Earlier this month I wrote an article for KCFreePress.com about eco fashion in Kansas City, spotlighting three fabulous local brands. First, meet solojones. Founder and seamstress Sunny Dawn Summers may be living in New Orleans at the moment, but solojones is no doubt a born-and-bred Kansas City brand. Known for high-quality, hand-sewn boy shorts available [...]
I’m in Austin for the next week, soaking in the 70-degree temps and attending SXSW Interactive. If any of you will be here, get in touch and let’s meet up! I picked up these Spitfire sunglasses a few weeks ago (in 30-degree temps) in a boutique in my college town, Hobbs in Lawrence, KS. I love [...]
Feel free to spread the word! To celebrate the launch of our new tee design (and the success of our trunk show Saturday), all tees in the Fashion Loves People store will be marked to $20 on this Friday only. They are regularly $28-$32. This price is crazy low for an organic tee, or even [...]
Our new shirts are available now! $20 Organic Tees, This Friday Only: Fashion Loves People Offers Online-Only Special Pricing to Mark the Release of its Latest Tee Design This Friday, February 12, Fashion Loves People will mark down the prices of three tee styles to celebrate the launch of its newest tee design. The new design [...]
At Haught Style in the Prairie Village Shops, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., be sure to come visit me, Kirk, Heather and Kylie! Note that this is all day — hopefully those of you in the city can make it at some point. We will release the newest FLP tee to the public at 10 [...]
Refinery 29 recently spotlighted NYC artist Francesca DiMattio, whose thrifted and artsy wardrobe (not to mention decor) is so inspiring. “My mom raised me exclusively on thrift stores as a little girl and taught me to look for new shapes and feel for quality fabrics. It’s exciting for the eye to see something different, so [...]
Over at Storenvy, we’ve spent the last 10 days or so working on a t-shirt design collaboration to benefit earthquake relief in Haiti. Designers from the community donated designs, and the community voted on their favorites. Based on all the support we got in the voting, we decided to print nine tee designs that are [...]
I told you a few weeks ago about my new EcoTools cosmetics bags — and now I get to give away three overnight bags! To enter, you can leave a comment on this post about why you would like to have one of these bags, and you can tweet a link to this post including [...]
All my tees will be available for $20, and I’m so excited to be partnering up with Early Jewelry! Kansas City friends, I hope to see you there! And… I’ll be introducing my second tee design at the show. Can’t wait!
So I mentioned my recent geometry obsession, right? These hand-embroidered necklaces are melting my heart. Available online in Marañón’s shop on Etsy, or at Collected Thread in Oklahoma City. $38–$60 apiece and handmade to order. Can you even pick your favorite? Plus lovely behind-the-work pics on Flickr! Via the incredibly savvy Lindsay at Collected Thread.
Eco-friendly cosmetics bags have arrived! If they existed before now, I guess I didn’t get the memo. A few months ago I was shopping for a new toiletries bag for traveling, so I headed to Target — not thinking I had any better alternatives. Bad graphics, bad shapes, bad materials… none combined design and function well [...]
For a few last-minute gifts before Christmas, or afterward for yourself with your hard-earned Christmas money: At EarlyJewelry.com, get 15% off any order with discount code “FLP”. Offer good now through January 10. Read more about the line here. Early Jewelry and Fashion Loves People tees may get to do a trunk show together here in [...]
Several weeks ago I was re-introduced to Lawrence-native Early Jewelry. Designed by Kylie Grater and handmade from start to finish by her and her team, the shapes and material choices make perfect sense — and yet everything about them are a perfect surprise every time you look at them. The line’s metals are all recycled, [...]
Because there are only two online shopping weeks left before Christmas, I think it’s time for a giveaway! One lucky winner will receive their choice of two organic tee styles, v-neck or scoop neck, both printed with a 1968 fashion illustration by J. Kirk Davis. View our online store at fashionlovespeople.storenvy.com. Two ways to enter [...]
Two T-shirt styles and a signed/editioned print are available now, each graced by a beautiful 1968 fashion illustration by J. Kirk Davis! This store launch has been casually in the works for several months, and I couldn’t be more excited about it now! And being the “experiment” that it is, of course, I had to [...]
I hinted at it once before, but now it’s so real I can taste it… Fashion Loves People will soon be launching our own organic T-shirt line! Featuring the fashion illustrations of J. Kirk Davis (circa 1969), printed by Storenvy, photographed by Sarah Hillis, worn and self-styled by Katie Brown, Heather Hale, Dylan Little and [...]
Skirt by Gypsy 05: Jewel Silk Mini 100% silk dyed with eco-friendly dye processes Ethically made in the U.S. $143 Shoes by Payless’ zoe&zac: Daisy Frayed Skimmer Organic cotton upper and shoelaces Recycled rubber sole $16.99 on sale Tote by A Healthy Green Home: Rice Sack Wine Carrier Made from random cuttings of recycled rice [...]
Lalesso is a socially aware company to watch — and right now, it’s one to buy from ASAP. The Maridadi Dress above is now just $30 (plus $12 shipping) during the company’s annual end-of-summer sale! From Lalesso’s site: ”All Lalesso clothing is manufactured under strict and extremely conscious ethical conditions in our self owned workshop in [...]
Pants by Prancing Leopard Organics: Harem Pant 95% Organic Turkish Long-fiber Cotton and 5% Lycra Made in fair labor conditions Prancing Leopard is a founding partner of Organic Team, a worldwide industry consortium focused on sourcing, developing, manufacturing and promoting certified organic apparel Dress this pant up or down! $114 Necklace by FloraBond on Etsy Handmade [...]