http://greenbydesign.com Setting an Example by Design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just wanted to roll out a quick thanks to our wonderful team at GBD - I hope you all have noticed the stealthy little site tweaks we've slowly been making - and thanks for your patience if you were ever the victim of a tweak-in-progress. ;) Starting now, we're hoping ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/19/serious-eye-candy-reem-alasadi/ Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Luckily, we don't have a problem with wearing green here at Green By Design - we've always got green on! Right - well, the goal today is to share a wonderful label/boutique called Zachary's Smile with you, not to send you running for the pot ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/17/irish-eyes-are-smiling-and-so-is-zachary/ Sort of obsessed. No, more like possessed. Basically hypnotized by the breathtaking terrariums of Paula Hayes - so self-contained and perfectly arranged - like little verdant haikus. [caption id="attachment_4851" align="aligncenter" width="678" caption="My favorite terrarium of all time"][/caption] I came across Hayes' work a while ago and it was so inspiring it made ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/15/living-fashion/ It's a simple truth: when giants move, people take notice. And Urban Outfitters is a giant. So it makes my heart beat a little faster to write the following words. One of their many private labels is "Urban Renewal." Urban Renewal clothing is created in Philadelphia, where UO is headquartered, ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/12/vf-ode-to-uo/ I recently finished reading Braungart and McDonough's Cradle to Cradle, which is pretty much the bible for green/sustainable product (any kind) design. The whole point of the book is that instead of trying to make design "less bad" by awkwardly retrofitting existing models and designs we should aim for a product ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/10/fashion-as-a-product-of-service/ Monday. Back to the daily grind. However - some of us have amazing jobs that have us itching to get back to work! Witness the amazing Shannon South of  Remade USA, for instance. She salvages leather coats and jackets from thrift stores and remakes them into some of the most ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/08/got-it-remade/ We return to Vintage Frursdays this week, but with a slightly different spin: Recently, wandering around the webosphere, we stumbled upon a treasure trove of flea market oddities, stylish ensembles for the well dressed man, and the occasional post on (un)fashion. Intrigued, we got ahold of the blog's author Cruz and ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/05/denim-on-denim-on-fashion/ Jeans. A peculiar beast in the typical human's wardrobe. Denim is pretty mythic, especially in America and Japan. People are fanatical about it, collecting rare vintage pieces,  obsessing over the newest pair from the latest avant garde underground denim label. [caption id="attachment_4770" align="aligncenter" width="306" caption="PRPS for women"][/caption] Lately denim has become all ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/03/its-jeanius-distressing-denim-not-the-earth/ [caption id="attachment_4761" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Wow #1"][/caption] Did you know I used to be an astrophysicist? True story, till I found my true calling deciphering this funny thing called fashion. So you can only imagine how beyond thrilled I was to stumble upon (no not the web thingy) this stylish gal's unique ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/03/01/hubble-inspired/ No, this post has nothing to do with Narnia. Just the world's biggest wardrobe! Why didn't I think of this!! The UK is light years ahead of the US in terms of sustainable fashion, it sometimes seems. And today is no exception. This clever little site is based across the ... http://greenbydesign.com/2010/02/26/out-of-the-closet-into-the-wardrobe/