Pro-Earth, Anti-Earth Shoes

For some of us, anything involving a size zero fashion model is an automatic no-no. We turn it off, click away, or cross the street. Continuing the theme, we don't like the fashion industry generally, because of the shitty way it treats nearly everyone. Models, sweatshop workers, personal assistants to designers, trees and rivers near textile factories: It seems everyone and everything is sad in this world. Still — and we realize this is oxymoronic to morons — we love fashion. At "Eco-Fashion: From Birkenstock to Couture," a panel of designers, writers, and retailers come together to talk about some of the above: specifically, how to navigate the trend factor of eco-consciousness. If something is a trend, it is by law required to go out of style. So anyone with a genuine concern for change is trying to downplay the trend angle, which is an upstream swim in the fashion world. Case in point: "green" designer Linda Loudermilk, who uses "eco-friendly" fabrics (remember: "Eco" is a term without a legal definition. It means whatever anyone wants it to, including "flat-out scam"), but also seems to love those size zero models.
Mon., Sept. 15, 6 p.m., 2008