May 2010
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Eco-Friendly Wedding Dresses that Dissolve! →
I just read this post on Perez Hilton’s Fashion Blog, cocoperez.com, about wedding dresses that partially dissolve in water made by design students at Sheffield Hallam University. The gowns can transform into five other garments, what a clever way to make eco-friendly fashions! Click on the link above to read more.
April 2010
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March 2010
2 posts
Eco-Fashion Line in Japan
Although this new line is being sold primarily in Japan, it will most likely be sold on eBay for an inflated price. Though the effort toward eco-friendly fashion is commendable.
Agyness Deyn, a model famously known for her pixie-blond hair style, is teaming up with Barney’s Japan to launch a line of about eleven eco-friendly pieces.
Accodring to an article in New York Magazine, the line is...
Eco-Friendly Event in Gainesville
The First Annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival will be held March 19-28.
According to the Web site, Several prominent art galleries throughout Gainesville will feature special exhibits of environmental-themed art work during the week.
Art and fashion go hand-in-hand, so I cannot wait to see what new innovations artists are taking in their eco-friendly art works.
The festival...
February 2010
5 posts
Silent art auction raises money to help...
Snow-capped mountains line the background in shades of purple with a blue lake in the foreground of a lithograph made by a local Gainesville artist.
Mike Movicar printed the lithograph titled Ideals in color first and then in black and white for the Claim & Reclaim Art Auction on Friday.
The silent auction held by Society Promotions displayed about 30 pieces of art donated by about 10 local...
Designer Spotlight: Lizzie Parker
Lizzie Parker will be apart of “The Green Initiative: A Humanitarian Fashion Show,” sponsored by the Green Youth Movement during LA Fashion week (March 17 - 24). Parker’s signature fabric is one of the first organically certified bamboo jersey’s on the marker, according to the designer’s Web site.
Eizzil by Lizzie Parker is the desginer’s newest innovation of...
October 2009
5 posts
Consequences of Cotton
One factor missing in my environmental-friendly fashion search is why organic cotton is better for the environment. So I went in search of the consequences of traditional cotton.
I found a fact sheet on the Organic Consumers Association Web site that was helpful. It explained that, seven times as many pounds of toxic fertilizers are regularly used on cotton as are pesticides. Also, cotton...
Expert Opinion
Today I spoke with the President of Gators for a Sustainable Campus about environmental-friendly fashions. I started out asking about the benefits of organic cotton. Although he did not know much on the subject, he told me what he could.
He said that traditionally grown cotton has a lot of harmful pesticides compared to organic cotton. Generally, growing organic cotton is more environmental...
Eco-Fashion Opinion
I went to American Apparel today to check out their organic cotton selections. I found a line of t-shirts that came in several colors. These shirts still have the same softness as cotton but they were eco-friendly. I bought a t-shirt in a color called Ultraviolet.
As I made my purchase, I started talking to the employees at the store about their opinions on eco-friendly fashion. One...
First Discovery
This weekend I went on a mission to find environmental-friendly fashion. I went to both the Oaks Mall and Downtown Gainesville, and did not find much in terms of retail clothing. I began to wonder if there were any eco-fashions in Gainesville.
I went back to the Gainesville Magazine article, and with a closer inspection found a tiny list of stores. These stores were hidden in places that I had...
Finding Eco-Fashions.
My first discovery of environmental-friendly fashions was during the summer. I discovered a new line in Urban Outfitters, called Urban Renewal, where they reused fabrics to make new garments. I was curious to see what Gainesville had to offer in terms of environmental-friendly fashion.
My search on the Internet was overwhelming because there were so many results. There are many Web sites...