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Fashion News Roundup: September 2020

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Lots of news from the beauty industry, a new footwear collection, and more fashion news that made headlines in September.

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Did you know that you can avoid static cling with a safety pin? If you place it on the inner hem of your garment, it will dispel the charge, and leave you cling-free.
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FRIDAY’S SIMPLY SMITTEN

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image.png “The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.” -Rumi Happy Friday!! Thank goodness it’s the weekend. I am looking forward to moments of destressing and relaxation, enjoying the crisp fall weather. As much as I love summer, there is something about the fall season that brings new hope and adventure.Fall has always felt like a new beginning. Maybe it stems from the start of school; new grade, new classes, etc. Maybe it’s the changing of the leaves and nature. Whatever the reason, fall has always brought a newfound optimism, that something wonderful is about to happen to me. And it usually does; change of apartments, new romances, growth in business, a new niece (in a month!!), etc. Whatever wonderful thing that this fall seasons brings into my life, I am ready for it! This past week was filled with ups and downs. We all watched the dumpster fire of a Presidental debate Tuesday evening. I immediately saged my apartment afterward. I had to get rid of the negativity ASAP! You know that meme of Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette outside looking completely disheveled and stressed? That is how I felt. I said to myself: I need a cigarette right now… and I do not smoke, at all. It was that stressful. But I do not need to tell you, you watched it and felt the same way. I know the media is calling to end the debates, but I think that is a terrible idea. More than ever we need to hear these two candidates stance on policies and a clear layout of their plans. I feel there are so many people who are not voting by party but by the candidate this year, so hearing from them is important. I encourage you to really do your research on each topic and VOTE! This isn’t the year to sit this one out. Even if you do not like either candidate, please do not sit this one out. VOTE VOTE VOTE!! Besides looking up how to obtain citizenship in London, this past week was busy. Monday I had a doctor’s appointment; regular check-up and got a flu shot. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I would be going to my first in-house doctor’s appotinemnt since the pandemic started. Maybe because by now we are all so used to protocols. And it is a doctors office, knowing they know more about COVID and what to do than anyone else, helped elevate any hesitation. Also this week I had a webinar with RewardStyle. They talked about upcoming holiday strategies amongst current affairs. Since the holidays will be so different this year, I am rethinking my usualy holiday content. Maybe do less holiday styles and more gift guides. I am not sure what route I want to do. To start my day and the weekend off on the right note, I participated in Carbon38′s dance class this morning with my friend, Lindsay Howe. It was a fun, quick 30 minute IG Live cardio dance class. I have been working out in the afternoons since the pandemic started, so it was a nice change to wake up early and sweat. What I am watching: I caved and started watching Dancing With The Stars. I made a big huff and puff about them firing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews and vowed to boycott it. But I am weak. The glitter costumes and salsa hips pulled me back in. I am glad that I decided to watch it again this year, as it is one of my favorite shows. It brings a lot of joy and I look forward to it each week– even if I have to fast forward through Tyra Banks. I’ve never been a fan of hers. This year’s contestants are really good– they are donig an amazing job for it being the 3rd week. Catfish creator, Nev Schulman, is by far the best one. I am very impressed by his elegance, strength, and ability to catch on quickly. He looks as if he is a trained dancer! If Nev doesn’t win I am rooting for AJ McLean or Johnny Weir to win. All 3 men are the best, so far. Another show I started watching is Hart of Dixie with Rachel Bilson, Jamie King, and the guy who played Jason in Friday Night Lights (the show). Anyway, I ran out of things to binge-watch and a few people had recommended the show to me. It’s been off air since 2015. I remember it while it was on The CW but never really interested me. But I was looking for a light-hearted, entertaining show and so I gave it a go. I really enjoy it! I don’t know if it would have kept my interest back in the day when it aired in 2011, waiting each week for a new episode, but I am enjoying binge-watching episode after episode. There are a lot of love-triangles, which I can’t make my mind up on who I want to end up with who (Please no spoilers!). I also love the small town, care for your neighbor, type story. It seems we all need a lessen in that these days. What I bought: Tuckernuck was having a major sale earlier this week. I bought this dress to work from home in. I bought it in an x-small, it is loose fitted. However, I may have to exchange it for a small (haven’t received it in the mail yet) as it does have sleeves. The x-small will work with my torso, but I am not sure if it will work with my shoulders and arms. We will have to see. I almost bought this dress instead (and may go back and purchase it), but ultimately went with the shorter length dress. I also bought this headband. I know I already have the white pearl headband, but that is for fancy occasions. I wanted a white headband for an everyday look. I believe you can never have too many headbands! This weekend I have nothing on the agenda but to enjoy the real first taste of fall. I may head uptown to Central Park to see if any of the leaves have changed. I know I need to run a few errands; get a new book, donate clothes, etc. I am also planning on watching Enola Holmes on Netflix. Seems to be having rave reviews. I hope the weather stays decently nice so I can go for a ran, as my running days are numbered with the cold seasons starting. Never been one who cares to run in the cold. No thank you! Have a wonderful weekend xo
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It Just Got Easier to Recycle Beauty Products From Every Brand

