Fashion, Evolved

Eco-Friendly Fashion Show – More bloopers are a click away

Check out the latest addition to the blogosphere–Ecouterre.com:

Despite the fact that most fashionistas are loath to talk about the environment, and most environmentalists are loath to talk about fashion, the environmental ramifications of clothing design impact each and every one of us on a daily basis. The cotton industry releases roughly 16 percent of global pesticides—more than any other agricultural crop—each year. The World Health Organization estimates that at least 3 million people are poisoned by pesticides every year, resulting in 220,000 deaths worldwide annually.

“I got tired of having to explain to skeptical fashionistas that there is more to ‘eco-fashion’ than organic T-shirts, while simultaneously trying to convince my grouchy environmentalist friends that they need to focus their eco attention on the clothes they wear on their back,” says Jill Fehrenbacher, Ecouterre’s founder and editor in chief. “There are a ton of talented, environmentally conscious designers who are producing beautiful, innovative, groundbreaking designs each year, and they are really not getting the attention they deserve from mainstream press. I’ve started Ecouterre to provide a showcase for these up-and-coming designers and a forum to get people talking about eco design.”

Nothing like having someone praise your hard work!  Especially when that someone else is the coolest kid on the block!

Thanks to the amazing bloggers at Treehugger.com for recognizing Fashion, Evolved as one of the 7 Must-Read Green Fashion Blogs.

I’m now smiling to myself like a fool!

This year is the launch of the very first annual Evolved Blogger Awards which celebrate the best in green fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogging.  I invite you to visit the awards link and take note of all the wonderful work being done in the blogosphere to promote a cleaner, greener way of life.

Do you have a favorite blog that I missed?  Leave me a comment and let me know who I should include next year!