Tag: Recycled Fashion - Page 4
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Menswear Gets Upcycled for a Lesson in Sustainable Style
Eco-fashion makes up only seven percent of the retail business—and
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London Department Store Features Eco Jewellery Successes
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Winner of Red Carpet Green Dress Award Revealed at Global Green Oscar Party
A pink silk and chiffon gown is the winner of this year's Red Carpet/Green Dress competition, organized by Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of
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Textile Artists Take Over Pop-up Shop in London
What a lovely surprise: five women textile designers have taken over a local shop in London and turned it into a teaching and display area for two weeks.
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Eco-Etsy for Recycled Goods Debuts in Greece
The website Etsy has become wildly popular by connecting consumers with small-scale craftspeople making original jewelry, artwork, home-décor
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Vivienne Westwood Designs Chic Limited-Edition Recycled Bags for the Africa Project
Vivienne Westwood is a wild, pink-haired British designer who has been around since the punk rock days. She practically invented them; she certainly dressed them.
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Adhesif Channels Garden Party Florals for Spring 2011 (Photos)
Working with vintage silk scarves, reclaimed jersey, and other vintage fabrics, Vancouver-based Adhesif Clothing draws on the youthful days of summer with their floral pattern-packed spring 2011 collection--don't miss
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Recycled Sweater Coats Channel Joseph's Technicolor Dreamcoat (Photos)
TreeHugger readers sure know how to scout green fashion on Etsy: when I posted about an artist who transforms recycled sweaters into festive winter coats they were quick to bring Katwise to my attention in the comments section. The New
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Students Reconstruct Speedo Suits Into Green Fashion
When governing body of the sport of swimming FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) made a change in rules preventing the use of body suits in competitive swimming, the Speedo LZR Racer suit--worn by the likes of Michael
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Artist Transforms Recycled Sweaters Into Festive Winter Coats
There is nothing like a warm and cozy sweater coat during the holidays. Enter reconstructed sweater coats made by hand from recycled garments by Jill Kerttula, a Wisconsin-based artist who sells her one-off creations on Etsy under the label Jill2day.
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Tough And Stylish: Road Testing the New Freitag Reference Collection Handbag (Photos)
Cool new green design is our thing at TreeHugger so we were delighted when those
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Italian Lingerie Company Recycles Bras into Insulation
We've heard of jeans being recycled into building insulation, but bras into soundproof insulation? That's a new one. Italian intimate company Intimissimi has launched a six-week multimedia campaign to encourage women to drop off
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Charming Recycled iPad Sleeves and More Gift Ideas by Plaid Doctrine
True to their name Plaid Doctrine has crafted the lovely tartan fabric--favored by Scotsman and Brooklyn hipsters alike--into a neat collection of iPad sleeves, briefcases, totebags and other great accessories. Made from
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Reclaimed Sweaters Show Moths Who's Boss
Never one to let a quality, albeit moth-eaten, cashmere sweater go to waste, Eva Kisevalter, the designers behind Los Angeles-based design house Stella Neptune, breaths new life into these winter staples with moth-shaped appliques
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Handmade Kids Booties Help Keep WeeHuggers Warm
Earlier this season we oohed and awed over cute, cozy slippers made with recycled wool sweaters and leather jackets and now, there's another crush-worthy slipper company that has us looking for a WeeHugger of our own
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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)
What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban
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Upcycled Eyewear Bridges the Conversation Gap
Designer Jessica Sapick has long had a knack for creating accessories out of unusual materials, starting with wearing binder clips as barettes in
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Recycled Inner-Tube Shoelaces Transform Kicks Into Slip-Ons
Photo: jacco1997/Instructables.com Alchemy Goods--makers of recycled accessories from upcycled materials--is hosting an Inner Tube Reuse Contest with Instructables.com and the submissions have already started to roll in. Among them is an innovative way
