Long lost friends found in the blogosphere

Well... not that long and not very lost either... but it's been a while. I am referring specifically to some talented young designers I met during my placement at Puma 2 years ago who's blogs I found ---

--- one of which got me particularly excited... the lovely Nadia had gone to the same uni as me and came from the same village as my ex-boyfriend. She was on placement 1 year before myself at Puma and initially returned there to work after graduation. She then took the brave leap into freelancing to start her own label Nadinoo! And am I impressed by the stuff...?!?! Beautifully dreamy, as sweet as a cupcake, uniquely cute and very wearable indeed. She only just launched her online store last Wednesday and all the pieces are carefully hand sewn by her little self.

Yesyes, those images there are Nadinoo designs- flowers and frills, bows and bells which you can look at here: http://nadinoo.blogspot.com/ and purchase here: http://nadinoo.bigcartel.com/.

Nice umbrella too :)

Japanese fabrics... cutesyheaven

Admittedly I came across this on http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/. I must express my love for etsy a second time. An etsy shop bursting with printed Japanese fabrics, also selling buttons and other trims?! ARGHA hmmmMM...!!! Tiny little prints and a million polka dots to choose from!!!The fabric&button fanatic has spoken.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5172818

My first etsy love were those wolf earrings I had blogged on here a couple of weeks ago (sent with the sweetest hand written thank-you note and wrapped in pink tissue paper and even a free little pair of earrings made internet shopping quite the opposite of impersonal&cold).

Clean Clothes

The last 2 posts featured vintage shoes and handmade jewelry made by an independent individual. These beautiful, unique and high quality items cannot be found on the high street. But mass production is thriving with the fast fashion trend the demand is there or else these multi-million pound corporations wouldn't exist. Unethical and toxic. There ARE alternatives. Every purchase is a conscious decision and a vote.