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As the first major retailer to offer a recycling program for all brands, Nordstrom pledges to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging by 2025.

It just got easier to recycle your beauty products: As the first major retailer to offer a recycling program for all brands, Nordstrom pledges to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging by 2025.
As the first major retailer to offer a recycling program for all brands, Nordstrom pledges to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging by 2025. of packaging every year, and much of this waste is not collected by curbside programs,” says Sue Kauffman, TerraCycle’s North American public relations manager. “Many of TerraCycle’s recycling partnerships are mail-in programs that invite consumers to send in product or packaging waste that is specific to the company that produced it or whom we’ve partnered with,” Kauffman notes. “The recycling partnerships TerraCycle has with Credo and BeautyCycle are a bit different since they allow consumers to drop off their waste at in-store collection points.” The brand-agnostic aspect of this is essential in creating the largest impact because to create a system that consumers adopt, convenience is key. “We encourage customers to designate an area or container in your bathroom to keep your empties until you’re ready to bring them to Nordstrom to be recycled,” says Lionello. The nearest drop-off can be located on its digital map feature, and a stroll to the beauty counter is all it takes to give packaging that would have likely been sent to a landfill a second life.In their next act, beauty products take on the form of anything from outdoor seating to hardware store supplies. “After TerraCycle receives the collected waste, the material is consolidated into large volumes before it is shredded and sorted by material type. From there, it is cleaned, melted, and recycled into a wide range of new plastic products, such as park benches and picnic tables,” Kauffman explains. “Likewise, metals are separated using a system of magnets and smelted to create raw material for reuse as a base material for stamped product applications like nuts and bolts, washers, and rings. Glass is cleaned and sorted by color for processing, where it is crushed and melted to be used in new glass products or other applications.” AdvertisementEven with these innovations in the recycling process, it’s important to keep in mind that some beauty products simply can’t be recycled at this point. These include aerosol cans, electronics like blow-dryers and straighteners, perfume bottles, and nail polishes and removers. “Due to federal regulations, some beauty products are classified as hazardous waste at end of life due to the product either having high alcohol content, which creates a fire risk in transit, or the packaging itself being pressurized,” Kauffman says. Ideally, educating consumers about the impossibility of incorporating certain items into a circular beauty economy will encourage them to seek alternatives or pare down their overall use. Instead of a pressurized can of shaving cream, one might opt for The Art of Shaving’s Lavender Shaving Soap, for example. Similarly, making it crystal clear that an empty Burt’s Bees lip balm, Chanel eyeliner pencil nub, BareMinerals mascara tube, and Davines conditioner tub can all be bundled and handed off to a Nordstrom beauty rep in a single eco-friendly step is news that we can all use. “I’m excited to connect with our customers in a new and meaningful way, especially because this is such an important subject,” says Lionello. “I hope BeautyCycle makes it easier for everyone to recycle their beauty packaging so that we can leave this Earth better than we found it.”
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US department store chain Nordstrom debuts BeautyCycle recycling program

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image.png Nordstrom is the first major U.S. retailer to offer a recycling program for all brands of hard-to-recycle beauty packaging in partnership with global recycling leader TerraCycle. Image courtesy of Nordstrom
By LUXURY DAILY NEWS SERVICE
    BeautyCycle, the first beauty take-back and recycling programming accepting all brands of beauty packaging at a major retailer, debuted at U.S. department store chain Nordstrom.
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Nordstrom Launches Beauty Packaging Recycling Initiative

