All Bottled Up: From Garbage to Glam

All Bottled Up: From Garbage to Glam

With more eco-friendly innovations coming to the market each day, it’s no surprise that fashion would soon be a hit! Whether it’s paper or plastic, or garbage to glam, fashion has hit its mark this year with eco-friendly wear.

Chicago Tribune’s own, Redeye, shows us what it’s like to be fashionably loud and eco-sexy. The Red Eye’s, Erin Sarris tells fashion bloggers and the many inspired designers all about what it takes to be eco-chic on the runway. First, Erin reassures us that “Recycling plastic bottles into clothing is not a fad; these fabrics are here to stay.” Next, she shares all the secrets of how this earthly couture is made. “Bottles are picked up as large bales of plastic from recycling plants , then rinsed, purified and chopped down into small pieces.

These shredded bits of plastic are melted and spun into long strands that are woven to create a soft, durable fabric.” The best part is, according to statistics cited by the Environmental Protection Agency, the textile recycling industry keeps about 2.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste out of the environment.

So, the next time you’re hoping to make a bold fashion statement, try being eco-chic! With this trendy new style, your look can never fade!

Dress made from recycled materials by Deborah Milner of Aveda Ecoture

Dress made from recycled newspapers by Gary Harvey

Linda Loudermilk Spring 2011

By: iTGirl1

Top 5 Luxury Items to buy before you Die

Most people tend to go the frugal route when it comes to the necessities for everyday living. In today’s economy, frugality is praised as being the “smart way” of living, no questions asked. I’m here to kill all that which is “frugal” (cheap) and present to you the “opulent way”. Enjoy drooling on the screen because that’s the only thing that will be inexpensive….LOL




Hermes Birkin ($8,000 - $150,000+) – The Hermes Birkin is the epitome of handbag extravagance! Created by then CEO of Hermes of Paris, Jean Louis Dumas, for singer-actress Jane Birkin. For a hefty price that ranges between $8,000 - $150,000 (AND MORE), you can purchase a Birkin in a variety of skins, colors and hardware including diamond encrusted hardware. Did I mention that Hermes of Paris only creates these luscious handbags few in quantity and only with the finest materials in the world? Maybe I missed telling you those key facts because I was TOO busy telling you that I own an AUTHENTIC Hermes Birkin...LOL. I will provide A-Z details concerning the Birkin handbag in the near future. Happy Hunting!!!!

Bugatti Veyron ($1.7 Million) – Bugatti is a luxury car company with an Italian family legacy that was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909; Molsheim-Alsace, NE France. The Bugatti “Veyron” is estimated at a cool $1,700,000 and noted to be the most expensive street legal car available on the market today. A Bugatti is more than a mere car, it’s a legacy. Visit www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron for more info about this tasty thing!
The Prairie Cream Platinum Rare ($1000.00) – Made with the most precious metal on earth, guaranteed to improve your skin’s youthful appearance. Platinum having such amazing characteristics, one being that it’s impervious to time, is the main factor in why this cream is so expensive. A whooping price tag of $1000.00, makes this the most expensive cream in the world. Please wipe your mouth; you’re drooling on the cream….LOL.




Le Vian for Stuart Weitzman ($2 million) – This isn’t the most expensive shoe from Stuart, but it’s my ultimate favorite! Mr. Weitzman teamed up with New York based “Leader of Tanzanite” Le Vian, to create these STUNNING heels adorned with approximately 185 carats of Tanzanite and 28 carats of diamonds. No one has been photographed wearing these lovely shoes yet, but priced at an alluring $2,000,000, who WOULD be photographed wearing them? Will it be YOU?






Louis Moinet “Meteoris” Timepiece ($4.7 million) – The 1st “Meteoris” Tourbillon MARS which is pictured above, is adorned with actual stone from the planet Mars, which is the world’s first considering that it has NEVER been done before. The hand-engraved dial created with an astrolabe –type appliqué, serves as a reminder of the ties between man and the cosmos. 18 carat white gold set with 56 baguette-cut Top Wesselton VVS diamonds totaling 3.46 carats. The price-tag for any Meteoris planetarium along with the four Tourbillons is hefty, but isn’t that the purpose of Luxury? I THOUGHT so.


- RL Fox

iT Factor Agency and Snoop Dogg Take Chi-town by Storm!!

Snoop with iT Factor CEO, Mikeya Summerville

Hey wonderful iT people!

Welcome to another fashionable party at iT Factor Agency! We have been doing a lot in the fashion industry lately and expanding our client base to major celebrities. One of our most recent celebs was rapper-actor Snoop Dogg AKA the Godfather of Rap.

The west-coast rapper came to Chicago last week with big plans to expand his Los Angeles based, Snoop Youth Football League to children from the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). The football camp was held at Chicago Indoor Sports on the city’s South Side, in conjunction with Windows of Opportunity’s annual Back to School Bash.

Snoop giving words of encouragement to the kids at the Football Camp

Each station was coached by a current or former Chicago Bears player; including Brian Urlacher, DJ Moore and Otis Wilson. To top that off, he even had a private VIP reception at Chicago's favorite Adidas store in the Water Tower. Interviewing with the press, taking countless photos, and shopping for Adidas’ trendiest merchandise; Snoop definitely showed his fashionisto persona. iT Factor Agency teamed up with I Am Image, Inc. to help produce a grand event, filled with celebs and notable sports figures.

Check out some of the pics of the fabulous iT Factor staff at Chicago Indoor Sports, interacting with the media, with our friends at Powerade and Vitamin Water and of course The D-O Double G himself!

Yours Truly,

Genesis_iTgirl1

NBC5 Chicago Anchor, Marion Brooks and Snoop

iT Girls with Snoop














iT Girl Genesis looking Fab at the Adidas VIP Reception