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Ten Colors By Pantone To Color Your Spring

Posted by Dexter James on March 26, 2009 at 3:10am
Tired of searching for the best colors this spring? You are not alone. Every woman who pays spends the maximum share of her attention to the dye of the apparel it is submerged in, can feel so as nothing inspirational seemed to have arrived so far for spring, until much awaited Pantone colors came to the fore. Read More
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I'm FEATURED! Through Mari's Eyes~ hand crafted jewelry ~an experience in adornment

Posted by Mari on March 25, 2009 at 12:01pm
Hi!I am featured in Unik Apparel Store Blog Spot. Go to their site and you can read my interview and see photos of my work.I also just added photos to my bio here.Best regards,Mari Keating SchofieldThrough Mari's Eyeshand crafted jewelrywww.throughmariseyes.com~an experience in adornment~
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Green Fashion Not Just Organic

Posted by Apparel1 - on March 17, 2009 at 10:06am

During the past year or two we have been hearing a great deal about Green Fashion. Primarily, the discussions have been in reference to environmentally friendly clothing. However, today green fashion takes on an entirely different message. Today, the message is all about wearing clothing that is the color green. Today is March 17, 2009. Otherwise known as St. Patrick's Day. Here is a summary of why people wear green on St. Patrick's Day. This information is from Wikipedia "St. Patrick's Blue
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My eco-friendly hangtag design for garments: Jigsaw puzzle

Posted by Ariel Chan on September 17, 2008 at 12:30am

Descrption: Die cut to shape, laser burnt logo, strung with PU string. Puzzle design making it extendable, to be a coaster by one pc., a pot mat by more pcs., and so on…Light weight, heat resistant and water absorbent. Natural, casual, playful and useful.Main material: Cork

Inspiration: Design concept of cork hang tag is originally from extensibility of puzzle toy. Special shapes of puzzle toy make them extensible endlessly! A puzzle picture can get larger and larger with the increase of every si
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My eco-friendly hangtag design for garments: cork pulp

Posted by Ariel Chan on September 17, 2008 at 12:30am

Description: Natural material, wooden pulp mounted to be cloth-like paper; Lighter and more comfortable comparing with normal cork material.Free style, breath-free and eco-friendly.

Main material: Cork

Inspiration: Wooden scrap, natural feel.Application: Can be used as hangtag for shirts, shawls etc.

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Green fabrics for green fashion: PLA(poly lactic acid)

Posted by Ariel Chan on September 10, 2008 at 3:25am
PLA, poly lactic acid, is a polymer derived entirely from natural straches such as corn, rice or potatoes. PLA iscurrently used in a number of biomedical applications, such as sutures, stents, dialysis media and drug delivery devices.The technique process is the same to that of ordinary plastic products, which means usually it is injection molding or micro-injection, though the material of PLA is different from other plastic products.Comparison of PLA and other petro-chemical products

PLA product
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Organic fibers used for organic fashion and others

Posted by Ariel Chan on September 9, 2008 at 2:21am
While conventionally grown fibers are doused with synthetic chemicals to promote growth and deter pests, organic fibers are grown without them. The word Organic refers to the way agricultural products are grown and processed.It includes a system of production, processing, distribution and sales that assures consumers that the products maintain the organic integrity that begins on the farm. These stringent standards put in place a system to certify that specific practices are used to produce and
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Not plastic bag, collection of fashionable eco-friendly reusable bags (1)

Posted by Ariel Chan on September 9, 2008 at 12:42am
It is one thing to bring your plain canvas tote bag to the grocery store, but a bag that makes a stylish eco statement definitely rocks!Here's my collection of some awesome fashionable reusable bags made of earth friendly stuff, such as organic cotton, recycled felted wool, non-woven or simply traditional reusable materials.

Key words: Bring Your Own Bug- Spider, recycled cotton, cool

Lunch box packing bagKey words: special sized for lunch box, 100% cotton(organic?), washable, neat;

Chess recycled
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Help us plant a new forest by writing about 'green' fashion trends!

Posted by Adrien Chauvat on July 23, 2008 at 2:34pm
Check out MyItThings.com to get your fashion content read by thousands of like-minded fashion aficionados. Our current contest is a writing contest about "Green" (eco) trends in fashion/home/etc. We plant 10 trees for every post submitted and the writer of the best article will receive $1,000 as chosen by our panel of industry experts!
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