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Can we buy our way to a more sustainable world?

Is it just me, or are brand names for eco-this and enviro-that becoming as tiresome as sardining one’s self into...

Fashion
Spinning full circle

High-tech gear guru seeks to reform garment industry.

Fashion
From hemp to hip with HTnaturals

Eco-friendly garment company leaves hippie days behind in favour of fashion-forward clothing.

Fashion
One person's trash, another's tote bag

Transforming juice boxes and aluminum cans into stylish and functional bags.

Fashion
Naughty and nice

Organic cotton boy-cut briefs, garnished with a screen-printed cherry motif and “eat organic” assertion, impart a bite of naughty to...

Fashion
Green kicks

Shoe fetishists take heed: John Fluevog, who has been designing funky lines of shoes for decades, is now appeasing Mother...

Fashion
Sustainable statements

Though the words Boolux, Soyla and Hempcious don’t exactly roll off the tongue, it’s not surprising that these nouveau fabrics...

Fashion
Fashion [re]genesis

“Sustainability can be sexy,” says Michael Ziff, explaining how he and Twice Shy business partner Jen MacCormack set out to...

Trends
Fresh cuts for vinyl and veneer

While it might seem mind-bending to the uninitiated, folding up old vinyl records origami-style and twisting reclaimed architectural veneers into...

Fashion
Redesigned Vintage Clothing: Feel the love, again

They say that love is better the second time around, and when it comes to Preloved’s redesigned vintage clothing, we...

Fashion
Ecofashion: Deconstruction, Reconstruction

Wearing one of her handmade wool sweaters, says ecofashion designer Michelle Bergeron-Mok of Mod to Modern, is like being wrapped...

Fashion
Vancouver Ecofashion: Leather luxe redux

Dad's old leather jacket become daughter's hot new bag under Ashley Watson's sure-scissored, luxe and redux command.

Fashion
Sans Soucie: From Hose to Haute

Though her cutting-edge collection, Sans Soucie, translates to “without a care,” it’s clear that such nonchalance doesn’t apply to the...

Shopping
Green reading

DREAM CITY: VANCOUVER AND THE GLOBAL IMAGINATION Lance Berelowitz Vancouver, described by Berelowitz in his book as the poster child...

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