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Perhaps after watching the Oscars last night, you find yourself craving more sartorial stimulation. No problem! As the London Fashion Week winds down, you should check out Estethica- an exhibition put on by the British Fashion Council.
Estethica features designers that work with organic, fair trade, or recycled materials. Among this year’s labels are Article 23, Sonya Kashmir, Makepiece, and Minna (see below).
This is the sixth year that Estethica has been a part of Fashion Week in London, and over the span of its existence it has grown significantly, starting with only 13 participants in 2004 and featuring over 30 today. It is part of a fabulous trend in fashion- one that is only just beginning to pick up momentum!

The event launched on Friday with Noir and Bllack Noir catwalk shows. Take a closer look at this year’s participants by visiting the London Fashion Week website.

Vintage clothing is the creme de la creme of sustainable wear. Getting started in the fascinating art of thrifting can be a bit daunting though. Thank goodness there’s help.
Stephanie over at Eco Chick has written a fabulous article making it easy for anyone to rock that thrift store wardrobe!

In her post, Stephanie points readers in the direction of the Wardrobe Remix Flikr Pool and PainfullyHip.com for inspiration, encourages streamlining of one’s existing wardrobe, advises planning using TheThriftShopper.com, and offers a good number of other nifty tips.
Definitely check out the post before your next clothing run!

[via Eco-Chick.com]

Admit it. You’ve found yourself looking at magazine covers and thinking “I could do so much better.”

Well, now is the time to put your skills to the test! Head over to Glogster.com and enter the contest to design your own Boho magazine cover.

It’ll be great fun, plus you could win a year’s free subscription, a feature story, and Glogster Commando membership!

Today is a good day. An exceptionally good day, actually. Why, you ask? Because the Spring 2009 Boho magazine hits newsstands today! Check out the cover. Fantastic!
Now’s the time to subscribe, though if you need your copy stat, you can pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Whole Foods,Target, Universal News and more!

Boho is available in over 37 countries including the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Dubai, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
and Switzerland.

No matter where you are, you’re going to love this issue. It’s packed with tons of great articles, and (my personal favorite) spring fashion! Hurrah!

Enjoy the magazine, and let us know what you think!

You’ve got to love green design. It’s so beautiful, and the Greener Gadgets Design Competition is a case in point.
Take a look at the entrants, and vote for your favorite! If you’re in New York, be sure to stop by the Greener Gadgets Conference on February 27th. If not, at least you can peruse the fascinating inventions online. I especially love the Laundry Pod, the Wind-Helmet, and the RITI Printer. I mean, how awesome would it be to print term papers using the coffee grounds that went toward writing them all night?

With all the current buzz and panic over economic downturns, job loss, and stimulus packages, we can’t help but turn our sights to those innovative enough work through today’s problems and start generating solutions.
As the environmentally-savvy have known all along, the green energy industry may be the very thing that gets our country out of this mess, and coming out this Friday is an awesome movie about just that.
Fuel is an Oscar-nominated, 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary that takes a careful look at our current dependence on oil and what it’s going to take to make the transition to sustainable energy possible. From the looks of it, this movie offers just the right proportion of hard-hitting reality, inspiring innovation, and sparkling star power (Julia Roberts, Richard Branson, Willie Nelson, and Sheryl Crow, amongst others, make an appearance). We can’t wait to see it! Ah, and it’s just in time for Valentine’s day. Dinner and a documentary, anyone?
Check out this picture of FUEL producer Rebecca Harrell and Director Josh Tickell. It’s a little blurry, but love the green.
Another fun thing about the film: its executive producer is John Paul DeJoria, the CEO and Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell and Owner of Patron Spirits. “The Fuel film is a great example of just exactly how alternative energy makes sense” says DeJoria, and we can’t help but break into a triumphant smile. After all, here’s even more evidence of how fashion and environmentalism go hand-in-hand!