10″ Elephant Dung Heels By INSA

The INSA Elephant Dung Heels were created in response to artist Chris Ofili (New York artist whose “The Holy Virgin Mary” painting was done using elephant dung and then nearly banned Guiliani from Brooklyn Museum) done for the British Tate.  Learn more on how they were made at Insaland.

The Lipstick Diaries

Recycle Your Denim At Gap

March 5-14th, bring in your old denim, doesn’t even need to be from Gap, and get 30% off any regularly priced denim (35% when you use your Gap Card.)

Gap will use the recycled denim to turn into eco-friendly housing insulation. Valid in stores only at Gap, Gap Kids and Baby Gap.

Thanks Claudia!

Gap

It’s A Wrap

People often ask what we do with the clothes we purchase for videos, commercials and movies.  From my experience, they’re usually turned into the production company.  I know much of it is kept or gifted out but sometimes it gets to the point where you just don’t need another pair of jeans or a sweater set used on a mom character in a Fed Ex commercial.

Welcome to It’s a Wrap.  It’s where the clothes used on actors end up and it’s open to the public.  Most of the items are brand new or have only been worn once or twice.   The clothes range from the Gap to various designer labels.  I found an unworn pair of Gucci shoes for  $250 and a kick ass Vivienne Westwood skirt for $75.

Definitely worth a visit.

Bosom Buddy Bra Recycling

Bra Recyclers is a textile recycling company, specializing in recycling bras and providing deserving women in communities who are facing challenges with a basic lingerie staple.  Recycling bras raises awareness about delaying the number of re-usable textiles, such as bras that are unnecessarily being sent to landfills and could be used for women and girls in communities who are experiencing challenges in their lives

The Bra Recyclers would like to do their part to assist deserving women with a recycled bra. A portion of all bras will be distributed to women’s shelters, transitional housing and to support groups for breast cancer support survivors.

Most of the drop off locations are located in Arizona with one in Sacramento, CA and Dallas, TX.  Otherwise they can be sent to this location:

Bosom Buddy Recycling  23844 S. Power Rd, Ste 102-433 Queen Creek, AZ 85142

H&M Organic Cotton Isn’t 100% Organic

Over a year ago, H&M announced that they were introducing more organic cotton into their lines.  I’ll admit- I buy from H&M (yes I contribute to fast fashion too) and I have purchased at least 3 tshirts based on the fact that I was sold on the whole organic cotton thing.  Well, looks like someone pulled a little “Sigg has no BPA’s” white lie.

Lothar Kruse, a director of the independent testing laboratory Impetus in Bremerhaven, who examined the cotton fabrics claimed around “30% of the tested samples” contained genetically modified (GM) cotton. The head of the Indian agricultural authority, Apeda, Sanjay Dave, told the newspaper they were dealing with fraud on “a gigantic scale.”

The GM cotton found in the brand’s collections has been traced back to India which now supplies nearly half of the global supply of organic cotton. According to Organic Exchange figures – to be released shortly – India produced 61% of the total amount of organic cotton produced in 2008/09 with some 107,000 tonnes of fibre out of the total 175,113 tonnes grown worldwide.

Via GOOD

Coco Eco Mag Issue No. 9 With Gossip Girl Kelly Rutherford

How smoking hot is Kelly Rutherford, the mom from Gossip Girl?  I had the pleasure of co-styling Kelly along side Sielian Li (from Sielians Vintage Apparel) for this shoot and I must say, she took us all by surprise when she showcased her fun and sexy side for the camera.

Go to Coco Eco to view the rest of the Kelly’s pics and here to read her interview.

It’s Alive!! Green Bling That Grows

I love these rings by cbijoux.  Not sure if they’re for sale or just concept designs since the site is in French but they remind me of the moss pieces (below) by Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson.

Source Ecouterre

Vintage Jewelry By Nola Singer

Thanks to Nola Singer for blinging me out on NYE.  LOVE.

Marc By Marc Jacobs Goody Bags

One good thing about living in the shopping district of Melrose and Fairfax is the shopping.  Most of the shops are pretty pricey but I can always count on finding something cheap and chic when visiting MJ.

My latest find was a bright yellow reusable shopping bag for $9 and a small clutch made from recycled plastic for $14.  Win!

8410 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069

Bringing Back The Fanny Pack.

Yana Handbags are made from re-purposed leathers to limit their waste contribution and vegetable dyed skins to curb their chemical impact on the environment. If you’re an animal lover and refuse to sport any leather, you can always go for the denim styles.

I’m loving the quilted ones with a door knocker earring as hardware. Yana also donates 15 % percent of their proceeds to charity. Stick that on your bum!

Source Ladies Lotto

http://ladieslotto.blogspot.com/2009/11/lladies-love-yana.html