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Nordstrom has launched BEAUTYCYCLE, a recycling program that allows customers to bring their empty beauty product packaging to any of the retailer’s full-line stores or Nordstrom Local service hubs in the continental U.S.
Through the initiative, Nordstrom aims to take back 100 tons of hard-to-recycle beauty packaging by 2025. Each year, more than 120 billion units of plastic packaging are produced by the beauty industry, according to Zero Waste Week, but according to the Environmental Protection Agency, less than 9% gets recycled. Customers can deposit  their product packaging in BEAUTYCYCLE boxes located in the retailer’s beauty department. Nordstrom will send the contents of these boxes to TerraCycle, where they will be cleaned and separated into metals, glass and plastics. Those materials will then be recycled based on the materials’ composition. “We understand our customers care about sustainability, and we want to help them move toward a zero-waste beauty routine, so they can look great and do good at the same time,” said Gemma Lionello, EVP, General Merchandise Manager, Accessories and Beauty at Nordstrom in a statement. “We’re proud to partner with TerraCycle on a solution to help our customers reduce their beauty packaging waste.” Set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;In addition to Nordstrom’s beauty packaging recycling goal, the company has committed to the following environmental goals by 2025:
  • Reduce single-use plastic by 50%;
  • Use sustainably sourced raw materials in 50% of Nordstrom Made products made of polyester, cotton and cellulosic fibers;
  • Extend the life of 250 tons of clothing;
  • Ensure 15% of all product is considered sustainable; and
  • Donate $1 million to support textile recycling innovation.
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It Just Got Easier to Recycle Beauty Products From Every Brand

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Creating a circular beauty industry is proving incredibly difficult. The cosmetics and personal care categories face an obstacle course on their quest for sustainability, with hoops to jump through that include toxic ingredients, hazardous waste from common items like nail polish and perfume, plus so, so much plastic. The United Nations estimates that we produce 300 million tons of plastic trash every year (nearly the weight of the entire human population), and beauty packaging is largely to blame thanks to pumps, mirrored compacts, and caps that can’t be processed by curbside recycling programs. Up to this point, much of the innovation in low-impact environmental practices has been led by adaptable indie brands that set the standard for Big Beauty with clever mushroom-based Styrofoam alternatives and compostable materials. Today, Nordstrom’s TerraCycle partnership takes a significant step toward a more circular future with BeautyCycle, a product take-back and recycling initiative accepting a high-low mix of used-up beauty staples that matches your medicine cabinet—rather than the store’s inventory. “Nordstrom is the first major retailer to offer a beauty packaging recycling program for all brands,” says Gemma Lionello, the company’s executive vice president of accessories and beauty. “We committed to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging to ensure it’s recycled by 2025,” she shares of setting Nordstrom’s corporate social responsibility goals for the next five years, which include reducing single-use plastic by 50% and ensuring that 15% of all products are considered sustainable. To make their 200,000-pound promise happen, BeautyCycle will be available in 94 locations, where it will accept beauty packaging purchased from any retailer and made by any brand. It’s a goal that’s quite possible, based on the example that clean beauty retailer Credo set when it offered its take-back program for all beauty products, regardless of where they’re purchased. As of April 2020, Credo announced that after three years of partnering with TerraCycle, 6,300 customers brought “empties” into their stores, resulting in the proper recycling of more than 15 tons of products. To understand the scale of Nordstrom’s BeautyCycle initiative: For every Credo boutique (currently 11 nationwide), there are more than eight Nordstrom locations accepting products, promising to create an even more widespread movement—and conversation—among American beauty enthusiasts. a group of people in a kitchen: A Nordstrom BeautyCycle station© Photo: Courtesy of Nordstrom A Nordstrom BeautyCycle stationThe faster the concept catches on, the better. “The global cosmetics industry produces 120 billion units of packaging every year, and much of this waste is not collected by curbside programs,” says Sue Kauffman, TerraCycle’s North American public relations manager. “Many of TerraCycle’s recycling partnerships are mail-in programs that invite consumers to send in product or packaging waste that is specific to the company that produced it or whom we’ve partnered with,” Kauffman notes. “The recycling partnerships TerraCycle has with Credo and BeautyCycle are a bit different since they allow consumers to drop off their waste at in-store collection points.” The brand-agnostic aspect of this is essential in creating the largest impact because to create a system that consumers adopt, convenience is key. “We encourage customers to designate an area or container in your bathroom to keep your empties until you’re ready to bring them to Nordstrom to be recycled,” says Lionello. The nearest drop-off can be located on its digital map feature, and a stroll to the beauty counter is all it takes to give packaging that would have likely been sent to a landfill a second life. Ideally, educating consumers about the impossibility of incorporating certain items into a circular beauty economy will encourage them to seek alternatives or pare down their overall use. Instead of a pressurized can of shaving cream, one might opt for The Art of Shaving’s Lavender Shaving Soap, for example. Similarly, making it crystal clear that an empty Burt’s Bees lip balm, Chanel eyeliner pencil nub, BareMinerals mascara tube, and Davines conditioner tub can all be bundled and handed off to a Nordstrom beauty rep in a single eco-friendly step is news that we can all use. “I’m excited to connect with our customers in a new and meaningful way, especially because this is such an important subject,” says Lionello. “I hope BeautyCycle makes it easier for everyone to recycle their beauty packaging so that we can leave this Earth better than we found it.”
 
