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Green is the new Red White and Blue

MAMABIRD / Tuesday, September 16, 2008 05:47 PM

Tom Friedman, in his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded makes a case that "green is the new red, white and blue."

Not to say I'm ahead of one of our countries most progressive thinkers, but, well....I said this exact thing a year ago when I designed my logo. It's always been the way I have lived my life. I am a patriot and the work I do is fully committed to that fact. More...

TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion

Change You Can Wear

MAMABIRD / Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:15 PM

Earlier today when I was talking with our intern about fashion, I asked her "if you could write an article about fashion, what would you write about?" She answered that she would talk about how it doesn't matter where you shop-- that your clothes are your statement, not about how much you can pay for clothing, but about who you are. She said that it seems that more and more people are moving away from the idea that we wear our financial status on our sleeve. We agreed that the statement that our clothing makes will never go away, but that at least the statements are getting a bit better. More...

TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion

Project Runway Green Episode!

MAMABIRD / Tuesday, July 29, 2008 07:00 PM

Every season of project runway (and I’ve watched them all twice) has challenges where they deal with uncommon fabrics. One of my favorite season three challenges was when they took the contestants to a recycling center and had them compose outfits from the "waste" materials they found there. That brought a win to the fabulous Michael Knight and a pass-over-but-should-have-won to the genius and overall winner of the season Jeffrey Sebelia. Michael created a lovely ensemble from peanut sacks with a wrap made of plastic bag. Jeffrey created an incredible dress out of paper, but, in my opinion did not win because he used so much paint to create the final product (including the cutest tromp l'oeil belt), while Michael used the products as-is.   More...

TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion

What is Green Fashion?

MAMABIRD / Wednesday, July 16, 2008 09:21 PM

I’ve  been getting lots of wonderful questions from the media about what makes CROW sustainable, so I thought I’d share here our philosophy, written by our textile specialist, Annin Barrett. I find myself fending off frustration with some “sustainable” companies that make false claims about their fabrics. I’ve seen companies claim that bamboo is sweat-wicking (it is not) that modal is sustainable (it’s not) or try to pass off as low as 30% organic content as sustainable. We hold CROW to a clear and transparent standard developed so that we can be as open with our customers as possible. We want to help them not only get the best clothing from us, but purchase truly green clothing from other stores- and the best way is to help people understand sustainable fibers in general, not just trust any label people throw on their products.
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TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion, men's clothing, women's clothing

Money

MAMABIRD / Thursday, June 26, 2008 02:08 PM

A co-worker at a former job once described me by saying, "there's no one left of damali."

So what's a radical lefty like me doing participating in capitalism by starting a company?

Yes, I agree that parts of our system will work much better in a socialized form --health care, police, fire, trash and recycling-- but I have always been fascinated by the potential of capitalism --here's why. More...

TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion, social equity

First wholesale order -- to Greenloop

MAMABIRD / Tuesday, June 17, 2008 02:59 PM

AHHHH.....I just had a good workout, not a hard workout, trust me I dove off my elliptical a few times in agony, but a good workout as it was one I needed and I saw all the way through. As I was sweating it out I was thinking about this blog and how and what I want to write on it.  More...

TAGS: PLAY, as the crow flies, eco fashion

Change Begins with CROW

MAMABIRD / Monday, June 2, 2008 01:36 PM

Change Begins with CROW
By Katherine Limon, Guest Blogger

If you haven't noticed, change is "in." It's the hottest word since "hope" became synonymous with optimism. Everyone wants it from our presidential candidates, to social activists and now to fashion designers. More...

TAGS: LIVE, as the crow flies, eco fashion

As the CROW Flies, a blog introduction

MAMABIRD / Thursday, May 29, 2008 07:12 PM

CROW Clothing is a new kind of clothing company, based in Portland Oregon. We are Eco-sustainable, Stylish, Fashion Forward, Fair Labor, Made in the USA, Sliding Scale Pricing, Women-Run, African American Owned, Cradle to Cradle, Supporting the Arts and Social Change, Carbon Offsetting, Local and National Base,  Social Justice Promoting, Consumer Educating, Health and Fitness Conscious, Supportive of Co-opetiton and probably more ....whew!

Can one company really do "it all?"
Follow along and you'll see for yourself. More...

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