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Ecofashion

The Green side of the Golden Gate City

September 15, 2012 by Beth Fiteni

Clary Sage Organics
Earthsake
Muir Woods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In my recent trip to San Francisco, I visited some shining examples of the area’s trademark eco-friendliness. At Earthsake (www.earthsake.com) in Berkeley, I was able to order a great quality organic cotton mattress, that does not contain toxic fire retardants. They offer natural latex mattresses, bedroom furniture, and organic cotton linens for both adult bedrooms and kids’ rooms.

After dining at the vegan restaurant Greens in Fort Mason (www.greensrestaurant.com), with a lovely view of the famed red bridge, I headed to Clary Sage Organics (www.clarysageorganics.com). There I encountered a full array of unique organic cotton and sustainably made clothing, some bearing the store’s own label. The owner, Patti, has been highly committed to promoting sustainable clothing for years, and the store also features wellness formulas and body care products, for natural beauty inside and out.

San Fran city has also made efforts to help dry cleaners to switch to less toxic cleaning methods, and has committed to providing 100% of the city’s energy needs with renewables by 2020. Of course not forgetting the magnificent Muir Woods nearby with its stand of gigantic sequoia trees, the City by the Bay is a treehugger’s dream.

Filed Under: Dry Cleaning, Eco Travel, Ecofashion, Food, Green Products

T.H.R.E.A.D.S. Eco-Fashion show

May 1, 2012 by Beth Fiteni

T.H.R.E.A.D.S. – an impressive eco-fashion show coordinated by Bianca and Michael Alexander of Conscious Living TV, Chicago, was held at the Green Festival for Earth Day in NYC. The show highlighted 5 local designers and was attended by over 100 eager attendees of a “green” ilk.

Eco-textile pioneer Marci Zaroff (l), organizers Michael & Bianca Alexander (center), and Marci's Partner after show

First designer up was Artists and Revolutionaries, a sporty, fun line that uses repurposed leather, cashmere, and organic cottons. (artistsandrevolutionaries.com).

Artists & Revolutionaries

Second was Heart- a beautiful line that incorporate the use of original artistic photography imprinted onto gorgeous girly dresses. (Heartisart.com)

Heart

 

 

Third designer was Vaute Couture a vegan fashion line featuring a lot of unique, edgy denim pieces, with its first store now open in Brooklyn. (Vautecouture.com)

Vaute Couture

 

 

Fourth in line, was A.D.O., which uses GOTS (global organic trade standard) certified fabric in a rich orange hue created by chemical-free herbal dyes. (adoclothing)

A.D.O.

 

 

Last but not least was and very impressive with its sleekly feminine, sophisticated style was Allison Parris New York, who truly keeps it local by making pieces of recycled fabrics in factories right here in Manhattan. (AllisonParris.com)

Allison Parris New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footwear for the show was provided Cri De Coeur (cri-de-coeur.com), an ethically produced vegan shoe company.

Green Festival was a terrific showcase for eco-fashion, featuring about a dozen vendors of sustainable, clothing made of organic cotton, hemp, and recycled materials. Several lectures were offered by experts in the field: sustainable fashion and fragrance classes being offered by professors at the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) in Manhattan, a lecture on the importance of fair trade clothing focused on decent working conditions, and also a lecture on hemp fashion which included a small fashion show of designers making beautiful and stylish creations from hemp and hemp/silk fabric blends.

Filed Under: Ecofashion, New York

Green Festival Comes to NYC for the First Time!

April 29, 2012 by Beth Fiteni

4/22/12 The national Green Festival, celebrated in major U.S. cities finally came to New York for Earth Day 2012!  25,000 people came to the Javits Center to learn about the latest environmental issues, hear dynamic expert speakers, see an ecofashion show, and network with like-minded entrepreneurs —see www.greenfestivals.org/nyc/updates/.

Here are a few of the coolest things I saw:

1)     My favorite: pot planters that are made from rice, wheat, and/or bamboo fibers so are fully biodegradable when buried in soil. The same small pots serve as soy candle holders, and the “wax” can be used as a skin moisturizer. So one product serves as a candle, lotion, then a planter, and finally biodegrades. Brilliant! See myfirstecopot.com

Biodegradable Candle/Pot

2)     T-shirts by Playback made out of the plastic originally used to make X-rays! The tag says “Transforming images of broken legs into clothing made better by recycling.” The company assures that it is radiation- free : ) They also make tees out of recycled plastic bottles. See playbackclothing.com.

T-shirt made of Xrays

3)     Why must birthday parties create waste? I love the idea behind Susty Party — bamboo party plates and tableware in pastel colors, that can say “Happy Birthday”, and colorful paper straws, all of which are biodegradable. If you need green party supplies, see www.sustyparty.com.

