Eco Fashion World

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Some women have been married for years and have expressed a dissatisfaction for their current wedding rings. Some say that the style is outdated or does not suit them anymore. Some say that they did not have the funds at their wedding time to invest into a ring that they truly loved. This feedback has inspired the launch of 'Recycle Your Love', presented by the Sonja Picard Collection.

Hopeless romantics and kinky folks everywhere, the best day of the year is just a peek around the corner. Have you bought anything for your special someone? How about for yourself? And why can we only celebrate this once a year? Create your own V-day fun on any day of the year with a few of these fun, fashionable and sexy items:

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Using technology to make change in the real world

Fashion designers and marketers can have many reasons why they choose to create their fashion lines in a sustainable manor. However, just like any other ideals and goals, the reality and pragmatics of daily life and established systems can be a hindrance to actualizing these plans. The new trends in the eco-fashion industry are catering to the growing demands of how to design green practically. The National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers (SFD) are leading the way. On January 26th, the SFD launched their year long educational webinar series titled Fashion Ideas. Their first session, How to Source Sustainably was presented by Summer Rayne Oakes , co-founder of Source4Style .

Ayala Moriel was born in Montreal, raised in a little village in the north of Israel then moved back to Canada 12 years ago, where she has lived in Vancouver, BC ever since. While she was growing up, Moriel was exposed to the many aromatic plants of the Mediterranean, which she notes "is really the region where perfumery was originally invented and in fact, the first perfume was an ancient Egyptian type of incense called Kyphi." When Moriel moved to Vancouver, she noticed the scents of nature in this part of the world were sadly washed out by the rain. Moriel recalled the rich scents she had grown up with such as, the aromas of the salty Mediterranean breeze, orange blossoms and wildflowers in the springtime, and the scents of earth after the rain.

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There's something so refreshing about a new year. As the beginning of 2011 is in full swing, many of us contemplate the year that has passed and look forward to a new 365 days filled with hope and new opportunities.

Practicing an old Cuban tradition, my mom takes a bucket of water at midnight, opens the front door and dumps the water out of the bucket to symbolize a welcome to a new year with a fresh clean start. I like to make a list of goals for the New Year and one of my ongoing goals is to pay more attention to environmental issues and gradually make any changes I can to contribute to the health of our planet.