Project Earth Day – A Celebration of Sustainable Fashion
Earth Day celebrations were extended a day this year as Project Earth Day took over Openhouse gallery in NoLita on Thursday. This night of eco fashion invited designers to “Travel through the looking…
Home Made by SANS
Fashion and clothing makes waste, there is no doubt about it. Organic clothing is now everywhere, but is that really a good thing? Ultimately, isn’t so-called eco-fashion just creating more waste? Lika Volkova,…
The Most Beautiful Scarf
When my mother had to take time off from work while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer this year, she needed something besides reading (she’s a fantastic reader and can get through a whole…
Pantone’s Color of the Year: Mimosa
Every December, the well-known authority on color, PANTONE picks a color it thinks will dominate the year to come. According to them, 2009 will be the year of Mimosa, or PANTONE® 14-0848. The…
Good Stuff: Voltaic Solar Bags
Having walked around NYC with one of these messenger bags I can only agree with Voltaic founder Shayne McQuade, who says that a solar bag is to the single woman what the puppy…
Prepare Yourself With Survival Straps
It’s a jungle out there, we all know it. Have you ever been stuck out there in the urban wilderness thinking to yourself “Damn, I wish I had a 550 Paracord right now!”?…
Rehabilitated Dishware, Made in Brooklyn
Out of her studio in Brooklyn, designer Sarah Cihat lovingly crafts the pieces that make up her Rehabilitated Dishware collection, a refreshing comment on our deeply rooted throw-away culture. The project started as…
Stitch’T Turns Old Tees Into Keepsake Quilts
How often have you cursed about those t-shirts gathering in the back of your closet? You know, the ones that have sentimental value and just cannot be disposed of, but will never be…
Salvaged Jewelry by Sophia Forero
Jewelry designer Sophia Forero was born in Boston and spend time in the US Peace Corps, teaching English to Hungarian schoolchildren, before launching her jewelry line. Most of her work is more delicate…
Eko-Laborative Showcases Sustainable Fashion During NYFW
A short walk from the madness outside the Bryant Park tents, LES boutique Ekovaruhuset in collaboration with newly formed design collective EKO-LAB put on an amazing exhibition of organic, fair-made and sustainable fashion…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
