Mommy Greenest Loves: Ocean + Main
I recently featured LA-based sustainable fashion innovator Ocean + Main in the newsletter. The sustainable fashion innovator crafts limited-edition clothing in inclusive sizes, often from upcycled sources and just released its annual sustainability report and launched a #preloved program. Nope, this is not sponsored but yes I am OBSESSED.
Ask Mommy Greenest: My Daughter Wants A Sustainable Prom Dress – Help!
Today, I’m debuting a new column: Ask Mommy Greenest. Please share your questions in comments on this post and I’ll answer in a new one. Thanks! Jane asks: My daughter wants a sustainable prom dress. There is so much conflicting information out there – how do I know what’s really sustainable? Some of the “eco” brands are so expensive. How can I get her a dress that’s good for her and the planet – without breaking the bank?
Eco Fashion, A to V
You’ve read about fast fashion, in which underpaid workers in third-world countries provide western consumers with cheap and disposable goods. You’re all clear on cotton, which uses 17% of the world’s insecticides and is 94% Genetically Modified. But with that in mind, sometimes you just have to shop—and many of those times take place during the holidays. Which is why it makes sense now to figure out what matters to you when it comes to the clothes that you buy. Here’s how I categorize eco fashion.
Shop Drop Challenge, By The Numbers
Editor’s Note: Check out the 2016 Shop Drop Challenge! Thanks from the bottom of my heart to everyone who supported the Shop Drop Challenge. By now, you’ve heard ad nauseum how much money the average American woman spends on clothes, and how much textile waste she dumps into the landfill. With this in mind, here’s what happened in 30 days this month: 513 women joined the Shop Drop Challenge. We saved $30,780. We diverted 3,078 pounds of landfill waste. Amazing! But we also inspired our community to think beyond the mall when it comes to style. And that, my friends, was the point. I want to make the Shop Drop Challenge…
4 Rules of Thrift Shopping
If you’ve been following Mommy Greenest this month, you know we are in the thick of the 2014 Shop Drop Challenge, in which we’re creating a community of women who have pledged to buy no new clothes or accessories for the 30 days of January and are inspired to thrift and swap their style this month. This group is on the list for an exclusive party in Los Angeles later this month. Want to join us? Sign up! I’ve been buying second-hand clothes pretty much exclusively for a few years now, and yes there are environmental benefits, but my reasons are mostly selfish: I’ve been able to upgrade my closet…
Need A New Year’s Resolution? Shop Drop!
Editor’s Note 12.29.14: Did you stumble here? Check out this year’s Shop Drop Challenge! Welcome to the 2014 Shop Drop Challenge! I am so excited to get this party started. We’re creating a community of women who have pledged to buy no new clothes or accessories in January this year. It’s the perfect resolution to save resources and money! The average American woman spends $60 per month on clothes and dumps six pounds of textile waste into the trash. If we all got together, we could save nearly $10 billion and one billion pounds of landfill waste. Yes, that’s billion with a b. Right now, there are nearly 400 of…
