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...general, Schor says she considers the advertising tactics and environmental policies of stores before buying their products. "I like stores who use organic cotton or less destructive fibers like wool or hemp or linen." Citing "Home and Planet" as a store that passes her test, she then addresses Patagonia, as an environmentally friendly store. She goes back and forth on her judgment...
...line in Germany, but are considered luxury cars in much of the rest of the world. Rovers are commonplace in Britain, but they are seen as classy foreign imports in Southern Europe. There is not even pan-European agreement on what constitutes quality. A T shirt made from a cotton-polyester blend may suit a British shopper, but French and German consumers want 100% cotton T shirts only, please. Licensing executive Gianfranco Mari, head of the agency DIC 2 in Milan, underlines that "what sells in Italy may not sell in France." Then there is the tangle of various legal...
...Three to Tango is a piece of pure-grade Hollywood cotton candy. Initially light and wispy, the film goes down easily until it grows a little too sticky, a little too sweet, and a little too nausea-friendly. It's pleasantly diverting, but it's also thoroughly disposable and bound to flitter out of your mind ten minutes after leaving the theater. It's a bit of a shame, because Three to Tango could have been a sweetly agreeable bit of fluff if its story wasn't so darn predictable. The film offers up a fairly tired plot, but then...
Yankees Suck sells a shirt with a warranty not many cotton products can claim: "You hate the Yankees when you go to bed. When you wake up, they still suck. We guarantee this shirt for life. The Yankees will always suck...
...NATURAL FROM THE BOTTOM UP Paper or plastic bag? Cloth or disposable diaper? That kind of question plagues would-be environmentalists. Hempers, a hemp/cotton diaper, adds a twist. Hemp lasts longer than cotton, requires no pesticides and softens in the wash...