Fashion: Build-A-Nest // Modas: Construya-Su-Nido

Posted July 16th, 2010 by jmivaldi and filed in Uncategorized

I found via Cheree Berry, this amazing non-profit website called Nest, that supports women artisans from all over the world. Not only do they sell their authentic handmade items, but they also help give out loans to women of third world countries to start their own artisan business. They sell everything from clothing to paper goods. // Encontré via Cheree Berry, esta organización no lucrativa llamada Nest, que apoya a mujeres artesanas de alrededor del mundo. No solo venden sus productos hechos a mano, pero también ayudan a mujeres del tercer mundo con préstamos personales para que puedan empezar sus propios negocios artesanales. Venden desde artículos de ropa, hasta productos de papelería.

{ Found via Cheree Berry }

fashion picks: lovely yellow dress

Posted January 16th, 2010 by jmivaldi and filed in Uncategorized

I’m not a big fashion expert since i’m a jeans & t-shirt type of girl but lately i’m been really appreciating nice vintage pieces from Anthropologie, like this gorgeous yellow dress. I’m not a girlie girly but I definitely appreciate a beautiful piece of classical art made in textile form. Check out this lovely yellow dress!

Yo no soy una experta en modas ya que me gusta simplemente vestirme con solo un par de jeans y una camiseta, pero recientemente he estado appreciando la ropa clásica de unos de mis boutiques favoritos, Anthropologie. Me encanta la simplicidad clásica y juvenil de este vestido amarillo, ya me lo imagino con un par de tacones estilo mary jane chocolates clásicos.

Image Credits: Anthropologie

makeover shows

Posted November 22nd, 2009 by jmivaldi and filed in miscellaneous

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I’m usually not a big fan of makeover shows, well maybe home makeover shows from HGTV, but the show “Mary: Queen of Shops” from BBC has really captured my attention. The thing I love the most about this show is that the host, Mary, uses innovative graphic & interior design to help out this small businesses. My favorite episode so far is the one about this couple where the wife is also the designer/seamstress of the shop, and I loved how Mary highlighted her custom, handmade designs to appeal to customers. The store also carries other clothing found by the husband, but in order for customers to know what is handmade & what is found, they labeled each garment with either a tag that says “handmade &” or “& found”, which I think its pretty clever. The original name of the store was “Comfort & Joy”, which totally didn’t fit the store, so with the help of their children they picked “handmade & found” which I totally love. Another one of my favorites part is how she decided for the designer/seamstress to have her studio open for viewing that way customers can see the artist in action.

No soy muy fanática de shows de “makeover” pero encontré este show en BBC que se llama “Mary: Queen of Shops” donde la presentadora ayuda a pequeñas tiendas de ropa británicas, que estan a punto de la bancarrota, a renovar su imagen y sus estrategias de mercadeo. Mi episodio favorito es de esta pareja que tiene una tienda pequeña donde la esposa diseña y cose sus creaciones. Me encantó como la presentadora dió a relucir las creaciones hechas a mano por la dueña usando un nuevo nombre para la tienda “handmade & found” y usando diseño gráfico para darle una nueva imagen a su tienda. La presentadora también abrió el estudio de la dueña para que sus clientes puedieran verla en acción cosiendo sus creaciones.

Image Credits: Handmade & Found