Ecouterre

Busy bees will make way for vampy bats at Ada Zanditon’s first solo runway show at London Fashion Week on Tuesday. “Echolocation,” Zanditon tells British Vogue, will explore the mysterious inhabitants of this “sultry nocturnal world.” (Vogue)

Organic cotton production may have jumped 20 percent this past year, but it’s no reason to get cocky. The …

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Photo by Tina Fineberg/New York Times

Hello, goodbye: For its last fling at Bryant Park, New York Fashion Week will be carbon neutral for the first time. (TreeHugger)

EcoSalon’s Amy DuFault wants certain newspaper journalists (coughvanessafriedmancough) to know that splitting hairs over the definition of eco-fashion serves no one. (EcoSalon)

How do we love thee, lyocell? Let designer Julia Roebuck count the ways in iambic pentameter. (Upcycle Fashion)

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In the Department of Strange But True, you can now recycle your most intimate of intimates through a bra-redistribution program named, quite appropriately, Bosom Buddy. Get it? Boso…never mind. (Mother Nature Network)

Adili, the U.K. eco-fashion retailer that recently rebranded itself as Ascension, is asking to have its shares suspended “pending clarification of the company’s financial position.” (The Guardian)

Saks has made an out-of-court settlement …

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The heir to the British throne is championing the common ewe with a new campaign to boost the image and sale of wool. (WWD)

Shirt-making is a serious business. The differences (weave, stitching, finish) may be subtle, but for a true connoisseur, the devil is in the details. (Wall Street Journal)

The fur won’t fly at this fashion competition—Born Free U.S.A. and E Magazine are looking for a few good, cruelty-free fashion designers for its 2nd …

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Livia Firth—who’s married to some dude named Colin—has pledged to wear only ethical, sustainable dresses on the red carpet this awards season. And she’s blogging about it! For the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles tomorrow, Firth will be trading Mr. Darcy for one of our personal heartthrobs: Mr. Larkin. (Vogue U.K.)

We’re in a swoon over Cruz Della Casa’s exquisite embroidered frocks made from vintage materials and factory scraps. (TreeHugger)

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The “I’m a Mac” dude and that chick from Twilight want your pants—well, your jeans, if you want to get technical. The actors are raising the flag for Aéropostale and DoSomething.org’s Teens for Jeans initiative, which collects gently used denim for 600 local youth shelters. (E! Online)

Oh Lordy. Hot on the heels of H&M and Wal-Mart’s tog-destroying spree is news that the …

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The model looks as confused as we do.

Très embarrassant! H&M announces its Garden Collection for spring—a medley of recycled polyester, organic cotton, and organic linen—just as the mini-scandal broke over its 34th St. Manhattan store’s less-than-sustainable practices. (Nitrolicious)

File this under Department of WTF? A New York-based company is working with an unnamed European luxury house to embed DNA markers in its products to thwart counterfeiters. The DNA is botanical, not animal, but that doesn’t …

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Actress Julia Stiles, who starred in that now-infamous spoof video about her fake eco-fashion line, opens up about how she really feels about sustainable clothing. (EcoStiletto)

The death knell has sounded for the Four Hundred Showroom, which represented such eco-fashion stars as Cri de Coeur, Lara Miller, and TEICH. Taking its place: FoundFuture, a retail and wholesale online venue that will feature “clever and exquisite sustainable design.” (Email)

What exactly is sustainable fashion, anyway? …

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Lacoste is spending $500,000 over the next three years to help preserve the crocodile that inspired its iconic logo, more specifically the Gange gharial crocodile, of which only 1,400 are estimated to remain in the wild. (The Cut)

Sustainable fashion is in the house…the White House, that is. Alabama Chanin’s own Natalie Chanin designed the organic cotton tree skirt that surrounds the Christmas tree in the Blue Room. (The Birmingham News)

The U.K. has seen a …

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Dame Vivienne Westwood and Anvil Knitwear have teamed up to launch a limited-edition T-shirt at COP15 to protest deforestation. (PR Newswire)

Fashion Takes Action is encouraging Canadians to shop ethically and locally with its smartly curated Shop Sustainable website. (Shop Sustainable)

Could China be the next frontier of sustainable cotton production? (TreeHugger)

British fashion designer Gareth Pugh uses OLEDs to create what …

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British chanteuse Lily Allen wants to take a two-year leave of absence from performing to open a boutique—one that will rent designer clothes to the common masses. (Elle U.K.)

