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Indie Designer Interviews: Jen Ell's Revenge

Posted Sep 26th 2008 at 7:40AM by Mallory Whitfield

Filed under: Accessories, Clothing, Vintage and Retro, Interviews, Green Fashion

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there and we wanted to find out more about what makes these creative types tick. If you do too, check out more of our Indie Designer Interviews.

Just in time for Halloween, we'd like to introduce you to the quirky, sometimes spooky creations of designer Jennifer Ellison. Her shop, Jen Ell's Revenge, is full of wonderfully kooky finds, like these awesome skeleton hand barrettes.

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Tags: etsy, goth, green, halloween, handmade, indie, indiedesigners, quirky, recycle, recycled, spooky, trashion, upcycle

Indie Designer Interviews: Third-Hand Designs

Posted Sep 20th 2008 at 4:47PM by Mallory Whitfield

Filed under: Interviews, Green Fashion

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there and we wanted to find out more about what makes these creative types tick. If you do too, check out more of our Indie Designer Interviews.

We have great respect for clever artists who can take something old and create something new and beautiful with it. So of course we love the reconstructed clothing designs of Evy Godwin, creator of Third-Hand Designs and today's featured indie designer.

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Tags: clothing, eco-friendly, etsy, green, indie, indie designers, indiedesigners, reconstructed, reconstruction, recycle, recycled, sustainable, Third-Hand Designs, Third-handDesigns, trashion, upcycle, upcycled

Indie Designer Interviews: Custom Ink

Posted Sep 8th 2008 at 12:51PM by Mallory Whitfield

Filed under: Accessories, Vintage and Retro, Interviews, Green Fashion

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there and we wanted to find out more about what makes these creative types tick. If you do too, check out more of our Indie Designer Interviews.

If you long for the days of the mixed tape and prefer a well-loved boombox to the ubiquitous iPod, then today's featured indie designer is right up your alley. Meet Debbie Kelly of Custom Ink, an Edinburgh, Scotland based line of cassette tape belt buckles, kitschy accessories and original artwork perfect for the 80s child in you.

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Tags: 80s, belt, belt buckle, belt buckles, BeltBuckle, BeltBuckles, belts, cassette, cassettetape, etsy, etsy.com, indie, indie designers, indiedesigner, indiedesigners, kitsch, mix tape, mixtape, recycled, retro, trashion, upcycle, vintage

Top 5 ways to green up your wardrobe

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 at 4:04PM by Mallory Whitfield

Filed under: Style for a Cause, Green Fashion


By this point we've all heard how important it is to buy eco-friendly products, and that includes fashion. But is it all just hype? Just another marketing gimmick employed by corporate America to try and get us to spend more dollars but feel less guilty about doing it? Many companies have been accused of greenwashing, and it's certainly true that buy buy buy is not the way to help our environment.

No matter what though, people will always want to dress in a way that makes them feel good about the way they look. We shouldn't have to compromise style in our quest to save the planet. Sure, we need to adjust our habits, but that doesn't mean that we'll all end up looking like a bunch of dirty hippies. Here's our list of the top 5 ways to really green up your wardrobe.

Gallery: Top 5 ways to green up your wardrobe

1. Buy Quality, Not Quantity2. Buy Vintage3. Buy Revamped4. Buy Local5. Buy Sustainable

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