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You love the word "Eco-chic". It's your new favorite word. You conveniently find ways to interject it in most of your sentences. It just seems so appropriate. You've noticed that the word is everywhere, so you don't feel weird or even slightly awkward when strangers roll their eyes at you because you know that this word is popular and very accepted, which means you are certain they must just have something in their eye. Or maybe their winking? Doesn't matter, you're in denial and you like it that way. You're stoked about Earth Day this year. You've designated it as "Eco-Chic Earth Day," by which you'll be aiming to set a record for how many times you can say the word back to back without puking, choking or getting slapped by friends, family or passersby. It should be fun. You're looking forward to it. To commemorate this mammoth feat, you've decided to celebrate Earth Day, the word "eco-chic", and how awesome you are in general by drinking copious amounts of biodynamic wine and consuming grass-fed burgers and free-range chicken while lounging in your new eco-friendly fashions purchased recently from local boutiques that carry sustainable threads. You're conscious, you're aware and you want to take your new found green obsession to the next level. Bravo! That said, you've decided to throw a sustainable house party for you and you're friends. You've installed a Swedish Separett Composting Toilet beforehand so you can save everyone's poop for good measure and composting purposes. You demand that all of your socially conscious upwardly mobile peeps (scuppies) exclaim that your poop-saving practices are considered "eco-chic." You serve dirt, rainwater and bird eggs. You're guests are shocked and appalled. You're friends tie you down and try to smack some non-green-sense into you. And that's when it hits you.....you've gone mad, and there's nothing eco-chic about that. |
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**The Green Scene** Girls Go Green. Going Green has never been so stylish! No really. Girl Power Hour will be showing you what it means to be green and how it can be eco-chic with a live trunk show featuring sustainable fashions, organic vodka, complimentary organic appetizers, grooves from Seattle's first green DJ, sustainable door prizes and swag bags. The Sole Repair Shop, RSVP required, $10 at the door, 6:30-9:30 pm, April 17th. *After Party at Havana Social. Haute Trash. Since green is all the rage, no wonder trash is making a comeback. Yes, it's the original "Deralict" fashion show. Well sort of. Its the Re-Store's annual Recycled Fashion Event honoring our waste, but let's be honest, it's people wearing garbage! That's so hot right now. April 18th, New York Fashion Academy, $10, 7-10 pm. Environmental IKEA. That's right, IKEA is going (environ)mental. Get composting tips and more while stocking up on household must-haves for Spring. April 19th- 20th, Free. Earth Day Wine Tasting. Celebrate Earth Day right at Zoomazium with green hors d'oeuvres featuring grass-fed mini-burgers, free-range chicken skewers, local produce and wines made with eco-friendly practices. April 22nd, 6-8 pm, $40, 21+. Dine in the Sky. Columbia Tower Club goes green with style over candle light, organic food and a sense of civic pride. Choose raw or vegan food options. April 22, April 29, May 6 and May 13, $43 pp, reservations required. Sustainable Trunk Show. View Emily Baker of Clever Castle's latest collection featuring re-claimed pieces of porcelain figurines at Last Waltz Boutique. Enjoy live music, organic treats and cocktails. Portion of proceeds benefit Baahaus. April 26th, 7-10 pm, Free. Eat Local Now. Join BALLE Seattle and Sustainable Ballard at the Ballard High School to feast on locally grown foods prepared by Seattle chefs. Tickets to this tasty fund-raiser, promoting awareness for issues such as farmland flooding and food security, have a history of selling out. April 29th, 6-9 pm.
**Noteable Non-Green Events**
Art & Accessories. Peruse both Art & Accessories at the 2-day Champagne Event happening at the Bouncing Wall on April 19th-20th from 1pm-5pm both days, featuring over 80 local designers and artists, and lots of champagne.
