tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461179450682200543.post-81742842167194233952008-04-15T10:56:00.000-07:002008-04-18T02:16:42.477-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wmD52hy0tfE/SATu6OPrL8I/AAAAAAAABNw/Wu4Ifm39wEk/s1600-h/0de7_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wmD52hy0tfE/SATu6OPrL8I/AAAAAAAABNw/Wu4Ifm39wEk/s320/0de7_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189535354661318594" border="0" /></a>RETRO RECYCLE ROOM<br /><br />The best thing you can do to shrink your carbon footprint is to stop buying new stuff, which is hard, because you probably don't want to still wear that Juicy Couture terry cloth jumpsuit you thought was so hot two years ago. There will always be a (giant, insatiable, teenage girl-fueled) market for new clothes, which is is why I write about new clothing lines that are at least making an effort to increase their sustainability and reduce their waste.<br /><br />But putting the market for new stuff aside for a moment, let's just enjoy the hard work of some of the online vintage boutiques who bring us awesome clothes that not only have zero carbon footprints, but are also just super cool and stylin'. They do the digging for you and find the real-deal terry cloth jumpsuits from the seventies- the ones nobody else has and that will never go out of style.<br /><br />I'll find new ones each week, but for now here's one of my favorites:<br /><br /><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/RETRO-RECYCLE-ROOM" target="_blank">www.ebay.com/retro-reycyle-room</a>Martha Tagneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992209099971483649noreply@blogger.com