Category: Opinions

  • USA TAKE NOTE: THESE COUNTRIES KILL IT AT ETHICAL FASHION

    USA TAKE NOTE: THESE COUNTRIES KILL IT AT ETHICAL FASHION

    I’ve been keeping tabs on ethical fashion designers lately in attempt to build out my shop ethical fashion page. When I was hunting online, I noticed a trend. Distinct aesthetic looks and manufacturing practices have evolved across regions. In the traditional fashion realm you can count on the Americans to sport mesh, without the sport;…

  • Ethical Briefing:  Finding a Foothold in Retail

    Ethical Briefing: Finding a Foothold in Retail

    I now consider myself an ethical fashion understudy. I’ve been delving into the community, getting a pulse on who the prominent voices are (read: here here and here) and connecting the dots between ethical designers and their retailing strategies. I also got around to watching True Cost documentary this weekend. It was produced by a mish-mash…

  • Ethical Briefing: An Anthropologie Audit

    Ethical Briefing: An Anthropologie Audit

    In honor of my recent ethical fashion treatise and new creative direction, I’m starting weekly briefings on The Peahen to cover the status of ethical fashion. Each week you’ll get a pulse on new brands, opinions and influencers creating social change in the industry. Before I start briefings about the obscure and artisan retailers commanding…

  • An Ethical Fashion Treatise

    An Ethical Fashion Treatise

    I’ve been experiencing intense fashion burnout. My official breaking point was Dior’s soiree on the French Riviera to celebrate its 2016 Cruise collection. I fully acknowledge the coolness of a runway show in a lavish bubble house – but the hoopla and celebrity of the industry have officially driven me mad. The reason I haven’t…

  • Sunday Guide: My Instagram Finds

    Sunday Guide: My Instagram Finds

    Most people I encounter and tell about The Peahen ask what stores and brands I wear. Naturally, if I chat about my style cred, my followers want me to back it up. I’ve heard you’re inquisitive about where I’m shopping and how it fits into my personal style aesthetic – every gal’s got one, we’re…

  • Sunday Guide: Ethical Fashion Blogs

    Sunday Guide: Ethical Fashion Blogs

    The market for fashion bloggers is notoriously oversaturated. Perhaps the fashion set was over-bombarded by selfies of devotees in $10,000 dresses? For me, this is good news. Fashion of substance is making a resurgence. Ethical fashion has been around since we started going green, but it never caught on en masse. The most exciting shift…

  • Travel: A New Southern Citizen

    Travel: A New Southern Citizen

    A few weeks back I started prepping for a trip to Charleston with my recently acquired knack for scouring blogs for locavore restaurants and design havens. After a half-day descent into a Charleston click hole and an overly ambitious restaurant list, my research led me to a style gem – Ibu Movement. I was intrigued…