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GREEN eFashionHouse

Welcome to our GREEN shopping guide. Eco-friendly and kind to Mother Earth natural fibres. Synthetic materials for Vegan living and eco-conscious fashion-ability.

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Stella McCartney
About Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney was born in 1972, the daughter of ex-Beatle Sir Paul and Linda McCartney. She first hit the headlines herself in 1995, when she graduated from London's Central St Martins College of Art & Design. Her graduation show, attended by her super-famous parents, featured pals Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss modelling her clothes on the catwalk.

Unsurprisingly, the student show became front page news around the world and the entire collection was snapped up by London boutique Tokio. McCartney launched her eponymous label the same year. Despite her newfound celebrity, she had already served a long apprenticeship in fashion. At 15, she worked with Christian Lacroix on his first couture collection and later spent several years learning her craft on Savile Row.

McCartney was appointed chief designer at the French couture house Chloe in March 1997. Succeeding Karl Lagerfeld in one of the most high profile posts in the industry, McCartney's appointment was viewed by many as simply an astute publicity stunt on the part of Chloe's owners, the Vend�me group. However, her first collection for the house, shown in Paris in October 1997, quickly dispelled any doubts about her talent. Sensual and romantic, the collection teamed lacy petticoat skirts with fine tailoring and was hailed a triumph. Her delicate camisoles and Nineties updates of the Seventies trousersuit fast became the talk of the catwalk circuit. The following season, Chloe execs proved that her efforts had not only raised the house's profile, but had lifted its profits too.

Following the death of her mother in April 1998, Stella stepped up her fight against the maltreatment of animals, a cause Linda had always held dear. A month later, during Fur Fashion Week, she teamed up with PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to release a video championing animal rights.

In April 2000, she renewed her contract with Chloe, amid reports that she had turned down the offer of a position at rival house Gucci, because Gucci would have required her to work with leather. Exactly one year later, Gucci confirmed that they had signed McCartney up, with a view to developing her own label as a global luxury brand. The Chloe job was awarded to her righthand woman, Phoebe Philo.

In August 2001, it was reported that Stella had started dating Alasdhair Willis, the 31-year-old publisher of Wallpaper magazine known to friends as Mr Gucci, for his love of designer labels. The pair married in a celebrity-packed ceremony on the island of Bute off the West Coast of Scotland in August 2003. Stella's wedding dress was, in tribute to her late mother, whom Stella considers to have been a style icon, an updated version of the dress worn by Linda at her 1969 wedding to Stella's father. Stella's social life is legendarily star-studded. As well as being romantically linked with the likes of Lenny Kravitz in the past, her close friends include Kate Moss, Liv Tyler, and Madonna (known as Melly to Stella's Stelly), whose wedding dress she designed in 2000. (Source: Vogue)

Yogitoes
About Yogitoes
"I was practicing yoga and slipped on a sticky mat, the irony is, they become slippery when wet, Nichols says. It was one of those divine moments. I thought, why doesn't someone design a towel that could fit on your mat- to complete the mat. When I first launched yogitoes� I had two intentions, one that yogitoes supports ALL styles of yoga, and two, was applying the philosophy of community for marketing. yogitoes has grown organically from day one by word-of-mouth only. "

Bringing the community together-globally." It's not a towel, it's not a mat, it's a SKIDLESS�," Nichols explains. Like Kleenex or Levis, SKIDLESS� is a brand that defines itself by its name. The distinctive orange dot serves as the yogitoes� logo. Originally I created the dot as my drishti for practice. Then someone said, COOL logo, and I thought- OK, it will be our logo."

yogitoes� is an orange company, Nichols explains, Another shade of green. We practice consciousness and altruism in our daily thoughts, actions and company decisions. The world is in a powerful position, it's time to shift into a new paradigm of being, if we want to continue experiencing mother earth and the sacredness of humanity.

" Whenever possible, orange practices include selling all products without packaging to minimize waste and utilizing recycled and/or sustainable materials such as soy or vegatable ink and organic dyes. Rather than mass printing hangtags and users guides, recycled tear-outs attached to the products direct the customer to yogitoes.com to view USERS GUIDE. One less catalogue or hang tag means one more tree and one more clean breath,Nichols says.

