Posts with tag Al Gore

Earth Day Round-up

Email thisPosted Apr 22nd 2009 at 2:00PM by Josh Loposer

The fashion industry is promoting guilt-free shopping today in honor of Earth Day. Designers really want you to reduce your eco-footprint by purchasing their various wares. (Aww, isn't that sweet?) Here's how:

Target's first eco-friendly designer collaboration, Loomstate for Target, has hit stores just in time for you to pull together your edgy, organic-cotton look for Earth Day fetes.
Looking to add to your monogrammed luggage set? If you shop online at Louis Vuitton today, the luxury retailer will donate 15% of all purchases on their US website to The Climate Project. FYI, The Climate Project is an organization founded by Al Gore, who also helped invent the internet. (How's that for synergy?)
Pretty Little Thing NYC is selling a globe necklace to commemorate the planet's special day. The rest of the year, the globe revolves around you ... er, your neck. A portion of the proceeds from these babies are going to The Wilderness Society.
Did you know Donna Karan is a total natural wellness hippie? Check out this video of Donna explaining some of the techniques and benefits of holistic medicine and her new project Urban Zen. BTW, she's designed a bunch of awesome tees that benefit charity, available exclusively at Tonic.
Keds has revamped their classic kicks for Earth Day. Not only are their Green Label shoes made of organic cotton and recycled rubber, but for each pair sold, Keds plants a tree. Friday is Arbor Day people!
Anthopologie hooked up with Edun (the brainchild of Bono's wife Ali Hewson) for a line of Bee Tees. These 100% organic tees will bring awareness to the alarming disappearance of honeybees. All while making you look fashionable and socially-conscious, of course.
Don't throw out your old cosmetic containers. Origins has teamed up with Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford to launch a cosmetics recycling program. All Origins counters (even the ones inside department stores) will accept empty cosmetic containers from any brand.

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The Natural Store, naturally

Email thisPosted Apr 13th 2008 at 2:17PM by Whit Honea

Filed under: Clothing, Jeans, Men, Style for a Cause

If there is one thing that we love as much as fashion it's conservation and corporations that believe in it, that's why we were happy to find The Natural Store.

This is what they say about themselves:

The Natural Store is a different type of Department Store – dealing only with suppliers who operate on a Fair Trade basis, have high ethical and moral values, or who try to minimise their impact on the environment. So whether you're after individually made organic chocolates endorsed by the Soil Association, sensual underwear in organic cotton and hemp/silk or a wind-up radio so you can tune to your favourite station, we're the natural choice.

Gallery: The Natural Store

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Tags: Al Gore, AlGore, conservation, england, ethical, jeans, moral, organic, pants, shorts, the natural store, TheNaturalStore, trousers, u.k.

Arbor: Eco-friendly shirts with style

Email thisPosted Mar 27th 2008 at 9:02PM by Whit Honea

Filed under: Style in the News, Clothing, Men, Style for a Cause

Even if Arbor didn't make awesome apparel (and skate and snow boards) it would be a great company. They have a commitment to the environment that would make Al Gore blush, and that's saying something.

From their website: "Arbor's long-standing assertion is that solutions to many of today's most difficult snow, skate, and apparel design challenges exist in the natural world."

Here are some samples of their shirts for men:

Gallery: Arbor

If you want to know why these shirts, and Arbor in general, are even cooler than you think, click the read more:

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Tags: al gore, apparel, arbor, bambo, environment, organic, shirts, skate, snow

The Quiet Life makes loud shirts

Email thisPosted Mar 4th 2008 at 12:06PM by Whit Honea

Filed under: Style in the News, Clothing, Style for a Cause

The Quiet Life has released its collection of t-shirts for the upcoming season and they have focused on a green message as well as raising money for charity.

The green is in the planet, or should be anyway, hence the Happy Planet/ Sad Planet image. You decide how happy the Earth is. Oddly enough, both Happy and Sad are doing the exact same dance move. Maybe the dance is life, and the fact that it continues despite... um, sorry. I get carried away when my inner-Al Gore starts tingling.

The charity shirt is Right On Fight On (pictured) which was designed by Neil Doshi in an online contest. All of the materials involved in the printing of the shirt have been donated by vendors which allows for 100% of the proceeds to go to a good cause. Hence the contest being called the "Design a t-shirt for a good cause contest." See how that works?

The good cause in this case is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. A good cause indeed.

There are many more shirts available on their website. The shirts below are from the 2008 Spring/Summer release:

Gallery: Quiet Life T-Shirts

[via Haute Concept]

Tags: al gore, cystic fibrosis, good cause, happy, planet, quiet life, QuietLife, right on fight on, sad, t-shirt

Men and shorts: why not?

Email thisPosted Aug 7th 2006 at 10:30AM by Anne Metz

Filed under: Style in the News, Clothing, Men

In an article entitled "I Wore Shorts to Work, and They All Laughed" in yesterday's New York Times, Eric Wilson ponders the age-old question: namely, why is it that women get to wear skirts when it's hot, while men still have to wear suits?

After a rash of record temperatures on the East Coast (thank you, Al Gore!), male executives have been pointing out the inequality that their female counterparts get to wear sleeveless loose tops and open-toed shoes, while businessmen have to bunker down in full suits, socks, shoes that don't breathe and, yes, ties.

Is this fair? No. I absolutely mean that.

Yet I also mean it when I say that a grown man in shorts looks an awful lot like a cub scout going to a jamboree.

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Tags: al gore, AlGore, businessmen, eric wilson, EricWilson, heat, new york times, NewYorkTimes, shorts

How You Voted

Threesome or topless?
More than 3/4 of you think the CK campaign 'Threesome' campaign was more risque than Wrangler's topless models. Get the full story here.

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Do these ads belong in the U.S.?
StyleList readers were nearly evenly divided on this, with 52% thinking that they should run in the States, and 48% finding them inappropriate. Get the full story here.

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Curly or Straight?
While 30% of you think she's so beautiful that her hair doesn't even matter, 49% of you prefer her curls. Get the full story here.

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Offensive or artistic?
Just over 50% of StyleList readers said they weren't offended by this shirt, but didn't know if it was totally appropriate to wear in public. Unfortunately, that wasn't the opinion in Dubai. Get the full story here.

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Strapless dresses on 13-year-olds
StyleList readers think strapless dresses should be saved for older girls -- 41% of you think the look is too mature. Get the full story here.

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Is Megan the new Angelina?
Half of you think Megan needs to get her own identity and quit copying Angie, but more than a quarter said Jolie doesn't stand a chance against this Fox. Get the full story here.

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Did Calvin Klein respond to public's outcry?
The controversial "threesome" billboard in Soho has been replaced with this one, but 51% of you believe it was just to keep people talking about the brand, not because CK caved. Get the full story here.

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Calvin Klein's Racy Ad
Is it art or practically pornography? About 40% of StyleList readers found this billboard obscene. Get the full story.

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Palin's Pedi
Do you think Sarah Palin's funky pedicure was appropriate? If so, you're in good company -- 68% of you said it was fun and fabulous. Get the full story.

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Bright, Light, or Dark as Night?
How do you like your toenails painted? Over half of StyleList readers prefer their piggies with bright, perky polish. Get the full story.

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