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“Packs a killer combination!”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:42:49 +0000

“Packing a killer combination of passion, humor and an unrelenting commitment to environmental stewardship, Summer Rayne Oakes is one of the most vibrant voices in today’s sustainability movement. With style, naturally Summer Rayne connects the dots for readers between the world of fashion and a world of good.”

– Eileen O’Neill, President and General Manager, TLC

“Colorful guide to being stylishly green”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:41:50 +0000

“Style, naturally is a spirited, colorful guide to being stylishly green. Summer Rayne shows women everywhere that looking good, feeling good, and doing good is easy, doable, and all within reach.”

- Matt Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands, Inc., Owner of Payless ShoeSource

“Takes her passions into the real world”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:40:59 +0000

“Oakes is not just some hottie manufactured by a team of advertisers and consultants. She’s a Cornell grad who majored in natural resources and spent years writing papers about sewage sludge. After graduating, she decided to take her passions out of academia and into the real world.”

— Vanity Fair

“The ONLY Eco-Model!”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:40:07 +0000

“The hottest eco-model….okay—the only eco-model!”

—Grist magazine

“Cool, erudite, witty and practical!”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:39:29 +0000

“Summer Rayne Oakes has written a dazzling book about what it takes to live stylishly without damaging the planet. Cool, erudite, witty and practical, this is the volume to give all the women in your life. They’ll love it!”

- Chris Palmer, Professor & Founder of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, American University

“Stands out…a keen eye on style”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:38:23 +0000

“Summer Rayne’s book stands out in a sea of green guides in that it embraces not just environmental issues but broad sustainability as well. She does this all while keeping a keen eye on style making the book compelling both in content and design.”

- Sean Schmidt, Lifestyle Ambassador & Co-founder of the Sustainable Style Foundation

“Chock full of chic eco-fashion and beauty”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:37:14 +0000

“Chock full of chic eco fashion and beauty, style, naturally makes green and ethical choices much more than a single season’s “must haves.” Summer Rayne’s book is truly inspirational and entertaining both for pros and fashionistas, making sustainable the obvious choice.

- Tone Skårdal Tobiasson, Fashion editor and co-founder Nordic Initiative Clean & Ethical

“A book for our times”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:36:20 +0000

“Summer Rayne Oakes’s style, naturally is indeed a book for our times. For those who wish to combine fashion, beauty and a social conscience, it is a beautifully presented, practical guide. Whether it’s discovering the personal styles of some leading citizens, finding out at a glance the most ecologically aware labels, or being inspired on ways we can make a difference, style, naturally is a fabulous must-read.”

- Jack Yan, Founding publisher of Lucire, Co-author of Beyond Branding

“Summer Rayne is a sustainable style icon”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:35:09 +0000

“Style, naturally is the ultimate reference of cataloging the best of sustainable style. It artfully portrays and explores the most recent talents paired with the ultimate pioneers such as Katharine Hamnett. The glossy photos are comparable to the top fashion magazines and Summer Rayne Oakes, the author and model is herself a Sustainable Style Icon… This is inspired and insatiably researched, beautiful piece of publishing.”

- Matthew Allen, Pret a Porte

“Courage and Grace”

summerr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:34:14 +0000

“In style, naturally Summer Rayne Oakes reveals her courage and grace by taking on what some may consider being the most wasteful and superfluous industries ever…She does this in a playful and creative way that is not condemning, but empowering. She leaves us inspired to take an extra moment to look at labels more carefully and to think beyond ourselves when putting something we look fabulous in into our shopping carts.”

- Patricia Jurewicz, Associate Director of CSR, As You Sow