Covet, Spring 2010 Got a part of your arm you think is exceptional? Love the way it ripples with tender muscle when you reach for your take-out salad up on the cafe counter? Do you work out religiously trying to keep the underarm dingle dangle from happening? Are you a painted lady who loves to […]

With not only H&M and organic certifier EcoCert caught in an unprecedented organic cotton scandal, courtesy of “organic cotton” suppliers from India, retailers worldwide can’t help but brace for their own industry-altering aftermath. According to Ecotextile News, Lothar Kruse, a director of the independent testing laboratory Impetus in Bremerhaven, Germany examined the cotton fabrics that […]

Will you be in New York this February for Eco Fashion Week? (And do ya like how we’re slowly turning the tables on you, boring old Fashion Week?) The GreenShows should be your major focal point. Touted as the only “premiere fashion event exclusively committed to eco-friendly, ethically sound, fair trade fashion in New York […]

EcoChic Geneva could be a designer’s toughest challenge or wet dream. Being asked to incorporate not only their current designs but sustainable textiles and their country’s myths and folklore, the show and exhibit will be unique to say the least. Green2greener, in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD) will be […]

While 2008’s holiday buying was a vicious sting for many retailers (read: overstocked store shelves with far more supply than demand), the buyers of American retail circa 2009 have evidently learned their lessons. We saw many stores tightening their inventory belts while others held off on any sales until after the holidays to generate more […]

Stella McCartney Spring 2010 RTW Identifying trends only draws attention to the need for the masses to fall in when comes to uniform chic, despite the artistic license we all have to strut our stuff with individual flair. Eco-designers are out there, in more ways than one, often pushing the envelope with fabrics and structures, […]