In addition, a portion of yogitoes� proceeds goes to the yogitoes� fund, which contributes to programs such as the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, A Place Called Home, and the Ravi Shankar Foundation: which bring love and awareness to children around the world. yogitoes� also supports the Dr. Susan Love Foundation with a limited-edition PINK SKIDLESS; the company raised $15,000 for breast cancer research in 2005 and plans to eclipse that figure in 2006. yogitoes� continues to expand, with new products, including their patent-pending ECODOT, ySTRAP, mSEAT, along with environmentally-friendly blankets, bolsters, yoga mats and accessories, as well as a children's line."

"By standing in our light, speaking from our love, moving with our grace, together, we can shift the world to a peaceful sacred place. humanity can bear no less"... yogitoes

Melie Bianco
About Melie Bianco
It's all about synthetic leather and not about the use of animal products in Melie Bianco's designs. Like Stella McCarney, Melie Bianco makes designer handbags without the use of leather or animal products. The bags are vegan-friendly. Yet, Melie Bianco handbags are very affordable with price points around $50-$60 each.

Melie Bianco's mission is to provide chic affordable handbags. Melie Bianco aims to bring affordable luxury to the handbag market by using super-soft faux leathers, quality linings and hardwares. At Melie Bianco we do not sacrifice price for craftmanship. That is why Melie Bianco products are known for their "butter soft" faux leathers.

Melie Bianco is proud to offer the lastest styles from the runways to our fashionable customers, while keeping in mind a reasonable budget. Located in Los Angeles, Melie Bianco follows the celebrities and knows what's hot. Her designs are in just about every fashion magazine on the shelf. And, you've probably seen Melie Bianco's designer handbags on the Today Show, NBC Today Show, Fox Good Day New York, and many more live broadcast presentations.

Melie Bianco handbags have been featured in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Self Magazine, Life & Style, Accessories, People StyleWatch, Travel & Leisure, Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, Woman's World, Lucky, Glamorous Magazine, Apparel News, I Brands, Madesico, Woman's Day, Honey Girl, OK Weekly, and many more publications.

Melie Bianco takes what's hip and edgey and makes it even better. Her sleek styles and contemporary designs are multi-functional, comfortable and most of all affordable. You don't have to break the piggy bank to own a Melie Bianco designer handbag. We love the new collections she offers with each changing season. DesignersLA is proud to welcome the gorgeous and beautiful colorful edgey styles from Melie Bianco.

MURVAL
About MURVAL
The look of couture without the high price tag. Constructed of easy to maintain synthetic leathers and eco friendly fabrics. The Murval handbag and accessory collection has the look of a high priced designer accessory without the high price.

Murval is a Paris designer influenced by top couture design houses. You can easily see high end designer influence in the Murval handbags and accessories. All the Murval items are guaranteed authentic and come with a sleeper bag.

Murval is a French company that was founded in Paris by two sisters Muriel and Valerie. The sisters recognized a need for fashionable pieces and created Murval handbags tabletop and home accents at accessible prices. Murval has grown into a successful design company that introduces two collections each year a Fall Winter collection and a Spring Summer collection. Each season Murvals goal remains the same to incorporate fashionable materials and trend setting colors with new styles at reasonable price points in order to create a final product that is stylish and affordable. Purchase a Murval handbag from DesignersLA the guaranteed best price online for Murval handbags.

MARC by MARC JACOBS
About Marc Jacobs
Many of the Marc Jacobs items are earth friendly products. The Marc Jacobs canvas tote bags have been a best-setller. The Marc Jacobs canvas tote bag is a 100% cotton canvas shoulder tote perfect for groceries, school or as an everyday catch-all bag. It is available in a variety of colors, sizes and styles.

With a timely ability to design what the fashion pack want to wear even before they know what to want, Marc Jacobs has become one of the world's hottest and hippest designers. Nicknamed the Guru of Grunge by Women's Wear Daily, Jacobs created a phenomenon in the Nineties when he sent models parading down the catwalk with a Seattle-inspired, rugged mix and match sensibility of army boots and plaid shirts paired with floral dresses and unfinished seams.

Born in New York City in 1963, Jacobs decided he wanted to become a designer while at grammar school. His sister taught him how to embroider his jeans and his grandmother, who he credits with being "the biggest influence in [his] life", taught him how to knit. At 15, Jacobs worked as a stockboy in New York's trendy Charivari boutique and it was there that he was introduced to Perry Ellis who "embodied cool to me. He had long hair; he didn't wear a suit and tie, and he made funky clothes that were a big success. He gave me a lot of hope." After graduating from the High School for Art and Design in 1981 and following Ellis' advice, Jacobs studied at the Parsons School of Art and Design in New York where he won the Perry Ellis Golden Thimble award in 1984. While at Parsons, he designed a small collection of hand-knit sweaters for the Charivari boutique.

