Try out this year’s huge neon trend! Neon goes great with the ‘Kaleidoscope Skirt‘.
Ethical Fashion Blog
Our Charity of the Month for June is the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, aka CAASE. Their work includes prevention, policy reform, community engagement, and legal services, and their efforts have made an impact on the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation (including sexual assault and the commercial sex trade).
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This beautiful Mata dress has been on my mind; I think I need it in my closet…
It would perfect be for Graduation parties and Sunday brunches!
So much of what designers create today are updated things from the past. With good reason!
I love looking at old fashion books and seeing the way people used to dress back in the day. It is so inspiring!a
My friend, Cody, always looks effortlessly cool.
She wore the ‘Sula Dress‘ to a casual brunch the other day and I had to snap a picture.
I’ve long been an admirer of Human Rights Watch. In fact, when I went to grad school and studied trans-national advocacy, I considered them my dream job. Now here I am, advocating fair trade with Mata Traders, so you could say my dream came true!
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I could wear Mata’s ‘Aurora Crop Top‘ an embarrassing amount of times. It’s a great staple piece!
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We’ve said this before, but just in case you missed it, Mata means mother in Hindi. For that reason, and because we work with women’s cooperatives, we tend to get a little into Mother’s Day. So here’s a special Mother’s Day post.
Bliss, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is known for its artful display of inventory throughout the store and in its window displays – which is pretty evident here: how cute do the Frida Loves Diego and Dahlia dresses look in their window?
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Mata’s pieces are so right on for the upcoming season. I could go on and on about their spring/summer line (peplums, jumpsuits!, and more), but they are best known for color and hand-block prints, which are the heavy hitters this spring.
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Mata means mother in Hindi, y’all, and Mata Traders was so named in part to honor the women at our cooperatives.
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I celebrated Earth Day by having a mini picnic and wearing Mata’s ‘Blue Belle Dress‘.
By choosing to wear Mata’s clothing you are making a difference. Usually fashion is seen as having a negative effect on our planet (lots of dyes and chemicals are used to produce garments). Luckily for us, most of Mata Traders’ pieces are hand block printed with eco-friendly vegetable dyes. Mata also uses fair trade cotton, which means they support small family farms and follow environmental standards that restrict the use of agrochemicals and encourage sustainability.