Wedding season will soon be upon us, and the groom’s wardrobe is often overlooked. 

An eco-conscious groom needs to look polished, dressing to fit his wedding’s tone and scope. Most weddings are formal occasions, calling for a tuxedo or high-end suit, which can be made from sustainable hemp, organic cotton or organic wool. 

Generally, the tuxedo jacket is single-breasted, with three buttons and a satin trim—a style that’s universally flattering to most men’s frames. The classic wedding ensemble also includes a formal shirt, tie and vest.

Organic and Sustainable Options

To set themselves apart from the groomsmen and ushers, grooms tend to go with classic black and white, forgoing colors. On some occasions, grooms may choose to wear a white tuxedo. Conscious Clothing sells both black and white hemp suits. 

Boll Organic is known for its organic men’s dress shirts, as is Culturata. Rawganique specializes in organic hemp dress shirts, as well as organic hemp dress pants and organic hemp dress jackets and vests. 

You can often score bargains on bamboo tuxedo vests and ties on eBay. Ties (or bow ties) and vests can be completely black or can coordinate with the wedding party’s colors. For example, if bridesmaids are wearing butter-yellow gowns, the groomsmen can wear yellow accessories.

Casual Weddings

 The exception to a tuxedo or suit is the casual wedding, such as one held at the beach or in a park. Ecolution’s Organic Hemp Palermo Sport Coat may fit the occasion. 

At ultra-casual weddings, grooms have been known to wear eco-friendly shorts, shirts and sandals.

Actress/singer Selena Gomez has teamed with Kmart to launch an eco-friendly clothing line in July, just in time for back-to-school shopping. 

Aimed at tweens, her Dream Out Loud collection—featuring organic cotton and recycled materials—will include value-priced junior sportswear, handbags, belts, scarves, hats, hair accessories and socks/hosiery. Footwear will join the line in October. 

Gomez, who stars in the Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, “is a positive role model for teens, and her fans all over the world look to her for style inspiration,” says Kmart spokesman John Goodman. “We are delighted to offer our customers the opportunity to emulate her style with affordable apparel and footwear options.” 

Gomez will star in the feature film Ramona and Beezus (opening July 23), based on Beverly Cleary’s beloved series of children’s books. Her first CD, Kiss & Tell, just went gold. 

“I am proud to be able to join forces with Kmart to release my own fashion collection,” Gomez says. “This has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember, and I feel privileged to be able to give the consumer great product at a great value.” 

Photo: Disney Channel/Bob D’Amico

Picture this. Joan Rivers on the red carpet, asking some random bubblehead celebrity, in her signature gravelly voice, “So, what are you wearing?” And the nudnik replies, “My precious Snowball!” Believe it or not, some women makes handbags with cat fur.

After grooming, she takes the combed out fur from Persian cats and spins it into yarn and then, like the pioneer days, uses it to make artesian crafts and in this case, muckety-muck handbags. It may be highfalutin, but it’s still an innovative eco-friendly idea.

Like oh my god, it’d be totally posh to carry around my Chihuahua in a kitty bag. That’s hot!

Via Inhabitots.