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Seasonless Green Fashion

by Anne Wallace

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What to Wear, Now through Fall
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Anne Wallace McAndrews writes from Long Beach, California. Her work has appeared in Surf Life for Women, the L.A. Times Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Golf for Women, and elsewhere.

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1% For The Planet (FTP), is a coalition of companies who've pledged to donate one percent of their sales to environmental groups around the world. Patagonia (which gives more than 500 grants annually to grass roots organizations), Stewart + Brown and Anna Cohen are among the almost 400 members of 1% FTP. Over $3 million was donated in 2005 and more than $10 million to date, with grants going to non-profit organizations to further research, activism or environmental education. Among the recipients is Global Green USA, an organization that recently sponsored a design competition for a green apartment complex to be built in a low-income New Orleans neighborhood destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

Support the 1% FTP program by patronizing member companies. For a full list, see www.onepercentfortheplanet.org.

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CLOTHING

*Try a knee-length, flared skirt with an organic cotton, long-sleeve top. Eileen Fisher's organic cotton white top ($78) and organic cotton, knee-length, fold-over waist skirt will flatter any shape ($118; www.eileenfisher.com, 800-445-1603).

*Go eco-glam with Anna Cohen's hemp silk pants in creme or black ($251, www.btcelements.com), or above-the-knee, soy silk cowl dress in black ($276; Nolita, Portland, OR, 503-274-7114; see also www.annacohen.com).

*Check out the sleek, Mongolian-inspired knits at Stewart + Brown, members of 1% For The Planet, sold in boutiques nationwide (www.stewartbrown.com).

*Sweetgrass's flared hemp Vagabond pants ($72) and hand-crocheted, bell-sleeved, undyed hemp Priestess sweater ($48) might look sweet on you. He may enjoy morning tea and a newspaper in drawstring hemp Zen pants ($70; www.sweetgrassfibers.com, 877-391-8936).

*Also for guys: Timberland's men's recycled hemp blazer ($148) and recycled denim five-pocket jeans ($69.50; www.timberland.com, 888-802-9947).

*For warmth, revert to basic black, which is once again hip this fall: Patagonia's men's full-zip hoody of organic cotton fleece ($98) and organic cotton Smuggler pants with low zip pocket ($78); women's Two-fer hoody, a reversible, black/brown organic cotton pullover ($50) and kids' Synchilla Marsupial pullover with reflective trim ($54; www.patagonia.com, 800-638-6464).

*Support animals and communities with Wildlife Works African-made organic cotton graphic T's for men, women and kids (from $17), and a charcoal African-print, below-the-knee skirt with hot pink trim ($70; www.wildlifeworks.com, 888-934-WILD).

BAGS

*Alchemy Goods makes guy bags like the waterproof Haversack of recycled inner tubes ($88; www.alchemygoods.com, 206-484-9469).

*Her Design silk, hemp or organic cotton canvas bags are made with low-metal, low-sulfur and formaldehyde-free dyes (from $50; www.her-design.com, 781-631-1491). Nikwax makes non-solvent waterproofing treatments (www.nikwax.com).

*Vulcana's hemp-fused Hobo purse is made from recycled rubber tires and hemp fiber, and comes in black, red or natural ($69; www.vulcanabags.com, 602-538-3860).

*Vy & Elle (a play on "vinyl") sells reclaimed vinyl billboard Envoy messenger bags with adjustable seat belt shoulder strap and recycled car-seat buckle (unisex) ($110; www.vyandelle.com), and license plates are reborn as handbags for the Littlearth Canadian round plate bag ($57.60; www.thegreenloop.com, 866-898-5483).