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What to Wear Now: 7 Hip Green Fashion Icons Share Their Secrets
Feeling overwhelmed by fall fashion magazines, TV commercials swearing they're selling the next hot trend, and the sudden influx of catalogs you thought you'd canceled last fall? Cut through the style clutter with tips
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7 Must-Read Green Fashion Blogs
The Web is full of resources for eco-minded fashionistas, whether you like to focus on the latest trends (produced from sustainable materials), do-it-yourself pieces that help you stand out from the crowd, or creative ways to wear vintage. We narrowed
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Seeds of Silk Bracelets by Laura Lobdell Encourage Change, Growth
Time and patience, it's said, turn mulberry leaves into silk. For designer Laura Lobdell, whom we first met at Designers & Agents in May, this aphorism is physically manifested in her vividly hued hand-knotted silk
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Alex & Ani Jewelry Goes for the (Recycled) Gold
Some things, like broken relationships, should never have been made. Alex & Ani plucks bungled metals from their sordid situations—no questions asked—and recasts them into sophisticated statement pieces, gussying them up with
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Run Amuck With Jewelry Made From Street Signs, License Plates
If you're clamoring to top off your street cred, word on the block is you can't get more real than bling sawed off from decommissioned street signs and license plates. Designed by husband-and-wife duo Bryan and Andrea Ring, Amuck's
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Raquel M. Soares' Reclaimed Wooden Jewelry Makes Avant-Garde Statement
When dressing up for drama, it's go big or go home. That's one mantra Portuguese designer Raquel M. Soares has taken to heart with her Boaba line of wooden jewelry, available at TOUCH. The bold statement pieces,
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Make Like Anni Albers, Turn Household Objects into Dazzling Fashion Statements
Anni Albers was one helluva woman. And, more important, one helluva designer. Even World War II didn't stop the German-born American textile artist from improvising. Despite the shortage of materials, Albers managed to
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6 Green Celebrity Products Lines We Can't Get Enough Of
It's always nice to see stars using their fame for good, but too often their good intentions are just a way to camouflage products that don't live up to their reputation. Not here: These products were created and developed by
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Reclaimed Marble Jewelry by Jessie Alon Is Bellisimo
Photo credit: UncommonGoods Jessie Alon's exquisite handcrafted jewelry, cast from a mixture of reclaimed marble and recycled glass, has a storied—or should we say storeyed—history. Created using a 15th century Venetian technique known as terrazzo
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Thinknow Jewelry Fuses Nature, Architectural Design
The structural put-togetherness of Thinknow's jewelry collection is no accident, happy or otherwise; Becky Ellis, the nascent company's CEO and designer-in-chief, also heads up architectural firm Think. Moving seamlessly
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Planet Threads Offers 20% Off Eco-Friendly Fashion
We all know that earth friendly fashion is just one piece of the puzzle, but we also know that sustainable shopping is an important piece. Enter Planet Threads, an online-only earth-friendly shop that offers a wide range of fashionable, eclectic, high
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Fashion That Goes Vroom: Smart Car, Colette Commission Eco-Friendly Wearables
Renowned Parisian retailer Colette and the cutest car this side of Sanrio have put up a united fashion front, rallying five designer labels from Paris, New York, Berlin, Brazil, and Denmark to produce a tres exclusive, tres
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Shainsware: Recycled Rubber Accessories That Send a Message (And Tweens Squealing)
Why say it when you can wear it? Shainware's recycled and recyclable rubber accessories are designed to allow you to communicate your message, whether it's "Stop Global Warming" or "Future Mrs. Ed Cullen," simply by snapping on
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Sundrop Jewelry: Baubles Powered by Solar Rays
Talk about soaking up some rays this summer. Sundrop Jewelry uses a giant 31-by-41-inch Fresnel lens—originally designed for lighthouses—to focus the the power of that bright orange orb in the sky to melt glass into
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Tiffany's Dedicates Store Windows to Coral Conservation
Tiffany & Co. has splashed out for coral conservation in a huge way, decking its store windows all over the globe with an "Under the Sea" theme to raise awareness about the damaging consequences of coral harvesting.
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Andean Collection Fuses Eco-Chic Jewelry With Social Conscience
From superfood to super-chic, acai doesn't belong just in your power smoothie. The Andean Collection will ply your ears, necks, and wrists with the multitasking berry, along with other sustainably harvested nuts and
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Does Recycling Need an Image Makeover?
Considering that almost a quarter of Americans don't recycle—or more, depending on whom you believe—perhaps what the tertiary member of the three Rs needs is a good stylist?
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Wear Your Silverware Around Your Neck with McFlashpants' Recycled Jewelry
Here's another way to creatively reuse unwanted cutlery: Turn them into jewelry. That's precisely what Jen McGlashan of McFlashpants does, whether it's slicing off the ends of vintage flatware and stringing them with waxed
