A great little liberating piece about fashion. Click the image above to watch the video.
Ethical Fashion Blog
Going to any festivals this summer? You can count on Mata to have some of your must-have festival looks.
Mata Traders got its start in festival booths! So, being the veterans that they are,
Mata doesn’t disappoint when looking for festival gear (made from 100% cotton so you can breathe!).
India has more child laborers than any other country in the world (somewhere between 12 to 45 million between the ages of 5 and 14), and trafficking or kidnapping is often part of the equation (32,000 children were reported missing in 2011). Rather than improving the situation, India’s growing middle class has only exacerbated the problem with the demand for domestic workers (1 household in 20 employs an under-age servant).
Today is World Day Against Child Labor. India has more child laborers than any other country in the world (somewhere between 12 to 45 million between the ages of 5 and 14), and trafficking or kidnapping is often part of the equation (32,000 children were reported missing in 2011).
Yes, it did.
On Monday, Chicago Fair Trade is screening the documentary, Bananas!*, the story of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers suing Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for the use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility.
Pig roast and potluck? BYOB? Patsy Cline cover band? These were some of my husband’s early suggestions for our wedding plans. A picnic affair he called it – I settled on ‘casual elegance.’ We went with open bar, affordable yet outstanding catering, Gatsby inspired attire, and yes, a Patsy Cline cover band. Guests couldn’t have been happier and we did it all with fair trade flair!
Get ready…
Our Fall ’12 collection is due to launch in stores mid-July and online early-August. We shot the catalog back in the first week in April, on a brisk day, traipsing the streets and alleys of Chicago. Now it’s 100 degrees here today, but perhaps a behind the scenes look at the Fall ’12 photo shoot will take you, at least momentarily, to a cooler place.
To all the brides out there, Mata jewelry sets make perfect bridesmaid gifts. To all wedding guests out there, Mata jewelry sets are the perfect thing to wear to a wedding. To anyone else out there, you still get 20% off jewelry sets.
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Try out this year’s huge neon trend! Neon goes great with the ‘Kaleidoscope Skirt‘.
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