U2 frontman Bono and his wife Ali Hewson have been working on their fledgling sustainable fashion label, Edun, for five years now — but it's just now that they're about to get the international exposure they deserve. Both Bono and Ali appear in Louis Vuitton's newest ad campaign donning Edun, marking the first time a label other than LV has gotten a fashion credit. LVMH took a 49 percent stake in Edun last year, and hopes to bring the brand the kind of prestige and attention it deserves. On Hewson's wrist is a handbag co-designed by Vuitton and Edun, as well as a small charm that is LV's first made-in-Africa product. This is LVMH's first big effort to encourage sustainability — and Edun, which encourages the eradication of poverty in Africa through sustainable enterprise — is the perfect match for the luxury fashion house. People don't think sustainability or eco-friendly when they think of Louis Vuitton, whose leather goods and clothes easily run into the thousands, but perhaps now that the company has acquired and is backing Edun, they will.

Also, The Emmys happened. See what I thought of the clothes here. My least favorite outfit by a landslide was Glee star Naya Rivera's big ball of turquoise trashiness. Sister just got outed for keying and egging ex-boyfriend (and fellow Glee star) Mark Salling's car, so this was her change to redeem herself — she could have come off as classy and in control. Instead, she chose an outfit and a hairstyle that made her look like a big ball of crazy, Amy Winehouse beehive and all. Someone please get that girl a stylist!

With New York Fashion Week coming up faster than you can say Diane von Furstenberg, I'm praying to the sartorial gods for a week of not so blistering weather. While I can't necessarily control the heat, I can prevent my pout from drying out, thanks to Hurraw's all natural lip balms. Made from vegan, premium fair trade ingredients, these babies go for just .79 a pop, and best of all, are guaranteed not to melt all over my purse as I'm sweating on the 1 train en route to Lincoln Center.

One of our fave eco-fashionistas is model Summer Rayne Oakes, who continues to stun us with her sustainable habits and amazing ideas. Her most recent endeavor is Source4Style, an eco-textile online marketplace that helps designers easily source sustainable fabrics and purchase them with the click of a button. Oakes' thought is that designers spend 85% of their time sourcing fabrics, making it difficult to design sustainable clothing. If that statistic can be flipped, designers can focus on making great clothes that also just happen to be sustainable.

I'm flipping out over the thought of an Alber Elbaz-designed collection for fast fashion retailer H&M. The brand, which came across the pond just a few years ago, has made waves with its affordable designer collaborations, and rumor has it that the next collection isn't, as suspected, Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier but instead, our beloved Lanvin! Everyone loves Lanvin, but few can afford it. Can you just imagine the lines for this collab? Buy your tent now, 'cause I'd recommend camping out to get your hands on a piece of this.

This year, NYFW attendees will have to make a serious choice: Judaism or clothes? The High Holidays begin at sundown on September 8th, the night before Fashion Week officially begins — but thankfully, an Upper West Side synagogue has offered to hold free Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at their West 60s location so that Jewish fashion folk can pop over to services from Lincoln Center. Kind? Absolutely? Hilarious? Obviously — can you picture DVF and Zac Posen sitting next to you while you pray in your 6" wedges?

The problem with a good deal of sustainable clothing is two fold — it's either ugly and un-wearable, or way too expensive for greater society — which is why it's always great to see relatively affordable, great looking eco-fashion. Anamu's recycled vintage line of clutches and accessories is just that — uber cool, and totally sustainable. Recycling vintage is one of the easiest ways to go green, and Anamu's southwest style clutches, made from old bandanas, are a great way to spice up an otherwise blah outfit.

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OMG! Are those brains? Whoops, sorry guys. I can't help it. My head just exploded all over my desk. You see, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber performed a duet of Justin's hit song "Overboard," at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the resulting video is just too much teeny bopper orgasm amazingness for my brain to handle. Ya'll know of my love for The Biebs and MiCy by now — unless you've been living under a rock/not reading Beanstockd on the regular. The two teen superstars made magic happen while filming for Justin's 3D biopic at MSG, causing young girls everywhere to go crazy. Cyrus, who is our favorite Prius-driving star (she also owns a hybrid Mercedes, duh), is rumored to be starring alongside Justin in a remake of movie musical Grease. Can we just talk about how incredible that ish would be?

Bieber was also joined onstage by his mentor Usher, as well as Sean Kingston, Ludacris and Boyz II Men. Geez, is there anything the pint-sized pop star can't do? Can we just imagine for a minute if Bieber and Cyrus started dating? Talk about a marriage in pop heaven! A girl can dream, right?

