This Thursday, Sept. 10, is the much-anticipated, Fashion’s Night Out, brought together by American Vogue, NYC & Company, the city of New York and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, as a global initiative “to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion.”
On this night, which kicks off the start of the spring/summer 2010 Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, over 800 participating shops will stay open until 11 p.m., hosting festivities including celebrity, designer and model appearances, limited-edition sales and musical performances – as you shop away. Below are …

Taking a long, warm shower is relaxing, soothing, stress-relieving — and completely unnecessary. While our showers have become our sanctuaries at home, many of us fail to notice the gallons of water we waste each day on 30- to 45- minute showers that should only really take around 5 to 7 minutes. Elisabeth Buecher, a French textile designer based in London, noticed our excessive water consumption and decided to teach us all a lesson with what she calls, “design for pain and for our own good.”
The “My Shower Curtain is a …

When printing a 20-page paper, it’s easy to forget about all of the ink you’re wasting since you’re busy feeling guilty about all the trees you’ve just killed. Well, EcoFont has come to the rescue.
SPRANQ, a Dutch marketing company based in Amsterdam, has developed an eco-friendly font aptly named EcoFont. It uses up to 20 percent less ink than normal fonts by creating holes in each letters. “After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well,” they joke on the EcoFont site.