bebe stores : NO ANIMAL FUR

Let's see what bebe Stores wants to do about the animal fur.
You, what would you like to do about it? Are you agree with the use of fur in baby's clothes? Do you believe in animal rights and the humane and ethical treatment of animals?

bebe stores, inc.

Bebe stores, inc. today announced that it will discontinue buying product with animal fur starting January 2008.bebe stores, inc. CEO, Gregory Scott, said "bebe's policy regarding fur has always been based on a strong belief in animal rights and the humane and ethical treatment of animals. Over the past year, bebe has gone to great lengths in working with its vendors to ensure that only fur created as a byproduct could be used. Over this same period of time, we are proud to say that we have dramatically reduced the use of animal fur to less than 3% of our product offering and now look forward to completely eliminating animal fur from our orders beginning in January 2008."

bebe stores, inc. designs, develops and produces a distinctive line of contemporary women’s apparel and accessories, which it markets under the bebe, COLLECTION bebe, BEBE SPORT and bebe O brand names. bebe currently operates 285 stores, of which 206 are bebe stores, 20 are bebe outlet stores, 58 are BEBE SPORT stores and 1 is a bebe accessories store. These stores are located in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Source: Bebe stores, inc.

J. Jill styling secrets

J. Jill a national specialty retailer expresses the woman's need for clothes capturing the current fashion trends. J. Jill reveals a few styling secrets

Press Release:

From an artist's perspective, layering is a bit like creating a sculpture in the round, but with moving parts and a mind of its own. Recognizing this, J. Jill offers a selection of light, fluid layers that easily mold to a 35+ woman's contours without the weight of clay or inflexible heft of steel. From the essential underlayer to soft shirtings, simple vests, thirsty sweaters and more, J.Jill's choices for layering capture current fashion trends while expressing this woman's need for clothes that readily adapt to a changing thermostat ... inside, outside and sometimes within.

While similar to sculpture, layering doesn't require a potter's wheel or degree in art history. According to J. Jill, it's a mixture of art basics (easy shapes, blended colors) and simple math (plus one, minus one equation). Here are a few styling secrets from J. Jill:

-- With the exception of outerwear, layers should be light, not heavy. Fabrics should be soft and comfortable against the skin. A few examples this fall include cotton pincord, tumbled corduroy, ribbed cotton, cashmere, washable velvet and J. Jill's cozy yarn (a super soft blend of polyester and nylon).

-- Each layer should stand on its own. Having the ability to add or subtract a layer is essential. Best to make sure each layer is in good condition and fits you properly.

-- Choose styles that go on and off with ease - e.g., cardigans, oversized tunics, deep V-neck sweaters and vests are stylish and practical options.

-- Follow the light in, heavy out rule of thumb. For the smoothest look, start with a base layer or foundation piece that gently hugs the body - i.e., stretchy cami, tank or tee. Base layer should be lighter and fit closer to the body than outer layers. A shelf bra cami is the ultimate underlayer. J. Jill offers camis year-round in shades that blend perfectly with seasonal deliveries.

-- Look for layers that reveal a well-placed glimpse below. Layering is all about providing a peek at other layers, not covering them up. Looks that juxtapose varying necklines and lengths work well - e.g. scoop tank under a deep V; hip grazing menswear vest over a tunic-style shirt.

-- As you layer up, avoid the appearance of bulk by choosing styling details that deflect attention from any figure concerns - e.g., deep V necklines elongate the neck and bust line; tonal and monochromatic blends from shoulder to hem help create the illusion of height; asymmetrical details and off-centered gathers subtly capture the eye; a contoured belt with a distinctive buckle celebrates the waist.

-- When traveling, consider layers that are versatile and easy to carry.
A white t, for instance, is the perfect foil if you find yourself caught in an unexpected heat wave or cold front. It also comes in handy should something spill on you in transit. Additionally, a cashmere cardigan or tunic doubles as a soft jacket and becomes a comforting blanket on long drafty flights. Of course, the real key to traveling in style starts with the right fabric. Choose a "smart" synthetic blend that drapes beautifully, resists wrinkles and is machine washable in shapes that are fluid and versatile. Made of rayon and Lycra(R) spandex, J. Jill's Wearever Collection was designed with savvy road warriors in mind - the pieces mix, match and layer with pack-to-back ease.

About J. Jill

Established in 1987 as DM Management, J. Jill is a national specialty retailer, cataloger and e-tailer of women's clothing and accessories with over 250 stores throughout the U.S. J. Jill became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Talbots, Inc. in May 2006. J. Jill offers clothing service and a serene shopping environment for the 35+ woman who takes care of everyone else. J. Jill stores carry relaxed weekend wear and casual business attire in a spectrum of sizes. The clothes are marked by fluid lines, feel-good fabrics, artful styling details and a cohesive color palette culled from nature.
For more information, visit thetalbotsinc.com (corporate information) or jjill.com (online shopping site).

Source: PRNewswire

Gap child's labor

Gap Inc tells us about the use of childrens in labor for Gap in India. The press release below unveils the strategy and the action on the labor kids market.

