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this one is for the guys: indie peace clothing

October 1st 2009

October is here! Since the month is new, how about a change of pace? Frequent readers no doubt have noticed that most of the fashion here at les violettes is for women. Well, today it’s all about the guys. In 2007, photographer Lawton Ursrey and fashion designer John Van De [...]

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ethos paris fall/winter collection 2009/10

September 20th 2009

Ethos Paris is an eco fashion house founded in 2002 that only uses materials that are both fair trade certified and organic. The collections are mostly made from cotton, raffia and alpaca. While alpaca is an animal-based product, it is sourced and produced by an Indigenous collective in Bolivia. Zippers are free of [...]

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stella mccartney fall 2009

August 11th 2009

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Wish I could have several pieces from this collection, don’t you? Well, wouldn’t you like to see Stella’s new resort line for 2010? Okay. Go here. Since I can’t get enough fashion how about two more slide shows both from treehugger – Stewart & Brown Fall 2009 and 20 Under-the-Radar [...]

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eco-fashion designer, masako oka

July 10th 2009

Kudos and heads up to fashion designer, Masako Oka. Oka has been designed eco-friendly clothes for more than a decade. An interest in nature and earth friendly and reusable fabrics, spurred her to create her first sustainable fashion in 1994. Shortly after 1994, I purchased my first “pleather” coat and another made [...]

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eco diamonds are a girls best friend

March 16th 2009

so glad that there are some fair trade diamonds out there.  what about you?

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time for some new shoes?

February 16th 2009

Being a veg(etari)an doesn’t just stop at food – consider the shoes issue. Think back many years to the choice between canvas or Payless shoes. Things certainly have changed; veg(etari)an shoes (and I’m not talking only canvas) are now easy to get.
Recently, I found about this useful web site. Basically,www.vegan-shoes.com, is a portal [...]

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