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Nordstrom Launches BEAUTYCYCLE Nationwide

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First major retailer to offer a recycling program for all brands of hard-to-recycle beauty packaging, in partnership with global recycling leader, TerraCycle SEATTLE, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BEAUTYCYCLE, the first beauty take-back and recycling program accepting all brands of beauty packaging at a major retailer, launches today at Nordstrom. Each year, more than 120 billion units of plastic packaging are produced by the beauty industry, but less than nine percent gets recycled. Customers can now bring in their empty beauty product packaging to be recycled at any of Nordstrom's full-line stores or Nordstrom Local service hubs in the continental United States. Through this program, Nordstrom aims to take back 100 tons of hard-to-recycle beauty packaging by 2025 to ensure it's recycled. Many municipal recycling centers do not accept beauty materials and packaging, as they often contain a mix of materials that are not locally recyclable. "We understand our customers care about sustainability, and we want to help them move toward a zero-waste beauty routine so they can look great and do good at the same time," said Gemma Lionello, executive vice president, general merchandise manager, accessories and beauty, at Nordstrom. "We're proud to partner with TerraCycle on a solution to help our customers reduce their beauty packaging waste." How does it work?
  • Starting October 1, customers can bring their empty beauty products to any Nordstrom or Nordstrom Local to be recycled. BEAUTYCYCLE boxes will be available in the beauty department.
  • Nordstrom will send the content of these boxes to TerraCycle where they are cleaned and separated into metals, glass and plastics.
  • Those materials are then recycled based on the material composition. For example, plastics are recycled into a wide range of new products including park benches and picnic tables, while metals are reused as base materials for stamped product applications like nuts, bolts, washers and rings.
What items can be recycled? Customers can bring empty cosmetic, haircare or skincare packaging regardless of brand or purchase location. This includes:
  • Shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps
  • Hair gel tubes and caps
  • Hair spray bottles and triggers
  • Hair paste plastic jars and caps
  • Lip balm tubes
  • Face soap dispensers and tubes
  • Lotion bottles, tubes, dispensers, and jars
  • Shaving foam tubes (no cans)
  • Lip gloss tubes
  • Mascara tubes
  • Eye liner pencils and cases
  • Eye shadow and tubes
  • Concealer tubes and sticks
For a complete list of items that can and cannot be accepted, please visit our BEAUTYCYCLE media kit. Nordstrom leads with the fundamental belief that it has a responsibility to leave the world better than the company found it. Customers increasingly feel the same and look to the fashion retailer to be a responsible company that plays an active role in protecting the environment. In addition to Nordstrom's goal to take back 100 tons of beauty packaging, the company has committed to the following environmental goals by 2025:
  • Set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • Reduce single-use plastic by 50%
  • Use sustainably sourced raw materials in 50% of Nordstrom Made products made of polyester, cotton and cellulosic fibers
  • Extend the life of 250 tons of clothing
  • Ensure 15% of all product is considered sustainable
  • Donate $1M to support textile recycling innovation
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Refresh Your Beauty Routine with BEAUTYCYCLE

