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Gorgeous & Green at Five

 

Gorgeous & Green event co-chairs Zem Joaquin and Nadine Weil

The San Francisco Committee of Global Green USA hosted their fifth annual Gorgeous & Green benefit dinner and fashion show December 8th, 2009. Held this year at the W Hotel in San Francisco's SoMa district, the event celebrated Global Green's smart climate solutions just as the Copenhagen Climate Conference commenced.  

Global Green USA was founded in 1993 and is the American affiliate of President Gorbachev's Green Cross International. Their mission is to support projects that address stemming global climate change, specifically by the development of green buildings in cities around the country. Proceeds from the event went to Global Green's initiatives, including works to rebuild New Orleans with zero-energy homes, advancing the Green Schools Initiative in California and New Orleans, and launching a pilot program to recycle Starbucks cups.

Bay Area Trend -- Winter White Coats

There's a new addition to the San Francisco woman's quintessential wardrobe now that it's December. Worn over the standard skinny jeans, boots and sweaters and under the scarves are winter white coats.

These coats are a bit more high maintenance - any stain will show, so think twice before you wear them out to a bar or before eating pizza in it - but they look it, too. High maintenance, classy and upscale, in any style from a military style or pea coat  to a standard overcoat or a take on the trench (like G by Guess has done in the picture above), the fashionable women of San Fran just got a bit more fashionable.

Acme Chophouse to be Reinvented

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Acme Chophouse has always been a good fit for San Francisco. After all, it only serves naturally raised meats from organic farms and locally caught fish, doing its part to support the environment -- and California, San Francisco in particular, is a hub of green activity. 

Well, Acme Chophouse will be changing...but since the change is being brought on by Chef Traci des Jardins, chances are its environmentally conscious and hormone-free food won't.

Des Jardins is turning the chophouse into two new restaurants. You read that right: Public House, a sports bar/gastropub on one side, and Mijita, a follow-up to des Jardins' Mijita restaurant in the Ferry building.

Besides both new restaurants having drastically different menus -- Public House will have grass-fed hamburgers, crab cakes and falafel, as well as a huge selection of draft beers and cask ales; Mijita features tacos, homemade tortillas and margaritas -- they'll also both have dine-in and carry out options. Both restaurants are slated to open March 2010, so this means the first diners will be locals in the neighborhood, office workers and baseball fans. 

Winter on the Runway- Fall Fashion Event in Palo Alto, CA

If you’re looking for a fabulous fashion event in the South Bay, Aspiring couture has just the event for you. Winter on the Runway will feature the latest collections from 20 different designers.

Drink, hors d’oeuvers, and deserts from Satura Cakes will be provided to guests.  You even have a chance to enter to win prizes and Fab freebies.

The fashion experience is on December 12, 2009 3pm and 7pm at the Palo Alto Women’s club (475 Homer Ave, Palo A lot, Ca 94031).

Price:

$10 general admission

$20 VIP admission (front row, $10 gift card and more)

 

Purchase tickets at:

Online: www.aspiringcouture .com

Email: aspiringcouture@gmail.com

Phone: 408.710.0732

Top Holiday Gifts from the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design

For those on your holiday list who desire something unique, consider a shopping trip to the fabulous museum store in the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design. Filled to the brim with hand crafted jewelry and accessories, the museum store has something to please everyone’s particular palate.

Manager Ray McKenzie hand selects each item in the store keeping his customers’ high standards in mind. He says he finds artisans from art shows, craft fairs, and word of mouth. I asked Mr. McKenzie to share some his top Hot and Hip accessory picks for this holiday season:

Ginnifer Goodwin Wears Art Students' Design to EMA Awards

Talk about luck - Ginnifer Goodwin wore students' design to the 20th Anniversary Environmental Media Association Awards, and now those students can add celebrity stylist to their resumes. A group of Academy of Art University students, Priscilla Guimarais, Kumiko Haruyama, Nui Tanapornwattana, Audrey Wang and Tramaine Tillman, designed a collection of sustainable dresses for a class project. To them it was just another project for school, and a fun one at best.

Little did they know one of their sustainable designs -- a strapless dress made from hospital scrubs with three front ruffled tiers that fell just above the knee and a black sash -- would be worn by an actress. And not just worn anywhere, but to a red carpet event. The students created an entire collection for their project, so maybe, after the press from Goodwin, they'll have requests for orders. All of the outfits in 1Oak (which stands for one of a kind) are made from start to finish with sustainable practices. The hospital scrubs used to make Goodwin's dress were treated, dyed and pleated using sustainable practices.

So for the students out there, this just goes to show that some homework assignments shouldn't be blown off...you never know who you might impress.

Meet Curvy Fashionista Marie Denee

Curvy fashionista Marie Denee has a mission – to bring contemporary, sophisticated, edgy fashions to plus size women. This dynamo Oakland resident is doing just that with her plus size blog and her on line plus size boutique.

In 2008 Ms. Denee finished up her MBA and realized she had gathered a lot of specific information about plus size retail. “For my MBA research I focused on the plus size industry,” explains the perky Ms. Denee. “When I finished my degree I realized I have all this valuable information that I need to share.” She began blogging and quickly became a top resource for the plus size community.