Archive for the 'Couture Style' Category
A-listers like Anne Hathaway and Gwyneth Paltrow do it all the time: wear diamonds or vintage couture on loan for the Red Carpet. Borrowing rather than owning has its charms, and now we in the real world can dress like Cinderella for a night thanks to a new online couture-for-rent boutique Bag Borrow or Steal.
The [...]
Filed under: Couture Style, Eco Glam, Eco-friendly, Fashion - Women, Jewelry, Sales+Shopping, Vintage | 1 Comment
Tags: Eco-friendly, vera wang, celebrity style, Wedding jewelry, green weddings, Red Carpet fashion, Prada, Gucci, Chanel
This year’s Esthetica Show brought together an impressive set of designers pushing the envelope of style and sustainability. But after spending a week on Google hunting for runway photos and coming up embarrassingly short, I have to wonder just how seriously the fashion world is taking the idea of ethically conscious fashion? With the [...]
Filed under: Couture Style, Eco Glam, Eco-friendly, Fashion - Women, Runway Shows | 0 Comments
Tags: Eco-friendly, Beyond Skin, Fin, From Somewhere, Junky Styling, Mark Liu, Noir, Viridis Luxe, London Fashion Week, Esthetica Show, Ethical Fashion
Some designers push the limits. Dame Vivienne Westwood blows them up. At Paris Fashion Week showcased Vivienne Westwood’s collection was colorful, wild and childlike and — eco outrageous. How’s that for a new term?
It all began with a letter mailed to the the queen of punk fashion from an elementary school class in [...]
Filed under: Art+Graphics, Couture Style, Eco Glam, Runway Shows, Videos | 0 Comments
Tags: Vivienne Westwood, Paris Fashion Week, eco-warrior, high fashion
Bravo to Chartreuse Chic for doing what Fab Green has only dreamed about: showing style-conscious gals how to flip runway looks into chic “green” confections. Some of her flips are quite ingenious like the inspired, alternatives to Zac Posen, Prouenza Schouler, and Vera Wang seen below. There’s even an occasional style for the straight [...]
Filed under: Couture Style, Eco Glam, Fashion - Women, Indie, Sales+Shopping | 4 Comments
Tags: Armour Sans Anguish, Chartreuse Chic, Eco-friendly, Fashion, green fashion, Indie, Perfectly Imperfect, proenza schuler, runway, vera wang, Zac Posen
Ok, I’m not a gal who fawns over a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes but if you are, here’s a way to take a greener turn the next time you indulge in a little retail therapy: Revival Boutique. This charming New York atelier brims with gently worn, of-the-moment, high-end designer shoes, bags, gowns, suits [...]
Filed under: Bags, Couture Style, Eco Glam, Eco-friendly, Fashion - Women, Sales+Shopping, Shoes, Vintage | 0 Comments
Tags: Eco-friendly, ethical shopping, green shop, Revival Boutique
FASHION WEEK | Noir Fall 2007
Noir’s founding designer Peter Ingwersen describes its Fall 2007 Ready to Wear Collection as “a tension between something that is bohemian, and freethinking, with very, very strict lines around it, symbolized in the tailoring. It’s a tribute to the 1930’s in Berlin, … with an emphasis on the waist.”
The collection features some of its signature [...]
Filed under: Couture Style, Eco Glam, Fashion - Women, Organic | 1 Comment
Tags: Organic
Fab Friday | Fashion Finds
High-style, guilt-free fashion finds around the web:
GREEN WITH ENVYRecycled Glass Necklace by Simon Harrison
tone-on-tone glass crafted from various wine bottles
Spotted at Simon Harrison
MAD FOR MARIMEKKO
Vintage Vanity Case by Marimekko for Samsonite
Spotted at Hi+Lo Modern, $200
A BAG TO FAWN OVER
Doe Bag by Stewart + Brown
made from 100% surplus organic cotton and hemp
Spotted at Beklina, $86
SAUCY LITTLE [...]
Filed under: Bags, Couture Style, Eco Glam, Eco-friendly, Fashion - Women, Indie, Organic, Refashion+Refurb, Vintage | 0 Comments
Tags: Eco-friendly, Indie, Organic
Fab Friday | Fashion Finds
This week’s fashion finds cover the affordable and affluent, but undeniably fabulous.
STEPPIN’ OUT
Charmone Platform Shoes, $315, available at KaightNYC.
Spotted at Style.com
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN
Snap Ties by Erin MacLeod, crafted from vintage ties, $29
Spotted at GreatGreenGoods
REBEL RUBBER
Designers Gaelyn and Cianfarani take recycled inner tubes for a new spin:
Spotted at Haute*Nature
Bromélia Bag [...]
Filed under: Bags, Budget Fashion, Couture Style, Eco Glam, Eco-friendly, Fashion - Women, Jewelry, Refashion+Refurb, Shoes, Vintage | 9 Comments
Tags: Changeable Style, Eco-friendly
London, New York, Paris — The official season of runway fashion has begun. Eco-chic is sure to make a fabulous splash. Even though most of us won’t be sitting under the tents doesn’t mean we have to miss the fun. Over the new few weeks Fabulously Green will cover some of fashion-for-all events that are [...]
Filed under: Bags, Couture Style, Eco-friendly, Events, Fashion - Women, Handmade, Indie, Refashion+Refurb, Videos | 2 Comments
Tags: Eco-friendly, Indie, Handmade

