This article is posted on the university’s newspaper site, but I forgot to mention that Green Envy’s products are very affordable–there’s jewelry made from recyclable materials starting at $1! I greatly enjoyed speaking with Rachel Lessne and hope that Green Envy Eco Boutique continues to make a buzz in Newport. Shopping Downtown: Green Envy Eco […]
Read MoreIn the interest of learning about sustainable fashion–a system that counteracts all-for-profit “fast fashion” with ethical responsibility to global communities and the environment–I found Naked Fashion on the library’s online catalogue. Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution is written by Safia Minney, founder of People Tree, a Fair Trade clothing company based in the […]
Read MoreMy family and I went to a family friend’s BBQ in Barrington this afternoon. It was the perfect weather to be out and enjoy the early days of fall. I honestly try to avoid eating red meat as possible, but the catering company who worked the BBQ did a great job on the brisket–it was […]
Read MoreLast weekend, the university hosted a trip the the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There were two exhibits I wanted to see especially–“Figure/Fabric/Fantasy”: Selections from the Jean S. Frederic A Sharf Collection of Fashion Drawing and “Beauty as Duty”: Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain. Other exhibits at the MFA include “Silver, […]
Read MoreWhen I think of Netflix, I think of the service having television shows and movies that are too old to be called recent and too recent to be called old. In other words, I deemed Netflix as a waste of time, because I already saw those movies on HBO or Cinemax. As for television shows, […]
Read MoreSource: google.com via Julie on Pinterest Year Released: 2010Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Richard PressFeatures: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Tom Wolfe, and everyone else important in the fashion world Bill Cunningham New York follows The New York Times Styles photographer around doing his daily routine– riding on his bicycle on Fifth Avenue capturing his subjects, sitting […]
Read MoreMedia Credit: xaxor.com Now that the fall semester is finally over, it’s time to catch up on some fashion reading. There are a lot of books that have been released, the most exciting are the Christian Louboutin and Dior Couture pieces. I left the PDFs on fashion branding in the dorm, but I plan on […]
Read MoreDeluxe: How Luxury Lost Its LusterWritten by Dana Thomas For fashionistas who want to learn more about the designer brands they covet, Deluxe provides the perfect introduction to the behind-the-scenes glimpse of luxury’s production. Thomas tours the reader around the world to factories and executive offices: factories in China, Vietnam, Cambodia,Egypt; specialty weavers in Florence, […]
Read MoreThe Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume The author, Tiller J. Mazzeo, makes the objective of the novel clear: this is not the biography of Coco Chanel. This is the story of her creation that would exceed her expectations for success. The magical scent contained in a […]
Read MoreThe House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed Before there was Dolce and Gabbana (1985), there was Versace (1978). Before Versace was Fendi (1925). Today, Gucci (1921) emerges as one of the oldest and powerful Italian fashion houses. In 1960, Gucci was one of the first Italian luxury brands to […]
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