Sarah

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On Sunday night, the 62nd Annual Emmys happened. I loved the Glee-influenced opening number (anything where Mad Men's Jon Hamm sings and dances sounds like heaven to me), but I didn't love 90% of the dresses on the red carpet. I'm sorry, but where were all these girls' stylists? The ladies of TV were in dire straits, don't you think? The one dress I positively loved was Jennifer Carpenter's one shouldered gunmetal sequined number. Sister was GLOWING. But you know who didn't glow? Keri Russell. I love me some Keri, thanks to her days on The CW's Felicity, but I didn't love me her boring pink halter dress and that horrible flower she haphazardly pinned into her hair. This is the Emmys, Keri, not a beachfront wedding in Hawaii! And at least get a dress that fits your lady lumps! Also, I usually love January Jones's red carpet choices. The actress doesn't employ a stylist, and yet she usually hits it out of the park. This time, however, the dress wore her. There's nothing wrong with sculptural blue Versace, but January openly admitted that the dress was uncomfortable and made walking difficult. Sister, keep those facts to yourself! Also, Glee's Naya Rivera = horrifying. We know you just broke up with Mark Salling, but that's no excuse to walk the red carpet looking like a hot mess.

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We've been following Harry Potter actress Emma Watson's work with British clothing brand People Tree for a while now, and we're happy to see that she's not just committed to lending her famous face to the brand, but to actually helping out in the trenches. Emma recently traveled to Bangladesh to see both the slums of Dhaka, where the garment workers are fighting to make enough to feed their families (they currently make just about /week), and to Swallows, a community that People Tree has created to hand-make their clothes. Swallows, which employs about 200 women, utilizes all natural dyes and houses not just the workers, but their families too. People Tree makes sure that everyone gets fair wages and sanitary, healthy working conditions (unlike what you'll find in Dhaka). Check out the video above, which follows Watson's trip to Bangladesh, and click here to read about her pledge to help end the unfair treatment of garment workers and how you can help.

When The September Issue hit theaters a while back, there was one person people couldn't stop talking about — and it wasn't Vogue EIC Anna Wintour. Instead, it was creative director Grace Coddington, a former model and fashion industry icon. Coddington, who stopped modeling after a car accident did some serious damage to her face, has for years brought her incredible eye to the pages of the top fashion mag via her styling skills and creative vision. People in the industry worship Coddington, who is about a million times more relatable than Wintour. It makes sense that it's she will pen a memoir of her life as a model and also talk fashion history and what it's like to style for the ice queen. Given her popularity (which skyrocketed after The September Issue hit theaters), Coddington's book is sure to be a hit.

After keeping the world waiting for what felt like an eternity, supermodel Coco Rocha is finally telling the world all about her fairytale wedding to James Conran. Last week, she tweeted the first full-length photo of her Zac Posen-designed wedding gown. This week, she's giving us not one, but two gorgeous behind the scenes mini-films of her big day.

I'm obsessed with Freida and Nellie's diamond-laced friendship bracelets. They're available at J.Crew (the designers forged a fast partnership with the hip retailer just a month ago), and are the perfect marriage of glitz and not-so-glam. These aren't your average friendship bracelets — they're identical to the ones you made with your BFFAEAEAE's at summer camp — except they've got a whole lot more sparkle.

Spring 2011 New York Fashion Week is fast approaching, and with the event's move to Lincoln Center comes a bevy of technological advancements. Perhaps the most important of these updates is the new check-in system, which helps to eliminate paper waste and cut the lines, thanks to a fancy airport-kiosk like check-in method. Many designers are jumping on the bandwagon, trading the fancy paper invites of yore for eco-friendly and efficient email invites and bar-coded confirmations. Gone are the publicists armed with enormous binders; in their place, you'll simply swipe your barcode to receive your seating assignment.

The Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde and her new band partner JP Jones have teamed up to create Fairground Luck, a new sustainable clothing line for rockers like themselves. Hynde, who's a friend of fellow eco-designer Stella McCartney, has been a vegetarian since she was 17 and is a PETA activist — so she says the line will also be animal-skin free. Expect t-shirts, skinny jeans, (non)leather jackets and cowboy boots — all free of animal skin and good for the environment.

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In the past few years, Taylor Lautner has gone from pre-pubescent rando to ripped super celeb, thanks to the success of the Twilight movies, in which he plays boy werewolf Jacob Black. These days, he's ridiculously rich, and ridiculously famous, which means we can excuse some diva tendencies now and then. But recent reports, which state that Taylor is suing for emotional distress over the late arrival of a tricked out RV trailer — have us thinking we might have to switch to Team Edward. That's right, folks, Taylor not only ordered a customized gas-guzzling, not-so-eco-friendly-at-all trailer to be delivered to the set of his new movie, Abduction, but he's suing over the thing. You see, the RV was late. And that caused Taylor to feel "annoyed" (unlike Edward Cullen, Jacob Black has a soul, so he can feel things). And now he's taking the case to court. Let's remember: Rob Pattinson got hit by a cab last summer in New York, and he didn't sue. Who's the manliest man now, Taylor?

