Someone Somewhere has increased the monthly income of its artisans — located across five of Mexico's lowest-income states — by 300%.
The Mexican capital is in the midst of a golden age of thrifting.
Last weekend, revelers all over the world gathered for parades and partying on the street in celebration of Pride Week. With the recent DOMA repeal behind us here in the States, the festivities were bright (duh) and the outfits were brighter. From Istanbul to San Francisco to Panama City, thousands of bodies marched and danced wrapped in shiny lamé, covered in feathers, and adorned with face paint. We gathered some of the wackiest looks from the festivities, including humongous Golden Girls heads with 'fro picks, a Lady Gaga-esque rotary phone headpiece, and some sort of clown crying tears of string (or are they really long eyelashes?). Let's just say that if your pride is proportional to your costume, these folks might be the proudest of them all.
As if there needed to be another regional event on the ready-to-wear map, Mexico Fashion Week has reared its well-coiffed head. Last week, the Mercede