Alicia Silverstone Sports our Tissue Cotton Dress

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Shown:
Tissue Cotton Slip Dress

If there is one thing Alicia isn’t Clueless about it’s the environment. Is the Clueless reference overdone these days? Anyway, we’re happy to see her sporting the look right down the bare feet and showing just how perfect this super lightweight fabric is for blazing the desert heat.

Happy Earth Day!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Shown:
Blocked Dart Cami // Blocked Skirt

We’re wishing you a very green Earth Day complete with new styles, a contest and a favor to ask of our dear readers. We just loaded up the estore with a bunch of new styles and colors making our online shop a veritable garden of earthly delights. Our classic organic lightweight jersey collection got a boost with new styles like the v strap tank dress and blocked dart cami (shown above with the blocked skirt) and other collections like hemp jersey and crepe also got a dose of the newness. Each style is organic, green and/or renewable today and every day so check ’em out.

If you’re not so green in the wallet it’s not too late to enter our Spring Haiku Contest for a $100 gift certificate to our e-store. Click here for full contest rules and specifics.

Montana Skatepark Association : On Deck 4

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

This year’s On Deck IV Skateboard Auction has something for everyone. Art for the arty, skateboards for the skaters and donations to charity for the charitable. If you’re a charitable skating artist than this is simply a no-brainer. They chose 50 artists including Stewart+Brown staffer Laura Devendorf whose board is shown above to paint skate decks to auction on behalf of the Montana Skate Association. Even if you’re not a Montanan you still have a chance to score these boards through online bidding and there are so many cool ones to choose from. The Montana Skate Association was started from the ground up by a group of driven twenty-somethings who were fed up with absence of free and legal to skate and is now a full-fledged non-profit with every last dollar going straight to building and maintaining parks for the kiddos and grown-ups alike. If you are a Missoulan yourself, be sure to attend the live event on May 1st at The Badlander, 208 Ryman, Missoula MT from 5-10 pm.

Vote for Stewart+Brown

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

We recently won treehugger.com’s Best of Green award for Women’s Casual Fashion brand in the category of Fashion & Beauty and now your votes can help us win best overall in the Fashion & Beauty category! Here’s what you do, click here to head on over to Planet Green’s site and you’ll see a slide show of all the candidates (there’s some fashion, some skin care and the like). You can go through all of the slides and rate them as you go along but if you just feel like giving Stewart+Brown some love, scan through till you see our model in the light pink dress. So give us some love and give Stewart+Brown the perfect 10! The deadline is tomorrow, Wednesday April 23rd at Midnight. Thanks!

We Won Treehugger’s Best Green Casual Brand!!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Shown:
Cross Over Petal Dress

Treehugger just launched it’s first “Best of Green” edition and we just now found out that we won best casual fashion brand for women in the Fashion & Beauty category! Treehugger is easily the most notable blog when it comes to all things green and we’re so proud to be featured. Writer Blythe Copeland says “For years, the phrases “eco-friendly” and “fashion” seemed almost mutually exclusive—but now, with organic fabrics, recycled fibers, and green production processes, we have (dare we say it?) almost too many brands to choose from. At least you know you’ll never go wrong with Stewart+Brown: The flirty ruffles on button-downs and polos; crisp tailoring on pants and shorts; and feminine draping on their dresses and skirts—along with policies that include the use of hemp silk, organic cotton, hemp jersey, and Mongolian cashmere—mean that, when it comes to your wardrobe, there’s never too much of a good thing”. Check it out!!

Staff Favorites – Now with Haiku!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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Mongolian Cashmere Tie Drape Shrug

This edition of staff favorite looks are as pretty as a word picture now that each look comes with its very own haiku. Now, I want to set the record straight that we at Stewart+Brown are no scholars of ancient forms of poetry so please go easy on us when it comes to haiku specifics. Other than that, they’re pretty fun. Our intern Emily chose the style above stating, “I am in-love with this eye-catching unique and feminine style. I love how you can dress it up or down and that it is the perfect layering piece for spring and all-year-round. This is a piece that will last forever and always compliment any outfit!” Check out the full story to see what each employee’s favorite style is this Spring.

Spring Haiku Contest

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

If you missed out on our last contest, here’s your chance to make it up and line your pocket with some extra Stewart+Brown spending cash. We’re going to give away a $100.00 gift certificate for stewartbrown.com to one lucky person who writes a haiku for us. Here’s what you do:
1. Choose an image from one of our Spring 2009 collections (You can pick from Early Spring or Late Spring)
2. Write a haiku about the picture. If your not sure how to write a haiku don’t worry, it’s easy and only three lines. There’s an simple guide here. You can also checkout the haiku’s we wrote about our products here
3. Send your haiku to contest@stewartbrown.com and don’t forget to tell us your name. Here’s a sample of the email:

Dear wonderful Stewart+Brown employee,

My name is Jane Doe and here’s my haiku:
Spring breeze travels swift
Cashmere Shrug gives warm embrace
O’ Mongolia!

My Haiku is about the image with the tie drape shrug pictured
Thanks!

So send ‘em over to us and we’ll send you back a confirmation that you are in the contest! One entry per person please and we’ll be accepting entries until May 4th. I’m excited to see what our clever readers come up with. We’re going to choose the winner at random so everyone has an equal chance, poet or not, then we’ll announce the winner in our next newsletter. Please note that by entering this contest you are giving us permission to publish your haiku on www.stewartbrown.com with your first and last name. You have to be a mailing list subscriber to win and if you’re not, we’ll go ahead and sign you up when we get your contest entry. We also reserve the right to withdraw contest entries at our own discretion (we’ll only do this if we get really fishy stuff). Looking forward to reading some haikus!

How to Make Fabric Flowers

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

One day, when working on a custom prom dress to benefit Teens Turning Green, Carol decided that it would be fun to make a corsage out of organic fabric and thus, the fabric flower was born. The flowers are great since you can make them out of scraps you have lying around and use them to pretty up gifts, make a flapper-ish headband, or whatever you want really. Their just plain crafty and she made a whole little how-to guide with a downloadable pattern and all so that you can make them too! Check it out.

Vitality Fashion Show 2009

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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Blocked Tank (Coming to Store Soon) // Blocked Skirt // Criss Cross Dress

Check out some of the looks from the recent “Vitality Fashion Show.” The event was put on by Think Products, LA Models and Wholefoods as a benefit to raise money for breast cancer research. Each designer was chosen because of their embodiment of “true vitality” and their ability to showcase both inner and outer beauty. Check out the full story to see some really large pictures of our new spring collection.

Santa Barbara Magazine

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Shown:
Armoire Dress // Patio Dress

This month’s issue of Santa Barbara Magazine had a nice little feature about Stewart+Brown in it. They, like many others, tout us as a brand that gives you all the things you love about sustainability without having to give up your love for fashion.

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