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Gap & Cotton Inc. on Denim Recycling
15 years ago
Cotton Incorporated has partnered up with Gap this year for their denim recycling initiative, COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN. The initiative launched in 2006 to encourage consumers to donate their used jeans so that they can be converted into UltraTouchTM Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation. The insulation is then donated to families in need. Since its launch, the initiative has recycled enough denim for over 540 homes with many families from the Gulf Coast benefiting from this program.
Through March 14th, Gap will launch COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN as part of their Recycle Your Blues event. In more than 1000 Gap locations across North America and Puerto Rico, consumers will be able to donate their old denim. As an incentive, they will receive 30% off new denim purchases from Gap, GapKids, or BabyGap.
“We hope the drive will help foster awareness about cotton’s recyclability among our consumers, while enabling them to give back to communities in need,” said Marka Hansen, President, Gap North America.
The Beer Belly of America
15 years ago
My boyfriend Tyler found this great article on FloatingSheep.org today and passed it my way. What makes me so interested the findings is that there is a disproportionately large number of bars in the Midwest (including Minnesota, where I’m from).
The article states that the writer were surprised when they compared the number of grocery stores to bars across the country. Their expectation was that grocery stores would outnumber bars. The results show that you can clearly see the “beer belly of America” peeking out through the “t-shirt of data”. The majority of areas below contain gold dots – in these locations there are more grocery stores than bars. Congrat sif you live in one of these ares. It means your less likely to have an alcoholic person in your life. The problem areas (or what my mom would call ‘fun’ areas) are in red – and this is where there are more bars than grocery stores. I assume there is a correlation between weather patterns and number of bars in a region, but thats for the experts to decide.
For more clever geographical analysis on almost any topic read the FloatingSheep.org.
Lucila Lotti Shoes
15 years ago
Lucila Lotti, the designer behind her self titled shoe line began her business focusing on shoes made from bright colored patent leather, suede, satin and vinyl in homage to her mother who always wore heels and lipstick when leaving the home (sounds a lot like my Grandma Rue). Lucila’s debut collection has received attention from a handful of celebrity stylists, one in particular is Patricia Field (stylist for Sex & The City). Her bright, bold shapes and ability to mix colour and silhouette in a brave, fashionable style will no doubt continue to inspire more international press.
Book Bust: Typeface
15 years ago
Bay Area designer Tamye Riggs book
Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design ($40) demystifies over 50 serif, scripts and dingbats for those who find “font” to be a rather boring and plain concept.
Support one of my fav SF Stores adn buy this book at Park Life…or be boring, and buy on Amazon.
GoVinoWine Glasses
15 years ago
GoVinoWine.com make unbreakable, recyclable wine glasses ($3 each). The glasses are made of a polymer composition (aka plastics), which sounds cheap but the producers claim it flatters your drink the way crystal does. Plus you can be green and recycle these glasses when they lose their luster.
Granted Knitwear
15 years ago
Vancouver-based knitwear company Granted puts out handmade warmth using top-notch New Zealand wool. Product offerings range from leg warmers, mittens, sweaters, hats, and ponchos – all adorned with objects such as camels, palm trees, flamingos, and tribal masks.
*This article was found at DailyCandy.com
Diesel Home
15 years ago
Last year Diesel began its foray into becoming a full-on lifestyle brand by launching its home collection. The brand has recently collaborated with Italian furniture company Moroso, and as a result they’ve added some stunning pieces to their growing collection.
Diesel and Moroso wanted to create a “relaxed and comfortable mood” inspired by an “informal lifestyle concept”. Simple shapes were modernized such as the travel trunk-themed credenza or the rock and roll-studded bar stool, with prices ranging from $350 – $14,500.
The licensing agreement with the Moroso will last four years, starting with the introduction to the U.S. and Europe, but will eventually expand worldwide. The conceptual collection is obviously made with a specific type of customer in mind and will have enormous appeal to Diesel’s most loyal, and affluent, patrons. It can be found in the following U.S. locations: San Francisco – Diesel Market Street, Los Angeles – Diesel Melrose and New York City – Diesel 5th Ave.
Twenty8Twelve Fall 2010
15 years ago
For those of you who don’t know, Sienna Miller and her fashion designer sister, Savannah are behind label Twenty8Twelve. I have some issues with this label, first, you don’t name any kind of company after four numbers and then mix up the spelling with letters and numbers. Secondly, the new Fall 2010 line looks like something I can see on any street corner in the Mission, worn by a lady who paid a fraction of the price for a similar outfit. I understand that Sienna says she doesn’t claim to be a designer and feels she’s been misinterpreted, but when you own a clothing line with someone who has had formal training in fashion design, like her sister…I’m sorry, like it or not, you are a designer.
Back to the Fall 2010 collection, it’s not high-end, and the clothes, while doubtless fun for a certain kind of British girl to wear, don’t display the kind of skill that have won critical acclaim. In this collection, there were some neat pieces, such as the trippy colored giant cardigan, lovely black tops and dresses with fringed shoulders, and a red minidress.