Fluidity
Black dress- Thrifted from Monk Vintage
Necklace- Hand made by Kenyan artisans via Kaleidoscope Beauty
Flow Like The Wind
Backyard Vibes In 100% Plant Based Shoes
100% biodegradable
🌿Eucalyptus lasting board
🌿90% cork, 10% sisal backing midsole
🌿Organic cotton + pineapple upper
🌿100% natural latex lactae hevea outsole
🌿Cotton/linen footstock with kenaf + corn felt insole
🌿100% organic cotton laces
PHENOMENALLY INDIGENOUS!!!
A Chill Autumn Day
Phenomenally Indigenous tee - Urban Native Era
Tencel pants - Vetta
Vintage Duster (San Francisco)
Socks- Hotsoxco
Thrifted Heels - Out of the Closet (LA)
Thrifted Hat - Beacon’s Closet (Brooklyn)
A Fall Day in Brooklyn
Out Here Livin’ My Best Life Before Winter Fully Hits
Thrifted WESC dress
Vintage suitcase
Scarf/Turban - Via Moroccan Souk
Tennis Shoes
Staying Colorful in Paris
Just your average day
Overalls (Silk-like cotton/viscose blended crepe fabric) - Abacaxi
Heat tech turtleneck -
Slides - thrifted from Monk Vintage
Leather Jacket - thrifted in LA
Teal Coat- Thrifted in Paris
Fedora- Urban Outfitters
In Living Color!!!
As much as I love solid earth tone colors, I can not get away from being vibrant and colorful. Learning more and becoming increasingly connected to my ancestral roots, means that colors play a special part in my identity and livelihood. Mixing prints and solid makes me feel alive, sophistical, bold and ready to take on the world!
Prints x Solids
Floral Pants: Mara Hoffman
Thrifted Top: Out of the Closet LA
Duster: Hack With Design
Thrifted Heels: Out of the Closet LA
It's Starting To Feel A Little Like Autumn
3 Different Ways To Wear A Basic Peruvian Organic Pima Cotton Tee
A basic tee-shirt should NOT be $50, $60 nor $70, and this is the first line that needs to be drawn in making sustainable fashion affordable and accessible. No matter your geography, style sensibility or ethnic background - a basic white (black or grey) tee shirt is more than likely a staple part of any wardrobe.
This is the perfect place to start your sustainable fashion journey when you’re ready and able to take that first step in purchasing something new.
Most people don’t know the basic lifestyle of a tee shirt. The material phase alone includes farming, irrigating, fertilizing, harvesting and ginning. Understanding the time it takes just to make a tee but also the waste that’s created when using conventional cotton will make buying that first sustainable tee extra special.
One brand we love has a mantra of “accessible-luxury”. Truth Alone Clothing is a basic tee brand specializing in Peruvian Organic Pima Cotton, as well as Peruvian Sourcing & Production. They work to keep everything as local as possible, from raw material to finished product, but their our photography, stylists, models, and locations are also Peruvian. “We believe in giving back to a culture that puts so much love into everything they do, and that’s the truth.”
Here are some looks in my Truth Alone tee shirts:
- Peruvian Organic Pima Cotton Black tee - Truth Alone
- Vintage denim jeans
- Heeled Mules - Bhava (Handmade Italian vegan leather that DOES NOT contain aromatic amines, PCP, formaldehyde, PVC, phthalates, azo-dyes, or chrome.
- Peruvian Organic Pima Cotton White tee - Truth Alone
- Thrifted Mustard Overalls
- Indigo Dyed Slides - Studio One Eighty Nine
- Peruvian Organic Pima Cotton Blue tee - Truth Alone
- Thrifted Denim Shorts
- Thrifted Booties
- Fair Trade Shawl - Marquet Fair Trade
Wear What Makes You Glisten
I've worn this dress once before ... but of course part of being sustainable is wearing it again! (See previous feature). I love the quality, simplicity and most of all the women behind this ethical brand. Chan & Krys make sure great fluid pieces that you can keep forever and still pass down to your next of kin.