Gap Inc Press Release:

In response to media reports issued today, Gap Inc. issued a statement clarifying information surrounding a UK media report on the use of child labor in an unauthorized facility that produced a single product for Gap.

Earlier this week, the company was informed about an allegation of child labor at a facility in India that was working on one product for GapKids. An investigation was immediately launched. The company noted that a very small portion of a particular order placed with one of its vendors was apparently subcontracted to an unauthorized subcontractor without the company’s knowledge or approval. This is in direct violation of the company’s agreement with the vendor under its Code of Vendor Conduct.

Marka Hansen, president of Gap North America, made the following statement today:
“We strictly prohibit the use of child labor. This is a non-negotiable for us – and we are deeply concerned and upset by this allegation.

As we’ve demonstrated in the past, Gap has a history of addressing challenges like this head-on, and our approach to this situation will be no exception. “In 2006, Gap Inc. ceased business with 23 factories due to code violations. We have 90 people located around the world whose job is to ensure compliance with our Code of Vendor Conduct.

“As soon as we were alerted to this situation, we stopped the work order and prevented the product from being sold in stores. While violations of our strict prohibition on child labor in factories that produce product for the company are extremely rare, we have called an urgent meeting with our suppliers in the region to reinforce our policies.

“Gap Inc. has one of the industry’s most comprehensive programs in place to fight for workers’ rights overseas. We will continue to work with the government, NGOs, trade unions, and other stakeholder organizations in an effort to end the use of child labor.”

About Gap Inc.

Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies under the Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Piperlime brand names. Fiscal 2006 sales were USD 15.9 billion. Gap Inc. operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Ireland and Japan. In addition, Gap Inc. is expanding its international presence with franchise agreements for Gap and Banana Republic in Asia and the Middle East.

Source: Gap Inc.

TheFindGreen Teams Up with Eco-Friendly Fashion Brand Evidence of Evolution

The Find green is a search engine who can help you to find easier clothes or any other eco-friendly object in fashion. Today TheFindGreen announced that will sponsor one fashion show froms Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles, the show of Evidence of Evolution.

TheFindGreen, the leading shopping search engine and web destination for discovering eco-conscious fashion and lifestyle goods, today announced that it will sponsor the Evidence of Evolution www.evidenceofevolution.com fashion show to be held this evening as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles.

Evidence of Evolution designers Ali Alborzi and Andrew McCarthy will debut their Spring/Summer 2008 Green Collection for men and women, with all fabric and processes in creating the collection adhering to eco-friendly practices. TheFindGreen consumers will be able to access the line through www.thefindgreen.com by December 2007.

Evidence of Evolution, chosen as the Mercedes-Benz "Designer Presents" show of the week, will tonight launch its latest collection, Evidence of Evolution Green. The line was developed using low-impact dyes and no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) water-based paints for silk screening. It adheres to Carbon Free Business practices to offset its carbon footprint and utilizes local artisans for its crafting. TheFindGreen, launched in September 2007 by TheFind Inc., is a shopping search engine entirely devoted to the discovery of green-friendly fashion, home, and lifestyle products, all developed through processes and practices that contribute to the preservation of the earth's natural resources. Already offering 300,000 products from 1,200 online stores, TheFindGreen caters to the rapidly growing consumer preference to support those companies that are eco-conscious. "Evidence of Evolution is precisely the type of brand that shoppers are seeking when using TheFindGreen," said Larisa Hall, Vice President of Marketing for TheFind, Inc.

"As an ever-growing number of shoppers are making buying decisions based upon eco-friendly processes and products, TheFindGreen has stepped in to develop a site that finds them all in one place. A hip, highly fashionable, sought-after clothing line that is committed to the environment is a perfect fit for our green product search engine."

"We are delighted to have TheFindGreen support the debut of our Evidence of Evolution Green collection," said Ali Alborzi, co-designer of Evidence of Evolution. "It's wonderful to see more and more lifestyle companies working together to preserve and conserve the environment." The Evidence of Evolution private fashion presentation will be held at 7:00 p.m. PST at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, CA. Expected attendees include Christina Aguilera, Adrian Grenier, Vincent Gallo, Josie Maran and others. To discover eco-friendly products on TheFindGreen, please visitwww.thefindgreen.com. For more information on Evidence of Evolution, please visit www.evidenceofevolution.com .

About TheFind,

Inc. TheFind, Inc. offers the leading shopping search engine that delivers comprehensive, authentic and visually compelling results for products across the lifestyle goods category. The find.com family includes leading fashion shopping website glimpse.com, which specifically caters to fashion-savvy shoppers searching for the latest trends and hottest apparel products, and thefindgreen.com, which finds organic brands, green stores and environmentally-friendly products all in one place. From the most popular e-commerce sites to the most unique, hard-to-find brands, thefind.com uniquely crawls the entire Web to find more than 190 million products from more than 500,000 stores.

