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Going.. Going.. Grrreeeennnn!! :)

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GUCCI GOES GREEN Fashion Italian brand Gucci launched an eco-friendly campaign *thumbs up*. Looks like they're still able to provide a luxury brand with eco-friendly packaging. Last November, the brand promised to reduce it's paper usage and carbon footprint. François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO, PPR, Gucci’s owner, stated: “If we wait for customers to make sustainable development a condition for purchasing, then nothing will happen. It's as if green products were somehow not normal. They are normal, it is the other products that are not normal. It's up to us to work out how to make green products the new normal.” Spotted in vogue, creative director for Gucci Frida Giannini said  "This project proves that you sacrifice nothing creatively when working with environmentally friendly materials." Supposedly Gucci Bamboo sunnies :) Apparently its made with liquid wood *Oooohhhhoooo* In an eco-centric move, they've also launched a new range of