If you have a minute right now, I would really appreciate your help. Please sign in and vote for my panel at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin next year! » Empowering Conscientious Consumers: Take the Power Back I’ll discuss case studies of brands/concepts that educate and empower responsible consumers through the web, along with: [...]
Did you miss me? About a week ago Jon and I took a short vacation to Disneyland! But it’s taken me a while to get the wind back in my sails since we got back. It’s just that time of year, I guess, for vacations and transitions and the like. Last week was my first time [...]
Last November, I launched the small business “experiment” of Fashion Loves People ♥ Kirk, a line of organic tees printed with vintage fashion illustrations by J. Kirk Davis. Kirk and I are partners in it, and we release a new design every few months. I set out on this venture for the sake of putting [...]
Remember how I just moved to Austin in April? Well the adventure continues: I’m now living in San Francisco for the summer! Crazy, I know. In a nutshell, Jon and I came here to follow a great opportunity for Storenvy. The opportunity ended up falling through for reasons beyond our control, but we decided to [...]
We got our cards sent off this week — the top one by Hammerpress, for Jon’s mom, and the bottom one by Dutch Door Press, for my mom. I got both at Spartan here in Austin. Happy day to all the moms out there!
What a month this has been: I now live in Austin! My to-do list has been a bit overwhelming lately, and I’m sorry that my blogging has suffered for it. I still have a handful of Kansas City-focused posts that I’ll share with you as I continue getting settled in here, and as I get to [...]
This month, I was chosen to be included in SPACES Magazine’s Green Issue as one of nine members of Kansas City’s “green team.” It was an honor, particularly on account of being included in a list alongside Bob Berkebile of BNIM Architects, a longtime leader in sustainable design, whose influence has been compared to that [...]
Big news: In about a month, I will be living in Austin! Jon and I have been talking about this move for a while, but until last week, we didn’t have a specific timeframe. Now, we are putting our house on the market as we speak, and we plan to be living in South Austin by [...]
Happy New Year, friends! I’ve been out of town visiting family for an extended holiday — collecting the sweetest gifts from the sweetest people and, today, scavenging Jon’s grandmother’s vintage ornament collection. I already can’t wait to decorate for next year. Here’s hoping you all had a fabulous holiday, and cheers to great eco fashion [...]
I do, and I want one for you, too! So much so that I’ve been working every waking hour for the past few weeks to get Storenvy.com launched, the “free online store and social shopping community” startup that I work for part-time. It’s where I’ll launch my Fashion Loves People store to sell my tees, and [...]
I am so excited to finally reveal (drum roll please…) Chanaristyle.com! This will allow you 24/7 access to sneak peeks at the newest stationery designs and how to become a Chanari Facebook fan! Thank you, dedicated FLP readers! I have had such a fabulous time working my magic through the FLP Getups, and I cannot [...]
A first glimpse at a little tee line I’ll be releasing soon in collaboration with some fantastic Kansas City artists. Can’t wait to tell you all about it!
Hello! This is Katie, stylist of FLP Getups, finally putting pen to paper (so to speak) to introduce myself here. My goal is to bring you the eco-friendly fashion you’ve been searching for. Not only will the outfits I style show you some of the best in socially responsible brands and vintage sources, they’ll give [...]
This week, we’re working for paychecks rather than for the intrinsic benefits of blogging. Good for us, bad for you. (Grin.) Enjoy Paper Darren, but if he’s not enough, Coldplay just released a video for Strawberry Swing that’s up the same alley. See you next week! jc
This is from Janette rather than Katie, posted while I’m on a visit to Austin, but I had to share my favorite accessory of the moment… T-shirt ring ties! I had so many of these in elementary school, and I think most were neon. My friend Rachel gave this gold one to me for Christmas [...]
For the second time this year, FLP is happy to participate in Max Gladwell‘s “10 Ways” series. This particular post is a collaboration between that series and Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser, and it is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools [...]
Hi. I’m Janette, and this is my blog. I’m a freelance writer, writing Fashion Loves People in my spare moments of free time. I started it almost two years ago as an outlet for sharing the socially friendly fashion brands I was researching for my own use anyway, and since Day 1, I’ve loved every [...]
“Yoko and I, when we got together, we knew that whatever we did was going to be in the papers. So we decided to utilize the space we would occupy anyway by getting married with a commercial for peace.” Strategic. I like it. A lot. (Just finished watching the 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon.)
I saw this twice this week and liked it for some reason — masking tape to hang stuff up. It’s not permanent or pretty, but it’s temporary and cute. And sometimes that’s okay. Top image via A History of Architecture via Le Bouton Studio. Bottom image via ellybeth on Flickr.
I was fortunate enough this week to be able to write a guest blog post for Pop!Tech — “a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.” I wrote about things not particularly relevant to Fashion Loves People, but if you’re into social media, [...]