Character Wear: Harry Potter

Hello wizard chic! Just in time for the last installment of the Harry Potter series films, Deathly Hallows Part II! Create a magical look with a sheer white blouse tucked into a chiffon skirt. Layer on a grey knit sweater and your fashion forward cape. 

Conscious Fashion: Design DIY

This Conscious Fashion column is not just for your closet.  As we learned from our friends, the Cotton Monsters, conscious fashion ideas are everywhere.  Recently, I visited a friend of mine, who lives with a few roomates.  Between them, they have come up with some 

Character Wear: Betty Boop

The lovely Betty Boop. This cute-as-a-button character icon’s style is adorable in every way. To re-create her look, Carbon suggests choosing a simple strapless sundress in red. Match with red linen pumps and accessorize with gold bangles and a top hat headband. Go for a 

Conscious Fashion: Summer’s Here!

Summer can be a hard time for the conscious Fashionista. Swimsuits are typically made from synthetic materials (spandex, lycra, etc.) and when they’re made of anything else, they just look and feel downright weird.  Picking out a swimsuit can already be scary territory, but throwing 

Conscious Fashion: Monsters Under the Bed? Yes, Please!

But not just any monster!  The monster under my bed better be a Cotton Monster!  Cotton Monsters have been on my radar for a while now.  The artist’s imagination is seemingly endless, as every Cotton Monster is different- an individual.  They are all made from 

Conscious Fashion: Thrift in Your Closet: Mission Impossible?

Part of Conscious Fashion is recycling and re-using clothes.  That can mean re-using someone else’s clothes (thrift stores or hand-me downs) or it can mean re-using your own clothes.  Why take a trip to the thrift store when your new summer look is probably already in your 

Conscious Fashion: Extreme Eco

One of my newest obsessions is ecouterre.com, a high fashion blog dedicated to sustainable, recycled, conscious and eco fashion.  This week’s Conscious Fashion is dedicated to some of the most extreme and inspiring examples of eco fashion on the blog. This handbag is powered by 

Conscious Fashion:Recycled Fashion, Endless Possibilities

When I think of recycled fashion, I think of incorporating thrift pieces into outfits to give them a new life.  But there are other ways to interpret this phrase. Designer Gary Harvey’s line debuted at The GreenShows, which is part of New York’s fashion week, 

Conscious Fashion: Etsy Cruisin’

Like I Need An Excuse to Browse Etsy.com Etsy.com truly has it all.  I know this because I spend far too much time browsing the seemingly endless pages of Etsy, falling in love with all kinds of quirky, one-of-a-kind pieces.  Naturally, I was drawn to 

Conscious Fashion: TOMS Shoes

TOMS is a shoe company started in 2006 whose mission is to give.  Their slogan, “One for One”, stands for giving one pair of shoes to a child in need every time one pair is sold.  According to TOMS’ first annual Giving Report, they currently