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05/06/2012 – 6:16 PM | One Comment | 1,791 views

Not All Blogs Are Created Equal: How brands need to balance quality and quantity in their influencer marketing programs
Social media, although it’s been around for nearly a decade, is still in its infancy in terms of proper and notable use as a marketing tool for fashion, luxury and entertainment companies. There are few doing it …

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3D Printing & The Future of Fashion

12/15/2011 – 5:33 AM | 2 Comments | 4,228 views
3D Printing & The Future of Fashion

This is another one of those stories that seems like science fiction, but is actually reality. Retail, distribution and manufacturing are on the verge of rebirth because of a revolutionary emerging technology: 3D printing.
Early adopters in the fashion industry are embracing this new technology and creating truly innovative products that are currently available (see below). …

Five Eco Conscious Designers That Inspire Us

08/22/2011 – 5:00 AM | 2,122 views
Five Eco Conscious Designers That Inspire Us

In 2011, more people are striving to make earth-friendly decisions when it comes to purchasing everything from cleaning supplies to fashion. Recently, we’ve discovered eco chic on Haji Lane in Singapore and we’ve explored the definition of sustainable fashion.  Now, we’d like to present you with five eco conscious designers that inspire individual style and …

SFC Announces New Green Retailer Standard At Las Vegas Market

08/02/2011 – 1:40 AM | 1,189 views
SFC Announces New Green Retailer Standard At Las Vegas Market

The Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC) is rolling out a new standard for recognizing exemplary performance on sustainability issues for retailers coinciding with the summer market at World Market Center Las Vegas.

The SFC was founded in October 2006 with the express purpose of uniting raw materials suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and designers in the common cause of …

Ethical Apparel Line Attracts UK ‘It Girls’

07/04/2011 – 5:00 AM | 1,524 views
Ethical Apparel Line Attracts UK ‘It Girls’

Guest Post by Taisa Veras
While most designers are designing collections with celebrity ‘it girls’ in mind, Beulah London’s designers, Natasha Rufus Isaacs and Lavinia Brennan, are designing with the women suffering in the human trafficking trade in India in mind. Philanthropy runs in Isaacs’ family history; her great-grandfather was the …

Life Editing: Can The Modern Family Live in A 550 Square Foot Home?

06/27/2011 – 6:30 AM | 1,737 views
Life Editing: Can The Modern Family Live in A 550 Square Foot Home?

Last year, FMM delved head first into interiors and sustainable living at the Dwell on Design Conference in Los Angeles.  One of our favorite installations was MODERN LIVING.
Once again, the ecofabulous founder Zem Joaquin has teamed up with leading architect Jonathan Davis of pieceHomes and sustainable prefab builder, OneBuild, to create a modern dweller’s …

Beauty Rituals: A Better Way To Cleanse

06/03/2011 – 6:15 AM | 1,279 views
Beauty Rituals: A Better Way To Cleanse

Cleansing? What is that?
If you’re in fashion and beauty and you’ve never done an internal cleanse, then you’re just not in the know. Heck, if you live in California and you’ve never had colon hydrotherapy, then you may be beyond our help!
Big fans of the Arise & Shine cleanse, we recently went in search of …

How-To Properly Define Sustainable Fashion

05/24/2011 – 10:45 PM | One Comment | 3,132 views
How-To Properly Define Sustainable Fashion

There has been a lot of talk about fashion’s movement into “green.” From H&M to Puma, brands are finding ways to implement practical change.  Noting the importance of carrying out more responsible practices into their business and design models, fashion labels are brainstorming to come up with the best way to embrace green while still …