UPDATE: It’s official – Congratulations to our winners, Christine F of New Castle, DE and Paul H of Beaverton, OR. Thanks to everyone for participating…(the original post follows)
This week’s giveaway is sponsored by our friends at Nau — we’re giving away 2 eco fabulous Dual Citizen Hoodies made of certified 100% organic cotton — one men’s and one women’s; (retail value, $150/each).
This spring, add a cool and comfy layer in a super soft dual-layer organic cotton hoody. This jersey knit has natural stretch for ease of movement. Check out the hand pockets — they zip close for keeping that valuable stuff, safe. And the top stitching details at hem and cuffs add casual style.
Nau (pronounced “now”) is a clothing company based in Portland, Oregon. They design, make, and sell sustainable urban+outdoor apparel – integrated designs for the modern mobile life. Learn more @ www.nau.com/.
One lucky guy and one lucky gal will each receive either a 100 percent organic cotton Dual Citizen Men’s or Women’s hoody and choose their favorite color, plus receive free shipping to anywhere in the USA; (USA residents, only).
To Enter this Random Drawing, simply:
- Visit nau.com and find your favorite item from their new spring lines.
- Then leave a comment on this post, answering 2 questions. 1) Style or Substance — Which is more important to you — if a garment isn’t eco friendly, would you take the time to look for a similar style that is? 2) What’s your favorite Nau item from the new spring line?
- Add the following address to your email address book: m at AlternativeConsumer.com.
Two lucky winners will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Contest ends Monday, March 15, 2010 at 11:59p (EST). Winners have 24 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winners’ names will also be included on this post.
*more ways to enter
- If you have your own blog, you can post about the giveaway with a link back to this giveaway post. To make sure we know, you can come back and leave a comment with a link to your blog post.
- If you Twitter, you can tweet about the giveaway once a day — be sure to refer to @altCon and @nauclothing, and leave a comment linking to the status.
- You can also receive additional entries 3 more ways: subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter or become a friend on FaceBook. (If you’ve already signed up, just enter a comment to let us know.)
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Style is more important to me–if it looks ridiculous it doesn’t matter what material it’s made out of! And I really like the women’s Glimpse dress. Thanks for the contest!
I buy what I like without reading labels. I like the Glimpse Dress.
Comfy is important since I work from home and don’t really see anyone.
I like the m2 long sleeve scoop shirt.
I LIKE THE CONFIDANT CAPRI PANTS
very nice enter me love the dresses
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Cynthia.Richardson at azbar.org
Style is very important – but if you can look fantastic and be sending a message with vegan accessories or clothing made from organic cotton, then thats even better! Nau’s bi-carious shirt in the blue would be perfect for work or a dinner out!
I like the scoop shirt – I try to buy organic, but really it’s hard to find!
I like this: shroud of purrin trench
Style is more important. If I don’t like the way it looks, I’m not gonna wear it.
I love the Confidant capri.
Earth friendly materials + design always are my top choices.
1) I would have to say style is so important-if it looks good you will wear it all the time…
2)I would have to choose the blazing jacket in wood – I just love it!
like the scoop shirt
I am a practical person so substance is more important the style. What good is it to look good but be cold or wet?
I like the 2010 succinct trench.
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Style baby! You need to have some substance though. I actually find that the things that I find to be stylish are also functional. The style is an extension of the simplicity of the form.
Nau is a great example of the marriage of the two. The garments look great. They also function incredibly well. They are unique. I could pick a nau item out of a lineup 9 times out of ten.
The best piece of this spring’s collection is, in my opinion, the vice blazer. It has such a distinctive appearance and cut. It fits slim. It has a military feel but doesn’t look like someone just ripped off an army jacket pattern and made it out of waterproof fabric. It looks like nau’s take on a military blazer. The jacket is cut long for riding a bike. I can see myself wearing this jacket to a meeting, on the bike, in the rain, or to run errands. Truly functional. The Nau take on a blazer military jacket mash-up is stellar.
I buy what I like without reading labels. I like the Glimpse Dress
For me substance is most important. You may have the most beautiful dress in the world, and if it’s not good material then I can’t wear it. I don’t like certain materials next to my skin. My favorite item was the striped chrysalis dress. I was going to go with the non-striped but decided that the stripes made the dress even more fun.
Style needs to meet a certain level, but after that it would be substance (and also the environment and conditions where it was manufacture. No sweatshops!). The coolest item I found was the down striped vest. I love warm vests!
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I like the confidant shorts-style is more important than substance-I would not wear something that looks silly no matter how eco-friendly it is.
1. style is most important but i do try to find eco friendly products when i can afford too
2. merino2 wool dress
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I think style and substance are equally important. If I can’t get eco friendly materials then I try to buy second hand.
The Bunny Goat Hoody looks fabulously comfy!
I love their m2 long sleeve scoop.
I try for substance first, but style has to come into play also.
Thank You!
I’d love to win and I tweeted http://twitter.com/Tina12312/status/10274901467
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Cynthia.Richardson@azbar.org
Awesome blog and thanks for the giveaway!….would LOVE to win this!…. =]
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It needs to be comfy. If available I do look for ego friendly everything. I really like the asylum pants. Tough as nails but so cool.
I liked the merino2 wool dress. It looked very versatile and perfect for traveling.
For me good design is about style and substance, but I’ve decided not to compromise my integrity just to clothe myself. Luckily these days it’s easy to find good design in clothing.
That said, I’ve been digging the lightbeam jacket since it came out. Lightweight, but still full featured.
1. Substance, definitely. Would look for a more eco-friendly garment.
2. I like the free range shirt.
1) Both are of equal importance, and nowadays it is so much easier to find articles of clothing which are stylish as well as eco friendly (c:}
2) My fave spring line Nau item is the randy goat hoody!
thank you for the chance!
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Style. I like the acoustic jacket…have to mention the shroud of purrin hood.
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I like the randy goat hoodie for men and the shroulf of purrin hoodie for women.
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Style, but we need more companies like Nau who shows that there isn’t a need to choose between style and “eco friendly” (then again, so do thrift stores).
I like all of the merino shirts for men, but especially the randy goat hoodie.
I feel that style and substance are so intertwined that I don’t choose between them, especially since I don’t feel the need to keep buying new things. They have to have both, and unless it is something I need (not want), I won’t bother to look further.
I like the Short Sleeve Henley Stripe shirt.
Substance first – style second. As a nau buyer, I know I can get both from them. I try, as much as possible, to buy eco-friendly versions of whatever I need. I have the B2 long sleeve snap polo and couldn’t live without it!
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I like the Transporter Blazer.
I like substance, but it must be stylish as well