Choose Life

One of my favorite Go Green websites, Gliving.com, recently had a couple of articles dedicated to the renown fashion designer Katharine E Hamnett, written by Sarah Backhouse. Her new designs that are rocking the fashion industry are reminiscent of some of her first fashions she created in the 80’s for the band Wham! The slogan used back then, “Choose Life”, was such a huge success, still to this day, that she decided to re-launch the shirts. In addition to the “Choose Life” slogan, she has added new slogans to the line.
Sarah Backhouse delves into the meaning behind “Choose Life”, and how this slogan came about, making this fashion statement so unique. Launched first back in 1983, the statement was inspired by Buddhism, and was meant to encourage choosing life over war and extinction and so forth during a turbulent time in Europe. It wasn’t until later that it was adopted by the anti-abortion lobby.
Since the world is now going through turbulent times again, between the war in Iraq, and global warming, Katherine thought the timing perfect to bring on new slogans making it cool to wear your beliefs on your fashion, while being green, since all the new t-shirts are organic. Some of the new slogans consist of, “Clean Up or Die”, “Education not Missiles”, “Save the Rainforests”, “No War”, “Leaders Suck”, “Worldwide Nuclear Ban Now”, and “Bring Back God”.
While the statements being made are exceptional, and topics well worth taking a stand on, I still have never been able to bring myself to wear clothing with just words on it. Although, there is the slogan, “Don’t knock it until you try it”, so who knows?

Introduction

I am a student graduating this year with a major in Professional-Tech Writing from the University of South Florida, as long as there are no more glitches to hinder this process. Everyone stumbles along their path to success, and I am no different. In fact, I think I may have completely fallen a time or two. Finally completing college is going to be one of the most relieving moments of my life and cannot wait to get to that point!
Outside of school, I have a full time job, and do what I can to support my shopping habits along with paying the bills. These two things don't usually mesh quite well, but I'm constantly trying. I am addicted to any fashion shows on TV, and love all the fashion magazines, and could pore over them for hours. In case you did not realize by now, I'm something of a shopaholic.
My project to focus on is going green in style. The world is constantly changing, and to help prolong the use of the earth for future generations, being “green” has become more fashionable. Many name brand companies are becoming a part of this movement, and it has grown substantially over just the last few years alone. There are many different views on this subject, and plenty of room for growth, through companies and individuals.