My Thoughts on the Factory Collapse in Bangladesh

During my hiatus from the blogging world, I do not believe I looked at Twitter at all.  Twitter is where I get all my Eco and Fair Trade news, so nearly two months went by after the Bangladesh factory collapsed, and I had no idea.  During the past year and a half ethical fashion has been increasingly becoming an interest of mine, so much so that I decided I will not profit off of an industry where people are suffering just to make a minuscule income.  Which is why Peerless Charm is now an ethical jewelry brand.  Therefore, I should probably be one to stay up to date on such news, but sadly sometimes I am not.

During the past two days I have been doing a lot of reading on the event, and I have conflicted emotions.  The people that work in these factories, would be poor without them.  Avoiding the companies that source from factories that are less than ethical is not enough, it may simply take away the only income these people have.  I think it is important to contact companies that you like, ask them where they source from, and the conditions of workers.  Fast fashion exists because of the demand for it.  We are the Burger King generation. We want what we want, and we want it now.  This is driving companies to bring the cheapest clothes possible, so we can fill our closets this season, and throw it all away next season.  It's easy to look at a cute and cheap dress, and not think about the person that is an ocean away making them.  Let's think about these people like people, and demand better regulations for them.  

Admittedly, while I maintain Peerless Charm to be an ethical brand, I have become a bit lackadaisical in my personal consumption.  I am going to take this as a wake up call, return that cute yet cheap dress that I bought last week, and do a little more research before making purchases.  

I am happy to see that more of the mainstream fashion industry is taking a look at ethical fashion, but I am saddened by the fact that it took a tragedy for that to happen.  What are your thoughts?

A few Peerless Charm Updates

As I mentioned yesterday, these past few months I have had very little time for blogging, BUT I was not willing to let my busy schedule cause my business to go down the toilet.  So, while I haven't been able obtain the outrageous growth that I wanted to for the company during the first half of this year, I have made some great strides and changes.

Here they are:

New Logo!  Isn't it beautiful?  

I don't know if I've mentioned this here before, but the old flower that used to be the Peerless Charm logo, was actually something I created on Microsoft Publisher to be a stencil to paint flowers onto shirts.  I then used it as a Myspace background, and loved it so much it became the logo. So, earlier this year I contacted Erica, and asked her to create a new logo for me.  She accepted, and created the one you see above.  I think it's a perfect transition from the older Peerless Charm to the new.

New Website!

 And by new website, I mean updated website.  Casey took new photos for each collection to create a carousel that has more of a pop, and Danielle and Ria did some modelling.  I'm really grateful the have people in my life that are willing to work for Starbucks.  (I'm just kidding they did it out of the kindness of their hearts, the Starbucks was bribery to get Ria to take her shoes off.) I also added Category option to the side bar, to make it easier to shop.

New Collection!

Last week I launched Blissfully Charming.   Once again I used, Swarovski crystal pearl gemcolors, but this time I added in natural agate slabs.  I'm really happy with how it turned out so please check it out!

AND....I'm Back!

So I haven't blogged in a while....

At the beginning of March my manager went on leave, so I found myself working full-time, finishing up my last semester of my Associates Degree, and maintaining Peerless Charm.  Things got cray cray.  Last month I graduated, my manager returned, and I finished the new Peerless Charm collection.  As my schedule is clearing up I've been focusing on regaining the momentum I had going with Peerless Charm, before I got so busy.  As I hop back into blogging, I'm posting some Instagram photos to share what I've been up to over these past few months.