Spring Runway 08. Technically it's Spring, but with this weather you wouldn't know it. Shop away your weather woes at the Spring Runway 2008 at The Bellevue Collection with Aritzia, Mercer, MNG by Mango, Rag Men's Style and Sway & Cake and more, April 17th-20th.
Cirque du Soleil. Or, in our case, Oł est le soleil. Where's the sun, damn it? Maybe you can find it at the opening of Cirque do Soleil on Thursday, April 24th at Marymoore Park. Tickets begin at $55.
D-List = A-List. D-List Magazine has managed to turn an otherwise negative connotation into a stylishly positive one, in barely a year no-less. This don't miss one-of-a-kind 1-Year-Anniversary Sapphire Party features an all female DJ roster, swag bags for the first 200 and complimentary tray-passed appetizers abound at Freemont Studios on April 24th, 8pm-2am. Stylish attire encouraged. $20 at Ticketswest.
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**Find Eco-Friendly Fashions** Juniper Boutique - It might be located just slightly off the beaten path, but this Madrona boutique carries sustainable lines you can't find anywhere else. Juniper carries Portland's Anna Cohen, known for her ultra-chic designs that take into consideration all parts of the process from raw materials to end-of-life use, "organic pioneers" Stewart & Brown, 100% organic cotton tees by Loomstate, John Patrick Organic, the understated sophistication of Loyale, former architecture student Carol Young Undesigned's urban nomadic apparel, and Souchi. FashionEthic - A local website where the eco-conscious fashionista can shop without feeling bad about herself. FashionEthic offers high-quality forward-thinking fashions from designers that follow some sort of "ethical compass." Find lines made of organic and sustainable materials, recycled or repurposed goods, most of whom follow fair labor and fair trade practices. Find eco-chic lines by Edun, the eco-friendly clothing made in Canada by Passenger Pig eon, eco-apparel by Sublet Clothing, Portland's Emily Katz, eco-chic local designer Lizzie Parker, and other Fashionably Responsible designers. Kimmi Clothes - This local designer uses recycled fabrics, utilizes fabric that has already been created, or, she salvages materials that have been cast away to otherwise end up in landfills. She also finds and uses "local" fabrics that don't have to be shipped in, therefore cutting back on fuel usage. These sustainable practices allow her to decrease her carbon footprint while creating these eco-conscious fashions. Good work! Kimmi Clothes can be found at Frock Shop and Andaluz.
**Sustainable Party Tips** Party with a Purpose. If you're not planning on holding your eco-friendly event at home, think about one of Seattle's sustainable-chic event spaces such as Sodo Park, the Sole Repair Shop or Ravishing Radish. Reusable Tableware. Forego plastic plates and flatware for reusable tableware. If you don't have any good china laying around, hire Totally Tabletops to set the table-scape for you. Green Drinks. Try an organic Vodka like Square One or Salmon-Safe or organic wine like Badger Mountain or biodynamic wine like Bonterra that takes organic to the next level. Green Gifts. Decorate your space with small plants or potted flowers. Offer to guests as a parting gift. Organic Nosh. Choose an organic caterer like Organic to Go or pick up reheatable organic fare from Eat Local, who supports our local farmers. Green Grooves. Bored with your Ipod? Hire Bamboo Beats to provide organic beats for your party. What makes them Green? A host of things including use of MP3's and vinyl instead of CD's, driving from gig to gig in a hybrid, purchasing green power and more. Great idea or really great branding? |
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**On the Radar: Upcoming Events to Keep an Eye Our For** Style 08, May 1st - Annual spring fashion show and benefit.
Product Runway, May 2nd, 7pm - Architecture and design students exhibit creative couture.
Sip for a Cure, May 14th, 6:30 pm - Wine, beer and BBQ tasting festival for a cause.
Guilty Pleasures, May 20th, 6pm - Grab your girlfriends for the naughtiest FUN-raiser of the year.
Sex and the City "the Movie" opening, May 30th - with special screenings at The Big Picture.
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