Sofia Clothing at Eco-Fashion Week
If you’re anything like me, the idea of anything good for me is often followed by an un-attractive facial expression of pouting out my lips and scrunching up my nose in disgust. So, when the Modline.com got the chance to stop by the Salt Building at the Olympic Village on February 22, 2011 for what’s dubbed as Eco-Fashion Week hosted by Aveda, I was caught dead in my tracks with the same sort of expression due to the arrogant assumption... Read More
Kaia And Me Straightens Out Your Knickers!
An exaggerated emotion of anger is often followed by the expression of telling someone to calm down by saying, “don’t get your knickers in a knot!” (I’m sure we’ve all heard that one before?)Figuratively speaking, designer and founder of Kaia And Me -a local women’s lingerie and sleepwear brand- Satie Shottha, makes sure we don’t get caught with such an unfortunate mishap. Although, come to think of it, how... Read More
NIXXI: Fashion with sensibility, simplicity and sustainability
With Al Gore’s thesis of The Inconvenient Truth, the release of 2012 and news of global warming inflicting its peril on our planet, it has never been a better time for folks to be aware of their consumption habits and be more “Earth Conscious” about what they do…Alright, so the opening line is a tad bit unconventional to what we’d see in a fashion article, but it’s not far from the truth. Just recently fashionistas –and “fashionistos”-... Read More
Me+You Got Swag
Despite the many efforts we make to go green, let’s face it, our efforts are much like our new year’s resolutions; we (and myself included) tend to fall off track when it comes to following goals for the betterment of anything these days. And although we are given the help of environmentalists and pro-eco activists, sometimes their efforts to get the rest of us lazy bunch active in saving the earth, bats at zero when we become guilty as creatures... Read More
The Mind Behind: Hawks Ave.
After the VFW (Vancouver Fashion Week), there was one line in particular that was able to quickly grasp the attention of its audience. Some might just blame it on the loud rock and roll music in the background. But fans of Hawks Ave know; the rock and roll ambiance was just the right icing on the cake to define a line so bold, so strong, and so admirable.Designer, Jenny Sandberg of Hawks Ave. utilizes an eco-friendly line and alters it exceptionally... Read More
