Sharon Haver - FocusOnStyle.com eco chic posts

Absolution- Bespoke Organic French Chic Beauty

Beauty Product Review: The aroma, the packaging, the customization... ooh la la There are days where we feel like we are bombarded with beauty product review requests. Sadly, most are all more of the same and end up in that big round file in the sky. LE SOIN REGARD ABSOLUTION But every once in awhile, there's a line that absolutely catches our eye, and in this case, it's both eco chic and French chic! Absolution Bespoke Organic Unisex Cosmetics have recently made their way into the US from France, and how lucky we are. >>MORE: FRENCH CHIC At first glance, the award-winning graphic packaging is instant eye candy for our overcrowded bathroom shelves and appeals to our minimal design aesthetic.

Tom Shoes' One Day Without Shoes for Compassion and Awareness

Eco Chic: Raise awareness of children of need & go barefoot today I'm barefoot as I type... well, I usually am whilst at the computer for long hours, but that's my choice. Millions of children around the world grow up without shoes, at risk of infection and disease. Today, TOMS Shoes nudges the world to go without shoes with its annual One Day Without Shoes event to raise awareness of the impact of not having shoes to wear plays on a child's life. Watch the video: “The problem is large but the solution is simple. Wearing shoes and basic hygiene can prevent both infection and disease due to unsafe roads and contaminated soil, " says TOMS' Founder and Chief Shoe

Model Carmen Kass Shares Some Fashion Tips While Designer Reet Aus Takes Eco Chic To A New Level

Retail Remedy: A fashion collection that self-recyles adds a new spin on being fashionably green Everyday we hear recycle, recycle and more recycle. And now, Estonian designer Reet Aus had made it her fashion statement. With the help of her well-known supermodel friend Carmen Kass, Reet presented her collection last Friday at Beyond 7, at the retail launch of edgy fashion showroom Showroom Seven last Friday in New York's Meatpacking area. The Reet Aus collection is made entirely of the recycled materials. Designer Reet Aus But, here's the spin that makes this collection really edgy and intriquing... We are promised that the designer will not create a new collection every two weeks. However, the collections she creates uses organic materials

Brigitte Bardot Bag for Lancel is Eco Chic and Controversial

Buffalo Exchange Wants You to Shop to Save Wildlife for Earth Day

Buffalo Exchange- East Village, NYC

HM Garden Collection First Look is Eco Chic and Sweet

The Garden Collection, eco chic from H&M > Eco Friendly Shopping Guide Here's a first look at our top ten picks from The Garden Collection that debuts in H&M stores on Earth Day, March 25:

Hometown Style: Loomstate for Target graffiti marketing…

Billboards in the making on NY’s Trendy Christopher and Bleecker Streets… Designer Rogan Gregory’sLoomstate for Target.com, limited-edition collection launched on April 19th but the graffiti marketing artists were just making their street style-ish splash on Christopher and Bleecker Streets yesterday. The eco-friendly and budget fashion line for men and women stays true to its designer roots but more in a granola cheap chic way. The 100 percent certified organic cotton Loomstate for Target.com casual wear for men and woman, where a good stylist makes the ordinary look cool. Loomstate straight-up: >> More Eco Chic Shopping

Fashion’s renewable resource pops its cork…

Top trend is good for the earth too! Cork Sandals and Shoes | Fashion's renewable resource pops its cork. Top eco chic trend is good for the earth too! We just love the texture of cork and it's back in a big way for spring and summer. Best off, cork is thought of as environmentally friendly as it is a renewable resourcebecause its harvesting does not harm the tree and a new layer of cork regrows on its bark*. Let Earth Day awareness open your mind to crave some some fabu cork sandals and shoes. Favorite cork shoes and sandals: >>More eco chic shopping --April 22, 2009 *source: http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_Oak

Portland Fashion Week – Eco Fashion Shows – sp 09

It’s Chic to be Green… When it comes to eco chic, sustainable clothing, eco responsibility, and green fashion designers their catwalk of choice is bamboo at Portland Fashion Week. Eco-friendly designers and labels from abroad and across the country come to the green building in Portland, Oregon for their fashion shows. Without further adieu, view our multi designer photo gallery from Portland Fashion Week - Spring/Summer 2009 Collections: photos courtesy, Portland Fashion week, this page only For more info: www.portlandfashionweek.net More Fashion Show Photos from around the globe Eco Chic Shopping Guide Postscript: The latest winner of Project Runway, designer Leanne Marshall, launched her runway career atPortland Fashion Week in 2006, and again in 2007.

My Bag Cares…

Eco bag helps plant trees and looks cute too The eco chic "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" phenomenon by luxury handbag designer Anya Hindmarch created quite a stir a few seasons ago. Not only did Hindmarch's designer green awareness bags sell out in a matter of hours, but Whole Foods ceased distributing non-reusable plastic bags across their stores in the US, Canada, and the UK. The crazy thing is that the once hot eco "designer" bag-with-a-message sold at a health food supermarket has become fodder for the counterfeit set and can be seen hung from the sidewalk stalls with all their other cheesy knock-offs of "luxury" goods-- not exactly an extension of the pc eco message but still sported by

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