Eenie Meenie Minie OH!

Oh how we love to adorn ourselves with pretty and sexy things... but exactly how good would it make us feel if we knew the true cost of lingerie?

Go for the luxury brands? Your silk and lace may still be made in an environmentally and socially unsustainable way.

What? Oh My Bod!

But wait patiently- an answer is coming...

I have previously spoken about In Bloom.

Why not go for one of the gorgeous eco-brands on the market...to feel extra delicious ;)

A Strong Woman at the Helm

This is the woman who has just been named as the most powerful businessperson in Sweden 2014.

Her name is Helena Helmersson and she is...wait for it...

...a woman!


...Yes, wait you already knew that...OK, try again...she is...

...working for H&M!


...Yes, OK, and..?


AND...she is H&M's Chief SUSTAINABILITY Officer.

Phew. Oh my goodness, hurrah and hooray!
A CSO has been recognised as being not only important but integral to both business and society.

H&M, as a fast-fashion brand, is not perfect. However, much more of what is being done now to support the environment and labour along its supply chains is proactive rather than reactive. And as a well-known retail giant, being publicly proactive about sustainable business practices sends a strong message to competitors, consumers and investors that there is always more that can be done.

I like Helena because in this interview she states that she is a DOER and that's exactly what every corp needs at the helm of their integrated sustainability operations.

The Language of Love

There are few languages in the world that are internationally spoken: a smile, love, mathematics and...code!

It is the Week of Code at Microsoft and we even have a celebrity video (starring me- in the chequered shirt and pony tail exactly 10 seconds in!) to prove that it is an uber cool thing to do.

Everyone can learn to code and The Maze is a good game to learn how.

If you still need proof, Will.i.am, Ashton Kutcher and Shakira can tell you just how cool it is.

ErrMerrGerrd XO!

Drama drama drama- this is so fetch! And soooo XO[eco]!

...Did you know that now you can DO good and LOOK good AT THE SAME TIME?!

SHUT. UP.

It seems like I am taking the Michael of our dear LC, but actually I love her (and want to be her a medium to high amount) and love the fact that she has twice now put her name and design skills behind something so cool. She has definitely moved on from her younger years on The Hills.

Her XO[eco] line with Blue Avocado comprises cute totes, lunch packs, travel and jewellery bags- all of which are both adorable AND washable!

The material is called Repreve- it is made from recycled plastic bottles. Repreve itself is a pretty dandy organisation too.

What's that LC? You designed these products for the 'every girl'? But I am an Every Girl! That's what I do! I need these sustainable lifestyle products. LOVE- ING - THEM. My fave is totes the bird print. What's yours?

Signing off: XO[eco]

Mwah.

Reach your Peak!

The above image is an insight into what I will look like having reached the summit of Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia in May 2014: exhausted and more cave-girl than corporate, yet amazed, inspired and empowered.

I am going to be sharing this Peaks Foundation challenge with 20 ambitious women: 10 from Singapore and 10 from a community centre in Indonesia.

If you would like to find out more, please visit my fundraising page here and give generously!
BIG THANKS :D

ROAR!

On Monday 17 March 2014 at 7pm at the Substation, 45 Armenian St, City Hall, Singapore, I will be singing with a small group of adults as part of choir. The performance also includes songs by local children, excellent soloists and a ukelele group.

All in aid of the African Children's Choir, which is a charity empowering impoverished families in Uganda. It will be a great show to celebrate the good work that they do, with songs like Let It Go from Frozen, Roar by Katy Perry and Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia.

Rentez-Vous

J'adore this.

The concepts in their separate entities, i.e. clothing rental from stores, marketplaces and clothes sharing as social events, are not new.

However, peer to peer clothing rental is!

That is exactly what Rentez-Vous is all about and it has become very fashionable indeed in Paris and London no less.

The latest welcome addition to an increasing collaborative consumption movement, I hope that this will serve to demonstrate to high street and designer brands that rental and repair services are in demand and a rejig of the classic 'walk-into-a-shop-and-get-something-cheap-and-new-in-exchange-for-cash' model is fast becoming fatigued.

So, in a sexy voice (because sustainable fashion is super sexy), I say "Vivez la mode, ne la possedez pas!"