{"id":998,"date":"2011-04-07T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/?p=998"},"modified":"2011-04-07T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:48:32","slug":"lines-we-love-sustainable-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/lines-we-love-sustainable-design\/","title":{"rendered":"{lines we love} sustainable design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today <strong>&#8216;sustainability&#8217;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8216;organic&#8217;<\/strong> are terms we hear often, but I remember it wasn&#8217;t that long ago when I didn&#8217;t understand a thing about what that meant. The first time I head the term &#8216;organic cotton&#8217;, I thought <em>&#8220;Ummm&#8230;. isn&#8217;t all cotton organic? I&#8217;ve never heard of &#8216;synthetic cotton&#8217; before, have you?&#8221;<\/em> Of course I soon found out that the methods used to grow and process the cotton are what grant it an &#8216;organic&#8217; label.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a constant process trying to become a more responsible consumer and sometimes, it&#8217;s hard to sacrifice good fashion or a great deal in the name of sustainability. With that in mind, I have the best of both worlds to share with you today: <strong>organic &amp; sustainable fashion &amp; design<\/strong> at great prices from <strong><a title=\"Zulily\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zulily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zulily<\/a><\/strong> and <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a title=\"Gilt Groupe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gilt<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/STOPstart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-999\" title=\"STOPstart\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/STOPstart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/STOPstart.jpg 600w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/STOPstart-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong>STOPstart Global<\/strong> works to empower trafficked women and children. A member of the Fair Trade Organization, the group began in 2008 when friends from Australia made a visit to Cambodia and were inspired by the women they met there. STOPstart&#8217;s products are made by Cambodian women who are working for a new start and this particular collection is all from recycled rice bags. To learn more about STOPstart <a title=\"STOPstart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stopstart.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit their website<\/a> and <a title=\"Zulily STOPstart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zulily.com\/stop-start-040611.html\" target=\"_blank\">shop them at Zulily<\/a> for great savings!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/American-Apparel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000\" title=\"American Apparel\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/American-Apparel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/American-Apparel.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/American-Apparel-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><strong><a title=\"American Apparel\" href=\"http:\/\/americanapparel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Apparel<\/a>. Fashionable Basics. Sweatshop Free.<\/strong> Not only do they offer great fashion, but American Apparel is one of the few completely vertically integrated apparel companies in the US. What that means is that they take a hands-on approach to every element of their supply chain from growth of the cotton to the production of the fabric and finally the garment assembly. All of their production and factories are in the US and most importantly, they pay all employees from field to factory and beyond fair wages. <strong>Shop<\/strong> <a title=\"Zulily American Apparel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zulily.com\/american-apparel-040711.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Apparel at Zulily<\/a> for some fabulous deals. (We love their stretchy cotton comfy pieces for <strong>styling a growing bump<\/strong>!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Frenchy-Baby-Organics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1001\" title=\"Frenchy Baby Organics\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Frenchy-Baby-Organics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Frenchy-Baby-Organics.jpg 600w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Frenchy-Baby-Organics-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Home-grown in Philadelphia, <strong>Frenchy Baby Organics<\/strong> offers a darling line of mix and match basics for infants and toddlers all made of organic cotton. An active member of their community, Frenchy Baby is involved with various local and national charities. <a title=\"Zulily Frenchy Baby Organics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zulily.com\/frenchy-baby-organics-040711.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shop them at Zulily now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Charlie-Banana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1002\" title=\"Charlie Banana\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Charlie-Banana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Charlie-Banana.jpg 600w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Charlie-Banana-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The great diaper debate: cloth or disposable? <strong><a title=\"Charlie Banana\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliebanana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Banana<\/a><\/strong> helps to make that decision a lot easier with their line of cloth diapers created out of a love for eco-friendliness, quality, and design. Last year Charlie Banana was nominated at Earth Champion for waste reduction. 1% of all sales is proudly donated to <a title=\"Operation Smile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.operationsmile.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Smile<\/a>, a worldwide charity that changes the lives of children suffering from cleft lip, cleft palette, and other facial deformities.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Zulily Charlie Banana\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zulily.com\/charlie-banana-040711.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shop Charlie Banana at Zulily!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Q-Organics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1003\" title=\"Q Organics\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Q-Organics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Q-Organics.jpg 600w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Q-Organics-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Last but certainly not least, <strong>Q Collection<\/strong> offers organic &amp; eco-friendly nursery furniture and bedding. Their main goal is to eliminate all toxic chemicals that pollute indoor air quality &#8211; not to mention, it&#8217;s so adorable! Visit their website <a title=\"Q Organic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qcollection.com\/eco-and-health-the-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more on their mission + <a title=\"Gilt Q Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilt.com\/sale\/children\/q-collection-bedding\" target=\"_blank\">shop them at Gilt<\/a> now for some fabulous savings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoying the blog? <a title=\"bella bambini design on Bloglovin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/en\/blog\/2463810\/bella-bambini-design\/follow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/widget\/bilder\/en\/widget.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bloglovin\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"bella bambini design on Bloglovin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/en\/blog\/2463810\/bella-bambini-design\/follow\"><\/a><strong>Follow us on Bloglovin&#8217; to stay up to date!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today &#8216;sustainability&#8217; and &#8216;organic&#8217; are terms we hear often, but I remember it wasn&#8217;t that long ago when I didn&#8217;t understand a thing about what that meant. The first time I head the term &#8216;organic cotton&#8217;, I thought &#8220;Ummm&#8230;. isn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/lines-we-love-sustainable-design\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashionista-alert","category-lines-we-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}