The following year, Jacobs was hired as vice president of womenswear at Perry Ellis. While there, he designed the infamous but timely grunge collection that was triumphed by those in fashion circles from Kal Ruttenstein, head of merchandising at Bloomingdales, to US Vogue editor Anna Wintour who said of the collection, "You can't change fashion by parading 25 navy suits down the runway. Marc isn't about investment dressing. Yet, when you go to the showroom and see the clothes, you realise they're eminently wearable." At the time, Jacobs described the collection as his best ever, having wanted to visually translate the clash and noise of the music [of Pearl Jam and Nirvana] into pattern and colour. However, Jacobs was to be too radical for Perry Ellis and the American sportswear house laid him off in 1992. He went on to win the Women's Designer of the Year award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America that same year.

In 1994, Jacobs, along with his business partner Robert Duffy, launched his highly anticipated eponymous line onto the catwalk for the first time on his 31st birthday. He created quite a stir when the $10,000-a-day supermodel gang, including Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista, walked the catwalk for free in support of their friend. The collection was a European take on colour, texture and silhouette and teamed mini skirts with fishnet tights and white duchess satin jackets or acid green rubber coats over pinstripes. The look was Jacobs take on post-grunge glamour, and was inspired by "a woman who brings home the bacon, but also fries it up in the pan".

In 1997, Jacobs was appointed creative director of Louis Vuitton where he developed the company's first ready-to-wear line. His first collection for the Parisian house saw models in white minimalist pieces devoid of accessories or the even the famous LV logo. In 2001, Jacobs launched his more affordable diffusion line, Marc, that rapidly became a must-have label for young urban hipsters. Marc by Marc Jacobs has proved so popular that it is one of the first diffusion lines that has threatened to overshadow the mainline. By 2003, Jacob's company offered a full range of products from perfume and eyewear to accessories and shoes, and he had opened flagship stores on both coasts of the United States.

Jacobs has succeeded in designing seasonal must-haves for his own two lines, while keeping the Louis Vuitton label modern and contemporary. At LV, he has been triumphant in revamping the famous accessory line and has collaborated with the likes of Steven Sprouse, who designed the ever-popular graffiti bag for spring 2001, Julie collaborated with the likes of Steven Sprouse, who designed the ever-popular graffiti bag for spring 2001, Julie Verhoeven, who created patchwork collage bags, and graphic artist Takashi Murakami, who contributed to the bubblegum-cute accessories for spring/summer 2003. His designs continue to be admired on the catwalk and continually mimicked on the high streets.

A great self-promoter and not one to shy away from the headlines, Jacobs clothes have been seen on the fabulous and super-stylish. Sarah Jessica Parker wore his pretty frocks while pregnant and Winona Ryder who infamously borrowed his pieces from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001, wore his demure designs to her trial and subsequently appeared in his spring/summer 2003 ad campaign shot by Juergen Teller.

During his studies at Parsons, Jacobs frequented the notorious Area club in New York and continues to use the spirit of that era as inspiration for his collections: It's about a constant re-celebration of what turns us on," he explains. "Youth, energy, vitality, freedom... not in this pining for the past way, but again just constantly celebrating that its energy is still relevant."

Marc Jacobs spends most of his time in Paris, where he lives with his Bull Terrier Alfred. (Source: Vogue)

FunTote
About FunTote
Designer Canvas Tote Bag - Funtote is fun. Highly fashionable and very functional are two characteristics that we do not always find in the same product. Funtote defines a new generation of canvas tote bag with contemporary modern designs. Their rich color and elegant pattern perfectly fit unique you, and make you truly special for any occasions. These beautifully designed 100% finest natural cotton canvas tote bags are machine washable, easy to care for and will last a long, long time.

Every Funtote bag comes with 4 well thought, well designed pockets. They are uniquely designed for your convenience during shopping and daily use, make access your wallet, keys and coins extremely easy in the secured and organized way. The side vertical zip pocket is perfectly designed for Ipod or other handheld device user. Some styles come with the external adjustable straps to hold umbrella, extra clothing, yoga mat and other oversized articles.

