The first week of September is when children across the Northern hemisphere go back to school. As I was leafing through fashion magazines while sticking labels on my son’s school clothes, I noticed that the preppy style is also back on trend for the 2013-2014 AW season. As much as I love the tailored and … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, in a small Swiss town of Rolle on Lake Geneva, I found a charming high street boutique whose window display advertised clothes ‘made in respectful traditions’. Needless to say, I went straight in. The boutique’s owner turned out to be a fellow Australian Theresa Hamilton who has been running her boutique A … Continue reading
I have this very green-and-glam friend who has Italian style in spades with some French je ne sais quoi thrown in. As I was drooling over her zebra print bag one day, she nonchalantly said: “Oh, I have plenty more like these that my grandmother had left me”. Needless to say, I was intrigued. And … Continue reading
OK, we are down to letter S in the green-to-glam ideas from A to Z challenge, and this week’s article is dedicated to style, as opposed to fashion. By its very essence, fashion is transitory, while style is timeless. Have you ever heard of anyone or anything being “out of style”? This is why choosing … Continue reading
It’s no big secret that Russian girls love fashion. In particular über-brands, sky-high heels and lots of makeup. Whenever I go back to Moscow, where I was born, I always feel slightly underdressed compared to the city girls. But is there room for sustainability in Russia’s growing appetite for fashion? This is the subject of … Continue reading
The key in the quest for green-and-glam fashion is to choose quality over quantity. This is the underpinning of the “slow fashion” concept, as opposed to the throw-away “fast fashion” mindset. That’s why the “quality vs. quantity” dilemma finds itself as the topic of this week’s article dealing with the letter “Q”. In Marie Curie-like fashion, … Continue reading
With this week’s letter being “O”, it is hard to avoid talking about all things organic. Since a lot has already been written on this topic, I have chosen to look at the kind of lessons the beauty & fashion industry can learn from the organic food movement, at the same time separating facts from … Continue reading
It is Mothers’ Day in the UK, which makes for a perfect occasion to celebrate motherhood, green-and-glam style. Many women first turn to eco-fashion when they become pregnant. Naturally, we all want the best for our baby, so we opt for organic food, avoid pollution, and so on. Eco-fashion is all about wholesomeness and earthliness … Continue reading
The latest announcement by Gucci teaming up with Livia Firth to create the first-ever fully traceable luxury bag, and a host of celebrities including Stella McCartney and Leonardo DiCaprio campaigning on wildlife trade this week sent my PR brain into overdrive about other possible match-made-in-heaven celebrity+good cause ideas that (could) put glam into green. Here they … Continue reading
After the mega-post last week, I am taking a break from my alphabet challenge this week in order to report – as promised some time ago – on the latest developments in greening the red carpet. Of course, it was the 85th edition of the Academy Awards, better known as “The Oscars”, last weekend and, … Continue reading
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