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Foundational Elements of a Minimalist Wardrobe: Grammar NYC

Foundational Elements of a Minimalist Wardrobe: Grammar NYC

What is it about a classic white shirt that everyone loves so much? With the French countryside as ...

What is it about a classic white shirt that everyone loves so much? With the French countryside as the backdrop, we explore foundational elements of a modern minimalist wardrobe with Grammar, a capsule line with the perfect white shirts.

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Anti-Sweatshop Saturday: Ethical Fashion Won’t Save Us, Organizing Workers Will

Anti-Sweatshop Saturday: Ethical Fashion Won’t Save Us, Organizing Workers Will

Sweatshops are not an abstraction of the distant third world; they are alive and well in Los Angeles...

Sweatshops are not an abstraction of the distant third world; they are alive and well in Los Angeles. As fashion activists, it’s our duty not only to promote ethical alternatives, but to mobilize alongside workers affected directly by fast fashion retailers. Join me and the garment workers of Los Angeles this Saturday for Anti-Sweatshop Saturday.

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Time Interacts: The Met Museum’s New Fair Trade Jewelry Line

Time Interacts: The Met Museum’s New Fair Trade Jewelry Line

Museums have always been spaces where time interacts; a “then” meets “now”. The latest addit...

Museums have always been spaces where time interacts; a “then” meets “now”. The latest addition the Met Museum’s store is a collection of fair-trade jewelry lines, sustainably sourced around the world. In this editorial, we explore how these era-inspired pieces allow for time to interact between centuries.

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Cultural Appropriation: A Conversation That Can Make Both Our Fashion and Communities Better
Cultural Appropriation: A Conversation That Can Make Both Our Fashion and Communities Better

Cultural Appropriation: A Conversation That Can Make Both Our Fashion and Communities Better

Cultural appropriation. It’s arguably the most exhausted word in recent years when it comes to con...

Cultural appropriation. It’s arguably the most exhausted word in recent years when it comes to conversations of cultural currency: from music to fashion. It’s easy to say that naysayers have used the debate to point fingers at anyone whose imagery, symbols and/or language are associated with a particular ethnic culture or subculture— what about good old cultural appreciation?

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Ayurganic: Dress Code for Mindful Living

Ayurganic: Dress Code for Mindful Living

What fascinates me about natural, plant-based dyes is not only their importance for the well-being o...

What fascinates me about natural, plant-based dyes is not only their importance for the well-being of the planet, including the potential to eliminate the effects of chemical dyes in our water supply, but also their more subtle healing aspects for the wearer. Ayurganic is raising the level of recovery for both the consumer, the producer and the environment.  

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  • There are plenty of awards that honor efforts to protect the natural environment, but Mother Earth is losing, and it's time the winners got their due. This past Tuesday was the @motherfuckerawards, where companies responsible for the most damage were blasted, and journalists, activists, & comedians created their own satirical acceptance speeches. “Congratulations” (🖕🏽) to some of the winners: Monsanto/@bayerofficial, @wellsfargo, @cocacola, @nestle, @tysonfoods & others... #MOFAS18 #ADIMAY
  • There are plenty of awards that honor efforts to protect the natural environment, but Mother Earth is losing, and it's time the winners got their due. This past Tuesday was the @motherfuckerawards, where companies responsible for the most damage were blasted, and journalists, activists, & comedians created their own satirical acceptance speeches. “Congratulations” (🖕🏽) to some of the winners: Monsanto/@bayerofficial, @wellsfargo, @cocacola, @nestle, @tysonfoods & others... #MOFAS18 #ADIMAY
  • First morning in Paris: early morning views finding magic in the mundane. #ADIMAY
  • IT’S NOT ETHICAL FASHION THAT WILL SAVE US SIS, IT’S MOBILIZING ALONGSIDE WORKERS ✊🏽 Join me and the garment workers of Los Angeles tomorrow for Anti-Sweatshop Saturday! Fellow fashion activists, it’s naive to believe that promoting ethical fashion brands is the only response to the rampant exploitation in fashion today. Creating business models that fairly employ/empower is an important asset, but it does not address the normalization of exploitation that exists in the traditional fashion industry. We need to go beyond organizing and amplifying within in our own niche of ethical brands. You can’t simply starve the beast (fast fashion) without building people’s power (the heart of the movement, the workers). More details about LA Sweatshops on #ADIMAY.com
  • Artists and content creators: how has Instagram affected your artistry? Do you find yourself creating for what will fit your feed, or what will perform well on the algorithm? Do you find yourself feeling the need to be palatable, predictable for the sake of drawing an audience? Is our work valid without projecting it online, spending next half hour checking up on how people are responding to it? Photo by the talented @simrahfarrukh, serving dreamy #SarahMoon vibes 🌹 #ADIMAY
  • When you hear something referred to as a “nude” color, what image comes to mind? Make-up, bandages, bras— all in narrow, whitewashed spectrum. Hint: Nude is no longer one shade fits all. It’s more than just lack of commercial availability; it’s about the politics of inclusion. When whiteness has been seen as the default/the norm/the standard, people of color are seen as deviances to said norm. That is until badass, disruptive women of color that decide to create what’s (desperately) needed. Nothing changes if nothing changes ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 Melanin bearers rejoice! @wearproclaim [Full editorial on #ADIMAY.com]
  • Paris visual backlog: when the city pulls a Wes Anderson & neighbors look like paid extras. 💃🏽 #ADIMAY
  • Sending love to a dope group of womxn in Pakistan who are the zine queens behind @Voice.Magazine 🌹 Catch my face (x4) on their latest issue exploring ethical fashion, South Asian identity, & social justice⚡️ #VoiceMagazine
  • INSPIRATION | Nautch girls emerging from the Taj Mahal, Edwin Lord Weeks (1885).
  • Studies in form & motion | Outtakes from my editorial for @themetstore, live on #ADIMAY.com 〰️
  • Celebrating melanin & WOC-owned sustainable business with the launch of @wearproclaim‘s new line! 🌷 Remember how Rihanna brought the inclusion game with Fenty? @WearProclaim basically the inclusive-nude-bras-made-from-plastic-bottles edition. Helllloooo to widening the spectrum of “nude” 🌝 More images up on #ADIMAY.com 💫
  • Today, miss me with: 1️⃣ showing gratitude for colonizers 2️⃣ mindless consumption on Black Friday My favorite dish is real Recognition of Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples with a side of mindful consumerism. 🙃 Real talk though: what’s wrong with Thanksgiving is not so much giving thanks as it is the American mythology that surrounds it: a whitewashed fantasy that erases genocide and devastating impacts of colonization that persist to this day. Let’s stay educated & let’s decolonize our histories and practices ✊🏽

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