By using its patent-pending "product ranking" technology, thefind.com displays the best-selling products, styles, brands and stores for any shopping search right on the first page of results - saving consumers time and money. Thefind.Com, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is backed by leading investors Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.thefind.com. Green Shopping Search Engine Sponsors Premier LA Fashion Week

Show; Will Offer Designer Brand On Website By December 2007

Source: PRInsider

Eco-friendly retailer to open flagship store in 2008

Bangleodx decided to open a first eco-friendly store in 2008. The store will contain objects like: wallets, short and other clothes wich will be 100% eco.

Bangledox Press Release:

Eco-friendly fashion and trends have gained a good deal of public attention with the media having played its part well. Bangledox Eco-Friendly Clothing is grounded in the concept that the clothing industry and environment can co-exist.

With fashion and clothing having procured undisputed attention of people, the garment industries are expanding to cater to the needs of customers and survive the competition.
Meanwhile, Bangledox, a Latino owned T-shirt company takes a brave step towards introducing environmentally friendly T-shirts, by incorporating organic cottons and earth friendly inks and dyes in their clothing line.

They started off with stalls at flea markets of St.Roberts,Mo ,the company does have an online store at www.bangledox.com.
The idea is to make aware of the harmfulness of chemicals and synthetic dyes to the environment and thus the importance of resorting to eco-friendly clothing. In addition, the website also provides with helpful tips on saving energy as well as other useful environmental information that its visitors can use to help do their part.

Eco-friendly fashion and trends have gained a good deal of public attention with the media having played its part well. Bangledox is grounded in the concept that the clothing industry and environment can co-exist, all of their clothing is sweat-shop free and produced in U.S.
Certainly, Bangledox producing ideal clothes for planet Earth is an idealistic company.

The company is gearing up to open its first store in Chicago,IL in 2008.

The new flagship store will carry all of its classic logo items as well as new ones such as wallets, jogging apparel, shorts and more. The location will be 100% Organic.

Source: Central Press Release

Vintage eco-friendly in fashion 2007/2008

She wants to help the environment that's why she chooses to create o line of clothing simply called "Creative Vintage" a line who incorporate function, practicality, wearability and of course high style.

Some Like it Vintage Press Release:

Vintage by default is eco-friendly as it is used clothing. Helping the environment, vintage clothing is a recycling process using little or no energy resources. Where possible, bio-degradable products are also incorporated in cleaning procedures.

In 2007, Some Like it Vintage expanded into a private line of clothing simply called ‘Creative Vintage’. Re-designing and re-constructing vintage garments extends them a second life. Putting an urban and modern feel to a vintage garment while maintaining its history is another way to reduce waste.

Items are carefully chosen to incorporate function, practicality, wearability -- and of course high style. The quality of vintage clothing often surpasses anything made today and not only is it environmentally friendly, it is a fun and unique way to shop.

Helping to educate and stop domestic violence against women and their children, 10% of all sales are donated to local women's shelters . 1 in 3 women at some point in their lives, will be abused by someone they know. Women in all positions of life are abused and yet most are too embarassed or fightened to speak about it.

Owner Veronica Cizmar has courageously recovered from a severe abusive relationship with her former fiancé. Held hostage by him for 18 months, he is now serving an 11 year sentence. Since launching in 2006, Ms. Cizmar currently fills her time with running Some Like it Vintage.com, donating to women's shelters and studying martial arts.

Upcoming events at Some Like it Vintage include free shipping days November 17-18th, another $500 shopping spree contest October 15-November 15, and participation in the winter Clothing Show held in Toronto during December.

Source: Some Like it Vintage

Plus Size fashion

Phat & Phabulous organization founded by Lynda Moultry, author of “101 Plus Size Women’s Clothing Tips” is looking for plus-size models of all ages, for fashion shows. The winners will be part of “Phabby Girls” modeling team, that represent the Phat & Phabulous organization.

Phat & Phabulous Press Release:

Tallahassee, FL — For so long, there has been little in the way of fashion advice and education for full-figured women. Fun, sexy, trends were not made for women of size, relegating them to clothing that was much frumpier than fashionable.
However, The Phat & Phabulous Fashion Tour is helping to change that by offering full-figured women an opportunity to participate in an event that will help them learn to look great and feel fabulous!

Attendees can take advantage of a host of exhibitors catering to a plus-size audience as well as a fashion show that will showcase the latest trends in larger sizes. “This tour is an exhibition for plus-size women to celebrate their fabulousness and stay on top of the curve of fashion, “ said Crystal Green, P&P Coordinator and owner of Your Social Butterfly, a Tallahassee event planning agency. “We plan to bring in vendors that fully represent the fashion industry including hair and makeup professionals, shoe and accessory gurus and of course, plus-size fashion retailers.”

Lynda Moultry, author of “Lifetips: 101 Tips On Plus-Size Women’s Clothing” will also be on hand to sign copies of her book and dispense fashion advice to show participants. Curvy women everywhere can take the tips found in her book and effortlessly apply them to their own wardrobe. “I wrote this book for women who want to look and feel good about their clothing options,” said Moultry. “Through this book, I inform them on what to look for and how to find it. In recent years, designers have definitely taken notice that the plus-size market is out there and we are women who care about trends and want clothing that will fit our curves and make us look good!" Additional Phat & Phaboulous Tour dates will follow in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville and New York City.

Source: Phat & Phabulous