http://greencottonblog.com/2008/07/the-cheapest-dress-in-the-world-part-iii/ The Greening of Fashion: One Thread at a Time Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://greencottonblog.com/2008/07/the-cheapest-dress-in-the-world-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-126 admin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:08:22 +0000 http://greencottonblog.com/?p=247#comment-126 I agree, Leslie! Hopefully this is a good sign. If you look at the comments on the NY Times Dealbook page (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/steve-barrys-said-to-prepare-liquidation-plans/), its amazing to see how much wrath this company created with its suppliers and employers! Hopefully things can only improve from here.... I agree, Leslie! Hopefully this is a good sign. If you look at the comments on the NY Times Dealbook page (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/steve-barrys-said-to-prepare-liquidation-plans/), its amazing to see how much wrath this company created with its suppliers and employers! Hopefully things can only improve from here….

]]> http://greencottonblog.com/2008/07/the-cheapest-dress-in-the-world-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-125 leslie @ the oko box Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56:36 +0000 http://greencottonblog.com/?p=247#comment-125 I find it fascinating when a big box chain does exactly what business school told them, and then has to shut down. Sometimes it is better to go on instinct and passion when making a business - it seems inheritly flawed to make a business based on cheap fabrics and unfair labor, the whole energy of the thing is bound to collapse- Like you said! Also - with the economy changing and society changing their views about how to shop it seems like maybe the old way of running a store like that may not work. Maybe this is a really good sign that shoopers are changing their view, and turning towards greener & well made choices. Thanks for writing this post. I find it fascinating when a big box chain does exactly what business school told them, and then has to shut down. Sometimes it is better to go on instinct and passion when making a business – it seems inheritly flawed to make a business based on cheap fabrics and unfair labor, the whole energy of the thing is bound to collapse- Like you said! Also – with the economy changing and society changing their views about how to shop it seems like maybe the old way of running a store like that may not work. Maybe this is a really good sign that shoopers are changing their view, and turning towards greener & well made choices. Thanks for writing this post.

]]> http://greencottonblog.com/2008/07/the-cheapest-dress-in-the-world-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Steve & Barry’s No Longer Making the Cheapest Dress in the World « Green Cotton Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:41:44 +0000 http://greencottonblog.com/?p=247#comment-122 [...] the World Part I and Part II - and I just wrote a piece on this latest news aptly entitled, ‘Part III’ on our new site. Come check our latest story on Steve & Barry [...] [...] the World Part I and Part II – and I just wrote a piece on this latest news aptly entitled, ‘Part III’ on our new site. Come check our latest story on Steve & Barry [...]

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