Monday, December 15, 2014

Michelle Obama

These are from a shoot with my aunt themed "try to look as much as possible like Carrie Bradshaw."
There's something about the Michelle Obama/ hand-me-down-shirt-from-my-mom combination that makes me feel oddly empowered looking back at these photos.

Green Carpet Challenge

Does the McCartney family ever fail to amaze you? Stella recently debuted thee most sustainable validated collection, and aside from that amazing fact within itself, the entire event looks like, what I would imagine, fashion utopia would look like. 
Not to mention, the list of people who attended in support!
 If you know me, you know how much I love M.I.A,you know I've idolized Daisy, and that I love Rita. So naturally, this picture makes me really excited.

The collection was showed in a serious of walk-through rooms, from what I understand, each designed after a movie set such as Les Miserables, using all sustainable wood and decor! Also, Stella was asked to participate in the Green Carpet Challenge as a one product participant. But of course, she offered to design an entire collection. I'm a happy fan of her overachiever spirit.

I don't know about you, but beautiful models being drawn by artists in mini laced-tops and casually laughing in white gowns sounds a lot like utopia to me.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

eVolstyle

A big thanks to this amazing vegan fashion blog, eVolstyle, featuring me recently on their website. I am so beyond thrilled that blogs like this exist, and that I'm not the only one on the planet who gets a kick out of the challenge of finding clothing that is environmentally and animal-friendly. I feel like this is still such a small community, but the support within the community is increasingly inspiring.

Her blog gives great tips how to live a conscious consumer lifestyle, and fab vegan finds.
She is a basically a pro.


Check her out here, and obviously check out her fave list. 

Monday, December 8, 2014

Just reminiscing over one of the oldest Jeffrey Campbell shoes I have that are a little too worn to wear right now. 


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

High Fashion

Let's talk HIGH fashion. 




Stella McCartney, just how tall are you? 
I am far too clumsy for these babies, but I figured they're worth sharing, because, I mean, WOW.  They're made partially from Polyurethane which is a polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links.

But these high babies,



I would gladly wear. 

"55% Polyurethane, 45% Polyester
This item is created from non-leather, cruelty-free materials using highly skilled manufacturing techniques.This is part of our ongoing commitment to animal and eco friendly fashion." - Stella McCartney (Website)

I know, I know, I JUST posted myself wearing a new pair of black boots. I need help. 

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Grandt Mason

I think I found my shoe soul mate. Sustainable? Check. Vegan? Check. Carefully made? Check. Beautiful? Check!

Grandt Mason is a former product development student who couldn't find a brand of shoes that were made with careful craft and love, so he created one- in South Africa! These babies are made with no animals, are made locally (employing the community), entirely environmentally friendly.

"Mason envisions his vegan footwear as a solution to mass-produced products and a way to reinvigorate artisan skills as well as ethical, consumer choices. “I hope that our product conveys the love and energy that has been poured into it. Every pair is entirely unique and with age develops its individual character. This is the opposite of the mass-produced footwear available on the market. Sustainability and fair trade are very important to us and are at the heart of every decision made on all levels of our operation. These decisions coupled with a unique approach to design, dictate the look and feel of our footwear.” - Ecouterre

Also, how cool are the interiors of this store?

Happy New York Fashion Week, everyone!

Friday, April 25, 2014

Bangladesh: Fashion Revolution

Yesterday was April 24th, the one year anniversary of the Savar building's collapse in Bangladesh. This building was showing clear signs that it was extremely unsafe to work in, and the employers told the workers to continue working as they were, ignoring the signs. This resulted in more than 1,000 deaths. Fashionrevolution.org created a day we can acknowledge that factory workers around the world are not getting the proper care and attention they need and deserve. It gave us a day we can spread awareness about the unfair conditions of the fashion industry, world-wide. 

Here is a New York Times article that you can read for more information.

The dedication of this organization is amazing, and the response was overwhelming. To anyone who participated: you are awesome.