Sarah

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New Yorkers, prepare yourselves. Rumor has it that Lindsay Lohan might get out of rehab earlier than planned, and the first place she'll go is our fine city of Manhattan. That's right, LiLo, who was recently released from her not-even-close-to-three-months jail stay due to overcrowding, might also be getting out of her plush rehab facility sooner than her planned 90 days, and sources seem to think that New York City is just the place for her to reinvent herself. In fact, they've gone so far as to say that New York can save the beleaguered actress from falling down the rabbit hole. Apparently, the fact that Monica Lewinsky moved here after the Clinton debacle and started making handbags and subsequently blended into the crowd means this city can save just about anyone, even home-wrecking political Polyannas and former child stars. We think if Lindsay wants to be saved, she needs to move to a remote island and start weaving her own clothes and baskets from bamboo.

Sarah

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NYFW is fast approaching, and with it comes the second annual Fashion's Night Out celebration, helmed by Anna Wintour and endorsed by Mayor Bloomberg. The new FNO website launched last week, and offers 51 pages of places to be and people to see. You can even create an itinerary to share with your friends — the site allows you to plan your evening by neighborhood, category and more. So, if you're looking for MK&A, select "celebrity." Fashionista compiled a list of their top ten here. As for me? I'll be hitting up Kirna Zabete to see Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler and more launch exclusive products; OTTE for the Loeffler Randall party and the free organic Van Leeuwen ice cream and Barneys New York for some quality time with the Olsen twins.

If there's one thing I like more than fashion, it's Harry Potter. I know, witches and wizards aren't the most stylin' folks around, but I can't tell you how many times I've wished for the power of apparition while waiting in line at Bryant Park. Hence, you can imagine my excitement at the news that scientists have almost perfected a real-life invisibility cloak! It's made from silk and coated in gold, and might just allow you to sit front row with Anna sans press pass.

Speaking of wizards and witches, Emma Watson's People Tree line of sustainable clothing just keeps getting better. The Harry Potter actress, who recently chopped off her locks (maybe she sent them to the Gulf to soak up the oil?), will be bringing the Spring/Summer 2011 collection, which she helped design, to the royal family on September 11th as part of a 12-day initiative started by the Prince of Wales to encourage sustainability. Emma can't be there in person, but she's going to make a special appearance via video to introduce the British fair-trade, eco line's newest wares.

One of the last things designer Alexander McQueen did before he died was collaborate on a capsule collection for The Rug Company. You can check out the stunning results here.

This fall, Parsons at the New School will introduce one of the world's first zero-waste fashion courses. The course will be taught in part by Loomstate creator Scott Mackinlay Hahn, whose own label has pledged not to create denim until it can figure out how to do so sustainably, with zero waste. Students in the class will be creating zero-waste jeans, and will explore how to change the way denim is created and cared for, from sourcing fibers that haven't been exposed to pesticides to how often people wash their jeans. The top design will be manufactured by Loomstate's factory in California and will be sold at Barneys next Spring.

M.A.C. has decided not to ship its collaboration line with Rodarte after the brand came under fire for the names used in the collection of makeup. The line was slated to drop in September and was highly anticipated by the beauty and fashion worlds. Inspired by a road trip that Laura and Kate Mulleavy took through Texas, the line was criticized by the blogosphere when word hit that one of the nail polishes would be named "Juarez," after a poor, violence-ridden town in Mexico. Both brands apologized for the snafu, and set p a charity initiative for victims of violence in Juarez, then decided to change the names of the products. Now, they've decided to cancel the line all together in hopes of avoiding more bad press. The thing is, the more they talk about it, the more they draw attention to the original issue — and now, without the line hitting stores, the money going to Juarez will be severely diminished. Did M.A.C. do the right thing?

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Poor Claire Danes. Once the envy and love object of teen girls and boys across the country, the former Angela Chase has taken to shilling for everything from eyelash extenders to paint. Miss Danes, who was oh so awesome in My So-Called Life, was just as awesome in a variety of flicks throughout the years. We loved her in Romeo and Juliet, and in the under-appreciated Igby Goes Down. We can't imagine that she's in such dire straits financially that she needs to promote random shizz to pay her bills, but apparently, such is the case.

Claire is the newest spokesperson for eyelash growth system Latisse, which has helped the actress grow, "longer, fuller eyelashes." Um, Claire? That's what mascara is for. Even worse, she spent this past weekend promoting Valspar's new Hi-Def interior paint. Is sister really that hard up for cash? She's diluting her image! Not to mention, if you're looking for interior paint, you should be spending your dough on Freshaire, which has zero VOCs. For the love of god, please, someone give Danes a real job.

