Anna Korte of AK Vintage, me and Gretchen Jones of Mothlove meeting face to face for the first time during NYC Market Week I just got back from selling at D&A during New York City’s Market Week and am tired. Like, I can’t get out of bed, don’t want to talk to another designer or […]

The Sustainability Across America Tour is a journey to bring the eco-movement to the people in a grassroots, human kind of way. I’m Laura Jones, a writer armed with my curiosity, my laptop and a VW van. I’m traveling around the USA to deliver this movement from the ethereal marketing-wash to the you, the people. […]

Fall’s top fashion trends are running us ragged trying to keep up. Are we going demure and aviator-ready or punking out with neons and crazy bare midriffs? One thing is for sure, we’ve got a lot to choose from, which is good if your life is multi-faceted or you’re one of those women who entertains […]

Imagine a small German village inhabited by a young shoemaker named Johann Birkenstock. Birkenstock creates comfy shoes for villagers, launching (though he’ll never know it) a new approach to footwear and a label that will be  recognized by millions around the world. Generations of the Birkenstock family have been designing and crafting footwear since 1774, […]

For so long you’ve had your favorite fashion magazines delivered to your mailbox. Freshly sealed in their virgin plastic covering, the perfumed pages not yet opened to release their synthetic lotus blossom scent, when it occurs to you something’s wrong, and it’s not just that lotus blossoms totally don’t smell like alcohol. And on this […]

Bib necklace by Phillip Lim featured in the September issue of Lucky Magazine I’m flipping through the latest issue of Lucky Magazine and can’t stop drooling over the jeweled bib necklace layout. What grabs me is that even the most plain t-shirt or sweater can be glammed up with these necklaces. How simple and brilliant. […]

I love that designers are creating new road rules. WWD recently printed a study saying a Mintel survey of 2,500 adults found that 54 percent said they would buy more green products. The report concluded that even in a period of reduced consumer spending, competitively priced green merchandise may do well because it stands out. […]