Growing an ecological fashion sense

They're calling it "ecology fashion," and Her Imperial Greenness is calling them sterling.

Recently featured in the online-flavored Times of London in the vein of honest business, People Tree lists "to operate with transparency" as part of its fair trade policy. Their web site features fair trade and organic clothing with a flowing, earthy feel, illustrated in color-rich photography. A special treat currently under Special Offers: the fair trade goodie bag, a sort of surprise gift worth a lot more than you pay for it. (The Green Empress wouldn't mind receiving that sort of surprise, to be sure.) Plenty of organic wardrobe-builders here, at prices just as fair to the consumer as fair trade can be.

Owner Safia Minney believes that "fair trade empowers both consumer and producer." So go on ... be empowered.

Look for People Tree at fair trade stores in the UK, Italy, and Japan.