For those who don’t know, Livia Firth is an eco-fashion warrior champion badass who happens to be married to Mr. Darcy Colin Firth. She first caught our eye when she announced her Green Carpet Challenge where she proclaimed that all her red carpet dresses for the year would be sustainable – and she did it! [...]

As we round the bend into 2012, the US election buzz is officially underway and I am nonplussed.  It’s no secret that Lindsay and I are liberals – I mean, obviously, since we want to save the earth and let gay people have rights and stuff – so it should also be no secret that [...]

There’s one man I’m certain can lay to rest those rumors about Lady Gaga’s genitals, and that’s Tony Bennett. After Bennett and Gaga finished recording their duet for ‘The Lady Is a Tramp’ (which is amazing, so if you haven’t heard it you’d better click play on the video below), Bennett asked Gaga to get [...]

…life would be pretty sweet. EDUN Oversize Fairisle Cardigan If Edun is one thing, it is Africa. The company was founded to encourage and develop trade with Africa; their mission is to continue to encourage trade with Africa; its founders (Ali Hewson and Bono) have a serious love affair with Africa. The company’s overreaching hope [...]

They’re not real stones, but they look like it, don’t they?  These earrings were donated by Etsy artist Biberklau to Europe for Charity: “This shop serves as a platform for our European Street Team on Etsy to collect money for relief whenever a humanitarian crisis emerges and to support causes like child care & education.” [...]

After cutting my Etsy and Wishpot lists down to their bare bones (“out of stock…out of stock…when did I add that to my favorites?”), I went on a mammoth wish-list hunt this weekend. I visited ModCloth, which I don’t often peruse because there’s just so much stuff, and was pleasantly surprised to find two independent [...]

Let’s drum up a couple of statistics to start your Tuesday, shall we? The cosmetic industry, dominated largely by women, generates $170 billion annually. Of the over two million human beings trafficked each year, 80% are women and girls. Nicole Marett figured out how to put those two numbers together and make something amazing. After [...]

This week, Awakened Aesthetic is being featured as a Tastemaker on our favorite ethical sample sale website, LovingEco! Like most private sale sites, LovingEco offers deep discounts on beautiful fashion and beauty products…but they’re revolutionizing the realm of limited-time fashion discounts in two ways: Everything item on sale is ethical. From clothing to accessories to [...]

I think it’s ridiculous when girls in movies spend a full-day date – a fifteen-minute montage scene, with lunch, a walk through the park, a trip to the candy store, a late-night drink, the walk back to their apartment where they awkwardly confess that they have a boyfriend, but he’s in Europe finding himself, and [...]

It’s always refreshing to see fashion designers promote charitable projects. With the sustainable movement still going strong, giving back is not only in vogue, but almost required in order to gain attention from the eco-loving media. For Fall 2011, the biggest names in fashion have come together to support not just one charitable project, but [...]