So I heard Flipside was doing a fashion show where all the items were going to be made out of recycled stuff and household products and I knew I wanted to make a skirt out of ties - don't know why I've just wanted too for a long time. 1 thing I learned is that a whole bunch of mismatched ties are ugly! But thanks to my friend Becky and Travis at the ...

About 50 models will strut the catwalk during a fashion show Thursday night at Berry College’s Krannert Ballroom wearing the finest in handmade recyclable outfits. Think ... lines, the organization adopted the slogan “rethink, revalue, recreate” and invited anyone with a green eye for fashion to create an outfit of at least 75-percent recyclable material to be modeled during the show. Read more ...

... as belt buckles. But Emily, who ironed sheets of grocery bags together and used newspaper to prevent the front of the dress from melting to the back, looks like she should be walking down a fashion runway. And she definitely should be competing on Project Runway. Although this is not the kind of fabric that would hold up during the harsh Pittsburgh winters! Grocery Girl in Action I stumbled ...

Check out this new design for a leather bag made from recycled leather from Timberland called TRAIDremade.  Seems like a great move on Timberland to push their green efforts. Recycled fashion label TRAIDremade has designed four exclusive handmade bags for ... Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News Recycled Leather Bag – Timberland TRAIDremade Products, Re-use, ...

... 19, 2009, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin displaying shoes made out of recycled newspapers. Lin&# ... Taiwan – Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and ... raffia as replacements for leather. "My concern is for comfort, fashion and the environment," she said. Lin's shoes and ...

... wall installations, pillows — and even high-fashion dresses. Kathleen’s perhaps best known as the founder and designer ... wall art. Of course, because all the works are made incorporating recycled glass, the pillows and dresses raised some questions ... decorative art? “I think in some ways the highest of fashion is art, really, because it’s not what you’d wear every day ...