Coveting Coco: The Resort Issue!
Date: August 6, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Body Care, Hair Care, Lifestyle, Makeup, Media, Resources, Skin Care, Women
Last month’s Coco Eco was such a smash hit (of course, we were huge fans of the eco-chic guide to San Francisco!) it’s hard to imagine how each issue keeps getting better and better! Now live with their sixth issue - The Resort Issue - cover girl Rachael Leigh Cook is stunning, and super down-to-earth. (more…)
Wear Your Art on Your Sleeve
Date: August 4, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Fashion, Women
Art geeks, fashion freaks, and green gurus unite—Alena Hennessy’s new eco-line is a fantastic fusion of all that you adore! The collection serves not only as an exquisite exhibition of wearable art, but also as an array of products designed to protect the earth. Each bold graphic design is lovingly crafted by Alena before being printed locally on certified organic materials with earth friendly inks. (more…)
Blue is the New Green
Date: July 8, 2009 | Category: Bags, Fashion
Let’s call a spade a spade. Times are a tough right now, but there are better days ahead - and we’ll only pull through with our sanity intact if we learn to laugh a little! Blue Q’s line of graphic tongue-in-cheek bags and coin purses are the perfect dose of comic relief and eye candy to counterbalance negative news. (more…)
Ahoy, Matey!
Date: June 16, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Fashion
Whether packing for a picnic in the park, a day at the beach, or for use as a daily carry-all, a handmade Sea Bag is just the touch of nautical-chic you’ve been looking for. (more…)
Hempday
Date: May 25, 2009 | Category: Bags, Fashion, Women
Hemp is a familiar fiber in the world of eco-couture, but Heather Heron’s handbag collection begs you to banish memories of shapeless sacks and roughly woven beatnik textiles. (more…)
Haut Hexagon
Date: May 1, 2009 | Category: Bags, Fashion
With a passion for luxury, Vegan Queen clutched our hankering for cruelty-free, eco-friendly bags right from the start. Last year we dubbed the mini bowler “The Eco It Bag.” Now the VQ is back with a tote that could steal the title.
The dramatic No. 5 Diamond Bag is made from soft vegetal leather (devoid of the PVC often found in faux leathers). Embossed with the signature VQ monogram, this lovely hand-held is lined in organic cotton terry and finished with antiqued brass hardware. All the fashionistas on Fifth Avenue will be green with envy when they see you carrying the bag recently displayed in Henri Bendel’s window. Even the dust bag is made from 100% organic cotton for the ultimate eco-jet setter.
Getting Sacked by Noon
Date: April 20, 2009 | Category: Bags, Fashion, Men, Women
Let your fashion statement shine a little (sun) light on the greater issue at hand – our society’s dependence on non-renewable energy sources.
Noon Solar provides portable power when you are on the go. On the outside of each bag is a paper thin solar panel that can supply power for your cell phone or iPod via a tiny battery pack inside the bag. In 6-8 hours the battery is fully charged and can store the energy for a few days.
With simply chic styles like the Cortland and Augusta, all of the bags are made from completely biodegradable materials – naturally tanned and vegetable dyed leathers are then lined with sustainably harvested and naturally dyed hemp and cotton. Actually, the fabrics are personally hand dyed by founders Jane Palmer and Marianne Fairbanks so no two bags are exactly the same.
At the end of the bag’s life, the solar panels and hardware can be removed for recycling or reuse and the rest of the materials can be safely returned to the earth.
If someone comments what a cool bag you have, you can respond that it is actually pretty hot.
*Search for Noon Solar on The Find.
Be A Green (Prom) Queen
Date: April 17, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Events, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources, Teens for Safe Cosmetics, Women
If the Internet were one big high school, we’d totally ask Teens Turning Green to the prom. Right now we’re head over heels for this savvy coalition of eco-teens and their latest campaign to “green” the prom. (more…)
For Eco Spice Girls
Date: April 10, 2009 | Category: Bags, Fashion, Women
Somewhere between Posh Spice and Sporty Spice lies the new Stella McCartney eco-friendly Canteen Bag for LeSportsac – Eco Spice, if you will (Zem’s alter-ego). A seamless fusion of function and flair, the vegan bag is made from 100% recycled eco-polyester (with the exception of all of the bling on it). (more…)
Off to Market
Date: April 1, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Fashion, Stores & Resources, Women
In lieu of the farmer’s market today, zip on over to the Facebook Marketplace and do a little online shopping to support your favorite charity.
The new Facebook Marketplace lets you sell anything and donate the money to a charity of your choice. To kick off this new application, Facebook is launching an initiative called “Celebrities Selling for a Cause.”
Our own Zem Joaquin is selling a green ecoist cocktail purse made from misprinted luna bar wrappers to benefit Healthy Child, Healthy World. This is a very limited edition bag so bid on it now and join ecofabulous in supporting Healthy Child, Healthy World to inspire parents to protect young children from harmful chemicals.
Look for ecoist on The Find Green.
