Chicago Green Festival Audio Blog Reports: Preview!

The ladies of Mountains of the Moon Eco.Fashion are honored to have been chosen to podcast live from Green Festival Chicago this year. We'll be mobile blogging from the festival all weekend - talking with other exhibitors and attendees, interviewing our oh-so-wonderful-customers, and bringing you reports on our favorite parts of this year's event. Gabcast! Chicago Green Festival Audio Blog Reports #greenfest #2

Green Hot Mama

Okay, fine. I'll admit it. I'm making a very quick post because I just realized that we only posted twice in April, and April is officially over (at least here in Chicago) in 14 short minutes. It went by so quickly, what can I say?

So here's a little gift for you in exchange for our lack of posts recently. Make your red hot mama a green hot mama this Mother's Day with a little gifty from Mountains of the Moon. Order by May 5th (to ensure delivery before Mother's Day) and we'll give you 25% off your order with coupon code GREENMAMA. Not bad.

And all of us promise that we love you very much and will post lots and lots in the merry old month of May.

xoxo,
melissa

The 3 E's: Earth Day, Eco-Fashion, Events

It goes without saying that everyday should (obvi) be Earth Day. But hey - if it takes a special day for everyone to come together and get excited about the environment, we're all for it. One of the best parts about Earth Day (especially in recent years as the green movement gains momentum) is all of the events that take place around the globe to celebrate. In our world, the best of these events involve eco-fashion. This year, there is an abundance of them. Here are some of the most prominent ones for your eco-fashion pleasure.


Green with Fashion

Held at the famous F.U.E.L. House (aka MTV's Real World Philadelphia House), this charity eco-fashion show will spotlight the top eco-fashion designers (more than 30 of them, to be exact) from all over the country. Our friends at Carbon Fund are not only donating five tons of carbon offsets in order to make the event carbon neutral, they're also covering the day's "carbon footprint" of everyone who attends the show. We like. Look for "celebs" like Gretchen Rossi of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Orange County" and five Miss Philadelphia winners, among others, to be walking in the show. Pieces from our very own Mountains of the Moon spring/summer collection will be among the designs showcased at this event.
When: April 22nd (Earth Day) at 7 PM.
Where: F.U.E.L. House, 249 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Tickets are $20 (advance purchase only), with proceeds donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.


Stanford Sustainable Fashion Show (Stanford, CA)

A bay area Earth Day must, Stanford University's first-ever Sustainable Fashion Show will be a groundbreaking event on campus promoting a sustainable lifestyle on all fronts. The show's mission will be to celebrate diversity in the context of environmental consciousness through a wide variety of styles and artistic expression. Twenty unique professional designers will be showcased in individual sets (including Mountains of the Moon, oh yes!), and as well as several student designers from the Stanford Community.
When: April 22nd (Earth Day) from 7 to 9 PM.
Where: Toyon Hall Lounge, 455 Arguello Way, Stanford, CA.
Cost: Free


Fashion Takes Action Launch Party

In partnership with Earth Day Canada, the new members-based organization and producer of green events Fashion Takes Action will be officially launching this Earth Day, and will be throwing a party/fashion event to celebrate on April 24th. We like parties a lot and brainstormed on ways to teleport to Toronto for this event, but alas... With really swell things like DJs (including Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene), Ryerson fashion students participating in a live eco-challenge to create garments from packaging, and an open bar (mmm, organic vodka), it should be quite the grand ole' time.
When: April 24th at 9 PM.
Where: 639 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada.
Cost: Tickets are $40 in advance (with a limited number for $50 at the door), with proceeds supporting Earth Day Canada and Fashion Takes Action.


If you're not up for a fashion show, and happen to be in the Cape Cod area during Earth Day week, take a little stop-sy by Solstice Day Spa in Hyannis for a simply mahhhvelous eco-fashion sample sale from 5:30 to 8 PM on April 21st (we like to call it Earth Day Eve, just for kicks). Hosted by fashion writer and stylish Amy Dufault, this sample sale will include samples from your's truly as well as other eco-designers at incredible prices.


xoxo,
melissa & all the other motm eco.fashion ladies too

P.S. We adore you!

eco-tweetin'

Sure, maybe we're talking about the sweet tweets of the little spring birdies that would be singing in our ears if it wasn't snowing here this fine Chicago April, but alas, we're not. We just wanted to make a quick post to let you know that we think Twitter is real fun and neat, and you should definitely follow us. Not that we think any of you are followers, of course. Our readers are much too smart, sustainable and stylish to be followers. We just think you might like our witty updates and the oh-so-exclusive sales and coupons we post when we tweet.

Love,
us

P.S. Hey spring, like, where are you? You're being a real jerk this year.

And the Winner is....