Pictures are from the new york times, wiki and fashionrevolution.org.
Where was your clothing made? Who made it? What's it made out of?

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Levi's Waste < Less

 

Levi's new Waste < Less line includes parachute-made jackets and plastic bottle and food tray-made jeans. According to this article, "Levis will work with its partners to collect polyethylene terephthalate (PET) materials—including brown beer bottles, green soda bottles, clear water bottles, and black food trays—through municipal recycling programs across the United States. The bottles and food trays are sorted by color, crushed into flakes, and spun into polyester. The polyester fiber is finally woven with conventional cotton yarn by Cone Denim, which runs one of the nation’s oldest denim mills in North Carolina. " I love the idea, and I the jacket is definitely something I would wear.


On the Levi's website they also have a similar new line called Water < Less in which they focus specifically on conserving water in the making of their jeans, and personally I like that collection a little better, aesthetically. But I didn't see these collections available on the women's section of the website? I hope it's just me, cause it'd be a shame to not offer women the same sustainable clothing. 

Saturday, April 19, 2014

I thought

It would be a good idea to visit the Vaute Couture (mentioned in one of my earlier posts here) store in Brooklyn yesterday and Kelsey, the lovely girl working behind the desk, convinced me to try something on. So, of course, I tried on my favorite dress possibly ever, at this point. 

It was a perfect fit, and the best part: it has pockets! The pockets are so convenient yet subtle that I accidentally left my phone in one of them, because I couldn't even tell it was in there. 

I was so glad I decided to visit the store. They made NYFW last season and I couldn't be happier that a company like this one was the first vegan clothing brand at fashion week, ever. I went in there and the energy was awesome. Everyone was extremely friendly, even the little doggy, Pepper! I would love, love to work for a company like this. 

Last two photos from bkmag and enforcedarch

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Who made your clothes?

An organization called Fashion Revolution created an event this month (April 24th) dedicated to showing people that the power of awareness, knowing where your clothing comes from and who made it, makes a difference. In their words,

"On 24th April last year, 1133 people were killed and over 2500 were injured when the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Social and environmental catastrophes in our fashion supply chains continue.

Fashion Revolution Day says enough is enough."

An excuse to wear my clothing inside out, and it's for a good cause? Count me in.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Onion Skin

At FIT's (Fashion Institute of Technology) sustainability conference yesterday, there was an abundance of really cool fabrics and clothing pieces made out of sustainable (and some animal-free) fibers and dyes. One of them being onion skin, who knew! (I didn't)

After doing a little more research, according to this article, onion skin is an amazing natural fabric dye that anyone can implement at home. 

If you're a textile lover, check out an article about this recently published book by the Textile Arts Center, in which natural dyes and solar-powered farms are discussed. 


Here are some of my favorite pieces from the conference:



Give me all the off-the-shoulder, gray, drapeable sustainable sweaters. 

Monday, March 31, 2014

h&m Conscious Collection 2014

Our beloved h&m came out with their third conscious collection, and it doesn't disappoint. It is very stunning.
This piece is definitely my favorite. I love white, lacy clothing. 
This piece reminds me of a particular Dolce & Gabbanna dress Lily Allen wore back in 09', I believe.
Which is great, because that was one of my aesthetically favorite collections of all time. 
This jacket, too. So much goodness on one blazer. 

Some of the items are a little pricey, overall ranging from $17-$600. But, when we buy cheap clothing that is poorly made and harmful to the environment, we really should be paying much more for them considering how much damage that clothing does to the world around us. Hopefully, this type of clothing becomes the norm and the prices will begin to go down.

I read an article that said the drive behind the creation of this collection was because celebrities were asking for more environmentally-friendly clothing. I don't know how true that is, and as happy as I am to hear that anyone is possibly interested in more sustainable clothing, are more everyday consumers asking for environmentally-friendly clothing? 

Sure some of the pieces are still made from leather and silk, but kudos to h&m for continuing the sustainable trend. 

Let's hope this soon becomes h&m's conventional way of making clothing.