To break away from fashion for a moment, I recently was surfing design*sponge and one of their guest bloggers, style court, did an interesting post about an interior designer in LA. Ruthie Sommers is a magician when it comes to refurbishing old furniture. The post includes some before and after pics I wanted to share. You can check out the whole post here as well as learn a bit more about Ruthie and her store in LA.
Now here's a designer who's thinking outside the box. Lara Miller designs transformers - you can wear the garments in different ways. One way on Monday, another on Tuesday. Flowing fabrics can be wrapped, strapped, tied and twisted into different looks. It's an interesting concept and I can't wait to find one of her pieces in the person so I can transform one myself. Some of her pieces are made from bamboo jersey and knits although her website doesn't seem to discuss political and environmental issues. I found a few pieces available at gwg while her website laramiller.net has some pdf downloads of her collections where you can seen some transformations for yourself.
I'm in love with Passenger Pideon's Fall Collection. The screenprinting is adorable with birds, trees and windmills in patterns accross their fabrics. The designs are timeless, not trendy, so these outfits will be in your wardrobe for a long time. I think I'm going to pick up the red wrap dress for this holiday season from their online shop. Check out the whole collection here.
Ok Econistas, the ultimate shop, so it would seem, has hit the net... but it's a UK based company (ouch on the carbon footprint)... at least the north west passage is free of ice so shipping will be faster over the pole.... ok, very bad joke.
For the econistas in the U.S., this shop has a lot of items to salivate over. The company declares on their website that they hunt down the sexiest, hippest and most luxurious ethical fashion to create a one-stop, ecofashion e-tail boutique. Yippee. So without further adieu: shop.
Later this month, Goodwill is going to become a destination for econistas in San Francisco. As Nick Graham, founder of Joe Boxer, is going to craftily alter some of Goodwill's old, donated cloths, into new, fashionable wares for sale in a new section of Goodwill's Fillmore store. Called William Good, the new clothing line will spark people's creative minds while doing something for the environment.
vintage 60s faux fur cape coat white at CHERRYPICKVINTAGE shop.
vintage 1960s cropped jacket three quarter sleeves huge woven ball buttons cute and
vintage 1970s sky blue wool coat and
vintage 1960s BABYDOLL double breasted black wool coat FITTED cutest all at ramonawest's shop.
Finally, this handmade super cute...i think im gonna buy it...French Provincial Jacket - Hand Sewn French Recipes Print Empire Jacket Top Womens Size Medium made by creatrixjane is a perfect conclusion to this Etsy Roundup.
