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Style, Sustainability, & Social Justice by Aditi Mayer

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Material Memories with Christa Louise Designs

Material Memories with Christa Louise Designs
Material Memories with Christa Louise Designs

There’s a space in fashion and photography where perception and aesthetics come together to create...

There’s a space in fashion and photography where perception and aesthetics come together to create material memories. It’s a combination of multidimensional textures, colors, and freedom of design that allow for the ability to take us to different times and spaces. In this editorial, we explore material memories at the intersection of fashion and photography with Christa Louise Designs.

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Wear Your Values
Wear Your Values

Wear Your Values

A sartorial love story: A complete look featuring brands centered on empowering women....

A sartorial love story: A complete look featuring brands centered on empowering women.

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Weekend Listening: Conscious Chatter Feature

Weekend Listening: Conscious Chatter Feature

Curious about my journey, my politics, and critical thoughts about the sustainable fashion industry?...

Curious about my journey, my politics, and critical thoughts about the sustainable fashion industry? Listen in to one my favorite, most in-depth interviews yet with Conscious Chatter. 

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Par en Par: Resort as a State of Mind

Par en Par: Resort as a State of Mind
Par en Par: Resort as a State of Mind

Fashion is more than the color of the season or the length of a skirt; fashion is a way to spread id...

Fashion is more than the color of the season or the length of a skirt; fashion is a way to spread ideas, concepts, philosophies, and zeitgeist. Par en Par is a new take on resort wear, but not in the literal sense– it’s resort as a state of mind, something we can control in our day to day.

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Don’t Let Your Activism End Here: Reflections after 2018’s Women’s March

Don’t Let Your Activism End Here: Reflections after 2018’s Women’s March

January 20th, 2018 marked the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March, the largest single-da...

January 20th, 2018 marked the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March, the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. Beyond pussy hats and posters, we reflect: how has the women’s march progressed the conversations of privilege and complicity?

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  • Time to push the boundaries of responsible design in luxury fashion. @MinistryofTomorrow is a new vegan leather brand that is disrupting the luxe space. Each purchase of a MOT bag enables sustainable development by providing income-generating opportunities for people in Nairobi, Kenya, while protecting animals and the environment. #NoHarm #MinistryofTomorrow ✌🏽 Use code ADITIXMOT for $100 off your first order. [Full editorial: #ADIMAY.com]
  • ‘Tis a rainy day in California and we’re feeling moody ☔️ Wearing a labor of love (suit) by the anti-sweatshop & anti-photoshop queens of @birdsonglondon ♥️ #ADIMAY #ethicalfashion
  • Major keys from #fashionrevolutionweek: We cannot exploit women in one country in order to empower them in another— especially when the fashion industry is built on the backs of women of color (read: @hm, @forever21, @fashionnova — your feminist AF tees are officially 👏🏼cancelled👏🏼). Proud to be sporting some amazing players in the ethical fashion industry. 🌹 • Suit from @birdsonglondon (connecting workers to wearers fairly employing migrant seamstresses to knitting grannies) • Bag from @ministryoftomorrow (vegan leather bags made by women in Nairobi) • Shoes from @bhavastudio (vegan leather, women owned) • Top/Scarf from @christalouise.designs (handmade by women in Mexico) #ADIMAY #ethicalfashion
  • Poetic material ✨ [Throwback to an editorial shot for @saya__designs] #ADIMAY
  • Dreams of becoming a Zine Queen have materialized at last 🌹 For the last year I’ve been leading a team of 35+ students in creating of InSight Magazine, a new digital + print magazine exploring poverty & inequality in Southern California. ▪️Last night we launched and had an amazing panel centering voices on the issue of homelessness— completely blown away by the speakers, packed house, and love from the audience. ▪️ TONIGHT, April 25th, I’ll be moderating a panel with the founders of @Undocumedia ▪️ On Thursday, April 26th I’ll be hosting an Art + Activism Workshop with @JennyDoh ▪️ More details @insightmagorg! #WeAreInSight
  • This week I had the honor of being interviewed for my favorite podcast, @consciouschatter, in time for #fashionrevolutionweek 🌸 This is by far one of the most in-depth interviews I’ve had, so if you’re curious about my journey & work, give it a listen. We explore everything from racial politics, revolution washing, visual representation & more. Thank you @kestrelee for having me 💕 “I think the way we look at sustainable fashion now - it's been a response. So, sustainable fashion exists because the industry is inherently broken, and we could argue that fast fashion has profited off the normalization of exploitation. As we go forward, I think if we work toward a more just industry, that's inherently going to change the definition of sustainability too. It's tied with change, it's tied with being critical about how the industry currently stands - so, that's a reflection of who we are as individuals, but also where we stand in larger systems of inequality." -Aditi Mayer, founder of #ADIMAY.com
  • Today is #EarthDay! Make your social media scrolling productive― for every image uploaded with the hashtag #plantatreeAV today, #sustainablefashion label @amourvert will plant a tree in North America with the help of @americanforests 💚🌿 Easy peasy folks.
  • This week will mark the 5th anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory collapse in Bangladesh, where over 1,130+ garment workers were killed in the process of making products for major fast fashion brands in Europe and North America. Structural cracks were found the day before, and all were expected to evacuate. But pressure to complete orders led management to force workers back to work. It’s a reminder of the constant undervaluing of the lives and labor of workers internationally, including here in Los Angeles. April 23rd-27th is #FashionRevolutionWeek. You’re urged to ask your retailers who #whomademyclothes— a template can be found in my Instagram story. Workers don’t need pity or charity; they need solidarity and allies who are willing to strategize with them about how to hold brands accountable. #FashRev
  • Catch yo girl’s face & work in @vogueparis’ April Issue for their @girlgaze feature ✨ Much love to the #girlgaze community for amplifying WOC voices & visibility in the creative sphere ⚡️ Image by amazing @simrahfarrukh 🌼 #ADIMAY #ReverseTheGaze
  • The duality of relaxation and effort 〰️ translating the ethos of travel into the everyday with @parenpar 🌊 #ADIMAY #sustainablefashion
  • Swipe right to see clips from last night’s panel on sustainable fashion 🌸 Shout outs to the ladies of @noumenon_amsterdam & @galeriela for putting together a discussion that observes the industry from multiple perspectives: from @peta’s clothing campaigns, modeling, designing, to blogging & visual culture. #sustainablefashion
  • The most successful brands are able to communicate ideas, concepts, and philosophies— not just products. Cue @parenpar, a new take on resort wear, but not in the literal sense. It’s resort as a state of mind, not as a state of escape. Full editorial now live on #ADIMAY.com #sustainablefashion

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