Edited by Amanda Gabriele
It’s been a week chock-full of Mother’s Day gift guides here at FashionIndie, and we showed you what to buy for all types of moms from the gay dad to the mob wife. Today, it’s all about giving back while gifting the favorite lady in your life. Whether she wants earrings or a new iPhone case, check out these rad accessories with a conscience after the jump.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has joined forces with the National Resources Defense Council on Clean by Design, a program seeking to significantly reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Following the blockbuster success of their first collaboration — which sold out within 48 hours — the CFDA and eBay have teamed up once again for a new line of ”You Can’t Fake Fashion” totes, with the aim of cracking down on counterfeiting.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Be kind to the guy selling beautiful jewelry on that street corner in Soho. He could be the next CFDA winner. Justin Giunta did just that many moons ago, then took the prize in 2009. An artist of all trades, his creative self is steeped in painting, fashion, interior and industrial design, and has succeeded tremendously in the realm of making jewelry independently under the guise Subversive Jewelry. His philosophy, “In authenticity there is luxury,” translates quite clearly to his clients, peers and Royal fans.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
If you haven’t seen Sh*t Fashion Girls Say (seriously the funniest Sh*t Girls Say spoof yet), stop reading right now, look below this paragraph, and watch. I’ll wait… AND you’re back! Totes obsessed!!! Since I’m nowhere near ready for bangs, I decided to go for the Americana yachting native look and teach you kids a thing or two about how to make a fishtail braid. Because Fashion Girl had a real braid in her hair… not a fishtail.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
While the Republicans scramble to choose a nominee from their clown car of potential candidates, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have already laid down the groundwork for their 2012 campaign. The Obama-Biden ticket has recently partnered with 22 fashion designers for Runway to Win, an initiative to create T-shirts, tote bags, scarves and wristlets benefiting the Obama Victory Fund. And the driving force behind it is none other than Vogue‘s very own iron lady, Anna Wintour.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
This weekend, the big guns are coming out for charity, and by guns we mean designers. Everyone from Marc by Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, DVF, BCBG, Rebecca Taylor, Brooks Brothers, Tory Burch and many more are donating thousands of dollars worth of merchandise to the Housingworks Fashion For Action event this weekend. Rachel Roy and Thom Browne are hosting the event tonight which kicks off the sale. Oh yes, it’s a sale. Everything is ON SALE! It’s gonna be super ritzy, mad cheap, and all going to support the victims HIV & AIDS and the homeless.
Edited by McArthur Joseph
WWD is giving you a front row seat to see Tory Burch in action with our first-ever-WWD live stream from the WWD CEO Summit.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
The Council of Fashion Designers of America had their bi-annual meeting this week where they elected three new designers to their board: Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Oprah may have hung up her television mic and camera-ready wig, but that doesn’t mean she’s given up the role of interviewer par excellence. Eschewing his sprawling Colorado ranch, legendary designer Ralph Lauren coaxed the big O out for a night at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tulley Hall to sit down and chat about…him to raise money for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
