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ETHICAL FASHION BLOG. Because jobs with dignity empower people to make the world a better place.

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I really want this Simeon Farrar graffiti dress, but I can’t help feeling that the large scale of the print will swallow up my smaller frame. Thoughts?

[gethealthynotslim]

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“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.”

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Fair trade geometric pattern play dress 

[theshinysquirrel]

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I love this look. Feminine. Industrial. Legit.

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#ethicalfashion

[madeinafreeworld]

Indonesia plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs this month held by children. The goal is to completely end child labor in the country by 2022.

June is “anti-child labor month” in Indonesia, the first step towards freeing 1.7 million child workers.

LIKE this article to show your support for Indonesia as they take an important step forward towards ending child labor.

[hannah-rosengren]

Just added to the shop: new & improved “Plant These to Help Save Bees” eco-friendly tote bags! Made in Bedford, NH & screen printed in Portland, ME.

[onpointchicago]

Totes adorbs! 

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Whoa, just whoa! Hold on their, florals! I’m coming for you!

[definedbyyou]

God has seen our unloveliness— the deep brokenness and rebellion in our hearts— and instead of withdrawing, he pursues us to the beautiful end. He made an eternal commitment to sinners because of His great love for us. And because grace is true, you can face the world with all of its dangers and troubles, knowing you have been established forever as blameless by the holy groom, Jesus Christ.

Matt Chandler - The Mingling of Souls (via breanna-lynn)

Just for you.

[onpointchicago]

Has the invisible hand answered or perhaps social enterprise exploded? Last spring, I could hardly find 1 pair of ethical sneakers and they wouldn’t ship to the US. This year, I have too many choices! You pick!

These (pictured: top) or these (pictured: bottom)?

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Ethical leather satchel + wallet. Ecofriendly & fair trade. 

Weaving by Ecuadorian artisans.

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I finally found them! My summer kicks for traversing Chicago [from the Loop to Logan Square to the lakefront!]

[outsider-fashion]

try and seek out the solutions. Not ones that will entirely absolve us all from the collective problem that we as government, consumers and brand, have created. Every little helps as it were. It’s about building up awareness of the alternatives as well as making the active choices to invest in them

Susie Bubble

Great quote from a thought provoking post on the fab Style Bubble blog.

http://stylebubble.co.uk/style_bubble/2015/05/grappling-with-the-true-cost.html#comment-230500

(via outsider-fashion)

[atelierethical]

How is it Made?

Each pair of Twins For Peace multi-color Gacha sneakers are hand beaded using traditional skills by women artisans in Cameroon and India with each pair taking 50 hours to complete.

[onpointchicago]

I’m still a sucker for silk.

This simple silhouette by Dipped and Dyed breathes summer.

[bijan]

If you are just out to make money, god bless: I hope you make some money. If you just want awards or recognition or for others to think highly of you, I hope you get that too. But I don’t think anyone is really satisfied by fame or fortune. I find it incredibly satisfying (and gratifying, rewarding and pleasant) to honestly have done the best job I could have done on something and I believe that works for everyone else too. Being skillful and exercising your mastery is what you’re here to do. Doing anything less undermines the whole point of being alive.

Stuart Butterfield, “Rules of Business” (via bijan)

Be the best YOU you can be.

[onpointchicago]

Drawn to the blues of this dress. Teals, azure, and robin’s egg say, “Spring is coming! Wait no more!”