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Eco your ego

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Citizens of the world

I finally got down to neighborhood boutique, Eco Citizen, It’s such a great little place, with so many wonderful eco-friendly clothing. Many of the designers they carry are from San Francisco, so making it such a wonderful little jem. Seriously, she has all the great William Good, and Turk&Taylor clothes, along with some really high-end [...]

How I learned to stop worrying & love the atomic bomb

I mean the green movement.
Well, not really. I still worry, all the talk of the end of the world, and I can barely save my own apartment. Keeping organized with over-the-door shoe racks falling apart is really tough. If you ever opened my closet door, you would know what I mean.
Recently, I shared with you [...]

When am I ever going to get this season’s handbag?

As a self-proclaimed retail hag, I recommend to everyone that they do take a look at Story of Stuff, especially if, like me shopping or fashion is your passion. It’s inspired me to begin exploring other ways to cultivate creativity (yes, fashion-wise).
Maybe tonight instead of watching re-runs of Seinfeld, sit down and watch the [...]

Heels & Wheels

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Winter Morning, originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness].
Tricia of Bits and Bobbins turned me on to Copenhagen Cycle Chic: Bike Advocacy in High Heels. This blog shows us street style on bikes.. which is great [...]

Goodwill hunting….

Reconstructed vintage isn’t the newest thing in the world, but it’s certainly revolutionary, and there’s a lot of room for growth, that’s for certain. At least it’s starting to go mainstream. San Franciscan , Nick Graham founder of Joe Boxer and teamed up with Goodwill to make a new line of clothing William Good (I [...]

M’Lady Organic

Anjah Hynynen designs a clothing line using organic fabrics. Her work is simply elegant, and lady like, it doesn’t have to rely on the fact it’s organic to warrant a look, it’s design is lovely. Here she spends a minute with us, telling us about how she got into organic fabrics, and her current projects…
The [...]

Organic

Ever since they started this whole ‘organics’ thing, I’ve quietly, or not so quietly wondered if it were a scam or not. It wasn’t until I moved near a Whole Foods market, that I started swearing by organic food. Now there is organic clothing, and at first, I thought ‘well, if I like organic food, [...]

Vivienne Darling…

Vivienne Westwood thinks we should stop buying clothes. Bits and bobbins posted a very interesting article from the Telegraph UK. Vivienne explains her viewpoints on fashion today…
“There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d [...]

Classic Attire

I once read a story about a woman who coveted the style of one of her co-workers who seemed to always wear the classic in a white skirt. She went on this epic search of finding this ‘perfect’ white skirt, and could never seem to get it right. When she finally broke down and asked [...]