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Sustainable Style: Edun
Every week we feature a sustainable brand on our blog. This week's featured brand is Edun.
Ali Hewson launched Edun with her husband Bono in 2005, determined to “bring more trade into Africa”, after first visiting the continent in 1985, when she spent five weeks in Ethiopia witnessing the devastation of the recent famine first hand.
MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencil
I'm the farthest thing to a makeup guru that you'll find as I've mentioned before on the blog but over time, I've learned to embrace the fact that a little makeup goes a long way to making me look polished -it wouldn't do to only look put together from the neck down.
My Style: Moto
I love the simplicity of this outfit especially with regard to the monochromatic palette. Yet it's not boring because of the play of textures -the leather jacket, the cozy knit sweater, the moto jersey cotton leggings with the strip of leather, the wool fedora grounded by a pair of leather boots.
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Sustainable Style: Industry of All Nations
Every week we feature a sustainable brand on our blog. This week's featured brand is Industry of All Nations.
Launched in 2010 with a commitment to rethink methods of production for consumer goods, Industry of All Nations takes manufacturing back to the regions where products and materials originate, bringing unique local businesses to an international market.
Why I Got a Fitness Tracker
I've been working out for years and while I've improved my overall fitness, strength and muscle tone, there is one goal that has proved elusive. I aspire to have a six pack not only because I like the way it looks but because attaining the level of body fat that is required to have a six pack means I'll have a little bit more leeway when I overindulge. Life just isn't worth living if I can't eat whatever I want once in a while.
My Style: Schoolboy
Sometimes I like to go for the preppy look and when I do, I typically reach for this J.Crew Schoolboy blazer. I love the tweed material, close fit, multiple functional pockets and the dash on color on the upturned collar but most of all, I love how much more chic it is than the blazers the boys used to wear to school in Kenya.
Sustainable Style: Organic by John Patrick
Every week we feature a sustainable brand on our blog. This week's featured brand is Organic by John Patrick.
Twenty years after launching his career in fashion, John Patrick moved from Seventh Avenue to an abandoned warehouse in Upstate New York.
What I Love About the TV Show Suits
I was a latecomer to watching Suits since I didn't know it existed until about three seasons in but it only took one episode to get me hooked since I've always been a sucker for legal shows. It started with imports of L.A Law back in the nineties and evolved into Law & Order, Ally McBeal, The First 48 and now Suits (Wednesdays on USA Network).
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My Style: Hoodie
Layers are the key to staying warm when it's cold out. When I first visited Minneapolis fresh off the boat from Africa, I had to learn this the hard way when I got lost on foot while wearing just a shirt and windbreaker when it was about 20 degrees. I'd never been so cold in my life and it didn't help that I was lost in a strange city with no idea how to find my way back home.
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Sustainable Style: A Peace Treaty
Every week we feature a sustainable brand on our blog. This week's featured brand is A Peace Treaty.
Founded in 2008, A Peace Treaty believes that things made by human hands, imbued with the story of their maker, are the most beautiful and luxurious in the world.
2016 Critics Choice Awards Best Dressed
When I grow up I want to be like Helen Mirren. The British dame may be 70 years old but you won't find any matronly dresses in her closet. Rather, she proves that there is no age limit when it comes to style and glamour both on the red carpet and in her everyday life.
My Style: Sweater Dress
The only good thing about the colder seasons of the year is that I get to wear things like this cozy sweater dress. When I used to live in Las Vegas which is about a million degrees in the summer and drops to the thirties in the winter, there weren't too many days in the year where I could get away with this outfit. I'm not sure it's a fair trade off though...