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Rags 2 Riches Lifts Women from Filipino Landfill into High Fashion Trade
Four years ago, in one of the Philippines' largest dumpsites and home to 12,000 families, women searched through garbage for fabric scraps to weave...
Bionic Yarn From Plastic Bottles: A Rapper’s Green Investment in Fashion
Rapper, record producer and clothing entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a key investor in Return Textiles, the the New York manufacturer of Bionic Yarn –...
Fashion Icon Donna Karan Honored for Haiti Relief Efforts
One year after a devastating earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti, thousands of families remain sheltered due in large part to efforts supported...
South Africa, 2010 – The Year it Became Fashionable to Do Good
It wasn't only government who made the South African World Cup a success. It was the 15,000 citizens who volunteered -- South Africans who...
Designers Recycle Rags into Fashion for Charity
Give a designer a pile of discarded garments, torn, stained, or otherwise unwearable, and the unexpected can happen. The trench coat, right, was...
Project Rejuvenation Gives Fashion Makeovers to Encourage Homeless Women Toward Success
Project Rejuvenation is a plan to encourage and invigorate homeless women by giving each participant a complete makeover and turning them into models for...
Supermodels and Celebs Strut Their Stuff for Haiti with ‘Fashion for Relief’
London's fashion week kicked off with some of the biggest names in fashion, entertainment and sport, hitting the catwalk to raise money for women,...
More Good News on Body Image: Fashion Magazine Dumps Skinny Models
The German women's magazine "Brigitte" announced a "no model campaign" last month, saying they will no longer be using professional models for their magazine...
Coco Chanel: The Orphan Who Transformed Fashion
She dared to be different. Before Chanel, no one casually wore a dress in black. In the new film, Coco Before Chanel, we...
Spider Silk and Gore-tex Re-fashioning Medicine
At Tufts University, Massachusetts scientists are pioneering a method of manipulating spider silk to genetically engineer new bone tissue, thus allowing them -- in...
Steve Irwin’s Daughter Launches Eco-Friendly Fashion Line
A year after Steve Irwin’s death, daughter Bindi Irwin is launching a new eco-friendly fashion line for kids. The clothing, hats, bags and...
Fight Fashion Snobbery, Don’t Give Up Your Hi-Tops
I used to love the TV make-over shows. A team of stylists transform a country bumpkin into a sexy sister unrecognizable by her own...
Mexican Artisans Turn Trash Into Fashion
It began as a way to clean up the environment and make something useful — and perhaps profitable. The products ... women's clutches,...
Good News in History, April 23
110 years ago today, the first-ever baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Then known as Weeghman Park, its original occupants were...
Man Who Built Adorable Mouse Village to Cope With Depression Adds a Pub, Book Shop, and Hobbit Homes–LOOK
A British man who six years ago built an adorable mouse village to cope with depression has added a pub, a book shop, and...
Teen Bullied Over Her Weight Goes On to Become Cheerleading Coach and Beauty Queen Finalist
A student who was picked-on for being an overweight teenager has shut down the bullies by becoming a cheerleading coach and Miss England semi-finalist.
Sophie...
Good News in History, April 10
99 years ago today, one of the great American novels, The Great Gatsby was published. F. Scott Fitzgerald's work was a commercial disappointment and strangely,...
Good News in History, April 6
59 years ago today, the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I, was placed in geosynchronous orbit. The tiny 2-foott device (nicknamed Early Bird for...
Good News in History, March 25
65 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial. The concert was...
Good News in History, March 20
205 years ago today, the Burlington Arcade opened in Piccadilly, London. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and...