Ethical Fashion Blog

THE HONEYMOONERS

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

Start here – buy a Lonely Planet Peru and you’re off on your honeymoon!  In Dec. of 2011 my husband and I landed in Lima and loved it immediately – check out Second Home Peru, the best bed and breakfast in town and once home to Victor Delfin, artist extraordinaire.  His sculpture The Kiss sits smack dab on the ocean in “Love Park” in Lima’s Miraflores district.
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Life After Bonded Labor

Bonded labor, also known as debt bondage or indentured servitude, was declared illegal and officially outlawed in Nepal in 2000, and then again in 2006, and again in 2009.  Why must the the Nepali government keep announcing freedom for bonded laborers?  Well, it’s because the problem persists.

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INTER-GENERATIONAL STYLE
Today my grandma is 98 years old!  Happy birthday, Grandma Harriet!  Aren’t we cute in our twinsie Applique Plume Skirts?  Btw, the skirt is on sale for $32.  Get it while you can!
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MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA

Today is International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future.  Last week, Marlo Thomas keyed us in on a documentary airing on PBS entitled ‘MAKERS: Women Who Make America’.  You can watch the documentary here.

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