Ethical Designer Profile: SA VA
August 31, 2010

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] It’s Lindsay! Owner of Broke & Beautiful and Co-Founder of The Demoiselles. Pleased to meet you! Once you guys actually remember who I am, I’ll take away this italicized part. Until then, deal with it! I love learning about independent designers – there’s something magical about a passion [...]
Welcome Project Artisan
August 23, 2010

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] It’s Lindsay! Owner of Broke & Beautiful and Co-Founder of The Demoiselles. Pleased to meet you! Once you guys actually remember who I am, I’ll take away this italicized part. Until then, deal with it! We are huge, huge fans of sites that support emerging, independent designers – [...]
Ethical Retailer Profile: TJ Maxx & Marshalls
August 19, 2010

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I seem to be racking up quite a list of places that are, in my opinion, unethical to shop at. They’re namely big box stores – Target, Wal-Mart* – and trendy chains – Urban Outfitters, American Apparel. The biggest complaint I get is this: So if I can’t [...]
Ethical Designer Profile: Christina Entcheva
August 5, 2010

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] After losing touch for over a year, artist Christina Entcheva and I crossed paths again. I asked if she was planning on adding more art to her Etsy store, and found out that she’d e-moved: So I clicked through, and found a whole new side of Christina, and [...]
Ethical Designer Profile: Ross Menuez
March 8, 2010

I first noticed Ross Menuez when I saw his Kuma Bear on Gilt.com. Last weekend, I fell in love with his work – again – when I saw his balsa silkscreened images: The images – including the above camel, as well as a leopard, cloudscape, monster, sakura flowers, stallion and scrubjay (my second favorite) – [...]
Ethical Designer Profile: Beyond Skin
February 8, 2010

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] Exhibit A: Gorgeous grey pump (the Opal). Stats: Comes in charcoal (pictured), brown and fuscia(!); Has a wickedly-curved 3.5-inch heel; Is soft-looking enough for the office, but would dominate at happy hour; and Is made entirely of sustainable materials. Exhibit B: Cuffed bootie, aptly titled the Hendrix Boot.Stats: [...]
Ethical Designer Profile: Make Love Not Trash
December 10, 2009

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I’m a bit of a bag lady. I almost always have at least three bags on me – especially on workdays – including: My “goes with anything” clutch; A makeup bag (I almost always do it on the bus); and A tote: for lunch, a book, workout clothes, [...]
Happy Birthday, Charmoné: Take 25% off!
August 14, 2009

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] Charmoné is the kind of company you want to point out to every eco-fashion skeptic you know. When people complain that fashionable shoes have to be made out of leather, or that conscious brands are filled with ugly flats and “safe” colors, all I have to do is [...]
bgreen is the nicest
March 31, 2009

When I got to the green festival, one of the first booths I honed in on was for bgreen organic apparel. Their mission is “to create the nicest organic clothing in the marketplace,” and “nice” is a pretty apt word to describe the brand. bgreen is family-owned and focused on making the basics – mostly [...]














