Warm weather is soclose we can almost taste it! If you’ve been searching for the perfect Marilyn Monroe-sque ensemble (circa Some Like It Hot) for the imminent heat wave, we’d like to introduce you to Titania Inglis’s foxy little eco-jumper. Its sweetheart lines and organic fabrics, tailored to a T in New York City’s Garment District, have us longing for the sun. But it’s hardly the only piece in Inglis’s arsenal that’s frolic-friendly.

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Adie and George never had the pleasure of each other’s acquaintance but that hasn’t stopped their granddaughters from playing retroactive matchmaker. Casey Larkin (Mr. Larkin) and Sasha Duerr (Permacouture Institute) bandied around several names for their collaborative knitwear collection before landing on the monikers of their biological forebears—perfectly apropos when you consider the heritage nature of the 100 percent West Coast line.

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If there’s one thing that designer Dandi Maestre knows, it’s that you can’t tame nature, so why bother? The former graphic designer plunders Gaia’s backyard for treasures-in-the-rough and crafts them into oversized sartorial statements: shed antlers become an avant-garde necklace, reclaimed driftwood transforms into a chunky cuff, and dyed exotic nuts are carved into psychedelic rings.

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Read the rest of Ada Zanditon Goes From Dusk to Dawn With Bat-Inspired Autumn ‘10 Line

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Despite the best efforts of photographers, static pictures can never truly capture the rhythm, excitement, and theatrics-in-motion that make up a runway show. Which is why we snuck a video camera into the GreenShows at New York Fashion Week to bring you some of the best moments from the front row. Plus, we ambushed designers Samantha Pleet, Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart of Vaute Couture, Melissa Kirgan and Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard of Eko-Lab, JoAnn Berman, and Lizz Wasserman of Popomomo to get the inside scoop on their favorite looks. Check out the video above for your all-access pass to some of the hottest tickets in town.

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Jennifer Wen Ma’s beautifully dappled charcoal prints at Ekovaruhuset’s New York Fashion Week show so mesmerized us that we simply had to find out more about the Emmy Award-winning artist and her work. Ma collaborated with Melissa Kirgan and Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard of Eko-Lab to create the smoke-hued pieces, which were painted freehand using water-based, low-impact inks. The result? A misty, atmospheric effect reminiscent of Chinese landscape paintings and Zen calligraphy.

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Read the rest of 14 Eco-Designers to Watch at Estethica Autumn/Winter 2010

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Read the rest of C. Marchuska’s Fall 2010 Line Caps Off New York Green Fashion Week

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Read the rest of Ekovaruhuset’s Fall/Winter 2010 Collection Exemplifies Bohemian Spirit

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Read the rest of Popomomo’s Fall/Winter 2010 Line Explores Geometry, Melting Glaciers

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