prAna Mainspring Sweater (XS) | prAna Beaker Pants (XS) | ABLE Manifesto Necklace | Used Nisolo Sofia Mules (6), similar Mariella Mules.
prAna is a California-based sustainably made clothing company that started out with yoga and climbing gear. The brand is known for it’s stylish, yet comfortable, activity-ready clothes for men and women.…
There is no doubt the sustainable, eco-fashion scene has grown tremendously in recent years. Consumers are becoming more interested in and thoughtful about the clothes they wear and the missions and manufacturing practices behind the brands.
While I’ve written much about sustainable, ethical, and eco-fashion and interviewed many innovators in this sector in a past life, admittedly my real-life closet doesn’t really reflect that knowledge.…
*This post was originally published on the NICORA blog.
Conscious shopping may be a strange concept for many, but at its core remains a simple approach when using your purchasing power: having a more active shopping experience, through more informed and mindful decisions.…
Every new year I resolve to be a bit better about taking time and putting some effort into my daily beauty routine. Managing to switch up my daily hair styles is part of this, yet always feels the most frustrating to me.…
It’s starting to be that busy time of the year and in the midst of all the chaos, I’ve been continually reminded to focus on family and my own well-being. I’ll be finishing up my graduate studies (for good!) right before Christmas this year and I’m so excited to spend time with my family and friends without the usual school distractions and stress looming over me.…
Maybe it’s the annual arrival of spring cleaning or that dreaded need to purge old clothes, but every day I anxiously look into my cluttered closet and feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I want to give away all my clothes and start anew.…
Socially conscious, quality, hassle-free shopping? There’s an app for that! Orange Harp is a new iOS app that makes eco-friendly, ethical shopping easy and convenient on a smartphone. Created by two women, programmer Anbu Anbalagapandian and attorney Kacie Gonzalez, Orange Harp is a carefully curated digital marketplace that features ethical, quality-made products from socially responsible brands. …
I was very excited to interview Grandt Mason, the founder of what may be the coolest (and first ever, as far as I’m aware of) ethically-made vegan footwear brand, Grandt Mason Originals. Straight out of Cape Town in South Africa, these shoes have so many awesome features that highlight comfort and sustainability while minimizing harmful effects on the environment.…
I’ve been a longtime reader of Ecouterre, an online website dedicated to reporting about eco-fashion, sustainable innovations, style, and design. I wrote a post on Ecouterre about an ingenious portable clothes dryer designed to benefit individuals in wet climates. The contraption is called the X&C Quick Assembly Dry Machine and it won a prestigious international design award in 2013, the Red Dot Design Award.…
Looking for an eco-friendly alternative to gift wrapping paper this holiday? Take a nod from the ancient Japanese art of cloth wrapping, furoshiki to gift goodies without adding to landfills this holiday season.…
