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"    Welcome to Green Style, a new daily series that shows you how to make your wardrobe more environmentally friendly \u2014 all without sacrificing your personal look. The idea of going more green with your wardrobe sounds good, sure. But after you&amp;#039;ve spent so much time honing your style, tossing it out the window to adopt a more environmental slant sounds like a lot of work. Not according to Christopher Gavigan, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of the Honest Company with business partner and friend Jessica Alba. Also an environmental leader who works with the EPA, Gavigan appreciates the finer points of fashion, but does so in line with his personal and professional mandate of keeping a cleaner, greener perspective. Following, Gavigan shares his tips for introducing more environmentally friendly style into your repertoire \u2014 no makeover montage or Black AmEx required. Shopping Resale Fashion resale outlets and consignment shops are the ultimate expression of &amp;quot;reduce, reuse, recycle&amp;quot; in action, and they give you a better shot at finding timeless styles without the annoyance of thrift store hunting, as purveyors usually employ a more discerning eye with incoming merchandise. Finding a good consignment store can sometimes be a little tricky when you&amp;#039;re not on either coast \u2014 Gentlemen&amp;#039;s Resale in New York and Decades in Los Angeles come to mind \u2014 but there are national chain options like Buffalo Exchange, too. And when in doubt, you can just employ Google. Or better yet, go eBay. &amp;quot;I think eBay is the biggest, most universal resale outlet for pre-owned fashion, and while it can take a time commitment, it&amp;#039;s worth it. You can find some incredible styles, cool designers, and authentic vintage clothes,&amp;quot; Gavigan says. &amp;quot;I recently bought a 1994 Patagonia Retro X cardigan there, which \u2014 label-wise \u2014 is the ultimate in terms of a commitment to the environment. Patagonia is the first global company to certify that 100% of their cotton is organic, which was a big commitment for a company to make at the time they made it. And the cardigans are very wearable.&amp;quot; But Gavigan has a warning for all would-be resale shoppers: Always wash before you wear. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a bacterial concern, because everyone&amp;#039;s bodies are different,&amp;quot; he explains. &amp;quot;But the beauty of getting recycled or new used clothing is that \u2014 especially in the case of cotton \u2014 you&amp;#039;re guaranteed that the fabrics won&amp;#039;t be riddled with pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides, because they&amp;#039;ll have been washed out by the time you get it.&amp;quot; Check back in tomorrow for the next installment of the series. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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