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[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] Fashion Month bring magic in all forms. Sometimes, it’s a designer switching up to organic fabrics. Sometimes, it’s the perfect color showing up in the perfect fabric, sewn into the perfect shape. Other times, it’s discovering a new design that embodies the most wondrous outlook on sustainability – [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I have a soft spot in my heart for companies that are created out of love. The origin of Farofa Nation is so infused with love – for a woman and for her people – that it drew me in immediately. As it moves forward with purpose, and [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I’m going to jump right in. I promise I’ll get to the ethical side of things soon, but I’m squirming and can’t help but start in the middle. Forgive me? For their Spring 2011 line, Nixxi, a sustainable fashion house out of Vancouver, Canada, decided to add a [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] Ethical fashion is kind of a like a new genre of music. First there’s just one amazing band, redefining beats and notes, reaching into us and pulling at our heartstrings. Then there are a few more bands, all with passion, all hoping to share their craft. Then some [...]

Spring is in the air and, as the cherry blossoms begin to bloom and the daffodils stubbornly poke through the still-cold ground, I’m taking my biological and social cues from the rising temperatures: I’m more active, I have this insatiable desire to plant and clean, and I’m feeling a little bit…amorous! It’s not just me: [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] As I write this, there’s a storm raging outside. The rain is splashing against the windows, and the rhododendrons are being lashed against the porch, again and again, by a big, blustery wind. I love spring. In fact, I think spring is the kind of weather Seattle is [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] On some mornings, I daydream.  I imagine myself not on a beach, or shopping in the city, but waiting in an airport, with oversize sunglasses resting on my head and bags under my eyes, looking intentionally disheveled (it’s totally not intentional) as I wait for a plane home. [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I have a thing for brands whose names have stories. Fashion is a kind of romance, to me, and when I see a piece of clothing I want to feel something, like I do with a great painting.  The best designers conjure up emotions on the runway – [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I don’t own a pit bull, but in a sense, I know their plight. Every time I apply to rent a house, potential landlords always ask.  “I see that you have a…bull mastiff?  Is that related to the pit bull?” If you only knew. It seems breed bias [...]