Sarah

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We've always thought Kanye West was a bit of an a**hole — remember when he hopped up on stage to steal away Taylor Swift's Best Female Video award at the VMAs last year? Mr. West, who thinks he's the end all and be all of music, recently joined social networking site Twitter, and has been tweeting up a storm. On Sunday, he treated his followers to a morning playlist, and unabashedly admitted to listening to and loving Justin Bieber's song, "Runaway Love", then checked himself and wrote,

"I just did the most cliche celebrity tweet of all time... listening to! When people tweet that I'm always like... uuum great .. so what!"

Bieber, understandably, freaked out, and tweeted to the rapper, "it's not a so what moment for me. I'm 16 and a fan. I'm kinda hyped u are listening to my stuff. Thank u. Nice Sunday morning." A bromance then ensued, and talks of a duet had Bieber nearly peeing in his pants. We'll admit, the idea of Baby Biebs, who we adore, collaborating with West, who we can admit has some serious talent, sets our hearts aflutter. Now, if we could only get West to match Bieber's donation to the Tennessee flood effort, we'd really be cooking.

Sarah

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U2 frontman Bono and his wife Ali Hewson have been working on their fledgling sustainable fashion label, Edun, for five years now — but it's just now that they're about to get the international exposure they deserve. Both Bono and Ali appear in Louis Vuitton's newest ad campaign donning Edun, marking the first time a label other than LV has gotten a fashion credit. LVMH took a 49 percent stake in Edun last year, and hopes to bring the brand the kind of prestige and attention it deserves. On Hewson's wrist is a handbag co-designed by Vuitton and Edun, as well as a small charm that is LV's first made-in-Africa product. This is LVMH's first big effort to encourage sustainability — and Edun, which encourages the eradication of poverty in Africa through sustainable enterprise — is the perfect match for the luxury fashion house. People don't think sustainability or eco-friendly when they think of Louis Vuitton, whose leather goods and clothes easily run into the thousands, but perhaps now that the company has acquired and is backing Edun, they will.

Also, The Emmys happened. See what I thought of the clothes here. My least favorite outfit by a landslide was Glee star Naya Rivera's big ball of turquoise trashiness. Sister just got outed for keying and egging ex-boyfriend (and fellow Glee star) Mark Salling's car, so this was her change to redeem herself — she could have come off as classy and in control. Instead, she chose an outfit and a hairstyle that made her look like a big ball of crazy, Amy Winehouse beehive and all. Someone please get that girl a stylist!

With New York Fashion Week coming up faster than you can say Diane von Furstenberg, I'm praying to the sartorial gods for a week of not so blistering weather. While I can't necessarily control the heat, I can prevent my pout from drying out, thanks to Hurraw's all natural lip balms. Made from vegan, premium fair trade ingredients, these babies go for just $3.79 a pop, and best of all, are guaranteed not to melt all over my purse as I'm sweating on the 1 train en route to Lincoln Center.

One of our fave eco-fashionistas is model Summer Rayne Oakes, who continues to stun us with her sustainable habits and amazing ideas. Her most recent endeavor is Source4Style, an eco-textile online marketplace that helps designers easily source sustainable fabrics and purchase them with the click of a button. Oakes' thought is that designers spend 85% of their time sourcing fabrics, making it difficult to design sustainable clothing. If that statistic can be flipped, designers can focus on making great clothes that also just happen to be sustainable.

I'm flipping out over the thought of an Alber Elbaz-designed collection for fast fashion retailer H&M. The brand, which came across the pond just a few years ago, has made waves with its affordable designer collaborations, and rumor has it that the next collection isn't, as suspected, Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier but instead, our beloved Lanvin! Everyone loves Lanvin, but few can afford it. Can you just imagine the lines for this collab? Buy your tent now, 'cause I'd recommend camping out to get your hands on a piece of this.

This year, NYFW attendees will have to make a serious choice: Judaism or clothes? The High Holidays begin at sundown on September 8th, the night before Fashion Week officially begins — but thankfully, an Upper West Side synagogue has offered to hold free Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at their West 60s location so that Jewish fashion folk can pop over to services from Lincoln Center. Kind? Absolutely? Hilarious? Obviously — can you picture DVF and Zac Posen sitting next to you while you pray in your 6" wedges?

The problem with a good deal of sustainable clothing is two fold — it's either ugly and un-wearable, or way too expensive for greater society — which is why it's always great to see relatively affordable, great looking eco-fashion. Anamu's recycled vintage line of clutches and accessories is just that — uber cool, and totally sustainable. Recycling vintage is one of the easiest ways to go green, and Anamu's southwest style clutches, made from old bandanas, are a great way to spice up an otherwise blah outfit.

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