From the category archives:

ethical shopping

Indie Designers:improbablecog

July 20, 2010

My gal pal with the mostest, Libby Bulloff of Exoskeleton Cabaret, shared with me the amazing jewelry of improbabecog–who you can find both on Etsy and on Shapeways.  It’s no surprised I was instantly in covet covet mode when viewing Noah’s jewelry creations– they’re geometric, natural, supernatural, and beautiful designed. Noah’s pieces are currently 50% [...]

7 comments Continue Reading...

Finance & the Fashion Blogger: Blogging & Buying

May 7, 2010

The response, comments, and interest in my post, Finance & the Fashion Blogger: Ignore-ance has been overwhelming and incredible.  Though I haven’t responded, please know that I’ve read them all. Money– It’s Important to talk about. And I don’t mean how much we make. In the U.S., the Horatio Algiers, rags-to-riches ideology is still an [...]

29 comments Continue Reading...

Shop Miss Malaprop Now Open!

March 30, 2010

For months Mallory at Miss Malaprop has been working steadily on launching her new online shop (and working on selling her findings at local markets & handmade homemade parties in New Orleans). I’ll vouch for this hard work as I stopped by many of her events and also had the displeasure of not seeing her [...]

5 comments Continue Reading...

How to Custom Order Goods from Your Indie Friends

January 12, 2010

Inspired by my own growing wishlist of indie goods and by this post on Customer Etiquette at Corsetry (not to mention Birdiee’s post on Retail Hell: How Customer Service has Changed), I thought it’d be great to share some tips on how to order custom, handmade, and one-of-a-kind goods– both from a consumer and creator [...]

45 comments Continue Reading...

Indie Designer: Color Me Conscious

January 7, 2010

Smitten. That was my first reaction when I read Miss Malaprop’s post about designer Color Me Conscious. Lee, talent behind Color Me Conscious, makes these gorgeous, rich, stunning, and bold cuffs that I fantasize about having on my wrist.  With multitudes of buttons, or flowers and pearls, her cuffs aren’t the only beautiful statement pieces [...]

9 comments Continue Reading...

← Previous Entries