Well friends, we made the paper yesterday! The lovely Jenee Osterheldt interviewed me as her source for a commentary on conscientious holiday shopping. She wrote a fantastic piece — so I’ll use her words to sum up many of mine. (Be sure to read the full piece, at the link above. Charming that she mentioned Buy Nothing Day in […]
Zac Posen invites us to upload an image of what we wore to the polls at FashiontheVote.com. Not the most important decision of the day (there, I said it)… but kinda fun.
VOTE!!!
Last week marked the first-ever Carrotmob event in Kansas City! (And second-ever in the U.S.!) It was an honor to help organize this event with some of the most lovely, conscientious people in town.
What in the world is “Carrotmob”? Carrotmob is an absolutely ingenious concept of win-win consumer activism — we buy stuff we’d […]
Thanks to nitrolicious.com for an extensive and exciting update on Nike Considered, recounting its Spring 2009 launch event in NYC on Tuesday.
“For Spring 2009 Nike Considered Design will be featured in all six of Nike’s key categories, including ACG, tennis, running, soccer, women’s training, men’s training, sportswear and basketball. Nike’s best selling running shoe, […]
I just wrote way too long a comment on another blog to not post it here. This is a preview of some permanent content I’ve been working on for this site, so please — join the conversation.
It started with Green Grechen’s original post, In the News…Throwaway Fashion. Check it out. From me:
Hey Grechen! Love your […]
Yesterday, I heard two exciting reports about manufacturing that is bucking the globalization trend. You could call it the silver lining to high energy costs and the weak dollar.
From NPR’s report on Superior Products Inc., which produces gas fittings in Cleveland:
“When we go overseas now, a dollar-denominated price is something much more competitive — if […]
I got an eblast today from the ONE Camapaign with the subject line of “Platforms Against Poverty,” and I hate (or love?) to admit that my first reaction was to wonder about how SHOES were going to help the global crisis.
My apologies for even admitting this, but it’s worth mentioning because the email invited us […]
You’ve probably heard the news by Nau: It’s back! (Sorry, couldn’t resist… and that one actually worked. Grin.)
I have had the privilege of covering Nau’s comeback for Worldchanging.com, and with that has come the treat of meeting Mark Galbraith, Nau VP of Design, and Gordon Seabury, president of Nau’s new sister company, Horny Toad. HT […]
It’s hard to turn a corner without running into some kind of advocacy against the genocide in Darfur. God bless our collective conscience, right? Public Library designed these tees for Urban Outfitters, from which $5 of the $28 price goes to savedarfur.org. (Of course, you can also donate directly to the cause on the Save […]
I saw U2 in 2002 on their Elevation tour, and I must say that one of my biggest take-aways of the night was that Bono is a DORK. (Affectionately!) He gives himself emotionally to his music and his crowds, and while Thom Yorke and Chris Martin somehow do this really attractively… Bono doesn’t.
But as […]
It’s not just Barry — Michelle Obama is looking HOT these days! Thanks to an entry from Kim at PaperMag.com for taking note of the first lady’s increasingly designer closet (making yet another likeness between Barack and JFK). But don’t expect Michelle to give up affordable wares; the $99 White House Black Market dress she […]
Dear Big Money (particularly you so-called “Speculators”),
If you have investments in oil commodities, please put them in the stock market instead. This will lower our gas prices and improve our economy.
If you have or had investments in poorly loaned mortgage-backed securities or collateralized debt obligations, I’m sorry for your probable loss, and please put any […]
