The Lifecycle of EILEEN FISHER
When EILEEN FISHER started following me on Twitter about a year ago, I had no idea that I would one day be co-producing a fashion show for them in New York City. Like…
Fete for the Senses: Reflections on a Gathering
The beauty of creating a collaborative event or gathering is often the glow and ripple effect that you experience in the days, weeks, and even months that follow. This past December, I organized…
Talking Collaboration, Poetry, Design & Beauty — Q&A with Florian Gonzalez of Jardins Florian
The word “curated” is certainly overused these days, but there really is no better way to describe the collection of items available at Jardins Florian. Launched a year and a half ago, this…
How Do Your Favorite Fashion Brands Measure Up?
Regardless of how educated you are, shopping for clothes while trying to maintain a conscious lifestyle is not easy. Which retailers are doing the right thing and which just don’t seem to care…
Creating a New Fashion & Manufacturing District in Brooklyn
“Made in the US” has become quite the buzzword lately, and is widely considered one of the corner stones of sustainable fashion. In order to promote locally made fashion, it’s imperative that we…
VOZ Autumn/Winter 2013: Change Through Beauty Arrives
One of the things that I loved most about the VOZ A/W 2013 presentation at the Metropolitan Pavilion during New York Fashion Week was the way that designer, Jasmine Aarons, and her team…
Alternative Denim – Jeans Made From Recycled Plastic & Wood
A while back, Levi’s introduced a new line of jeans made from recycled plastic bottles and food trays. Now, a British design student has developed a pair of jeans made from sustainable wood…
Textural Magic: Amanda Henderson Knits for Autumn/Winter 2013
It is always totally energizing to discover new talent during New York Fashion Week (NYFW), in part because many young designers today are opting out of traditional runway shows in order to present…
Hoist the Sonic Sails, Artist Alyce Santoro is on Deck
Alyce Santoro is one of those women that you think exists only in fiction; A futuristic character bravely challenging herself in the face of convention and nature wearing nothing but her own creations of a “Satellite…
Good Stuff: Warm, Handcrafted & Made to Last – Sheepskin Boots from Australia
Before I moved to California, I never really understood why people loved sheepskin boots so much. Now I get it. When it’s chilly outside or the floor in your house cold, there’s no…
Vanessa Paradis Becomes the Face of Conscious As H&M Launches Takeback Program
To celebrate the launch of their latest Conscious Collection, Swedish retailer H&M tapped French actress, singer and model Vanessa Paradis to be the face of the campaign. Paradis — who recently had a…