Sustainable design is often smart and sleek, but in an attempt to push the eco-friendly fashion envelope, it can go too far. Way too far.

We’ve picked out some of the most entertaining and wacky in eco bags for your viewing pleasure. And who knows? Maybe you’re the kind of eco diva who can pull off using one of them!

Righteous Fur

Wait… fur is now sustainable? According to designer Cree McCree, it just depends upon whose fur you’re using. In this case, it’s that of the nutria, a large invasive rodent. Native to South America, …

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Be the host with the most eco savoir faire. Follow our lead and pair organic bubbly with born-again vessels for celebrating the spirit of reusing and recycling. Your green guests will drink to that! Of course, mine will drink to anything.

Cheers to Monaco Champagne Flutes made from the top halves of recycled glass wine bottles. In a stunning cobalt blue, they’re $53 from Green with Glamour. Pair …

Tags: biodynamic farming , bubbly , celebration , champagne , eco , entertaining , festive , glass , green , holidays , organic wine , recycle , recycled flutes , reuse , Sparkling wine , sustainability , upcycled

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True, we are still living in a material world, but cotton grown with pesticides is no longer the fabric of our lives.

The green movement is making huge strides replacing toxins and waste in the marketplace with organic fibers like bamboo and hemp, as well as good old corn starch, throw-away cork and used paper.

The brave, new soldiers of eco industry believe enough is enough when it comes to creating more waste and adding to our grossly overflowing landfills and plastic islands. Bet you do, too!

Instead, the …

Tags: bamboo , cork , corn , furniture , greenest materials , guide , hemp , how to , howto , materials , organic , PET , plastic , reference , resource , textiles , upcycled

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I love big rings, but sometimes big rings don’t love me – making my fingers spread uncomfortably or being so top-heavy they swirl upside down. Don’t get me animated lest I go clocking someone in the head with my hand. It’s happened before and it can happen again.

If you wear big rings, you know what I’m talking about. So when I came across Patchwork Pillow rings by Raeburn Ink I was elated.

Raeburn Ink designer Jenn Cooke says at her site: “I’ve been saving odds and ends of fabric for a …

Tags: chunky rings , craft , creative , Jenn Cooke , pillow ring , Raeburn Ink , upcycled

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Designers want to keep things light, airy and impregnated with hope this spring and there’s no better symbol than flower power.

Flower prints, fabrics rolled into fluffy flowers and even 3D petals burgeoning across pale shoulders are a sight to behold and embrace as we merge into spring.

One designer I’ve followed for years has perfected this trend and brings it to us in one-of-a-kind pieces that everyone from celebrities to beach bums have been sporting for years.

Nantucket designer Cheryl Fudge’s upcycled and re-fabricated clothing and accessories give Shakespearian meaning to that …

Tags: Cheryl Fudge , flower trend , refabricated , upcycled

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