Consciously Trending-GOLD!

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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I’m a little obsessed with gold right now. It is a trend that was spotted on many a Spring 2012 runway and I was definitely inspired by it. Gold is fun, sexy, urban, and chic all at the same time for me :). (image sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7 and 9, 8, 10) So this friends is my first installment of “Consciously Trending”. I’ve made a little resolution… View Post

My Faves in Ethical Swimwear

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Summer is in full swing so it’s only appropriate that I do a post on ethical swimwear for this weeks Shop for MORE. Did you know there are oodles of choices when it comes to eco-friendly and fair trade swimwear? I LOVE this laid back one piece by Bodkin on super sale at  Founders & Followers for $135 marked down from $225. I kind of die for the modern triangle pattern in eco-line Mociun; the below one-pieces are on sale… View Post

Mayamiko-Ethical Fashion for Your Tiny Tykes

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Friends, I am thrilled to have Mayamiko as this week’s Shop for MORE feature. Mayamiko is a registered non-profit organization based in Malawi where well over half of the population live in poverty (source Mayamiko site). Mayamiko really believes the key to start a positive cycle to lift people out of poverty is education and that is what they provide to the participants in the Mayamiko Trust. Mayamiko’s line (shop the line HERE) is my first children’s clothing highlight and… View Post

Shopping Ban OVER!- First Stop Ecolissa

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Friends, some of you might remember the shopping ban I took in May (post here), it was the first time I’ve taken this challenge and I was really nervous to fail. But I’m happy to report that I was successful and I think my view on shopping has changed quite a bit, more on that another time. Sooooo, now that shopping ban is over 🙂 (insert macarena here) I am excited to treat myself just a little. I scored a… View Post

Afia-The Perfect Pieces for Spring & Summer, Ethically Made

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A couple of weeks ago I read about Afia on Ecouterre and instantly fell in love with them. Afia is a fair trade sustainable line founded by Meghan Sebold. When I read Sebold was launching Afia at a pop-up shop in New York I knew I had to visit! So I tweeted with dear Ashley of Ashley4Emergy and off we went (more on sweet, sweet Ashley another day, PROMISE). On a trip to Ghana in 2006 Meghan Sebold was inspired… View Post

MORE Than Style-Alternative Apparel

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I do wear a lot of patterns and a lot of dresses and a lot of fun colors, but if I haaad to choose my most favorite item of clothing in my whole entire huge wardrobe it would easily be the Mama Cass Tee in white by Alternative Apparel. No accessorizing in this pic, I wanted you to see just my tee 🙂 I had to qualify in white because I own this tee in a few versions: 3 white,… View Post

What a Little Blogging Can Do-Asos Africa Update!

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I wrote a post on ASOS Africa and their collaboration with SOKO Kenya back in March (see post HERE). I decided to write that post because it required a bit do of digging to find SOKO, the fair trade manufacturer for the ASOS Africa line, since there was no description of how the ASOS Africa line was made on the ASOS site. This is what ASOS Africa items looked like before, just one month ago. P.S. this jacket is still… View Post

Made by Voz-Empowering Women with Design

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The efforts of people to make this world more beautiful never cease to amaze me. This is what brought me to Voz and The Chol Chol Foundation, who work as production partners to bring fair trade work to Mapuche artisan women in need. Jasmine Aarons was inspired to create Voz after traveling to study indigenous design for her graduate program at Stanford Product Design. Jasmine then went to Chile on a Haas post-graduate fellowship to offer women of the Mapuche courses… View Post

Shop for MORE than Style-Asos Africa

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I’m sure you know about Asos and all its glory. Their fashion is inspiring, wearable, current and (holy moly!) even affordable…and as an aside, I’ve had some issues with delivery before they had a U.S. site and let me tell you their customer service is excellent-returns are easy and they are incredibly responsive. But I will give you 2 more reasons to love Asos: 1) Asos Africa I stumbled on on the Asos Africa Blanket Cape featured below (click any… View Post