Tag Archive for 'little black dress'

Lav & Kush’s Sustainable Lounge-Meets-Office Wear Misses the Mark for Fall 2011 (Photos)

All Photos: Lav & Kush Lav & Kush is set on designing clothes that are comfortable, functional, and that look good too. Based in Vancouver, Canada, the sustainable fashion label gives wearable basics a feminine twist. A ruffle lining the hood of a sweatshirt, a little black dress with edge, and more, hits--and misses--in their fall 2011 collection. Take a look: ...Read the full... weiterlesen...

The Uniform Project Premieres Little Black Dress With a Multifunctional Twist

The Uniform Project's little black dress. Photo: The Uniform Project The Uniform Project (U.P.) continues to reimagine the classic little black dress. First it was a convertable romper dress, then came the reversible stretch dress, and now, the LBD has been severed into two parts: a zip down high-waisted skirt and a shell top that doubles as a two-piece suit, which is, as the f... weiterlesen...

365 Days of Stylish DIY, Down To The Shoes: Makeshift Project (Photos)

Photos: Natalie Purschwitz, Makeshift Project There's no shortage of people taking up year-long DIY eco-fashion challenges out there (365 days of the same little black dress? Check. 365 days of upcycled dresses under a buck? Check). But with Vancouver designer Natalie Purschwitz's Makeshift Project, the DIY-365 ante was upped: f...Read the full story on TreeHugger weiterlesen...

Bust a Move in Uniform Project’s Versatile Little Black Dress for October

Singer Isis Salam wears the Uniform Project dress in October. Photo: Uniform Project. With fall, comes cooler temps and seasonal trends and yet the Uniform Project's (U.P.) little black dress is still in style. For their October pilot project, the U.P. has teamed up with solo artist Isis Salam, formerly of the Canadian duo Th...Read the full story on TreeHugger weiterlesen...

New York Green Fashion Week: From Bright Young Things’ LBD, Springs the Ultimate Convertible Wardrobe (Slideshow)

Bright Young Things Spring 2011 Collection, New York Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman From the maker of the Uniform Project LBD, comes Bright Young Things, a label that launched in June of this year with one little black dress (LBD). The New York-based line debuted on the runway at weiterlesen...

A Little Black Dress that Functions as Your Cell Phone, Too

Photo: CuteCircuit via Ecouterre Always misplacing your mobile? CuteCircuit makes it easy to catch calls on the go with their forthcoming M-dress (Mobile Phone Dress), which I read about in Ecouterre. The hip-hugging soft-circuitry cellphone dress has a built in antenna -- conveniently concealed in its hem -- and accepts a SI...Read the full story on TreeHugger weiterlesen...

A Sexy Little Black Dress That Doubles Up as a Cellphone

If you ask a woman what her life staples are, the cell phone and the little black dress would probably come up in conversation. So in the spirit of streamlining, the clever designers over at CuteCircuit have fashioned a sexy little number that does duty not only as a favored basic, but also as a soft-circuitry cell phone! Dubbed the ‘Little Black M-Dress’ (or Mobile... weiterlesen...

Tara St. James Designs New Uniform Project LBD (You Can DIY, Too)

It's a romper. It's a little black dress. It's a Uniform Project dress by Tara St. James. Image courtesy of the Uniform Project. We're all about little black dresses (LBD) -- or, as per the season, LWDs -- they're the eco-chic fashion staple that never tires -- and we just donned one for the weiterlesen...

NYC’s Favorite Fashion Bloggers (Including a TreeHugger) Style One LBD 16 Ways, Let the Challenge Begin!

Bright Young Things Style Challenger Tiffany of Six SIx Sick. Photo: Ayasha Guerin When Bright Young Things (BYT), the sustainable fashion label that launched with one little black dress last month, asked if I would don their LBD for a Style Challenge I had to muster every ounce of will po...Read the full story on TreeHugger weiterlesen...

Fresh, New Fashion Label Launches with One Little Black Dress (Photos)

One dress; Two different ways. Credit: Emma Grady From the Designer of The Uniform Project dress--Brooklynite Sheena Matheiken made it famous by wearing it 365 days, 365 different ways--comes a fresh new fashion label Bright Young Things. The catch: the label is comprised of one season-less LBD, designed to be worn continuously and made to order, locally in New York City. Could... weiterlesen...