STYLE – Plum Joyful

Conscious fashion brands I’m obsessed with

PlumJoyful — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:00:21 +0000

I love H&M and Zara as much as the next girl, but the truth is “fast fashion” brands like these are harming our health and our world. The business model of these fast fashion brands is to deliver on trend fashion at a very low price to consumers. What results is a low quality product (albeit one that looks great), that is affordable in the short run, but has been designed to fall apart quickly in order to be replaced by the next trendy garment. Zara develops a new line every two weeks and produces 850 million garment pieces every year. The cheap price point of these garments make them disposable and they are clogging up our landfills. In general, 80 billion pieces of clothing are manufactured each year. 3 out of 4 of these garments will end up in a landfill or incinerated. Only one quarter will be recycled. What’s worse is that these cheap garments are made with extremely hazardous chemicals that pollute our air and waterways during the manufacturing process. Not to mention you are placing these chemicals directly on your skin! And lest you think I’m being an alarmist, here is a STUDY done by Greenpeace that details the […]

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Favorite brands + shops from Babyccino Shop Up

PlumJoyful — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:23:07 +0000

The Babyccino Shop Up was this past weekend and it was awesome! I found a bunch of new brands and stores that are in perfect line with the Plum Joyful philosophy of a healthy, vibrant and stylish life. Here is a recap of the wonderful event for those of you who didn’t make it out, and some of my new favorite things for baby. First off the event was held at the spectacular Lombardi House, both in their amazing barn and around the grounds. They had amazing refreshments for everyone in the family. Moon Juice for mama, Incredible Acai breakfast bowls from Amaze Bowls for Papa, and Sprinkles cupcakes for baby Plum ( I didn’t let her have one, but she was perfectly happy with the Organic Guava banana fruit pouch from Happy Baby that they were also giving out). Not to mention a Coolhaus Ice cream truck. Once we were well fueled it was time to shop. Here are the brands/shops that I loved the most and couldn’t get enough of. Kalon Kalon is the company that makes our crib which I absolutely love. It has been a favorite of mine for a while now, and they have these […]

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Babyccino Kids Shop up event in Los Angeles!

PlumJoyful — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:50:06 +0000

I am a big fan of Babyccino Kids. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Babyccino Kids, it is an amazing online one stop shop for all things kid related. From their incredibly curated group of web shops for everything from clothing to decor, to an amazing and informative blog covering parenting, travel, food and fashion. It is run by a fabulous international group of women and mothers. The Shop up is an event that they put on where you can actually go and find all of these amazing brands from all over the world under one roof. Instead of the usual online experience, we get to have the old school analog version of shopping, and there is food, crafts, live music and fun activities for families. The event is hosted by Pop Productions, and will be at the amazing Lombardi House in Hollywood on Apr 10 from 12-6 and Apr 11 from 10-5. They have hosted successful shop up’s in London and New York, and this is the first time it is coming to Los Angeles! Some of the brands that will be included are some of my absolute favorites. Brands like Kalon, who make my crib and I featured […]

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