As politicians gather in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference, the fashion industry will likewise convene to discuss the environmental, social, and ethical challenges it faces on a global scale. (Nordic Fashion Association)

Student work at its most inspiring: The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the …

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Photo by Courtney Dailey

Missed Project Green Search last week? Starre Vartan dishes on what really went on behind the scenes. (Eco-Chick)

Trace your T-shirt from seed to shoulders at TrackMyT, an interactive, kid-friendly website by Anvil Knitwear that chronicles the environmental impact of the clothes you wear. (Press release)

An ode to convertible clothing—wear the same outfit several different ways and no one has to be the wiser. (…

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Photo by Christopher Raeburn

Hearty congrats to Ada Zanditon, Christopher Raeburn, Goodone, Minna, Nina Dolcetti, and The North Circular for snagging spots in the British Fashion Council’s new Eco-Fashion Mentor Programme. (Vogue U.K.)

Where did the sun go? Stave off the S.A.D.s with these six winter-wardrobe must-haves for the vegan fashionista. (Girlie Girl Army)

Amy DuFault, …

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From chocolate-coated gowns to leafy lettuce bikinis, take a chomp out of this roundup of edible clothing. (Greenopolis)

We’ve come a long way, baby! Here’s an overview of how sustainability has infiltrated the fashion industry—and how green doesn’t have to mean granola. (Audubon)

Fashion for locavores gets another boost with Cotton of the Carolinas, a project by TS Designs that tracks locally produced tees from “dirt to shirt.” (The Pendulum)

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Safety pins aren’t just for preventing wardrobe malfunctions anymore. Check out these inventive ways to add some instant shine to your wardrobe on the cheap. (Refinery 29)

Stewart + Brown is expanding its collection to include organic, dressed-up denim. (WWD)

Get a shot at making green-tee history by entering EDUN Live and Made-By’s T-shirt design contest. The theme: “Fashion with respect for people and planet.” (Mother Nature Network)

Several models are …

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Levi’s adds new care tags that directs denim wearers to wash their jeans in cold water, line dry when possible, and send them to Goodwill instead of trashing them. (TreeHugger)

Speaking of laundry do’s and don’ts, The Laundress, an eco-friendly detergent company, has a few tips on keeping your sweaters clean and pristine without putting your dry cleaner on speed dial. (Allure)

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. This …

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O RLY? Disney teen phenom Selena Gomez follows in the footsteps of…well…just about everyone and launches her own fashion collection. At least it’s organic? (MTV.com)

British Vogue slums it with cheeky ensembles cobbled together from garbage bags, mop heads, dish cloths, and chutzpah. (TreeHugger)

Dress your man (or yourself) with this eco-fashion cheat sheet. (Green Grechen)

Eileen Fisher: Not just for “graying bobos” with a yen for ceramics and lifetime subscriptions to The New Yorker anymore. …

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Actress Alicia Silverstone names her favorite eco-designers. Here’s a hint: One of them begins with “Stella” and ends with “McCartney.” (EcoStiletto)

He chutes, he scores: Christopher Raeburn’s eye-popping neon raingear is made from used parachutes. (TreeHugger)

New Balance gears up with a pair of rice-husk-rubber kicks that are green in hue and green in nature. (Ecofabulous)

The aforementioned MIss Mac calls designers who use fur and leather “heartless.” (Ethical Style)

Are you an ethical fall fashionista? (…

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