A Staple
Mountains Make The Best Back Drop
Catskills Mountains
Ethically produced wrap top - Casa Flor Designs
Thrifted Beret - Buffalo Exchange
Velvet pants - Thrifted in the streets of Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Necklace - Jewel Posse
Just A Casual Summer Day
Brass Earrings - Anukah Jewelry
Blouse - Thrifted on the street sale in Greenpoint
Pants - JSong Way
Purse - Thrifted
Indigo dyed slides - Studio One Eighty Nine
Selfcare Sunday Vibes
Outfit by - The Conscious Life Shop
"Our loungewear speaks to the brand mantra because it is especially curated for the modern sexy meditator. Our whole vibe is creating a space for meditators that don’t fit the traditional idea of what it means to meditate. You don’t have to be boring, or draped in Indian garb. You can be your chic sexy self, and have a meditation practice! Our Sacred Loungewear offers pieces that you can meditate and chill in, while feeling comfy and sexy." - Tiffany Shelton, The Conscious Life Shop
100% Botanical Dyes Out Here
Naturally Dyed With Flowers
Botanically dyed Two piece by Earthly
Conventional dye are extremely toxic for the artisan, the consumer and the environment. Residuals from the textile manufacturing and dyeing process are of the most toxic industrial products that filter into our oceans. There's so much toxic runoff that goes into our water ways that ultimately cycles back to human consumption.
Using plants instead of synthetic dyes supports products that cycle right back to the earth. It literally eliminates a whole toxic process that completely changes the narration of fashion production.
Although there are levels to natural dye, much like anything else, walking in that direction is better than not. Let's support brands that are connected more to the earth and are healthy for your skin. We begin to create habits where we invest in more meaningful processes and start to create connections!
Here's another naturally dyed brand that I love - MIXED COLOR
It's Sexy Sustainable Swimsuit Season
Sustainable One Piece
Swimsuit: Sustainably made with recycled fabrics in Italy - UND Swimwear
Thrifted Hat: Beacon's Closet
I just don't think you can go wrong with an all black swim suite. A backless one piece that hugs your hips is so sexy but also a classic. I'm absolutely in love with my UND one piece! UND Swimwear is a 360° sustainable and ethical brand: all of their swimwear is made with recycled fabrics in Rimini, a small town by the sea in Italy. The label was created respecting the highest quality standards and all of the principles of slow fashion.
Put Some Nature In That 1960's Get Up
Strawberry Shortcake
Less is more! A white vintage slip dress with a pair of white beat up chucks is simply perfection! Top it off with some fun socks and it's a look!
A Kiss of Pink
Earth Tones w/ My JORD Watch
The Watch is the Outfit!
Watch - JORD (Luxe ethical luxe wooden watch)
Beads - Enbois (sustainable & ethical accessory brand)
Hat - Vintage
Turtle neck - NU Boutique NYC
Pants- Thrifted from Brown Butterfly Vintage
A Day in D.C.
I love wearing all black these days! But nothing says, "Hello Spring" like a vintage blazer on top of that black panther ensemble.
Vintage is an Accessory
Vintage blazer - Christian Dior
Sweater - Bad Decision Adventure Club (hemp & organic cotton blend)
Jeans - Levis
Necklace - Arts Boheme (black onyx; white opaque glass beads, Czech crystal beads and pewter)
Glasses- thrifted
Vintage & Italian Threads
This was literally just a casual day for me. I love comfortable clothing, especially if I have a busy day ahead of me. The weather in NY is still pretty cold so layering up is a must. All solid and earth tone colors - and again, I love to mix textures! You don't have to be stunting every single day - sometimes keeping it simple is the key! : )
40% Hemp 60% Organic Cotton Cardie Sweater - Cecilia Rinaldi
Vintage Denim Dress - Awoke Vintage Brooklyn
Velvet Leggings - American Apparel
Long sleeve 100% silk top - Vintage Ann Taylor
