Sporty Jacket, girly outfit

I was inspired by this Lela Rose spring 2010 runway look, and created my own version of it! I work at forever21 and I loved that vilolet jacket once I saw it! The sporty hunter jackets are perfect with girly pieces, In this case the skinny belt would be wrapped around over the jacket and dress!
I got today off of work, I am kind of glad especially because it has been raining! Two days ago I was driving in the freeway when a red car in the left lane next to me skidded and did a complete 180! It was scary to watch, I want the storm to be over! It is sooo dangerous!

Yesterday was my first day of school :) I love my merchandising class, I know it will be a great learning experience and fun! My instructor is Korean and also teaches at the art institutes where she is head of the fashion department, she started working as a buyer in Escada and helped launched stores in Asia, but then she moved here and had other jobs in the industry.

Tomorrow I have 2 more classes which are fashion history and fashion show production, which we get to put together a fashion show in may! :)

stay safe everyone

xoxo anna

Global environmental issues

I was just inspired to bring up an issue that maybe not many people are aware of. I was reading HiFashion and I was reminded of my environmental science class where I made a report on textiles and their effect in our world, I have been wanting to post this and well today is the day.

We all like great bargains and deals, just like big businesses who are creating products to sell to us, when designers and product developers are searching for fabrics and contacting mills they always want a better cheaper price, so these mills located oversees, particularly in China, are obligated to find a way to keep prices lower, make a profit, and not lose customers.

This was the case of Fountin Sets' Faun Textiles in Dongguam China where athorities found that the mill was dumping 22,000 tons of untreated water from dyeing operations into a nearby river DAILY, villagers had been complaining to athorities about the conditions in the river. Some villagers mentioned how the state of the river has changed ever since the mill opened its doors in 1989. The water isn't safe for fishing or drinking and is a threat to agriculture, which is how these poor villagers make their living.


Mr. Lam's Pacific Textiles is another mill that was found to be dumping conatminated water into a nearby river in China, but what they did to "hide" the evidence (the colored water) was getting employees on boats to dump dye neutralizer in the river to change the color from red to brown.

Dyes and the dye neutralizer severly damage rivers ecosystem since they have a high biological oxygen demand, which results in organisims in or near the river not being able to survive because of the loss of oxygen. This results in a chain of problems that are especially effecting villagers.

So, you want to know some of the brands that where purchasing from these mills?
Gap Inc.
Target Corp.
Tommy Hilfigre Corp.
Reebok
Nike
Liz Claiborne
and Wal Mart

Nike was the only one to respond and have evidence that they where monitoring the mill and taking water samples, which where done by the mill so it was not sure if they interfered with the samples.


This is what happens when apparel companies are out to get the best bargains and deals, and then we are the ones purchsing from their stores and possible supporting such activity and damage being done to the environment. Faun Textiles was saving over $35,000 a year by directly dumping the water and not treating it.

Chinas water pollution laws are becoming stronger and with the help of villagers, authorities are able to point source the pollution and fine the mills and have them fix their problem.


What do guys think about this?

xoxo anna

[WSJ]