through the glossies today at Barnes & Noble I happened upon a write-up on sustainable jeans company Raleigh Denim in Nylon Mag's November
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November Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
November was a
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Levi Strauss & Co Adds "Donate to Goodwill" to Clothing Care Tags
Approximately 23.8 billion pounds of clothing and textiles end up in landfill each year. In order to make a dent in that waste pile, Levi Strauss & Co is partnering with Goodwill to create special care tags that
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Celebrate Earth Day with Leonardo DiCaprio via eBay
Photo by squarehippies If you've ever tried to figure out how to support important projects like green schools while combating climate change AND meet a movie star all while shopping online, wonder no more. eBay and Global Green USA is holding an
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Best of Green: Fashion + Beauty (Slideshow)
Update: Vote now for Best of Show! Now that the initial voting period has ended, it's time to vote for the 'Best in Show' -- check out the category winners in the Best in Show slideshow, and then click over to Planet Green to View & Vote for your
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7 Hot CEOs and Their Cool Green Companies
Scott Mackinlay Hahn, Loomstate. Photo courtesy of Loomstate. Sustainable companies are on the rise but that didn't make it any easier for us to pick out the hottest eco-CEOs paving the way. However, we've managed to narrow the list down to seven that
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5 Surprising Fashion Brands Going Organic
Most of us, when looking for organic, eco-friendly clothes, know enough to skip the mall; sustainable materials and mass-produced clothes with commercial appeal hardly ever overlap. But we
