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Eco-Boutique Spotlight: Heart On Your Sleeve In Toronto ~ Clearance Sale This Weekend And Buy Nothing Day

Stancie Wilson — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:02:33 +0000

Donning the list of Toronto’s Fashion Heroes, named by NOW Magazine, is Natalie Stephenson whose Heart On Your Sleeve boutique in Toronto, Ontario is filled with labels that are only cruelty-free/vegan, sweatshop-free, recycled and/or organic. Passionate about supporting local designers, she carries only goods from Canadian labels. You’ll find great eco-brands like Grace & Cello, Passenger Pigeon, deux fm, Sparrow handbags and more. And if you live or work in Toronto, they have a bike delivery service that costs the same as shipping (if you’re within their bicycle delivery zone).

Normally Black Friday (11/28) is a huge day for retailers, but HOYS will be closed as they’re participating in an international event, Buy Nothing Day as “an opportunity to express their ongoing frusteration with rampant, excessive consumption“.

How to Make Green Fashion an Everyday Choice

Paul Smith — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:04:41 +0000

What do you do if you’re a marine biologist with an entrepreneurial streak who wants to indulge it by opening a business, but you want it to be part of the solution, rather than adding to the problem? Open an online eco fashion site, of course.

That’s what Adrian Desbarats, up in Prince Edward Island, on the far east edge of Canada, decided to do. Far from being yet another boutique green fashion site in an obscure location, Desbarats is about to launch a site with high ambitions: To make the buying of sustainable fashions an affordable, quick, painless experience, at great prices.

It’s easy to find expensive green fashion like Natalie Portman’s vegan shoe line and other such boutique items, or on the other side, hippy skewed hempwear. But what if you want fashion for the more everyday, that looks good, wears well, and is reasonably priced? This is where Fashion & Earth aims to fit.

Now the question that came to my mind is, isn’t there other sites out there that do just that? Desbarats was on the case, with a well thought out response:

Green Fashion

Martha Soto — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:17:38 +0000

New t-shirt company Bangledox uses environmentally friendly materials in their clothing line

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

June 21st, 2007, Chicago, Ill
–With emerging standards in mind as well as combining cool styles, and
the company’s deep concern for the planet , Bangledox Clothing was
created.

Introducing Bangledox [ban'gel-dox] Clothing® , a new
Latino owned t-shirt company is helping set the standard while
incorporating environmentally safe materials such as organic cottons
and earth friendly inks and dyes in their clothing line.

Organic
clothing and green eco friendly fashion have entered mainstream
consumer consciousness with a slew of media attention, and for good
reason. Its great for the environment and it helps draw attention to a
very important topic.

After a humble start at local flea markets in St.Roberts,MO in 2003 the company decided to launch its first online store recently to the public.

The
company was determined to roll out a new t-shirt line that they could
be proud of and know that they were not harming the planet, as well as
help draw attention to a very important topic.

They feel they are achieving this.

The
new site will also have helpful tips on saving energy as well as other
useful environmental information that its visitors can use to help do
their part.

Bangledox is grounded in the concept that the
clothing industry and environment can co-exist, all of their clothing
is sweat-shop free and produced in U.S.

www.bangledox.com

We’re more than just a Brand. We’re a movement. ®

Thank you.

Contact:
Martha Martines
marthafocused2@yahoo.com
773-759-3815 - Chicago