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Links Roundup of the Week: Almost Halloween!

by Olivia Chen, 10/30/09

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As the trees begin to lose their leaves, once full and leafy branches grow increasingly bare to create suddenly spooky shadows in our windows — just in time for Halloween. Halloween is tomorrow and we’ve been admiring the green and ghoulish as well as just the plain weird. Take a look below for some of the best stories on Inhabitots and Ecouterre.

We’re curious to know if you would wear these LED eyelashes as part of your Halloween costume.

Sometimes a fashion faux-pas can be as frightening as a zombie, so take a look at these six howlers that will make your blood run cold.

We are seriously disturbed by these taxidermy accessories made of preserved rat heads, guinea pig feet, pigeon feathers and whole mice.

These spooky and eco-friendly lights are the perfect thing to provide light for your Halloween journey.

If you are thinking about doing some Halloween face painting, be sure to read this article about lead and other harmful toxins in paint.

And if you haven’t already, be sure to enter our Halloween costume contest on Inhabitots. There are great prizes!

THE OFFICIAL ECOUTERRE LAUNCH PARTY IS TOMORROW!

by Yuka Yoneda, 10/28/09

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CALLING ALL NEW YORK ECO-FASHION CONNOISSEURS!

In about 24 hours, you could be nibbling on delectable vegan morsels by Rabbit Mafia, sipping refreshing organic drinks courtesy of 44 North Vodka, shopping the racks of sustainable fashion at KAIGHT NYC (15% off everything for one night only), and discussing the future of eco-fashion at the OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY of our brand new eco-fashion website, Ecouterre! But you have to RSVP first so send us an email at rsvp@inhabitat.com today to let us know you’ll be there!

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SEE THE DETAILS OF THE PARTY HERE>

P.S. We’re going to be raffling off this gorgeous Circle Cascade necklace by the Andean Collection at the party, so don’t miss your chance to win it!

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THE OFFICIAL ECOUTERRE LAUNCH PARTY IS THIS THURSDAY!

by Yuka Yoneda, 10/27/09

Ecouterre launch party at KAIGHT

CALLING ALL ECO-FASHION FOLLOWERS IN NYC!

Just in case you haven’t heard by now, the official launch party for our new eco-fashion website Ecouterre is THIS THURSDAY! That’s right, in just two more days you could be indulging in yummy vegan cookies and snacks by Rabbit Mafia, enjoying organic cocktails courtesy of 44 North Vodka, perusing sustainable fashions at KAIGHT NYC (15% off everything for one night only), and talking eco-fashion with Ecouterre editors and other readers. We’d love to see you there so send an email to rsvp@inhabitat.com today to let us know you’ll be there!

rsvp@inhabitat.com

SEE THE DETAILS OF THE PARTY HERE>

P.S. We’re going to be raffling off this gorgeous Circle Cascade necklace by the Andean Collection at the party, so don’t miss your chance to win it!

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Fall Eco-Fashion Pop Quiz!

by Yuka Yoneda, 10/18/09

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How well do you know YOUR eco-fashion?

Put your sustainability savvy to the test and get the best Ecouterre news of the week in easy-to-swallow, bite-size morsels with our eco-fashion pop quiz.

quiz-portland-fashion-week-2009-anna-cohen-21 1. Playing off “farm to table,” what designer is bringing “ranch to runway”?

quiz-cork-purse 2. What suede-like, renewable fabric has more bark than bite?

quiz-zegna-ecotech-solar-jacket 3. What is Zegna’s hot new solar-powered jacket made of?

quiz-popomomo 4. What does Popomomo stand for?

quiz-olsen-haus-fall-2009-2 5. “Consciousness is the new hip” is what vegan shoe maker’s motto?

Answers right after the jump!

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ANNOUNCING ECOUTERRE – our new eco fashion website!

ANNOUNCING ECOUTERRE – our new eco fashion website!


DRUMROLL PLEASE!
We have an announcement to make that we hope will come as welcome news to all you readers who love our fashion coverage (and also all you readers who hate our fashion coverage ;) ! We’ve been toiling for months now on a new website exclusively dedicated to eco-friendly fashion, and we are thrilled to unveil the newest member of the Inhabitat family today: ECOUTERRE.COM

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Mr. Larkin: A Gorgeous and Truly Innovative Eco-Fashion Collection

Mr. Larkin: A Gorgeous and Truly Innovative Eco-Fashion Collection

We’ve known about eco-fashion line Mr. Larkin for some time, but did not expect to be as blown away by the skill, innovation and sheer beauty of Casey Larkin’s Spring 2010 collection as we were at last week’s Green Shows. With a refined color palette of dusty pinks, silvery greys and breezy …

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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK: Top 5 Green Runway Shows

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK: Top 5 Green Runway Shows

New York Fashion Week is finally drawing to a close, and we’re psyched to report that the presence of environmentally savvy fashion was fiercer than ever before! The launch of The GreenShows last week – an event showcasing seven different eco fashion designers under one roof is proof that eco design is finally starting to make an impact on mainstream culture. If you missed the green runway shows, don’t fret – we’ve got the scoop on all of them, and pics of our favorite eco fashion designers right after the jump.

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John Patrick Organic Spring/Summer Eco Fashion 2010

John Patrick Organic Spring/Summer Eco Fashion 2010

We’ve been fans of trailblazing eco fashion designer John Patrick Organic for years, and were thrilled to get a sneak peek at his latest collection at New York Fashion Week last Thursday. Summed up in two words, JPO SS 2010 is classic Americana. These are clothes that would have looked oh so right on Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde – flowy and flattering organic cotton and silk dresses cinched with structured recycled polyester trenchcoats and organic cotton twill seersucker blazers. Read on to see pics of our favorite pieces and a special celebrity guest!

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LOTS MORE GREAT GREEN DESIGN STORIES HERE... KEEP READING!