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This weekend, a sustainable style shoot—with a personal twist—is taking to the streets; called Local Wisdom, it is a “project intended to change the way the public thinks about, buys and wears fashion,” presented by Parsons The New School for Design and the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion. Read more, via a press release, below.

Local Wisdom will invite members of the public to bring important pieces from their wardrobe to the Parsons campus for a community photo shoot, where the organizers will gather unique and moving stories about how people use and care for their clothing—unearthing the stories behind the clothes and the people that live in the global fashion capital that is New York City. 

I love this project because it champions the story behind the style and it’s so closely aligned with PFF’s style series: Something Old, Something New.

Don’t live in New York? Not to worry, the project is coming to a city near year—that is if you will be in Vancouver, Melbourne, or London through 2014.

If you want to take part this Saturday, January 26, show up between 10 am – 4 pm at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, located at 2 West 13th Street in New York.

Copyright © 2013 Past Fashion Future. All rights reserved.
Jan 22
This weekend, a sustainable style shoot—with a personal twist—is taking to the streets; called Local Wisdom, it is a “project intended to change the way the public thinks about, buys and wears fashion,” presented by Parsons The New School for Design and the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion. Read more, via a press release, below. Local Wisdom will invite members of the public to bring important pieces from their wardrobe to the Parsons campus for a community photo shoot, where the organizers will gather unique and moving stories about how people use and care for their clothing—unearthing the stories behind the clothes and the people that live in the global fashion capital that is New York City.  I love this project because it champions the story behind the style and it’s so closely aligned with PFF’s style series: Something Old, Something New. Don’t live in New York? Not to worry, the project is coming to a city near year—that is if you will be in Vancouver, Melbourne, or London through 2014. If you want to take part this Saturday, January 26, show up between 10 am – 4 pm at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, located at 2 West 13th Street in New York. Copyright © 2013 Past Fashion Future. All rights reserved.

When I saw that mega brand Club Monaco had teamed up with one of my local favorite fashion designers, M. Patmos, who showed striking knitwear bursting with bright colors for fall/winter 2012 at New York Fashion Week—I had to take a closer look.

Entirely made in the USA, the collection of 100% Italian cashmere sweaters is part of Club Monaco’s push to foster local manufacturing. Above, is the especially sharp and unexpectedly chic Houndstooth Boatneck ($550). The navy ribbed cuffs and hem are a flattering detail that adds shape to the textured sweater.

Continue reading my review in my fashion feature for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com: Club Monaco Dabbles in Zero-Waste Fashion with M. Patmos Cashmere Sweaters
Oct 29
When I saw that mega brand Club Monaco had teamed up with one of my local favorite fashion designers, M. Patmos, who showed striking knitwear bursting with bright colors for fall/winter 2012 at New York Fashion Week—I had to take a closer look. Entirely made in the USA, the collection of 100% Italian cashmere sweaters is part of Club Monaco’s push to foster local manufacturing. Above, is the especially sharp and unexpectedly chic Houndstooth Boatneck ($550). The navy ribbed cuffs and hem are a flattering detail that adds shape to the textured sweater. Continue reading my review in my fashion feature for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com: Club Monaco Dabbles in Zero-Waste Fashion with M. Patmos Cashmere Sweaters

On any given day designer Rio Wrenn can be found mixing up dyes with berries grown in her garden, creating rust and copper objects, or printing silk fabrics for her sustainable lingerie line, R.A.W. Textiles.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Wrenn produces eye-catching undergarments printed with unusual objects (read: rust). Named Psyche, after the Greek word for butterfly, the 2012 collection channels the “delicate and metamorphic elegance of the butterfly” with ethereal, rust-printed silk lingerie. 

Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.
Jan 11
On any given day designer Rio Wrenn can be found mixing up dyes with berries grown in her garden, creating rust and copper objects, or printing silk fabrics for her sustainable lingerie line, R.A.W. Textiles. Based in Portland, Oregon, Wrenn produces eye-catching undergarments printed with unusual objects (read: rust). Named Psyche, after the Greek word for butterfly, the 2012 collection channels the “delicate and metamorphic elegance of the butterfly” with ethereal, rust-printed silk lingerie.  Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

Nearly one year ago, TreeHugger recognized Titania Inglis as an emerging green designer for her cohesive collection of tailored separates at New York Fashion Week. Today, the New York-based ethical fashion designer is the recipient of Ecco Domani’s highly-coveted Fashion Foundation Award. Following in the footsteps of Study NY’s Tara St James, who scooped up the Sustainable Design Award last year, Inglis is one of seven winners who will receive a $25,000 grant toward a show at New York Fashion Week.

