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Ethical Shopping

Fashion Bloggers Choose SPUN

September 28, 2009

It’s no surprise that independent fashion bloggers are choosing SPUN– and that includes some of my favorite ladies, like Crosby at PR Couture, Jordana at Clutch 22, and Jennine at The Coveted. It’s no surprise SPUN is showing up on more and more fashion bloggers– Sara (the brilliant and wonderful woman behind SPUN) has created [...]

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Miss Malaprop NOLA Love T-Shirts

September 21, 2009

This past week, a lovely treat arrived from Miss Malaprop; recently she opened up a 1000 Markets shop (which looks to be a fantastic alternative to Etsy, if you’re an independent seller or buyer), and her great new design is the NOLA Love t-shirt –which is what happened to be on my doorstep! (Also, you [...]

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Quality vs. Vegan/Environmentally Sustainable

August 11, 2009

What values & ethics did your family instill in you when it came to shopping?  Did they promote frugality and thrift? Did the promote quality over quantity, or where they simply quantity, quantity, quantity?  Did you learn the value of your dollar early on and how it was spent? Or did you just spend, without [...]

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Novica: Global Fair Trade Products

August 10, 2009

It’s not often that an email pitch catches my attention, but when Novica got in touch with me, I was immediately drawn to their mission. Novica has partnered with National Geographic to provide a shop that offers artisan made fair trade goods from around the world. From Bali to Thailand to Brazil, Mexico and Eastern [...]

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Eco-Friendly Clothing Options For All Sizes

July 7, 2009

After I lamented the lack of plus sized clothing lines, I decided to turn the one place where I can find almost anything I’m looking for: Etsy. While Etsy didn’t have exactly what I was looking for, I did find some great options for sellers who make custom-sized, eco-friendly clothing (that isn’t creepy, matronly hippie [...]

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Plus-Sized Eco-Friendly Fashion: A Myth?

June 9, 2009

It wasn’t too long ago that I was lamenting to my gal pal, Miss Malaprop about how, not only does the plus-sized girl not have the options of her smaller friend, but finding eco-friendly options for the curvy fashionista is near impossible. While there are great sites making efforts to creating more fashionable alternatives for [...]

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OMG Shoes! Vegan Shoes by Cri de Coeur

May 27, 2009

This guest post is by the gorgeous Mallory over at Miss Malaprop.com. Please continue to check out her site if you love to live an environmentally friendly, sustainable, and green lifestyle! You can read her original post here. Those in search of stylish, vegan, eco-friendly footwear have more options than ever. Designer Gina Ferraraccio of [...]

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