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  • EDITORIAL | My most recent partnership with @shopjusthuman explores what sustainability looks like for sunglasses (an unassuming industry creating more plastic waste than you probably thought). Just Human launched with four genderless & timeless silhouettes, aiming for universality and longevity as the key tenets of the sustainable collection. 🕶⁣ ⁣ The line is handmade in Japan from recycled and natural materials— from their mineral glass lenses made from sand found in nature (instead of petroleum derived plastic), a case made from pineapple leaf fibers, and packaging using 100% post-consumer cardboard in a shape inspired by Japanese origami. ⁣ ⁣ Full editorial live on the blog 🌹⁣
  • Design explorations: A slice of Hakone 🇯🇵🎍
  • Meditations on space: art in motion 💫
  • Girl in her element(s) 🏜🌱
  • Big boss energy with @OpusMind.SF 🌹 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ On the blog, we’re exploring their aesthetic approach and talking circular economies. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Currently, most systems operate in an almost completely linear way— large amounts of non-renewable resources are extracted to produce products used for a short time, after which the materials are sent to landfills or incinerated. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Head to the blog (linked in bio) and peep my Instagram story for a feast for the eyes and lessons in circularity ➰ ⁣
  • New editorial live exploring one of my favorite topics— ✨circular design✨— in partnership with @opusmind.sf. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Leather is a complicated ethical knot to untie. On the one hand, if you believe that animals shouldn’t be used for clothing, then the choice seems obvious: leather is out. On the other hand, leather is hard to avoid, and the most popular synthetic alternative, vegan leather, is essentially plastic. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ They’re not the only two options, but they are the most common, and choosing between them pits questions of animal use against questions of sustainability.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ However, we’re introducing circular design, or circular fashion, into the conversation. How can we reimagine current design systems? ⁣Check out the blog for the full editorial 💫
  • From the archives: the art of throwing shade ✨
  • The gaze 👁⁣ ⁣ I talk a lot about reclaiming narrative + the politics of storytelling, and this past weekend at @photoville it was so great to meet pockets of community dedicated to this conversation. Here’s some to follow & support 💫⁣ ⁣ • @authoritycollective is a group of womxn, femmes, non-binary, trans, and gender non-conforming people of color reclaiming their authority in visual mediums ⁣ ⁣ • @mfonfoto is a group of womxn photographers of the African Diaspora looking to fill a void while creating space for intellectual discourse ⁣ ⁣ • @lasfotosproject elevates the voices of teenage girls from under-resourced LA communities through photography ⁣ ⁣ Share any others to know in the comments below⚡️
  • Caught dreaming on film by @simrahfarrukh ✨
  • Indigenous design inspo via Oaxaca from @mzfairtrade—a #fairtrade line of Zapotec accessories operating out of Teotitlán del Valle, a village famous for weaving wool textiles since before the Spaniards arrived. Many of the 50+ artisans employed are fourth generations makers— taking on the entire process of carding, spinning, weaving, and naturally dying the wool. The motifs are taken from pre-hispanic designs as well— ancient designs that you can find in Oaxaca on the ruins at Monte Alban, Mitla, and Teotitlán. ✨
  • Fashion and visual culture. I belong to two industries that have dictated not only what was in, but who was in. Beauty is a power structure.⁣ ⁣ I'm tired of: people who think diversity means the same face/features/body type with varying degrees of melanin, being told I'm pretty 'for an Indian girl', my sistas only liking their features that subscribe to the current trend (read: thicc eyebrows and eyelashes).⁣ ⁣ No more cherry-picking elements of one's identity in 2019. Embrace me in my multitudes.⁣ ✨ ⁣ Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. ⁣👏🏽 ⁣ In other news, look at my anaar (pomegranate) tree blooming into abundance ya'll. The harvest shall be plentiful! 😍✨♥️
  • *Eurocentric beauty standards has left the chat*

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