Daily Find
Many people who live in Seattle care about supporting companies that have chosen to go organic. We buy organic food to eat, make sure that our body-care products are made with organic ingredients and are increasingly interested in buying clothing made from organic cotton.
By Alison Brownrigg | May 16, 2008
Daily Find
Many
fashion-conscious Seattle
women are familiar with Pioneer
Square boutique Violette,
but they may not know that owner and clothing designer Beth Nielsen also sells
environmentally conscious apparel online, at her Web-based shop, Eko Chic. Currently, the Web
site both sells Nielsen's own vintage-inspired designs and showcases other eco-friendly, independent designers.
By Stacy Nguyen | March 24, 2008
Daily Find
With homegrown labels such as Emily Katz and Sameunderneath, Portland is quickly becoming the center of the eco-friendly fashion world. Case in point is Leanne Marshall of Leanimal, who uses eco-friendly materials like hemp and organic cotton as much for their textural complexity as for their environmental gold stars.
By Natalie Bow | February 18, 2008
Daily Find
Chris Raver and Suzanne O'Shea, owners of the environmentally friendly superstore Goods for the Planet, have a mission: to tread lightly on the planet in all facets of living. Everything they stock at their South Lake Union shop is recycled, recyclable, renewable, conserves energy or water, or is locally made.
By Kathy Schultz | January 16, 2008
Daily Find
Brand new in Greenwood is an exclusive boutique with a modern outlook, a social conscience and a designer denim wall. Sorry grown-ups, this one is just for kids. Twig eschews the Babies R Us look in favor of a well-considered selection of apparel for the under-five set.
By Marika McElroy Cain | November 27, 2007
Holiday 2007
The holiday season may be the one time of year when you can force your political agenda on others. Not by commandeering the dinner table with election-year talk or causing a tiff around the tree, but by what you give. This year, think globally, and give eco-friendly gifts that will influence the habits of your family members and friends.
By Britt Olson | November 21, 2007
Daily Find
Happy Green Bee, the Raleigh-based brainchild of Burt's Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby, produces organic cotton clothes for infants and toddlers in vibrant colors that outshine the pastel palette popular with most baby clothiers. What's more, their environmental pedigree trumps that of most mass-produced baby clothes.
By Marika McElroy Cain | November 15, 2007
Daily Find
It's pretty easy to be vegetarian in Seattle, but some of us who avoid meat on our plates are total space cadets about what's on our feet. Even dedicated vegetarians can conveniently "forget" that their shoes are made of leather; I'm living proof.
By Neal Schindler | November 7, 2007
Daily Find
Plastic shoes? If those two words conjure up images of discount shoe shops, think again. Brazilian-made Melissa shoes are funky and fashionable.
By Kathy Schultz | May 16, 2007
Daily Find
Sustainable fashion goes suburban this month with the opening of Nau in Bellevue Square.
By Natalie Bow | April 30, 2007
