In a world gone mad, shorts emerge as a hot trend and thankfully, skirts are there to save us. You open up your summer dresser drawer and there are two pairs of worn out shorts. One pair, circa 1990, were for you used to hike a lot and wanted comfort and the other pair is […]

Drying For Freedom is a documentary about the very real repercussions of owning a clothesline. Do you dare to use a clothesline? You represent a dying breed and quite possibly, a hindrance to progress. Steven Lake, the director of Drying For Freedom, a film exploring a “new eco battlefield where communities and individuals are banned […]

EXCLUSIVEAnother designer knock off in the halls of fast fashion leads to a lawsuit for beloved indie brand Feral Childe. It’s like some dirty soap opera: An indie designer label gets knocked off by an omnipresent, fast fashion chain. The result? Copied designs are then worn by the unknowingly complicit thousands all over the world, […]

Is the wrap dress really that flattering and easy to wear? So iconic is designer Diane von Fürstenberg’s famed wrap dress, it holds a place in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Introduced in 1972by von Fürstenberg, the wrap dress achieved peak popularity in the mid to late 1970s. The Met summarizes: […]

SeriesPart 5: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers are more cautious, manufacturers are on their toes and designers are struggling to stay afloat doing business as usual. In this five-part series, we take a hard look at the fashion world, speaking with industry leaders, luminaries and experts. […]

Behind-the-scenes footage with some of our favorite indie designers from EcoSalon’s video archives. Nowadays, designers are really having to develop their collections in a holistic way, being attuned not only to seasons and color trends, but to how versatile their pieces can be. We caught up with Feral Childe at Market in New York City, […]