Susty party supplies!

4)     A green Monopoly-type game called Green Business Owner (GBO) Hawaii. (See http://greenbusinessowner.com/about/gbo-hawaii/). The creator told me he visited a Green Festival 2 years ago in DC feeling cynical about the world, but was so inspired that he created his product and now he is an exhibitor!

GBO Hawaii Eco-Game

Another cool thing I learned: Ford is using soy, corn, and even sweet potato to make plastics in their interior car parts. See my post about this at GreenLivingGuy.com.

Plant-based Ford car components

But my favorite part—the Ecofashion—see my next post about that!

Filed Under: Ecofashion, Green Products, New York

“The Future of Fashion: Merging Style and Sustainable Social Impact”

December 4, 2011 by Beth Fiteni

100 people gather in NYC to discuss sustainable fashion

Greenspaces and Be Social Change hosted a terrific ecofashion panel on Tuesday 11/29/11 to discuss how we change the way fashion is produced to reduce the negative impacts on both the environment and workers. The panel was organized by professor Carmen Artigas who teaches Ethical fashion at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Parsons. Speakers included Summer Rayne Oakes, ecofashion pioneer and model, author of the book “Style Naturally,” and Founder of Source4Style. She shared the importance of helping designers find sustainably produced fabrics, and also pointed out that some big name brands like Levi’s are actually doing their part to increase trace-ability of fabrics down the supply chain.

David Radparvar, Holstee, spoke about his upcycled clothing company’s unique attitude about selling– their website encourages people not to buy items they don’t really need. Deirdre McGuigan, Indego Africa, spoke about her work with connecting women designers in Africa to well known stores in the United States. Erica Wolf, Save the Garment Center, spoke passionately about supporting goods that were made right here by talented workers in the garment district of New York, where clothing manufacturers, somewhat surprisingly, still do exist.

Beth Fiteni & Summer Rayne Oakes

See: greenspaceshome.com (a shared office space for eco-minded entrepreneurs in NYC)

source4style.com (Source4Style 2.0 is about to launch december 2011!)

shop.holstee.com

indegoafrica.org

savethegarmentcenter.org

carmenartigas.com

 

Filed Under: Activism, Ecofashion, New York

“Eco Fashion in the Park” Brings Eco Fashion To Northern Manhattan

November 3, 2011 by Beth Fiteni

Sandra Baquero eco fashion in the park 1
Model wearing Sandra Baquero

 

Hello readers! I’m Madam Toussaint from the green blog sofreshandsogreen.com. I get to guest blog here about the “Eco Fashion in the Park” eco-fashion show in High Bridge Park in Washington Heights, NY.  Far from the glitz of Fashion Avenue and Midtown Manhattan, Washington Heights is in northern Manhattan and has a large Latino population.

The show was organized by stylist Gina Constanza of House of Glam, who grew up in the neighborhood, with help from local Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. [Read more…] about “Eco Fashion in the Park” Brings Eco Fashion To Northern Manhattan

Filed Under: Ecofashion, New York Tagged With: eco-fashion shows

Ecofashion Guru Speaks in NYC

October 30, 2011 by Beth Fiteni

Branson Skinner, Of Rags; Sass Brown, author "EcoFashion," and Nemit Degirmencioglu, Soham Dave

Last night, Soham Dave hosted an evening with Sass Brown, author of the book “Ecofashion,” along with Branson Skinner, cofounder of Of Rags, at the Textile Arts Center in Manhattan. Soham Dave works directly with artisans in India, with each piece being hand-crafted, using natural materials and natural dyes. Of Rags is a NY company that upcycles clothing from pieces of existing clothing, and sells their items at about 20 university bookshops. Sass Brown is a leading expert in the field based in Italy who has taught at Fashion Institute of Technology and has worked with women’s cooperatives in Peru to advance sustainable fashion. Aside from authoring a book on the subject, she also blogs and contributes to magazines such as CocoEco Magazine.

It was a great event, with a room full of people interested in sustainable fashion. Very encouraging! Discussion focused on how far ecofashion has come and where it needs to go. Attendees included Harvey Russack, producer of The Green Shows, and Kate McGregor, owner of Kaight, NYC’s leading ecofashion shop located on Orchard St., NYC and Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn.

See:

  • ecofashiontalk.com/blog
  • sohamdave.com
  • ofrags.com
  • thegreenshows.com
  • kaightshop.com
Harvey Russack, The Green Shows, with Sass and Nemit
Kate McGregor, owner of Kaight, and Beth Fiteni
Beautiful piece by Soham Dave

Filed Under: Ecofashion, New York

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