I don’t know about you guys, but I’m already over the cold! Ever since our Spring 2014 catalog shoot back in October I couldn’t wait to show you a little sneak peek of the collection. I’m already daydreaming of warmer weather.
Ethical Fashion Blog
Yesterday Forbes posted an article on the importance of women in the future of ethical fashion. The author writes about women as power players in the effort to make the garment industry more transparent, suggesting that an increase of female leaders would directly impact this goal.
One of the best parts of being the company we are is that our customers are the bomb. Dot com. Sometimes it feels like we have a team of people scavenging the world, reporting back when they see our products anywhere (like on ABC’s The Middle, for example), and today we had a lovely lady point out that she’d spotted our yellow Stone’s Throw necklace in a TV commercial for Web.com!
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I have really enjoyed telling the stories and processes behind some of the prints in the Mata Traders Fall ’13 collection and decided I should go back and do the same for prints created for Spring ’13. The great part is that these next couple prints I will write about are now on sale, and let’s be honest, who doesn’t love a good sale?
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For a girl like me who loves to wear nothing but dresses, I was thrilled to come across the amazing campaign, Dressember. Thousands of women wore a dress every single day this month to raise money for the International Justice Mission, an organization that rescues slaves all around the world.
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The Moonrise dress must be a blogger fave because Hannah from Lifestyle Justice is styling it, too. She has been a long-time Mata fan and promotes lots of fair trade on her blog – everything from food to her wedding (where her bridesmaids wore our Colaba bracelet and Palaise earrings).
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Hello again!
Today’s blogger style post is brought to you by Marisa from Shades of Monet, who decided to take our Sailor Moon dress through sun, leaves, snow and blooms. With some simple but edgy styling, she jazzed it up with serious pops of color and seasonal accessories.
We may not have posted a holiday picture on our blog since 2010, but those of you who have been getting our emails will notice that we’re growing! There are two new faces in the bunch. AJ and I both started earlier this year and are thrilled to be valuable members of the Mata crew.
So how many of you out there have shown up at work one day to find a mobile eye clinic has been set up in the accounting office and they’re ready to check your vision? Well, that’s the kind of thing that happens when you work at a fair trade cooperative. Fair trade groups exist not just to make a profit (although maintaining a stable income for its members is a clear goal), but also to ensure the health, safety, and empowerment of its members. Eye testing falls into the latter category.
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You know that old saying that we lose most of our body heat through our heads? Well, it’s just. not. true. The head loses as much heat as any other part of the body when left exposed in cold weather. “If you don’t have a hat on, you lose heat through your head, just as you would lose heat through your legs if you were wearing shorts,” says Richard Ingebretsen, MD, PhD, an adjunct instructor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Yup, time for me. I originally hadn’t planned on doing a wish list, but after sorting through everyone else’s I realized there are things! And I should point them out on the off-chance you, dear reader, knows someone who might also like these things.
We know, we know. Lotttts of October Rebel this season. But we can’t get enough of her, can you? Today she incorporates elements of nature and some holiday cheer while styling the Meet Me in the Meadow dress.
To be honest, it’s been quite fun seeing what everyone here wants for Christmas. And yeah, time’s ticking, but we’re going to keep posting our wish lists anyway. Because we haven’t had our Secret Santa yet. And someone has Alex, though I don’t know who. The smiley face of the office has a pretty great ethically-minded wish list. Straight from Alex herself, take a look:
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October Rebel is back, working her magic on the Sylvia blouse from our fall collection. To her the blouse says, “I’m little fairy tale, I’m a touch Little House on the Prairie, but I also fit perfectly in a modern wardrobe,” so she showcased the floral print by pairing it with several solid basics, playing off the romance of the tiny floral print and voluminous sleeves.