Continue reading my article for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.
Jan 08
Nearly one year ago, TreeHugger recognized Titania Inglis as an emerging green designer for her cohesive collection of tailored separates at New York Fashion Week. Today, the New York-based ethical fashion designer is the recipient of Ecco Domani’s highly-coveted Fashion Foundation Award. Following in the footsteps of Study NY’s Tara St James, who scooped up the Sustainable Design Award last year, Inglis is one of seven winners who will receive a $25,000 grant toward a show at New York Fashion Week. Continue reading my article for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

From dress size 4 Petite to size 12, real women of various sizes don Frock Los Angeles’ curve-hugging sustainable dresses and jumpers. Designer Victoria Tik wanted to prove that her sustainable womenswear is wearable and suitable for more than just pin-thin models.

Back in August, I applauded Frock L.A.’s collection for its “classic silhouette, the timeless design, and the reasonable price point, $40-220,” but I questioned just how wearable the West Coast labels’ sustainable jersey knit dresses were. Rather than take her word for it, she shows just how versatile they are. Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com.

Photo credit: Ian Maxion for Frock L.A.
Nov 07
From dress size 4 Petite to size 12, real women of various sizes don Frock Los Angeles’ curve-hugging sustainable dresses and jumpers. Designer Victoria Tik wanted to prove that her sustainable womenswear is wearable and suitable for more than just pin-thin models. Back in August, I applauded Frock L.A.’s collection for its “classic silhouette, the timeless design, and the reasonable price point, $40-220,” but I questioned just how wearable the West Coast labels’ sustainable jersey knit dresses were. Rather than take her word for it, she shows just how versatile they are. Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com. Photo credit: Ian Maxion for Frock L.A.

Congratulations to my lovely friend Tara St. James who has been awarded the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award (EDFF) for Sustainable Design for her label Study NY. I’m looking forward to seeing her Fall 2011 collection come New York Fashion Week and keep tuned, she and fellow designer Bahar Shahpar opened a new studio in New York and, as the (un)official mascot, I’ll be visiting real soon.

Photo credit: Tara St. James (S/S 2011)
Jan 14
Congratulations to my lovely friend Tara St. James who has been awarded the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award (EDFF) for Sustainable Design for her label Study NY. I’m looking forward to seeing her Fall 2011 collection come New York Fashion Week and keep tuned, she and fellow designer Bahar Shahpar opened a new studio in New York and, as the (un)official mascot, I’ll be visiting real soon. Photo credit: Tara St. James (S/S 2011)

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Posted on Tuesday January 22nd 2013 at 09:00am. Its tags are listed below.

This weekend, a sustainable style shoot—with a personal twist—is taking to the streets; called Local Wisdom, it is a “project intended to change the way the public thinks about, buys and wears fashion,” presented by Parsons The New School for Design and the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion. Read more, via a press release, below. Local Wisdom will invite members of the public to bring important pieces from their wardrobe to the Parsons campus for a community photo shoot, where the organizers will gather unique and moving stories about how people use and care for their clothing—unearthing the stories behind the clothes and the people that live in the global fashion capital that is New York City.  I love this project because it champions the story behind the style and it’s so closely aligned with PFF’s style series: Something Old, Something New. Don’t live in New York? Not to worry, the project is coming to a city near year—that is if you will be in Vancouver, Melbourne, or London through 2014. If you want to take part this Saturday, January 26, show up between 10 am – 4 pm at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, located at 2 West 13th Street in New York. Copyright © 2013 Past Fashion Future. All rights reserved.

This weekend, a sustainable style shoot—with a personal twist—is taking to the streets; called Local Wisdom, it is a “project intended to change the way the public thinks about, buys and wears fashion,” presented by Parsons The New School for Design and the Center for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion. Read more, via a press release, below.

Local Wisdom will invite members of the public to bring important pieces from their wardrobe to the Parsons campus for a community photo shoot, where the organizers will gather unique and moving stories about how people use and care for their clothing—unearthing the stories behind the clothes and the people that live in the global fashion capital that is New York City. 

