
From movie sets using only recycled and compostable flatware to the hippy at the market with her home made hemp jewellery, everywhere you look is green. Is eco-chic just another movement by retailers to cash-in on our sympathy for the environment? Maybe... but it's brilliant. Finally our greed is being used for good.
Green is being pushed as the new black, and a certain amount of pride can be seen in our step as we prance around in our organic threads, but how long will it last? Trends can be both time consuming and expensive to keep up with... if you let them. Rest assured, there's some great ways to keep your fashion forward on a budget that's more copper than green and will make sure the changes you make stick.
3 tips to make 'eco-chic' work for you...
1. Are they who they say they are?
Read labels and ingredients. Don't be fooled by a green box.... inside a green box... wrapped up in a pretty green box.
2. Make some else's trash your treasure.
And vice versa! Check local free classifieds and make your own postings. There's always a gem to be found at a price worth showing off. Waste not, want not.
3. Don't forget your common sense.
A classic white cotton blouse will always be just that.
Whether you're buying in to eco-chic because it's 'in' or because you suffer from unused bluebox guilt, keep it up! Wear those $4 hemp shorts you got on Craigslist with pride!
Green is being pushed as the new black, and a certain amount of pride can be seen in our step as we prance around in our organic threads, but how long will it last? Trends can be both time consuming and expensive to keep up with... if you let them. Rest assured, there's some great ways to keep your fashion forward on a budget that's more copper than green and will make sure the changes you make stick.
3 tips to make 'eco-chic' work for you...
1. Are they who they say they are?
Read labels and ingredients. Don't be fooled by a green box.... inside a green box... wrapped up in a pretty green box.
2. Make some else's trash your treasure.
And vice versa! Check local free classifieds and make your own postings. There's always a gem to be found at a price worth showing off. Waste not, want not.
3. Don't forget your common sense.
A classic white cotton blouse will always be just that.
Whether you're buying in to eco-chic because it's 'in' or because you suffer from unused bluebox guilt, keep it up! Wear those $4 hemp shorts you got on Craigslist with pride!
Written by: Karen Allington
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