The wearing of the green

If you haven't added any eco-friendly items of clothing to your wardrobe yet, chance are you will soon. There seems to be a mini-boom in green clothing lines underway, beginning with everyone's favorite middle-of-the-road retailer Banana Republic, which will begin selling a 50-piece collection made from sustainable fabrics like bamboo and organic cotton on April 22. That's Earth Day.

Slightly stranger is the news that Swedish auto maker Saab is getting into the fashion game. Ecoscraps reports that Saab has unveiled the Pure BioPower Eco Clothing Collection, which features organic cottons and buttons made from Coroso nuts, which grow on rainforest palm trees. Actually they look kind of cool and sleek and Euro. Available starting in May at Saab Expressions.

And I should have seen this one coming. Spookily precocious 9-year-old Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter, is in the green fashion game, too. Ecorazzi links to a slide show of kid's clothing in the Bindi Wear International line. All the profits from the eco-friendly items will go to conservation efforts. They'll carry fun eco-slogans such as "Extinct Stinks!" on them to really make the point.