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Elle Girl Japan: Taylor Momsen
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Norma Kamali is the renowned American designer to conceive the legendary sleeping bag-inspired coat, which has bred generations of puffer jackets. Whether it is an upscale Burberry or everyday Old Navy, these jackets have become a staple winter item for hip hop starlets and cold-weather urbanites. Many myths have surrounded this iconic jacket – Norma Kamali supposedly slept in a sleeping bag after her divorce – but myths are meant to be exposed.
Kamali reveals that the concept of the sleeping-bag jacket came from a very simple story. While camping with a boyfriend in the mid-1970s, she found herself getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. It was so cold; she threw on her sleeping bag and bolted for a nearby bush. “As I was running,” she said, “I was thinking, ‘I need to put sleeves in this thing.’” (Quote from New York Times article, Always in Her Element)…
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Published: Everywun’s Daily Good Newsletter
Some wouldn’t know it – because of the large fashion lines that still don’t get it, but for many years there have been eco trendsetters in the fashion industry. These designers understand that it is imperative to be fashion-forward while making less impact on earth.
The Good Society is one of my favorite socially and ecologically sustainable fashion labels. Their denim isn’t just easy on the wallet, it’s also made from 100% organic textiles that are fairly traded. The Good Society denim is fit to please!
Being chic doesn’t mean the world has to go bleak! And that’s a good thing to know because I just can’t get enough of these jeans. Like a glove!
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Vegan Shoes from Olsen Haus
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Women can walk a little bit taller (about four inches), knowing that their stylish shoes may look HOT… but aren’t contributing to our earth getting any hotter! Olsenhaus creates a collection of vegan footwear that could rival – do I dare say – Christian Louboutin, himself?
Shoes can literally destroy lives and ecosystems during their journey to your feet. In the US alone, 350 million pairs of shoes a year are produced using environmentally destructive materials like toxic dyes, synthetics, glues, petroleum-based rubber and chemically treated leathers. All of this results in millions of pounds of waste and poison!
Unlike other designers, who create special eco-conscious lines to capitalize on the green trend, Elizabeth Olsen is committed to keeping her shoes 100% vegan and influencing others in fashion to do the same. Her influence stretches far since she’s a member of PETA, the Humane Society, as well as Greenpeace.
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Published: Everywun’s Daily Good Newsletter
Ever wanted fashion forward, fair-trade clothing? Now, you can have it! Eco Citizen, one of San Francisco’s most renowned boutiques, carries only fair-trade, sweatshop-free clothing that stands up to any high-end designer!
Eco Citizen‘s classic, modern clothing is made from organic wool suiting, organic cotton, and soy cotton textiles. Their accessories are reinvented from recycled gold or sterling silver overlay. You can even find the infamous Vivienne Westwood “Melissa” shoe made of recyclable and specially patented plastics.
Owner, Joslin Van Arsdale, is all about shopping locally and community participation in doing our part for the world. She is on the board of global green and donates to a number of local causes and schools. Some of her charities include: The Green Youth Movement and San Francisco Green Clean.
Now that you can shop in style with fair-trade fashion, stop in and get a little something green for your closet!
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Designers Scott Mackinlay Hahn and Rogan Gregory have partnered up to launch the Loomstate collection for Target. This typically high-end, classic American, yet casual fashion line makes for an unlikely partner with Target, but when a better world is at stake and Spring is in the air, unlikely partnerships can happen!
The Loomstate Eco-line is an eco-friendly spring fashion line that makes making a better world easy on our pocket books!
The clothes are made with 100% certified-organic cotton, and their palette is inspired by sun-bleached sand, vibrant ocean blues, delicate flower petals, and other things Spring.
Loomstate for Target will be available in select stores or online anytime between April 19th until May 15th, just in time for Earth Day! Recession-friendly prices range from $15 – $45, so you can feel good about looking good!
Spring into action, fashionistas!
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