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Top 10 Trends We Loved (And Hated) From 2010

Dec. 30, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Over the past year, we’ve covered quite a few trends for you. Recapping a stylish year in pictures, one can’t help but hope the more timely trends will stick around and morph in the new year while a few flaky others fade away. Here’s our top 10 standout picks that we hope you dabbled with […]

Is the ‘Made In China’ Backlash Racist?

Dec. 27, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Feral Childe, a bi-coastal collaboration of Oakland, CA, based designer Alice Wu and Brooklynite Moriah Carlson, has sped to the forefront of sustainable design labels, most notably for their refreshing prints and inventive styling details. The brand’s following is comprised of all ages of women who want something unique for their closet and know these […]

I’m Living in My Own Private Navajo

Dec. 23, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Before Pendleton met Opening Ceremony and made heritage as seemingly cool as it is, mid-70s moms with feathered hair – including bombshell Farrah Fawcett – were becoming inspired by Navajo prints and ethnic designs. Seems like a reasonable trend for winter, right? I mean, I love the idea of hipsters parading around city streets trying […]

Sustainably Pretty Lingerie? Yes, Please

Dec. 22, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

The wonderful thing about pretty lingerie is that even though most people don’t see it, we know it’s there. Underneath our daily suits of armor there’s a softness that can’t help but make us feel sexy. Boss undermining us? Sexy. Car needs $1200 in repairs? Sexy. Ex boyfriend just walked into the coffee shop with […]

Recycling Fur to Save Animals

Dec. 20, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Depending on which camp you belong to, vegan or eco (and they are two completely different ones), your views on wearing animals will differ greatly. If you are vegan, they will not only differ, they will absolutely mean you never wear another piece of clothing or accessory made from an animal again. The eco establishment […]

Taking the Shirt Off Your Back to Stop Sex Trafficking

Dec. 17, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Under the Roller Derby t-shirt, beside the over sized psychedelic pigs tee and just south of the creepy shirt with the drawing of a girl everyone thinks is a PCP enhanced, melting Michael Jackson – I see it, the one I want to mail to Hello Rewind. It’s the somewhat faded out (but still cool) […]

Do You Know 48 Things About Sustainable Living?

Dec. 16, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Victoria Klein is a green mover and shaker who knows just about all there is to know about going green – and in her new book 48 Things To Know About Sustainable Living, she proves that. Written as an open introduction to an audience just ready to start getting greened up, Klein paints the sustainable […]

This Holiday Season? I Want A Cape

Dec. 14, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Every once in awhile, a piece of clothing grabs me in its attractive talons and whisks me away to want land. Capes are very on trend so at least I don’t feel like a freak regressing back to my mother’s fashion heyday. I was seven when they were in so I never got to fully, […]

Designers Get Protection

Dec. 13, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Beware copying, bored designers of the cloth. This isn’t grade school anymore and a trip to the office will cost more than detention or a phone call to mom. That’s because according to Reuters, The Senate Judiciary Committee has just passed the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prohibition Act (IDPPPA) granting limited copyright protection to […]

China Gets The Blues, Literally

Dec. 09, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Guess what? Jeans aren’t really green. The most sustainable pair you’ll slip on are the blue jeans that feel like cardboard boxes on your legs or the pair you find at the thrift shop; otherwise it’s a crapshoot as to how they get distressed like you want them to be. Sustainable? To a degree, depending […]

Nolcha and Blazetrak Partner for Indie Competition

Dec. 06, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Blazetrak is partnering with Nolcha, a leading platform for independent fashion designers and founder of the Ethical Fashion preview and runway shows, for a contest that will ultimately give one aspiring designer the opportunity to participate in Nolcha Fashion Week in New York, February 2011. Designers from all over the world are currently invited to […]

Fashion Stake Democratizes Shopping

Dec. 03, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

It’s easy to rush around department stores with our girlfriends, feasting our eyes on sale items while rarely consciously connecting with the items we’re buying. After all, we’re Americans and we just want the most we can get with our money, right? Conscious choices require conscious shoppers and new online shopping venue FashionStake intends to […]

Tokyo On My Mind

Dec. 02, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Whether it’s the Maid Cafes in the nerds’ electronic hive of Akihabara, the Hysteric Glamour fashions around Harajuku, the leather jacketed Shibuya Gals, or the more couture looks coming from the likes of Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto,  Japanese fashion is pretty intense and diverse. By adopting a mixture of current and traditional trends, Japanese […]

Julie Gilhart Leaves Barneys?

Dec. 01, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Julie Gilhart, who helped Barneys see the potential of major designers during their formative years, who is a pioneer of eco-friendly practices – primarily for creating a green Barneys label – and was a welcoming face at many events featuring the likes of both, has officially left the building. While some might say they could […]

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