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Recycling is important, but it can be complicated and confusing trying to understand what qualifies. Plastic delivery pouches? Often not. Jars of peanut butter? You have to wash (and likely scrub) them first. Beauty products? Now you can take them to Nordstrom. As of today, we're the first and only major retailer to offer a beauty take back and recycling program accepting all brands of beauty packaging. Each year, more than 120 billion units of plastic packaging are produced by the beauty industry, but less than nine percent gets recycled. That's because many municipal recycling centers do not accept beauty materials and packaging, as they often contain a mix of materials that are not locally recyclable. We hope to change that and aim to take back 100 tons of hard-to-recycle beauty packaging by 2025 to ensure it's recycled. What can you do? Bring your empty beauty products to any Nordstrom or Nordstrom Local to be recycled. BEAUTYCYCLE boxes will be available in the beauty department. What can you bring? Empty cosmetics, haircare or skincare packaging regardless of brand or purchase location can be dropped off at our locations. This includes:
  • Shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps
  • Hair gel tubes and caps
  • Hair spray bottles and triggers
  • Hair paste plastic jars and caps
  • Lip balm tubes
  • Face soap dispensers and tubes
  • Lotion bottles, tubes, dispensers, and jars
  • Shaving foam tubes (no cans)
  • Lip gloss tubes
  • Mascara tubes
  • Eye liner pencils and cases
  • Eye shadow and tubes
  • Concealer tubes and sticks
  • Click here for a full list
What will we do?
We will send the content of these BEAUTYCYCLE boxes to our partner, TerraCycle, where they are cleaned and separated into metals, glass and plastics. Those materials are then recycled based on the material composition. For example, plastics are recycled into a wide range of new products including park benches and picnic tables, while metals are reused as base materials for stamped product applications like nuts, bolts, washers and rings.
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Must Read: Black in Fashion Council Partners With Fred Segal, Matthew Williams on the New Givenchy

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Nordstrom introduces recycling partnership with TerraCycle This month, Nordstrom will debut a recycling program for beauty packaging developed in partnership with TerraCycle to its beauty department. Through Beautycycle (as it's called), customers will be able to drop off empty beauty packaging from any brand at designated boxes in the beauty departments of Nordstrom and Nordstrom Local stores. The retailer will then send it to TerraCycle to be cleaned, separated by material (metal, glass, plastic) and recycled or repurposed, according to a press release. {Fashionista Inbox}
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Nordstrom's New BEAUTYCYCLE Program Is A Game Changer For Recycling Empties

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The complex, mixed-material nature of lip gloss tubes, lotion dispensers, and spray bottles makes the prospect of becoming a low-waste beauty consumer feel like a pipe dream. Even with the increasing number of brands taking oaths of sustainability, the shelves of beauty retailers remain stocked with single-use or difficult-to-recycle packaging, growing the Great Pacific garbage patch more with each mascara wand made. However, Nordstrom's new BEAUTYCYCLE take-back program is a momentous step towards circularity.
"We understand our customers care about sustainability, and we want to help them move toward a zero-waste beauty routine so they can look great and do good at the same time," said Gemma Lionello, Nordstrom's executive vice president and general merchandise manager of accessories and beauty, in a press release announcing the new BEAUTYCYCLE program Thursday. With the take-back campaign — a partnership with the global waste management company TerraCycle — the retail giant aims to save 100 tons of packaging from landfills by 2025.  
Nordstrom's new BEAUTYCYCLE program aims to save 100 tons of packaging from landfills by 2025
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"When setting our 2025 corporate social responsibility goals around environmental sustainability, we focused on three key impact areas," Lionello tells The Zoe Report. "Climate change, environmental impact of our products and services, and circularity." Earlier this year, Nordstrom announced plans to contribute at least $250,000 in corporate grants to help slow and prevent climate change, to help customers "extend the life of 250 tons of clothing through donation," and contribute $1 million to industry innovation for textile recycling. Additionally, it plans to reduce its use of single-use plastics by half and use sustainably sourced raw materials for 50 percent of Nordstrom Made products by the 2025 target. While take-back programs are a norm for green-thinking brands like bareMinerals, EOS, and The Body Shop, Nordstrom's BEAUTYCYCLE program is the first brand-agnostic beauty recycling program to be implemented by a major retailer. "We hope that by supporting customers to find more sustainable and responsible products, we're also supporting the brands that are developing innovative products like this, which will ultimately drive positive change across our industry," Lionello says. To participate, shoppers simply bring their empty beauty products — can be shampoo containers, hair paste jars, spray bottles, lip balm tubes, soap dispensers, mascara tubes, eyeliner pencils... almost anything from any brand, including the caps — to a Nordstrom location and turn them into the beauty department in a BEAUTYCYCLE box (available in the store). Nordstrom then sends the empties to TerraCycle, where the materials are sorted and recycled. Find out more about the BEAUTYCYCLE program and Nordstrom's sustainability goals at Nordstrom.com.
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