General Store 1936, via Flickr.com
Where were you yesterday morning at 4am? Were you camped out and freezing in front of the doors of a big box retailer with 2,000 of your closest friends? Did you leave your Thanksgiving celebration early to make sure that you got the door-busting deals on America’s busiest shopping day of the year? Or were you sleeping soundly because you knew that you’d be visiting local businesses for Small Business Saturday?
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Image via Marriages in Asia
It happens to the best of us, Wedding Season.That time of the year when your best friend is the dry cleaner and the seamstress that can do no wrong, the month that you’re a guest at the salon more than in your own bathroom, yes even Eco Fashionistas want to look lovely at weddings!
Weddings are every Eco Fashionista’s favorite place to be. They’re basically big parties where everyone wants to look great, and spend the time celebrating love! So why should there be any need to compromise your regular do’s and don’ts at an event that is centered on beginnings and setting the standard for a way of life?
We here at HVC don’t think there’s a need! While generally speaking, most Eco Fashion guides for weddings are catered to the bride and wedding parties. There are some fantastic resources that you can turn to for inspiration, Eco Wedding offers a resource for those wanting to create a wedding that has ecological reverence, Dream Green Weddings provide an excellent resource for creative Eco Friendly favors and Brides Against Breast Cancer is a terrific organization and a wonderful way to find gently used Haute Couture gowns that are waiting to take one more walk down the aisle.
However, we’ve come up with some tried and true tips that can get any Eco Fashionista down the aisle (even if it’s simply to their seat in the crowd) in style and with a nod towards sustainability. But at HVC we like to hear from you, so tell us what your best EcoFashionista wedding tips are, as a bride and as an honored guest.
Tips to being a EcoFashionista at the Wedding
1. Go local: Yes it is incredibly appealing to want to travel half way across the world to see you best friend from college married off in St. Lucia, but know your limits. If you must you must, but maybe that means part of your wedding present is carbon offsets or stay in an Eco Tourist section of town.
2. Vintage: Yup, you’ll hear about it a lot in the world of Eco Fashion, but that’s because it’s one of the most satisfying and fashion-savvy ways to wear Chanel, Christian Dior, or even our dear friend Stella McCartney with a clear conscious.
3.Clothing Swap Bridal Shower: It’s super sexy to think of the bride inviting all of her friends not only to shower her with gifts, but also each other. A nice idea is to organize a clothing swap where guests can bring dresses and accessories they have grown tired of to trade with each other and make the shower about giving as well as receiving.
4. Eco Gift Giving: One way to spread your views is to give gifts that inspire the happy new couple to live a more Sustainable lifestyle. This doesn’t have to mean that every party you hit up gets a Prius or a piece of paper that says you’ve donated to a great cause. Look to the couple’s registry to be inspired how you can give a gift that’s a nod towards a more Ecofabulous version of them!
5. Lead by Example: When you’re at the wedding, you’re not on a stump, this the couple’s day. But if someone happens to tell you that you look divine, let them know that you’re an EcoFashionista, and that’s the extra sparkle in your step!
Via Lohas
We’re excited to join some of the best and brightest at the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) Forum held in Boulder, Colorado this week. For those of you who are unable to attend, we’re looking forward to providing you with coverage from the event, which will feature such topics as:
Learning from the Past to Shape the Future, New Paradigms in Health and Sustainability: What’s Working and What’s Not and Where are the Green Jobs? There are many Eco Fashion participants, and the 3-day event promises to bring much inspiration to the HVC team.
Check our Twitter feed for real-time updates and we’ll be sure to spotlight some of the fantastic local businesses and EcoFashionistas we meet on the streets of Boulder, which we have LOVED so far.
And of course, let us know if you’re attending, we can’t wait to hear from you!!
xoxox HVC
From May 26- November 13, 2010 at The Museum at FIT in Manhattan
Eco Fashion is a hot topic in the world of art and style right now and the exhibit, Eco Fashion, Going Green’s appearance has only affirmed Eco Fashion’s importance in New York City. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), founded in 1944 as a part of the New York State University system, opened a show last week entitled Eco Fashion Going Green at their Textile History Gallery at Seventh Avenue at 27th Street in NYC. This show, organized by Jennifer Farley and Colleen Hill is a BIG nod to Eco Fashionistas, Sustainable Designers and Stylists around the world, since its home at FIT broadcasts that Eco Fashion is here to stay. For those of you HVC readers who won’t be able to hit up this exhibit, here’s a brief synopsis to wet your palette. Take a look and then go out there and inspire your local textile, fashion or fine art institution to develop a show based on Eco Fashion. You never know what you can create !
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Teens go green for prom, image via Project Green Prom
It’s that time of the year again. In the United States there’s a charming window from May to June when you can be dining at the Ferry building with a delightful view of the bridge in San Francisco, or catching a view high above Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, when suddenly you see them descend. There’s a rainbow of pastel and primary cloth that can leave your sweet tooth dry, and a cascade of over-sized, rented suit jackets just waiting to come off. Nowhere is safe, they’re even at McDonald’s or neighborhood diners,that’s right, ladies and gentlemen, it’s Prom Season! Continue reading
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