Earlier this month, we told you about our "Show us your Moon!" contest, where Mountains of the Moon lovers everywhere could play show and tell with their favorite MotM designs for a chance to win a $100 MotM Gift Certificate. We were showered with funny, beautiful and inspiring entires from MotM fans all over the world. Picking a winner from all of the amazing entries wasn't easy, but it sure did make us feel warm and fuzzy to see just how many people really heart our clothing! Yay! That's right, yay! In the end, we could only choose one. (Virtual drumroll.............)

Congratulations Karen Felmley of Bellingham, Washington! We were touched by Karen's sweet/hilarious portrait of two lovely soon-to-be-mamas who, despite contractions, still realized the importance of looking eco-fabulous in their sustainable hemp/tencel Arya Skirts. (Check out the totally adorable photo above). Karen's Entry:

MOM = Mountains of (the) Moon or Mom!

Two pregnant MOMs discussing motherhood and eco-fashion
Mother on the right, overdue and having a contraction
Cut on the bias with a nice fit on the hip
Makes this the one skirt to buy for each pregnancy trip!!!

I have ten Arya Skirts, in two sizes! Thank you for making a great skirt that so many body shapes can wear gracefully.

-Karen Felmley
Bellingham, WA

Congrats Karen! And remember dear readers, you are always in eco-fashion in MotM, whether you're at work, out on the town, or being the most stylish sustaina-mom on the block!

xoxo,
the Ladies of Mountains of the Moon

Bye Bye Winter (& Hello $100 in Free Clothes!)

We don't know about you, but we are more than ready to bid winter a fond farewell. Over the next few weeks, new designs and colors from our Mountains of the Moon Spring '09 Collection will become available in stores and at http://www.mountainsofthemoon.com/. Oh the excitement! Even more exciting, the Spring '09 collection from our brand new designer line, Melissa Baswell Eco.Luxury, is now available on our website for pre-orders at very special prices, with delivery in April! Did we mention that we love spring clothes?!

Before we really say our final goodbye to winter, it's time for our last winter sale! Now is your final chance to get your favorite pieces for their most discounted prices ever. That's not a threat, it's an eco-promise. For more info and to get one of siz coupons up to 60% Off (on top of the already marked down prices, oh my!), check out our eco-fabulous March 2009 Newsletter.

And here's some more good news... Let's face it, Mountains of the Moon has the best customers in the world. Your support, feedback and business are why we exist. So we decided to create a little contest that involves things like fun and free clothes. One lucky winner will win a $100 gift certificate to use toward whatever they choose at http://www.mountainsofthemoon.com/. There are three ways to enter (choose one, two, or all three!):

1. E-mail us a photo of you in your favorite Mountains of the Moon outfit in a unique place or doing something cool. Be sure to explain why your picture is special.

2. E-mail us us a story about why you like wearing Mountains of the Moon, or something unique you've done while wearing MotM.

3. Blog about Mountains of the Moon. If you have a blog, post an entry about one of our clothing items or our company. Then be sure to e-mail us with a link.

Entries with be accepted through March 21st. The staff will choose a winner who will be notified by March 25th. Winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Mountains of the Moon, and will have their entry posted on right here at Smart. Sustainable. Style and in our April newsletter. Good luck dear readers, we love you so!

xoxo,

The Ladies of MotM

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The Mountains of the Moon Ladies aren't. In fact, we're not only looking forward to the dark, we're helping make it happen. And we think you should help us out.

On March 28th, from 8:30 to 9:30 PM, we'll be one of thousands of businesses (and individually, just a few of the millions) across the US (and the world) who will be taking part in Earth Hour 2009. The World Wildlife Fund is "asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions." We participated in this last year as well, and trust us - it was pretty damn cool to see lights throughout Chicago go out, together. Talk about a collective statement. We had goosebumps. Eco-goosebumps.

So will you join us, dear readers? It's easy and it's free (and let's face it - not much is better than free in this crappy economy). Find out more information and sign up for Earth Hour right here. You can also see the full list of Chicago business participants (including little ole' us). Or look up your own city and see who is participating there.

And remember, life's always more fun in the dark.
Lovins,
Your favorite MotM Earth Hour-ers

Eco-Love (& Savings!) are the in the air

Ahhh, Valentine's Day. A time for overendulgance of sugar, overconsumption of paper (come on, you know those little Valentine cards that are yes, oh-so-cute and full o' childhood memories, are far from eco-friendly), and alas, heartache and scorned souls everywhere. WELL, despite its obvious downfalls, we still love to love Valentine's Day. So we're offering up a big ole' lovey-dovey discount to our customers. In addition to our up-to-50%-off markdowns (!), if you enter the coupon GREENLOVE
in the coupon code box at check-out at http://www.mountainsofthemoon.com, you'll get an additional 15% off your order. Enough to renew your faith in love, isn't it?

Special ends February 10th (a little before Vday, we know, but you want your sweetie to get that special gift by the 14th, right?).

xoxo kiss xoxo hug,
the ladies of mountains of the moon eco.fashion