Trend Report: Stirrup Pants

You know your old when you see a trend come back a second time around. However this trend can be worn by hispters and grandmas alike. I’m not sure if that is good thing though. So are do you ready to embrace it? Discuss.

Stylish and Reusable

Many cities and large companies are cracking down on plastic bags and for good reason. Ultimately, neither paper or plastic bags are good for the environment. Choosing a reusable canvas bags is the best choice by far. This treehugger.com article has an excellent rundown of what goes into producing both paper and plastic bags and their impact on our planet. So what is an eco-conscious and stylish gal to do?

Luckily enterprising and inventive designers everywhere have come to the rescue with some fashionable options to suit every taste. Here at Oligoville we have compiled a few of our favorites. Happy shopping!

• Reusable Bags
  
• EcoBags
• Hayden Harnett
• www.theverdebag.etsy.com
• Envirosax
• www.zjayne.etsy.com
• Anya Hindmark- I’m not a plastic bag
• Ecoist
• Baggu Bags
• Green Loop
• Eco totables

Learn more about reusable shopping bags

• IKEA Customers bagged the plastic bag
• San Francisco to ban plastic bags
• Australia calls time on plastic bags
• City of Sydney on plastic shopping bags
• Everything you know to know about Paper or Plastic Bags- Treehugger.com

Oligo Dreams

Ever wondered what it takes to start an online business? Sleeping, eating and breathing with your new venture in mind perhaps begins to describe what it is like. So I’m having Oligo dreams lately. Oligo is a prefix for small or few and incidentally the very name of our online business. Oligoville to be exact.

My Oligo dreams involve the very glamorous side of the fashion industry. The exact reason I was lured into this world to begin with. I’m talking wardrobe, makeup, hair, models…………photo shoots! This past weekend we orchestrated a photo shoot for our very first marketing campaign. It was a whirlwind of a day but oh soooo exciting!

Our site is scheduled to launch the end of this year but in the meantime we have to attract designers, musicians, members and investors. What better way to convey our message but through images? Oh, but not just any old stock photos! We have decided to tell the Oligoville story visually.

You see, Oligoville will be an online community that will feature and promote independent designers and musicians. Our site will have a slew of features to help these emerging artists spread the word and connect with a larger market. A market that is hungry for different, unique and innovative. Can you tell I’m excited?

So my head is still spinning from this past weekend but in a very good way. My partners and I are eternally grateful to everyone that helped put it together in such a short amount of time. We planned the entire thing in one week and somehow found the most fun and enthusiastic bunch in Dallas. We would like to send a special thanks to; Ashley our photographer, Lynn and Hollye who did our hair and makeup, Andrew and Doug from House of Dang, Micheal from Klad boutique in Dallas, Jacky from Texas Tarts. A big thank you to our models; Courtney, Octavia and Hollis as well as our musicians Teresa, Tommy, Havila and Jamie. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

So the shoot is over and now I will be dreaming of Vegas. Why Vegas? Stay tuned.

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