Funtote has a young and passionate design team who are committed to bringing you the very best designer canvas tote bags. All of Funtote bags are extremely well made and finished with exquisite detailing and construction. Funtote will surely set you apart from the rest, and make you day fun and memorable.

Funtote canvas tote bags are very affordable. They are made in small quantities in our own manufacturing facility that makes high end designer clothes. This enables us to execute every design detail during the production and to secure the best quality.

Funtote - The unique fun designer canvas tote bags! All cotton. Eco Friendly!

San Lorenzo
About San Lorenzo
It all began with a market whose origins date back centuries, the Mercatino of San Lorenzo, located in the very heart of the city of Florence, Italy. Born as a social meeting place as well as a commercial venue, the tradition of Tuscany's principal market place lives and thrives stronger than ever, offering its shoppers the chance to purchase high-quality goods at affordable prices.

San Lorenzo Int'l, Inc. is a tribute to this small corner of one of the world's great cities. As a result of much hard work and extensive research, what began as a modest idea has grown into an international business with over 10 years experience in the marketplace with a focus on providing our clients with the best of Made in Italy.

This series of bags is made of regenerated leather-basedmaterials. The bags display an elegant, particularly original design. Practical to use and with simple accessories, they are an ideal yet original idea for business meetings, events and conferences.

The modern, sleek, contemporary, mulit-functional designs of San Lorenzo using recycled materials fit perfectly into an eco-friendly world.

Philosopher Garden
About Philosopher Garden
Unique, easy to feel and interpret quotations about life's many wonders printed on 100% pima cotton T-shirts. Bulk orders available for teams and special events. Select famous quotations from Leonardo da Vinci, Muhammad Ali, Gandhi, Oscar Wilde, Ingrid Bergman, William Shakespeare, W. Kadinsky, or Zen Proverb.

Ioana Magdas
About Ioana Magdas
Born and raised in Romania, Ioana Magdas learned and fell in love with knitwear and other hand crafts ever since she can remember. Under her mother's and grandmother's guidance, she learned hand knitting, weaving and lace making techniques.

After moving to the United States, she graduated with honors from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. She has worked with prestigious fashion companies such as Miguel Adrover in New York and MaxStudio, Rock & Republic, and BCBG Max Azria all in Los Angeles.

Ioana Magdas creates high quality knitwear in fine yarns such as: merino wool, cashmere, mercerized cotton, etc. Her inspiration comes from her cultural background and from a vivid interest in history and cultures of the world.

Tracy Tanner
About Tracy Tanner
Designer Tracy Tanner works with a variety of fabrications. Her eco-friendly 100% cotton tote bags are available at DesignersLA.

Since launching her eponymous accessories line in 2001, Tanner's playful-yet-sophisticated wallets, handbags and wrist cuffs have attracted a cult following among fashion-forward iconoclasts who relish her bold color sense--the designer is known for mixing and matching leathers and linings with whimsical abandon--as well as her painstaking attention to detail, which is evident in the contrast topstitching on a butter-soft billfold, the punch-hole details of a two-tone wristband, and the delicate leather squares that adorn a dark denim satchel.

These bespoke touches are typically more common to clothing than accessories, so it's not surprising to learn that fashion was Tanner's first love. After a stint at Central St. Martin's College in London, she graduated from Pratt Institute in 2001 with a BFA in fashion design, earning the Critic Award for her women's sportswear collection, which included five leather jackets with contrasting vintage-inspired linings--kicking off the 'fun and functional' aesthetic that is the hallmark of her current collection, which is entirely handmade.

"I do everything," Tanner says of her one-woman operation. "It's time consuming, but I love it." Indeed, Tanner's fans (such as Michael Stipe, Kate Winslet, Debbie Mazar, Alyson Hannigan and members of bands Interpol and The Stills) are drawn as much by the care that obviously goes into crafting each piece as they are by the finished products themselves, which are beautiful and unique. (In fact, Tanner loves custom orders and encourages clients to "design" one-of-a-kind wares by choosing their own colors and linings from her extensive selection.)

Just what you'd expect from a woman who jump-started her career by interning with bad boy couturier Jeremy Scott and acting as wardrobe manager for avant-garde art rockers Fischerspooner. In addition to creating fashion-forward accessories--a skill she honed, post-graduation, working in the handbag divisions of Yak Pak Levis and Dickies--Tanner also designs merchandise for New York City band, The Rapture.

It's highly ironic that this long-time vegetarian should find herself heading a leather goods company. But with a last name like Tanner, what choice did she have?