The other day a little tidbit came zipping into my inbox about a set of Seattle women making leaps and bounds in local, eco-chic designs. The women of Prairie Underground have quite the list of achievements under their belts and a hip line of northwest couture to back it up. Their past seasons are killer [...]
Last year, the amazing Scarlet told me she’d embarked on a mission not to buy goods with a Made in China tag. We’ve had a lot of discussion on this fact and the prevalence of overseas manufacturing in our everyday existence. I think her decision and the reasons behind buying local and made in the [...]
There are so many companies out there marketing “green” products made from bamboo – a soft, Tencel-like fabric. The FTC, though, is concerned with “greenwashing” – saying this soft bamboo fabric isn’t green, or eco-friendly or even organic. This form of bamboo is actually a rayon, and is not considered organic, or eco-friendly. Rayon is [...]