I love this project because it champions the story behind the style and it’s so closely aligned with PFF’s style series: Something Old, Something New.

Don’t live in New York? Not to worry, the project is coming to a city near year—that is if you will be in Vancouver, Melbourne, or London through 2014.

If you want to take part this Saturday, January 26, show up between 10 am – 4 pm at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, located at 2 West 13th Street in New York.

Copyright © 2013 Past Fashion Future. All rights reserved.

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Posted on Monday October 29th 2012 at 10:00am. Its tags are listed below.

When I saw that mega brand Club Monaco had teamed up with one of my local favorite fashion designers, M. Patmos, who showed striking knitwear bursting with bright colors for fall/winter 2012 at New York Fashion Week—I had to take a closer look. Entirely made in the USA, the collection of 100% Italian cashmere sweaters is part of Club Monaco’s push to foster local manufacturing. Above, is the especially sharp and unexpectedly chic Houndstooth Boatneck ($550). The navy ribbed cuffs and hem are a flattering detail that adds shape to the textured sweater. Continue reading my review in my fashion feature for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com: Club Monaco Dabbles in Zero-Waste Fashion with M. Patmos Cashmere Sweaters
When I saw that mega brand Club Monaco had teamed up with one of my local favorite fashion designers, M. Patmos, who showed striking knitwear bursting with bright colors for fall/winter 2012 at New York Fashion Week—I had to take a closer look. Entirely made in the USA, the collection of 100% Italian cashmere sweaters is part of Club Monaco’s push to foster local manufacturing. Above, is the especially sharp and unexpectedly chic Houndstooth Boatneck ($550). The navy ribbed cuffs and hem are a flattering detail that adds shape to the textured sweater. Continue reading my review in my fashion feature for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com: Club Monaco Dabbles in Zero-Waste Fashion with M. Patmos Cashmere Sweaters

When I saw that mega brand Club Monaco had teamed up with one of my local favorite fashion designers, M. Patmos, who showed striking knitwear bursting with bright colors for fall/winter 2012 at New York Fashion Week—I had to take a closer look.

Entirely made in the USA, the collection of 100% Italian cashmere sweaters is part of Club Monaco’s push to foster local manufacturing. Above, is the especially sharp and unexpectedly chic Houndstooth Boatneck ($550). The navy ribbed cuffs and hem are a flattering detail that adds shape to the textured sweater.

Continue reading my review in my fashion feature for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com: Club Monaco Dabbles in Zero-Waste Fashion with M. Patmos Cashmere Sweaters

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Posted on Wednesday January 11th 2012 at 10:00am. Its tags are listed below.

On any given day designer Rio Wrenn can be found mixing up dyes with berries grown in her garden, creating rust and copper objects, or printing silk fabrics for her sustainable lingerie line, R.A.W. Textiles. Based in Portland, Oregon, Wrenn produces eye-catching undergarments printed with unusual objects (read: rust). Named Psyche, after the Greek word for butterfly, the 2012 collection channels the “delicate and metamorphic elegance of the butterfly” with ethereal, rust-printed silk lingerie.  Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.
On any given day designer Rio Wrenn can be found mixing up dyes with berries grown in her garden, creating rust and copper objects, or printing silk fabrics for her sustainable lingerie line, R.A.W. Textiles. Based in Portland, Oregon, Wrenn produces eye-catching undergarments printed with unusual objects (read: rust). Named Psyche, after the Greek word for butterfly, the 2012 collection channels the “delicate and metamorphic elegance of the butterfly” with ethereal, rust-printed silk lingerie.  Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

On any given day designer Rio Wrenn can be found mixing up dyes with berries grown in her garden, creating rust and copper objects, or printing silk fabrics for her sustainable lingerie line, R.A.W. Textiles.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Wrenn produces eye-catching undergarments printed with unusual objects (read: rust). Named Psyche, after the Greek word for butterfly, the 2012 collection channels the “delicate and metamorphic elegance of the butterfly” with ethereal, rust-printed silk lingerie. 

Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

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Posted on Sunday January 8th 2012 at 09:48am. Its tags are listed below.

