Looking for the perfect eco-gift or want tips on how to bundle up this winter season? We’ve got you covered on the Behind the Seams blog:

• Environmental charity Global Cool teamed up with top British fashionistas for “18 Degrees of Inspiration,” a video project to encourage everyone to turn down the thermostat and break out their knitwear.
• Eyeing that Project Red iPod for your conscientious sweetheart this Christmas? Read this before you do that — new questions have come up regarding the brand’s charity-minded marketing.
• Canadians know something about how to keep warm in the bitter cold! Designer Todd Lynn is not anti-fur but he won’t buy from unregulated Chinese fur farms.
• Give yourself the gift of restoring your best butt-perfecting jeans by sending them into DenimTherapy.com for hem restoration and hole rehab. They’re offering free shipping for all of December!
• There are honestly only a few truly classic handbags. We look to the past to learn how to pick them in this guide to choosing a timeless bag.