BK Hipster + Fashion + Eco = Love, Love, Love

The C.L.A.S.S. event was pretty cool I suppose. Loved seeing the latest in sustainable textiles all in one place – FINALLY. Wished we had a bit more dyanmic of a talk–saw some people nodding off in the audience, but others found the dry industry-speak to be worthwhile. I won’t exhaust the issue any longer. If you missed the event and want to see an overview, The Green Girls have a good one over on their blog. And if you’re a sustainable designer and don’t know where to go to find good fabric, C.L.A.S.S. is your answer–or will at least put you on the right trajectory.

The  next day after the C.L.A.S.S. event, Tara St. James from Covet invited me over to N10 in Williamsburg to check out a cool showroom sample sale of sustainable design lines. We drooled over how cute the chef was who catered the C.L.A.S.S. event and then I oogled over her samples and met up with Eviana Hartman – one half of Bodkin Brooklyn (and previously the fashion features ed from Nylon Mag). All-in-all the sample sale/wine fest drew in the most stylish hipsters from Hipsterville and all the girls determined we’d have a get-together over one of our houses soon. There’s too many tragically cool chicks cut from the same cloth in the good ‘ol Burg to let that opportunity pass by. Who knows, pretty soon one of us may decide to have babies and move to a Brooklyn brownstone in Park Slope (eek, let’s hope not!)- so we better get on the party bandwagon. Let’s do it in January chicas!!!  My house!

Anyway, I came out of the sample sale only $65 poorer, but with some priceless bling, so it was a damn good tradeoff. I got some vintage jewelry and a great feathered hairpiece–that contagious must-have accessory that seems to be going around. I’d throw a picture of it up online, but you’ll see me wearing it tomorrow at the Charity: Water benefit. Sorry to keep you in such suspense! In the interim, I’ll tempt you with Bodkin and Covet below.

Covet by Tara St. James – organic cottons, soy blends, and other beautiful sustainable clothes for M and W.

The simple black-and-white appeal of Bodkin Brooklyn by Eviana Hartman and Samantha Pleet

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