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I want one: My Other Bag
From the website: “With the plastic bag ban going city by city, I was left wondering what to take to the store. Why was there not a fashionable yet environmentally friendly alternative to carry...
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Hovey Lee’s latest collection of Ethical Recycled Jewelry gets down to Brass...
Hovey Lee jewelry is made entirely of recycled and ethically-sourced materials and produced locally in California. The designer is a Hong Kong native turned LA transplant who studied jewelry design and...
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Waveborn Sunglasses: Shades that keep on giving
Waveborn sunglasses look like Ray-Ban’s wayfarers, but hipper, and they give back like TOMS Shoes, but in a better, more sustainable way. For every pair sold, the company helps people in need get...
View ArticleKnotty Gal Launch Photos!
It’s officially happening. www.knottygal.com. Go forth and shop! Below are some photos from last Thursday’s launch party. To read more about Knotty Gal’s inspiring story, see my earlier post. ....
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Knotty Gal Fashion Accessories helping, not hurting, Bangladesh
The video above is a little ditty I created of the Knotty Gal launch party. KG is a new line of stunning accessories created by my dear friend Nur-E Farhana Rahman and her mother Nur-E Gulshan Rahman....
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House of [Reclaimed] Metalworks
Every week, designer Jill Italiano goes out in search of metal. She goes to tag sales, estate sales, and reclaimed metal vendors. Once she finds the right stuff, she brings it back to her studio in...
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You might want to buy everything on this site, and if you did, that would be ok.
It’s called Hearts.com. First of all, what a name. Hearts is a fashion house that works with artisans around the world to create stylish, sustainable accessories. Launched in January, 2012, Hearts...
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Photo Gallery: ELSA AND ME Fall Collection Debut (+Knotty Gal, Vividly, &...
Just in time for NYFW, ELSA AND ME has debuted a new collection: the Elsa Jacket + Skirt! (pictured on Founder Maja Svensson, on the right below) I first met Maja over a year ago when she had just...
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The story of a company that makes all of its products from…waste? (and of my...
“Each day, one factory may generate as much as 4,500 pounds of excess scrap leather.” That’s according to Scott Hamlin, co-founder of a Portland, Oregon-based company called LOOPTWORKS. Ridiculous...
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When You Think About Bangladesh, I Bet You Don’t Picture This
A few years ago, a very good friend of mine, Nur-E Farhana Rahman, took a leap. She quit her comfy consulting job to pursue a dream. It was her dream and also her mother’s, and its roots stretch back...
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9 Sales on Sustainable Stuff this weekend
I don’t know about you, but I’m not going anywhere near a department store this weekend. Black Friday and the Weekend of Consumerism make me a little uncomfortable, to be honest. But there are deals to...
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