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This jewelry artist is hot, IT, green, and canny! Designer Victoria Spleet-Lenz doesn’t mass produce. In fact, she individually hand-crafts every item with recycled aluminum pop and juice cans. Each piece is exclusive, elegant and unique.

Sophie is winner of the Most Eco-creative Women’s Designer award of the Chic Eco contest poll 2008.

Her work blends daring design, traditional techniques, and luxurious, eco-friendly textiles to create beautiful, timeless pieces for women of all ages.

Indigenous Designs minimizes the impact to our environment through the development and use of the finest natural fiber blends, yarns and dyes to produce children’s, women’s and men’s clothing. Expect alpaca, organic cotton, silk, Tencel®, and wool materials.

November 2008 dates the launch of the Moksa Surya brand and collection in London. Uganda born designer Farah Damji of Moksa handmade in London offers us a sneak preview of her Spring/Summer 2009 ready-to-wear assemblage of fourteen pieces.

What:  A Fun Men's "Sustainable Green" Fashion Contest  ~  Where:  Global via Internet  ~  When:  Nominations Honored October 1st thru November 10th, 2008  ~  Why:  To Expand Awareness of Exceptional Green Designers  ~  How:  Email Vote to Info@ChicEco.com with Nomination in the Subject Line  ~ 

** The winner will be announced by varied press release avenues from green fashion media, to editors, publishers, blog sites, etc. A custom award seal that can be posted with pride will be honored to the designer, which everyone is free to share. **

Congratulations Sophie Rieu of Unicorn! Sophie utilizes certified organic cotton and locally-woven fabrics, such as linen and tweed. She supports the sustainable use of natural materials, as well as local crafts and traditions. Sophie holds a passion for innovative designs and strives to produce something quite different twice a year.

The style is timeless, Bohemian-exotic. To sum the poll quotes up, Nina creates sustainable apparel and accessories that are beautiful, sexy and fun.

Nina is the fashion inspiration for ROMP, whose collection is certified organic by the Soil Association and GOTS approved for natural dyes. UK’s Soil Association is one of (if not the most), strictest certifiers on our planet.

The setting is the foothills of the Himalayas. Giant Nettle, a/k/a Allo in Nepal, is a plant that grows wild, – up to three meters (or 9.84 feet) in forests. Like hemp, the plants don't require fertilizers or pesticides. Also like hemp, the plants prevent soil erosion. In fact hemp grows well in this region too.

Natural aromatherapy and perfumery for people, their homes and offices. These products can rejuvenate moods, emotions and one’s state of mind from inside out. Ingredients are all natural, pure, wild-crafted and certified organic whenever possible.

Ever think of securing a custom designer? Most people only do so for special occasions, but it's especially more common for high-fashion couture admirers. And why not for green couture?

Well it's not common knowledge, but custom green couture is an expanding service. Existing and famed designers are shifting from conventional materials and some like Crystal Miler have been at it from the start.

Sculpture and Mobiles by Bruce Gray in Los Angeles is a truly unique business. His Found Objects collection is made from articles that were pulled from dumpsters or company trash donations. Bruce proudly attests he takes more stuff out of the trash than he puts in.

Time for fall/winter fashions and when it comes to staying warm in freezing temperatures, the eco-minded public feels left in the cold by more than the weather. There aren’t many choices beyond synthetics. So what’s the solution? The answer lies in one’s moral perspective on what constitutes a sustainably made garment. Some find it strange when a petroleum-based synthetic is praised while natural materials like fur and wool are condemned.

The Organic Bouquet business models widespread trade and consumer awareness. The quality of farm working conditions is improved, damages to ecosystems are minimized, biodiversity is conserved, and environmental quality for future generations is enhanced.

Perhaps you’ve noticed gift and holiday supplies proudly claiming recycled, post-consumer, chlorine-free, or tree-free? Sounds nice, but are you confused? Most consumers are when trying to decipher it all. Frustrations peak when claims are misleading.

Both business and home owners who simultaneously care about tasteful decor and being green have a solution.

No matter what you call this lovely ivory something, designers have good reason to go nuts and save a little rainforest with tagua!

Koi has a thing for vintage cashmere and incorporates the recycled material into her collections.

Isn’t it nice to learn about a textile company that so admirably exceeds the goal of sales?

There are many reasons to overcome fashion's destructive downside. Fortunately, positive and innovative changes make 2009 fabric choices exciting.

Common production from plant to fabric is not as green as eco-minded people would like. Don’t fall for the bamboo fabric gold rush when scrutiny is required to honestly connect it to the green market.