Wear No Evil: How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe

by Greta Eagan

Overview

Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" Wear No Evil has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain your power with every purchase to support the causes and conditions you already advocate in other areas of your life (such as local or organic food), while upholding your sense of self through the stylish pieces you use to create your wardrobe.

Featuring the Integrity Index (a simplified way of identifying the ethics behind any piece of fashion) and an easy to use rating system, you'll learn to shop anywhere while building your personal style and supporting your values- all without sacrifice. Fashion is the last frontier in the shift towards conscious living. Wear No Evil provides a roadmap founded in research and experience, coupled with real life style and everyday inspiration.

Part 1 presents the hard-hitting facts on why the fashion industry and our shopping habits need a reboot.
Part 2 moves you into a closet-cleansing exercise to assess your current wardrobe for eco-friendliness and how to shop green.
Part 3 showcases eco-fashion makeovers and a directory of natural beauty recommendations for face, body, hair, nails, and makeup.

Style and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. They can live in harmony. It's time to restart the conversation around fashion -- how it is produced, consumed, and discarded -- to fit with the world we live in today. Pretty simple, right? It will be, once you've read this book.

Wear No Evil gives new meaning -- and the best answers -- to an age-old question: "What should I wear today?"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762451890
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	03/11/2014
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Greta Eagan is a stylist, fashion writer, spokesperson, and sustainable-living expert. Shortly after graduating from the London College of Fashion, Greta founded fashionmegreen.com, a sustainable fashion awareness project. Both the author and her blog swiftly gained recognition as a leading source for eco-fashion and beauty. Since then Greta has been a contributor to publications in print and online including Glamour and Huffington Post, and has served as a consultant for brands such as Kate Spade, Ford Models, Refinery 29, Saatchi & Saatchi, and many more. Greta lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

How to Use This Book 11

Part 1

Chapter 1 To Wear or Not to Wear? 13

Chapter 2 The Integrity Index 29

Chapter 3 The Diamond Life 63

Part 2

Chapter 4 Fashion Foundation: A Closet Full of Clothes, but Nothing to Wear 69

Chapter 5 Style Sorted, Ladies: Shoes, Bottoms, Tops, Dresses, and Accessories 86

Chapter 6 Style Sorted, Ladies: Innerwear, Outerwear, and Activewear 110

Chapter 7 Style Sorted, Ladies: Special Occasions and Travel 120

Chapter 8 Style Sorted, Gentlemen 127

Part 3

Chapter 9 Women's Sustainable Fashion in Action 141

Chapter 10 Wear No Evil Beauty Basics 160

Resource Pages: Help Me Help You Wear No Evil 187

Notes 190

Acknowledgments 193

Index 194

Editorial Reviews

03/03/2014
Fashion stylist Eagan, founder of FashionMeGreen.com, offers an eye-opening tome on the devastating impact of the fashion industry on the environment. As the author explains, 13.1 million tons of textile waste goes into this nation’s landfills each year (95% of it recyclable); 1,800 gallons of water are needed to produce a single pair of jeans; and 20,000 annual deaths worldwide can be attributed to the pesticides used in growing the textiles needed to support the industry. Eagan makes a convincing case for rethinking our buying habits, and provides a concise guide for identifying sustainable choices. She presents a detailed plan for cleaning out and reorganizing closets, as well as tips on revising one’s wardrobe from an ecoconscious, style-savvy standpoint. She also makes ecofriendly suggestions on what-to-wear for first dates, job interviews, cocktail parties, and professional events, as well as a directory of Earth- and people-friendly cosmetics, skin-care ingredients, and products. The book holds a wealth of information that’s useful both environmentally and personally, and Eagan’s plea for a “reboot” of how people shop and clothe themselves is a timely entreaty for change. Agent: Meg Thompson, Einstein Thompson Agency. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

“The book holds a wealth of information that's useful both environmentally and personally, and Eagan's plea for a “reboot” of how people shop and clothe themselves is a timely entreaty for change.”
–Publishers' Weekly

The ultimate, all-in-one style guide with ethics built in that we've all been waiting for."
–Sophia Bush

"Rare is the book that speaks to your values while also providing a framework for realizing them in day to day actions. Wear No Evil does both in inspiring fashion. A must read for all who wear clothes."
—Ben Goldhirsh, Co-Founder GOOD Magazine

“The more we uncover what lies behind the fashion industry and the clothes we wear, the more we realize the power we have, as fashion lovers, to change it for good. Wear No Evil is a great guide on how to transform the fashion industry, one wardrobe at a time".”
—Livia Firth, founder of Eco

"I love this book! Finally an approachable, practical, DO-ABLE how-to on going green with your wardrobe without sacrificing an iota of style!"
—Alysia Reiner, Actress (Orange is the New Black)

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