Fluidity
Black dress- Thrifted from Monk Vintage
Necklace- Hand made by Kenyan artisans via Kaleidoscope Beauty
Flow Like The Wind
Linen Meets Organic Indigo
A Sucker for Jumpsuits
Linen & Organic cotton x organic indigo dyed detail - Remuse
Headwrap - Purchased from street vendor in Ghana
Phillip Lim boots - Thrifted
Purse - Purchased from street vendor in Ghana
“Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.” – Nipsey Hussle
A Splash Of The 70's
OUTFIT DETAILS:
Vintage top & bottoms - Grandma’s Closet
Organic Cotton & Fair Trade Socks - Kind Socks
Head wraps - Souks of Morocco
Heels - Thrifted via Buffalo Exchange
Makeup by: Asari Duke
Shades Of Green
Green Spaces In The Concrete Jungle
Top- Pima Organic Cotton by Known Supply
Bottoms- Kibonen
Blazer - Thrifted in Oakland
Slides- Purchased in a market in Bangladesh, India
Scarf Turned Headwrap- Urban Outfitters
Minimizing Plastic in my Food & Fashion
Zero Waste Delivery Never Looked So Good
Vintage Top - Thrifted in Paris
Pants - Vetta
Moonstone necklace - Moondust & Me
Nefertiti necklace - Kpelle
Stone necklace - Arts Boheme
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
When Minimalism Clashes With Architecture To Create Street Style
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
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
Deadstock Demin Never Looked So Good
Fun Printed Denim
Polka Dots & Strips
It's Always Fun to Mix & Match
Top - Thrifted from Crossroads
Pants- Stolen from sister's closet
Hat - Thrifted from Beacon's Closet
Indigo Slides - Studio 189
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
KEEP IT SIMPLE
Tee Shirt- Carbon neutral organic cotton tee by Wildlife Works
Distressed jeans - Urban Outfitters
Necklace- Paperwraped beads made by artisans in Haiti Urban Zen
Heels - Vintage BCBG
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
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
Saturday Farmer's Market with bagE
I'm finally excited about farmer market season now that Spring is in full bloom. Shopping at farmer's markets, local grocers and Trader Joe's are my top places to invest in healthy food options.
Especially with the weather nice there are two "must do's" on my list when I'm grocery shopping: 1) dress comfortably cute and 2) bring my own reusable shopping bag and/or produce bag. The amount of single serve plastic that's wasted during grocery shopping is astounding. I've particularly been loving the bagE Pack, which consists of a washable reusable shopping tote Bag and Set of 3 premium reusable mesh produce bags.
I know it's Earth Month, but to me every month is Earth Month! It's extremely important that we start to make better environmental decisions that become part of our lifestyle. And I'm going to continue to use and support brands who invest their time and energy in the triple bottom line: people, planet & profit.