Nearly one year ago, TreeHugger recognized Titania Inglis as an emerging green designer for her cohesive collection of tailored separates at New York Fashion Week. Today, the New York-based ethical fashion designer is the recipient of Ecco Domani’s highly-coveted Fashion Foundation Award. Following in the footsteps of Study NY’s Tara St James, who scooped up the Sustainable Design Award last year, Inglis is one of seven winners who will receive a $25,000 grant toward a show at New York Fashion Week. Continue reading my article for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.
Nearly one year ago, TreeHugger recognized Titania Inglis as an emerging green designer for her cohesive collection of tailored separates at New York Fashion Week. Today, the New York-based ethical fashion designer is the recipient of Ecco Domani’s highly-coveted Fashion Foundation Award. Following in the footsteps of Study NY’s Tara St James, who scooped up the Sustainable Design Award last year, Inglis is one of seven winners who will receive a $25,000 grant toward a show at New York Fashion Week. Continue reading my article for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

Nearly one year ago, TreeHugger recognized Titania Inglis as an emerging green designer for her cohesive collection of tailored separates at New York Fashion Week. Today, the New York-based ethical fashion designer is the recipient of Ecco Domani’s highly-coveted Fashion Foundation Award. Following in the footsteps of Study NY’s Tara St James, who scooped up the Sustainable Design Award last year, Inglis is one of seven winners who will receive a $25,000 grant toward a show at New York Fashion Week.

Continue reading my article for Discovery’s TreeHugger.com, here.

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Posted on Monday November 7th 2011 at 10:01am. Its tags are listed below.

From dress size 4 Petite to size 12, real women of various sizes don Frock Los Angeles’ curve-hugging sustainable dresses and jumpers. Designer Victoria Tik wanted to prove that her sustainable womenswear is wearable and suitable for more than just pin-thin models. Back in August, I applauded Frock L.A.’s collection for its “classic silhouette, the timeless design, and the reasonable price point, $40-220,” but I questioned just how wearable the West Coast labels’ sustainable jersey knit dresses were. Rather than take her word for it, she shows just how versatile they are. Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com. Photo credit: Ian Maxion for Frock L.A.
From dress size 4 Petite to size 12, real women of various sizes don Frock Los Angeles’ curve-hugging sustainable dresses and jumpers. Designer Victoria Tik wanted to prove that her sustainable womenswear is wearable and suitable for more than just pin-thin models. Back in August, I applauded Frock L.A.’s collection for its “classic silhouette, the timeless design, and the reasonable price point, $40-220,” but I questioned just how wearable the West Coast labels’ sustainable jersey knit dresses were. Rather than take her word for it, she shows just how versatile they are. Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com. Photo credit: Ian Maxion for Frock L.A.

From dress size 4 Petite to size 12, real women of various sizes don Frock Los Angeles’ curve-hugging sustainable dresses and jumpers. Designer Victoria Tik wanted to prove that her sustainable womenswear is wearable and suitable for more than just pin-thin models.

Back in August, I applauded Frock L.A.’s collection for its “classic silhouette, the timeless design, and the reasonable price point, $40-220,” but I questioned just how wearable the West Coast labels’ sustainable jersey knit dresses were. Rather than take her word for it, she shows just how versatile they are. Continue reading my article on Discovery’s TreeHugger.com.

Photo credit: Ian Maxion for Frock L.A.


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Posted on Friday January 14th 2011 at 04:03pm. Its tags are listed below.

Congratulations to my lovely friend Tara St. James who has been awarded the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award (EDFF) for Sustainable Design for her label Study NY. I’m looking forward to seeing her Fall 2011 collection come New York Fashion Week and keep tuned, she and fellow designer Bahar Shahpar opened a new studio in New York and, as the (un)official mascot, I’ll be visiting real soon. Photo credit: Tara St. James (S/S 2011)
Congratulations to my lovely friend Tara St. James who has been awarded the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award (EDFF) for Sustainable Design for her label Study NY. I’m looking forward to seeing her Fall 2011 collection come New York Fashion Week and keep tuned, she and fellow designer Bahar Shahpar opened a new studio in New York and, as the (un)official mascot, I’ll be visiting real soon. Photo credit: Tara St. James (S/S 2011)

Congratulations to my lovely friend Tara St. James who has been awarded the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award (EDFF) for Sustainable Design for her label Study NY. I’m looking forward to seeing her Fall 2011 collection come New York Fashion Week and keep tuned, she and fellow designer Bahar Shahpar opened a new studio in New York and, as the (un)official mascot, I’ll be visiting real soon.

Photo credit: Tara St. James (S/S 2011)

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