Archive for November, 2011
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Greening Your Beauty Routine
Everyday you wash, scrub, and smear yourself with a myriad of products, hoping your skin absorbs the benefits. The unfortunate problem is that standard beauty products contain thousands of different ingredients and chemicals. Although these chemicals are found on the FDA’s list of chemicals… View Work:
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5 Stress-Reducing Holiday Shopping Tips
By now you have either fought your way through another Black Friday weekend craziness at the mall or are surely dreading another season of hurried shopping: having nightmares about fighting over the last Let’s Rock! Elmo™, and the lines at the mall. The good news is that you are not alone…. View Work:
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Give Thanks
Here in the states today is Thanksgiving, a holiday we all celebrate with our friends and family. This annual occasion begs us to slow down – really slow down with copious amounts of fall food & treats — and count our blessings. We are taking a short break to spend time with our loved… View Work:
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‘Tis the Season for Slow
The holidays are all about slowing down to enjoy the season with friends and family. All the festivities and bountiful meals give us plenty of opportunity to spend time with loved ones and think about the things in life we are thankful for. “Gift giving” gives us the chance to show our appreciation… View Work:
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The Versalette — 1 Item, 15 Ways
The Versalette is a new type of slow fashion, a super-versatile item that can be worn 15 ways! Born from the minds of two seasoned adventurers, Kristen Glenn and Shannon Whitehead, {r}evolution apparel began as an exploration of stuff, style, & sustainability. Chronicling their journey… View Work:
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Silent Heroes — Creating a Capsule Wardrobe
One of the questions I get asked the most is ‘How do you create a capsule wardrobe?’ To some this might be an obvious and easy question to answer. But a lot of people, myself included sometimes, struggle with the concept of re-wearing key pieces over and over again. I think the… View Work:
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Matonyok Designs – Spreading the Word
It’s been quite a while since I last had the opportunity to chat with Mary Argimon & Jessica Walsh, the founding partners of Matonyok Designs, and I’d been looking forward to hearing the continuing story of their new business. Check out the first and second installments of this story to… View Work:
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Sustainability Initiatives: Interview with Fashion Ethiquette Insider and Common Fashion
Two perspectives, two projects, one better fashion future: introducing two up and comers in the ethical fashion movement, Audrey Vincent and Maya Kenova. They are behind two online projects aimed at reshaping and generating awareness for sustainable and conscious fashion in a way that, rather than… View Work:
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Fair Trade: A Voice for Empowerment
In the world of researching and writing about sustainable fashion and consumption, “Fair Trade” is a term that I hear quite often; but I actually don’t know a whole lot about fair trade. I decided I needed to learn more; and I came across AWAZ Voice for Empowerment here in Portland. AWAZ is… View Work:
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