fashion
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Behold H&M’s new green collection
H&M’s business model — selling cheap clothes that either disintegrate or fall out of fashion quickly — doesn’t exactly fit into the “buy less stuff” model of sustainability. But they’re still trying to sell eco-consciousness, in the form of “bonded recycled polyester,” which usually serves as jacket lining, apparently. This one’s probably the cutest of […]
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Would you wear fish-skin shoes? Manolo Blahnik thinks you would
Designer Manolo Blahnik, who makes wildly expensive footwear, is launching a line of shoes made with sustainable or recycled material, like "raffia, cork and tilapia skins." Ooh, this is a good idea! What about tin foil? What about banana skins? What about Kleenex boxes? They are already practically shoes! In all seriousness, it's kind of […]
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The fashionable cyclist: Why let a little rain get you down?
Got a long, wet ride to work? You can do it, and still arrive looking snappy, writes Elly Blue.
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Critical List: Rick Perry loves nuclear waste; oil spills in Alabama
Rick Perry wanted to expand a nuclear waste site, owned by one of his donors, but a state commissioner objected. Guess what happened to the state commissioner. No, he wasn’t killed, Jesus! But Perry did offer him another job, in order to bribe him away from the waste commission so he could be replaced.
Beijing's going to put congestion fees in place, a policy that New York City has failed to get past suburban commuters. Ah, democracy.
Will you be living under high water stress?
Some businesses, like the insurance industry, believe in climate change. But that doesn't mean they're prepared for it.
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Introducing the world's first compostable bikini
Women hate swimsuit shopping, am I right? And we all know why: Because swimsuits do not disintegrate when buried underground for 180 days. Luckily, designer Linda Loudermilk has come out with the world's first line of compostable swimwear.
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Secondhand style: Wearing clothes dropped off in garbage bags
Accepting Grist's dare, I vow to wear only secondhand clothes for a week. Goodbye, Bloomingdale's. Hello, Salvation Army.
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So what is this Cycle Chic movement?
Cycle Chic is about the "rehumanification" of cycling. Open your closet, put on something you love, get on your bike, and go.
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Biodegradable shoes go from footwear to fertilizer
Photo: OAT ShoesAre your shoes on their last legs? If they were OAT shoes (which they aren’t, because you can’t buy them in the States yet), you’d be able to just shuck ’em off and bury them in the yard. Kicks from this new line biodegrade completely, a neat trick that just netted them an […]
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Colin Firth’s wife wins Best Lady in a Recycled Gown in our personal Oscars
Photo: Davidlohr BuesoGreen-minded folks in the know about celebrity stuff — i.e. not me — have been on tenterhooks waiting to see what Colin Firth’s wife Livia would wear to the Oscars. That’s because she’s attempting the Green Carpet Challenge again this year, and has sworn to wear nothing on the red carpet that isn’t […]