Author: Niki Norris

Designer Spotlight: Compassion Couture

I recently got the chance to interview Jill and Tracey, the owners and founders of Compassion Couture, an online store that features only cruelty-free and eco-friendly accessories.  I get to research and write about eco-friendly designers and companies all the time, but getting the opportunity 

Conscious Fashion: Birdorable

As some of you might have guessed, I’m kind of an animal lover.  What you might not know is that birds are my favorite little animals to love.  I love bird-watching and I have piles of complete bird guides, pocket bird guides, Southwest bird guides, 

Conscious Fashion: Conscious Yoga

I love yoga.  I am not good at yoga, make no mistake.  But I love it.  It’s one of the only exercises I’ve tried that leaves me feeling better afterward.  Not stiff, not sore.  I love the breathing and the relaxing and the pants.  That’s 

Conscious Fashion: Conscious Designer Crushes

I’ve put together a short list of some of my favorite conscious designers.  These companies and designers are coming up with ways to use eco-friendly materials and methods in their clothes. John Patrick, whose collections were featured at New York Fashion Week this year, is at the top of my 

Conscious Fashion: Faux Forever

Whenever it starts to get cold, the fashion-lover in me craves fuzzy, warm coats and scarves.  Then, the animal lover in me slaps her in the face because wearing fur is just disgusting.  No matter how soft a fur coat, that same fur on the 

Conscious Fashion: I Love Weddings

I love weddings, I do.  I can’t help it.  The idea of a wedding is wonderfully simple.  A party to celebrate love.  However, these parties can get expensive and they can be very wasteful.  For starters, a wedding dress, which is made of expensive, usually synthetic fabric, 

Conscious Fashion: Scarf Shoes. No, Really!

These scarf shoes, in a line called Russy Valenki by Judari, are quite possibly the most creative upcycle I’ve ever seen.  They’re made from silk scarves that were collected by the designers from thrift stores inItaly. and they’ll be available to buy online this winter, 

Fashionable Fun: Kaylee Hearts Hula Hoop Dancing

Check out Kaylee in the August/September issue teaching us how to hula hoop dance!  She gave us the steps for a move called Isolation, where the hoop appears to be floating while you spin it around.  Not only does it look trippy, it also happens 

Conscious Fashion: Conscious Fall

I know it’s still too early in some parts of the country to be talking about Fall (Ahem!  Arizona!) but I can’t help it.  I keep seeing all these great boots, scarves, jackets, and flats everywhere!  I can’t be blamed!  I love this bundle-up scarf 

Conscious Fashion: Trekking in Tribal

Have You and Your Purses Been Trekking in Tribal This Summer? I will be honest: large, geometrical prints are not my comfort zone.  I’m more of a floral kind of girl.  But I have started to fall in love with the darker, more defined patterns of the