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...gloves and condoms, latex starts its life cycle as a substance collected from Hevea brasiliensis, better known as the rubber tree. Vivètique in Arcadia, Calif., gets the natural-latex mattress cores primarily from its supplier in Sri Lanka and finishes them with a cover of quilted wool and cotton. "More than half of the inquiries we get are from consumers who don't want synthetic fire retardants in their mattresses," says Scott Carwile, who co-owns Vivètique with his brother Steve. "More people are doing their homework...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleep Goes Green | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...might have come to expect from this list, this item is actually completely unironic and unfunny. No, really. Don’t wait for the joke, because it’s not coming. I just really loved the couture gown that bad boy contestant Jeffrey made out of yellow cotton plaid in Paris. 2. Street Safari. Though it’s normal for collections to have irredeemably stupid names, the flip side of appellations like “Street Safari†is that the clothes presented usually relate to such themes tangentially if at all. Yet Michael?...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Best 'Project Runway' Moments | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...married her husband Lewis in 1908; they were cotton farmers most of their lives until he died in the 1950s. Her grandson said her life centered on her family; she was a dutiful Christian, a hard worker who lived by the Golden Rule. "She gave good advice," said James Bolden, "and the family listened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living to 116 | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...meets fashion in Graeme Black's new collection. Inspired by a visit to English abstract artist Barbara Hepworth's studio, the duo?interior designer Jonathan Reed and Graeme Black, head of women's ready-to-wear at Salvatore Ferragamo?uses cotton poplin and leather in white and tan to echo Hepworth's sculptures. And silk dresses come in soft aqua and green pastels like the colors in her paintings, giving new meaning to the phrase wearable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...finest natural materials, a Vividus bed, above, takes up to 160 hours to complete and is built entirely by hand (hence the $49,500 price tag). The pine frame is held together through a dovetail-jointing method, requiring no screws. The main and overlay mattresses are layered blends of cotton, wool and horsehair. Each Vividus bed is custom-made and bears the signature of the Hästens craftsman who built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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