Conscious Fashion: What’s Poppin’

Have you ever seen people collecting pop tabs? Were you then struck by the question: What can someone possibly do with a million pop tabs? Escama Studio has devised an ingenious solution for this question. It turns out that with a million pop tabs (okay 

Conscious Fashion: Fashion Resolution (Part II)

Well, it’s week two of the New Year and hopefully your resolutions are still going strong. If you have yet to make any resolutions or are still looking for ways to change things up for 2012, this fashion resolution is for you: Shop Locally.  There 

Conscious Fashion: Fashion Resolutions

 You’ve heard us say it before: being a conscious fashionista is about re-using and recycling. The start of a new year is the perfect time to take a look at your fashion habits. When you buy new clothes, do you have to cram them into 

Designer Spotlight: Compassion Couture

I recently got the chance to interview Jill and Tracey, the owners and founders of Compassion Couture, an online store that features only cruelty-free and eco-friendly accessories.  I get to research and write about eco-friendly designers and companies all the time, but getting the opportunity 

Conscious Fashion: Birdorable

As some of you might have guessed, I’m kind of an animal lover.  What you might not know is that birds are my favorite little animals to love.  I love bird-watching and I have piles of complete bird guides, pocket bird guides, Southwest bird guides, 

Conscious Fashion: Conscious Yoga

I love yoga.  I am not good at yoga, make no mistake.  But I love it.  It’s one of the only exercises I’ve tried that leaves me feeling better afterward.  Not stiff, not sore.  I love the breathing and the relaxing and the pants.  That’s 

Conscious Fashion: Conscious Designer Crushes

I’ve put together a short list of some of my favorite conscious designers.  These companies and designers are coming up with ways to use eco-friendly materials and methods in their clothes. John Patrick, whose collections were featured at New York Fashion Week this year, is at the top of my 

Conscious Fashion: Faux Forever

Whenever it starts to get cold, the fashion-lover in me craves fuzzy, warm coats and scarves.  Then, the animal lover in me slaps her in the face because wearing fur is just disgusting.  No matter how soft a fur coat, that same fur on the 

Conscious Fashion: I Love Weddings

I love weddings, I do.  I can’t help it.  The idea of a wedding is wonderfully simple.  A party to celebrate love.  However, these parties can get expensive and they can be very wasteful.  For starters, a wedding dress, which is made of expensive, usually synthetic fabric, 

Conscious Fashion: Scarf Shoes. No, Really!

These scarf shoes, in a line called Russy Valenki by Judari, are quite possibly the most creative upcycle I’ve ever seen.  They’re made from silk scarves that were collected by the designers from thrift stores inItaly. and they’ll be available to buy online this winter,