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Fashion Fights Poverty hits the runway later this month
I’m already tearing through Goodwill’s racks of treasures (carefully!) to find something to wear to this season’s hottest event: Fashion Fights Poverty. The area’s creative and fashionable folks will be meeting up at the Artisphere on the evening of March 31 for sips, nibbles, a silent auction, and the most exciting part—the fashion! Project Runway [...]
Tags: eco-friendly, Fashion Fights Poverty, sustainable style
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Oscars red carpet features a bit of green
It’s fun to ooh and aah over the gowns that appear on Oscar night, but did you know that this year’s red carpet featured some eco-friendly frocks and suits? You probably saw her on Sunday night: Livia Firth (the lovely wife of dashing actor Colin Firth) wore a Valentino gown made of recycled PET (that’s [...]
Tags: Academy Awards, eco-friendly, Green Carpet Challenge, Livia Firth, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Oscars
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Comfort in print
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Goodwill Good Buy of the Week
This week’s selection is a fantastic find from Boden. The brand is proud of being “eco and ethical,” and presents its ethical code of conduct on its website. It’s easy to get behind a brand that takes social responsibility seriously and still has a sense of humor (read their “about us” page for a chuckle). [...]
Tags: Boden, dress, eco-friendly, Goodwill
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Goodwill’s Travelin’ Trunk Show
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Dear readers, our good friends at Greater Goods, located at 1626 U Street NW Washington, DC, is hosting a third trunk show this year with us November 14th from 11AM – 2PM! We are very excited for this opportunity as we enjoy meeting you all. As always there is going to be vintage and contemporary [...]
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Fashion For Father
You still have almost two weeks, dear readers, to pick up the perfect present for Dad. To me, it always seems like shopping for Dad is way harder than shopping for Mom. Why is that? I’m not sure. But I believe that the DCGF has discovered some totally awesome gifts that you still have time [...]
Tags: belt, eco-friendly, holidays, Restoration Hardware, ties, Toms Shoes, Veronique Branquinho
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Live Green!
Well, dear readers, the DCGF has a gaggle of great guest bloggers lined up for the summer months, but today I wanted to let you know about an exciting new partnership that Goodwill of Greater Washington has entered into with Live Green! Live Green is a grass roots organization dedicated to green living by making [...]
Tags: discounts, eco-friendly, green, Live Green
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Not Just A Pretty Face
The person standing in front of me at the Corcoran‘s lecturn last night could not have been more aptly named to become an “eco model:” Summer Rayne Oakes – darling of the fashion magazine set and occasional-target of the mainstream press – spoke on being Naturally Fashionable, which is the title of her new book. [...]
Tags: Charmone, eco-friendly, fashion, green, Payless, Summer Rayne Oakes
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Travelin’ Trunk Show…@Crystal Couture!
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Oh dear readers – this is terribly exciting! I’m sure by now you’ve seen some of my Tweets or Facebook updates mentioning Crystal Couture, “A Fortnight of Fabulous Fashion Fun” in Crystal City (Arlington, VA) beginning with tomorrow evening’s Opening Gala. Many of the D.C. area’s best boutiques and brightest talent will be there with [...]
Tags: Crystal Couture, DC Goodwill, eco-friendly, Travelin' Trunk Show
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Ask The Fashionista: Goodwill Gone Green?
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We get many questions here, dear readers, regarding Goodwill “green” initiatives. Regular readers know that your intrepid DCGF has travelled to the DC Green Festival, announced DC Goodwill’s computer recycling program, scoped out the coolest in eco-friendly home furnishings, and always makes sure you’re the first to know about the hottest new green designers and [...]
Tags: Eco Chic, eco-friendly, green, Inauguration, recycling, Travelin' Trunk Show
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Friday Furnishings: It’s Trunk Show Time!
Big announcement, dear readers: the DCGF can reveal to you exclusively that our first Travelin’ Trunk Show of the year will be on Saturday, January 17th at Greater Goods on U Street! And we’re coupling it with a donation drive, so all of you Dupont Circle/Shaw/Columbia Heights folks who don’t have a chance to make [...]
Tags: Ask The Fashionista, eco-friendly, recycling, trunk show