We love that the days of itchy hemp sack dresses and drab recycled goods are far behind us - that "going green" no longer means forgoing style. The aesthetic potential of eco-friendly housewares, accessories, and other knickknacks is realized at Fiddlehead (292 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.247.1120), a new "green emporium" in Back Bay. Proprietor Carol Smith Miller is an investment banker turned stay-at-home mom who moved to Boston eight years ago looking for a new challenge. Her shop stocks recycled glassware and dinnerware, organic bath products, cufflinks crafted from T tokens, and blankets made from discarded sweaters, denim, and factory-waste cotton. Shaw hopes, over time, to expand her range of environmentally responsible merchandise and to grow the store into a source of practical greening info, like where to recycle your light bulbs and how to finally get your name off those obnoxious (and wasteful) junk-mail lists.
[Photo by Melissa Ostrow]
