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The Transition From ‘Disposable’ to High-Quality Clothing

The Transition From ‘Disposable’ to High-Quality Clothing

by Leah Karangi

When something is well made with care and attention, it shows. Quality is not only aesthetically pleasing but functional.

As someone who makes a living creating, I have found that no matter how much skill someone may have in making something, if there isn’t some amount of love and care mixed in, it always comes out wanting, lacking in some way.

Quality rules over everything, no…

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ReDress Raleigh - Hurry up Slow Fashion!

ReDress Raleigh – Hurry up Slow Fashion!

Just got back from a lovely visit to North Carolina for the Redress Raleigh Eco-Fashion and Textiles Conference. Highlights included the 7th annual Redress Fashion show, which featured talented local designers working with sustainable materials and methods, and a special lunch presentation by Spoonflower about their custom digital fabric printing business based in nearby Durham. Dramatic reveal…

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The year we Kidnapped Cupid

The year we Kidnapped Cupid

by Laurel Tincher

Love triangle, three wheeling, ménage à trois; not the usual topics of conversation preceding the romantic pressure cooker of Valentine’s Day. This year, the Dwimmer team set out to poke Cupid with his own arrow, and the result may be the start of something amazing.

I often think of my boyfriend as the real life Jack Skellington. He has an undying (haha) curiosity and playful…

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India Feeling

by Stacey McKenna

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‘It’s my first morning in India. I’m not sure I want to be here; I’m still not sure why I came at all. I wake before dawn, not yet feeling my stupendous jet-lag, but still groggy from lack of sleep, and make my way to the hotel’s front desk. “Excuse me, but the man working here last night said you could help me get an auto-rickshaw to Delite Cinema?” I was met with a…

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CHAMPAGNE - The Biggest Party in the World

CHAMPAGNE – The Biggest Party in the World

CHAMPAGNE – The History of Dom Pérignon1959

“The Biggest Party in the World – A Celebration of 25 Centuries”

by Shelley Webb

Every rare wine and legendary Champagne has a unique story to tell. But none so unique, surely, as the 1959 Dom Pérignon Rosé. 1959 marks the inaugural vintage of the famous Dom Pérignon Rosé. The first bottles, considered, the “jewels of Dom Perignon,” were set on lees in…

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Flying Private vs Commercial: Not What it Used to Be

Flying Private vs Commercial: Not What it Used to Be

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Flying commercial used to be the only reasonable option for the average person’s

weekend getaway by plane, but these days there are ways to book private flights

without breaking the bank. Commercial flights still reign supreme in regards to

flight times and cost; miss a flight and you can often hop on a new one within the

hour. But the downsides…

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Reconnecting with the Moon Phases

Reconnecting with the Moon Phases

The Moon glides and shifts, waning and waxing through the entire month in its lunar or moon phases. Each day the Moon rises and moves through the sky, glittering through the stars and constellations.

Moon Phases refer to the moon’s orbit around the earth, but has other meanings too. In eastern astrology, the moon influences the day depending on whether the moon is full, new, increasing or…

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The Mobile Apps you Need to Have When Traveling

The Mobile Apps you Need to Have When Traveling

Travellers all know quite well what smartphones can do for them. Even without an internet connexion, smartphones can get you out of trouble or even help you stay out of it altogether. And their power is multiplied whenever you manage to get a 3g connexion. Here are a few tips and a few apps that will definitely help you on your next trip.

1. Google Maps

It’s the #1 most important app to have on…

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The Magic of Community, Wide Open Spaces, and Tiny Flowers in Central Wyoming

The Magic of Community, Wide Open Spaces, and Tiny Flowers in Central Wyoming

  by Stacey McKenna

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autumn breezes came early this year.

in august,

fluttering through aspens,

making them quake

on slender trunks knotted with beetle tracks.

we burn their dead for warmth.

hot and quick,

good for a short fire,

a burst of comfort before sleep.

the moon drowns the stars’spattering of light.

voices echo in the distance.

birds i cannot identify swoop and call.

a grizzly is…

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GET BUZZED: THE LATEST COFFEE TRENDS

GET BUZZED: THE LATEST COFFEE TRENDS

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Ahhhh coffee. The aroma of it in the morning that awakens your senses. The bean best friend that’s there for you in the afternoon to keep you working after a wicked lunch slump. The evening elixir that helps you burn the midnight oil as you toil away on your great American novel. Let’s face it, it’s…

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Injecting Unique Style into Your Wedding

Injecting Unique Style into Your Wedding

Your wedding is destined to be one of the most important days of your life, but what makes your special day beautiful is up to you. Whether you find beauty in a traditional wedding, or something modern and alternative, your wedding should be a reflection of what makes you unique.

Picture a wedding…Is your image a mass of big white dresses, a quaint church, flowers and classic style? While this…

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THE FASHIONISTA’S GUIDE OF WHAT TO DO IN FLORENCE

THE FASHIONISTA’S GUIDE OF WHAT TO DO IN FLORENCE

A must see, must do list for every fashionista who’s visiting Florence this year     Designer fashion at prices you can afford The Mall – The Luxury Outlet – 8 50066 Leccio Reggello (fL) TuscanyThis fabulous fashion mall offers luxe for less – and it’s located just 30 minutes from the city. Here you’ll find every designer brand you can think of… Gucci, Prada, Armani, Saint Laurent, Burberry,…

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Top 9 Unique Shopping Experiences in the World

Top 9 Unique Shopping Experiences in the World

    Scouring the world for the most awesome/cool/unique shopping experiences we have found 9 knock your socks off retailers that you cannot miss.

1. France, Colette. Not a secret anymore, and certainly not to be missed. Collaborations with Jeremy Scott X

Longchamp, Pharrell Williams X Adidas, and more are just some of the reasons to always fly through Paris.

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2. England,…

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Journey Into Wellness, One and Only Style

Journey Into Wellness, One and Only Style

If you’ve been there and done that, and have enjoyed every type of luxury getaway imaginable, why not add another dimension to your vacation? Sharon Preston experienced just that recently, on an unforgettable trip to the One&Only Le St Geran in Mauritius

Renowned the world over for its sumptuous offerings including a paradise island setting with all the trimmings, the One&Only Le St Geran…

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The Perfect Purse Snack Combos

Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last six months, you’ve probably heard the term “hangry” or hungry-angry. Our society has finally put the equation together – a cranky person is usually a hungry person. What an epiphany! I don’t know about you, but my parents had already figured out this formula about 24 years ago and it only took my boyfriend about 4 months of dating me to realize my…

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Season of the Witch: six shops that will cast a spell

Season of the Witch: six shops that will cast a spell

by Laura Jay

  As the nights grow longer and the cold, colder, it’s a perfect time to dive into the darker side of life, the things that don’t make sense, the inexplicable, the mysterious. I like to take this time of year to go inward, take stock of what has passed and prepare for the coming year.

  These shops make it easy. From amulets that direct intention, to whimsical frocks that celebrate…

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Mohair: Muse of South Africa

Mohair: Muse of South Africa

BabyMo Green Scarve, at MOmento’s of Africa, Photographer: Paul Wright, Model: Zipho Rapiya, Stylist: Tina Smith

Mohair is such a valuable fibre. It has many myths associated with it, for example- it is a scratchy and hot fibre or that it is a winter fibre. However, Mohair South Africa (MSA)- the organisation that markets, promotes and sets out guidelines for the industry- wants to dispel this…

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