Holiday Gift Guide, The Eco-Fashion Edition
On the first day of Christmas (or Hanukkah, Bodhi Day, Kwanzaa, Samhain, Winter Solstice) my true love (mate, significant other, friend with benefits) gave to me… Oh, you know the rest. What do we all want this holiday season? Eco-friendly gifts for a more sustainable future. EcoStiletto delivers with Fashion, Beauty, Living and Jewelry Gift Guides publishing all month long, featuring the crème de la (organic) crème in each category, plus $100 in weekly giveaways for Members from now thru February.
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How’s that for a season that keeps on giving?
Everyone needs to stay warm this season, so a gift of Rene Geneva’s gorgeous Peacoat, crafted from luxurious hemp and organic wool with bright red pleats, sleeves and pockets in sustainable hempsilk, will get thank yous for months to come. Plus, this company is certifiably carbon neutral. Bonus! 11.11 WIN ONE $298 RENE GENEVA PEACOAT, because baby, it’s cold outside.
Who says accessories have to be leather? Teich’s awesome new Rockaway bag is made from blue and white organic cotton twill, lined with hemp, locally made in Brooklyn and vegan tested, vegan approved. 12.23 WIN ONE TEICH $145 ORGANIC COTTON BAG.
The edgy and embellished eco-fashion line Bllack (and parent company, Noir) is swooningly gorgeous; we fell hard for their halter-necked rocker top that gets its cling from Lenzing Viscose—an all natural fiber made from wood. It’s perfect for the friend who’s destined for a spotlight (read: you). 12.9 WIN ONE BLLACK $92 GLITTER JERSEY HALTER TOP.
We love everything at Zaum; luckily one of their oversized organic cotton twill totes, featuring big, bold 100% recycled PET felt polka-dots, can fit pretty much everything they make inside. 1.20 WIN ONE OF TWO $48 ZAUM ORGANIC COTTON TOTES.
All organic. All fair trade. A full 1% of sales donated to environmental and social welfare non-profits. Since they launched in 2002, Stewart + Brown consistently creates the most gorgeous eco-clothing collections and sticks to their sustainable guns. And now through November 30th, they’re giving us an additional 20% off on any sale item with “EcoStiletto” at check out! 1.13 WIN A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE AT STEWARTBROWN.COM.
Can these gorgeous rainbow scarves be any more beautiful? Yes, when you realize manu Nepali by TDM Design supports a collective of Nepalese women and children. 2.10 WIN ONE LUXURIOUS $125 ECO-SILK & CASHMERE SCARF.
Want a smokin’ dress to rock at your next holiday party? Look no further than LTR’s carefully curated collection of dresses made from organic bamboo thread woven and organically dyed in a Los Angeles factory. But, aside from all this planet-saving, these dresses are drop-dead gorgeous. Now through December 31st, get 15% off with “ecost” at checkout.
Don’t forget Dad—although these upcycled Cut by Wesley ties from Visionary Boutique, made from old ties cut and stitched to hipster lengths, may be more of a SO/FWB kind of gift. 2.17 WIN ONE $95 CUT BY WESLEY UPCYCLED TIE.
Imagine what this bag has heard: The perfect party Sonic Clutch is made of a special material woven from recycled audiocassette tapes. 11.18 WIN ONE $130 SONIC CLUTCH RECYCLED AUDIOCASSETTE TAPE BAG.
For the player on your list, look no further than Playback’s oversized zippered hoodies. Made from recycled cotton textile scraps mixed with post consumer PET polyester, Playback uses colors created from the original recycled materials—think water cooler blue—for inspiration. 1.19 WIN ONE OF TWO ZIPPPERED $55 HOODIES MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS, because everything’s better the second time around.
What to put under all these sustainable duds? Nothing less than Pact organic cotton panties, which give back 10% of each sale to worthy causes. We love their slogan, “Change starts with your underwear.” 2.10 WIN TWO $60 SETS OF THREE ORGCOT BIKINIS, then go change!
Fashion’s party perennial—the clutch—just became a must-have crafted in recycled leather rainbows from Jypsea. EcoStiletto readers get free shipping on etsy, plus 12.29 WIN A $60 RECYCLED LEATHER CLUTCH. Bonus!
Pants to Poverty underwear promote living wages, recycle 95% of water used in their production, empower women and plant 100 trees per month. What do your underwear do? 2.5 WIN ONE OF 10 PAIRS OF $17.50 PANTS TO POVERTY ORGANIC COTTON BIKINIS. Oh, and they’ve got guys’ styles, too.
There is nothing better than a sexy cranberry red cardigan to lift spirits when the skies outside are gray, especially when it’s eco-friendly Tencel/wool from the ever-so-lovely Aime (pun intended). 11.4 WIN ONE AIME $288 TENCEL/WOOL CRANBERRY CARDIGAN.
Good shades make for a great gift—especially when they’re made from recycled stainless steel and repurposed plastic under the tag line “hot glasses, cool planet.” We like it. MODO plants a tree through Trees for the Future for in honor of each purchase, and each pair is accompanied by a mail in recycling kit for old, unwanted frames. Now through December 15th, get 15% off with “MODO15” at checkout.
Okay, so it’s not technically a fashion item. But how could we resist including this ridiculously soft and cozy bamboo-and-organic-cotton DBYJ robe? It’s a classic: Double-layered collar, pockets, belt, the works. It’s like something Greta Garbo would wear in her dressing room. If she were an ecoista. 1.7 WIN ONE $123 DEFINED BY YOUR JOURNEY ORGANIC COTTON ROBE.
Oh and P.S. Of course we’re still giving away free shoes this month! In fact, they’re Alicia Silverstone’s favorite Melissa Plastic Dreams shoes, co-designed by Vivienne Westwood in an utterly danceable, Ginger-Rogers-worthy Mary Jane style. THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH: WIN ONE OF THREE $199 MELISSA PLASTIC DREAMS MARY JANE SHOES IN RED, BLACK OR GOLD. Woot!
