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Summer Rayne Oakes and a purple ballet flat from Zoe & Zac
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Photo credit: Loyale

TreeHugger would like to congratulate Jenny Hwa, owner and designer of eco-chic fashion label Loyale, for making O the Oprah Magazine's White House Leadership Project.

More than 3,000 women applied for the contest last spring, and the 80 winners were invited to attend a three-day crash course in New York CIty on creating change in the world, with coaching from top women leaders in the country.

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photo by Andy Gates

Bicycling is a great way to get to work without using gasoline or other non-renewable resources. It strengthens the body, bolsters the immune system and adds to the overall well-being of the cyclist, but a new poll shows that some may not be utilizing pedal power for the wrong reasons.

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An attendee at the launch of the Spring 2009 Timberland collection enjoys a cocktail while checking out the footwear. Photo Credit: Porter Novelli

In what some might dismiss as a opportunistic play for the burgeoning market for green fashion, Payless Shoesource will be launching a line of green shoes, clocking in at an average of $30. But look a little deeper, and you'll see that Summer Rayne Oakes, the iconic poster child of green fashion, whose good looks may distract you from the fact she's deeply qualified to consult on both what's most sustainable and at the same time fashionable, is on board here.

The second part of our Interview with Ian Yolles, head of marketing head at the newly resuscitated Nau, a green outdoor clothing maker, which just re-opened it website. Yesterday, in the first part, we delved deeper in to the business side of matters at the new Nau. For this half our investigation looks more at the product itself.

It's not hard to see the increased appeal of vintage and clothing swaps in a (necessarily?) contracting economy. Some of us have been second-hand thrift shoppers before it was cool, though, because we were economically-challenged and/or liked the thrill of the free find.

Found clothing is the opposite of "fast fashion"

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The journey of the UK ethical fashion label People Tree has been a remarkable one. As founder Safia Minney says in the introduction of her new book By Hand the story started in Japan in 1991 "and 14 years later I found myself sitting at the World Economic Forum in Davos." It is an amazing achievement for a grass roots Fair Trade fashion company to have such an influential voice on the world stage.

Photo credit: Mountains of the Moon

Designer Melissa Baswell was working with hemp and organic fabrics, and dyeing with low-impact dyes, long before "eco" became as buzzword and back when eco-fashion was saddled with the unsavory rep of being as fashion-forward as burlap.

Photo credit: Edun

Attention, Edun fans: The socially and environmentally conscious fashion label will be setting up temporary shop in San Francisco and Los Angeles to showcase its Fall/Winter 2008 collection, which we first featured on TreeHugger in February.

You know cycling has become mainstream when the New York Times has not one but two photo essays in the Style section- one on bikes as the latest fashion accessory: "As bike lanes multiply around the city, cycling grows ever more popular and subcultures of riders coalesce around a style and a sensibility. A look at the two-wheeled traffic." ::New York Times

More usefully, they then show a collection of fashion accessories for the fashion accessory: a review of classy panniers and shopping bags. ...

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