Happy World Vegetarian Day

Or, to paraphrase Kate Moss:

"Nothing tastes as good as being a vegetarian feels"

October 1st is World Vegetarian Day kicking off Vegetarian Awareness Month (October? Really? I guess candy corn is a vegetable. Right?)


Now, I'm not gonna get preachy here, but a vegetarian diet is one of the best things you can do for you, animals and the earth.

Your health and the lives and resources saved more than make up for fried chicken and California rolls.

So in honor of World Vegetarian Day, choose to have a plant based diet today and you'll feel the difference!



Here's some links to get ya' started:


World Vegetarian Day Info: http://www.worldvegetarianday.org/

PETA, the radical and EFFECTIVE animal rights group: http://www.peta.org/

Artwork from http://ameatlessyear.blogspot.com


xo

-It Can't Be Dior

DON'T Let The New York Times Discourage You

(Why does the picture to thiis NY Times article have to have an immigrant worker tinge?)

I've had my issue with The New York Times before and I truly understand that this article on people starting up a "Plan B" job as a new career path after the "Great Recession" was meant to be an earnest warning, but as someone who has recently started their own successful self-employment, I say: go for it!

Like the people interviewed in this piece, I drudge through the running around, the spreadsheets and the long hours but unlike most of the subjects I work a 40+ hour job and still do freelance styling and writing on the side. In addition! But I never would say it's too hard or try to dishearten anyone from following their dream. Only through your own business and own projects can you honestly be independent. 

But like anything in our instant gratification society, if it takes some work, we gripe. We are not interested in investments. Elbow grease is purchased away with Swifter mops and dusters. And a whole generation has been handed awards "just for playing". All this makes us forget that the sweetest fruit is one sewn by hand.


Let me make this point clear: I love my day job and I am hooked on the intrigue of my side projects, but nothing feels directly fulfilling like a sale on my Ebay store. That's 100% me: My eye, my hunt, my skill for knowing the market and researching competitive pricing, for writing engaging copy, for showcasing the best attributes of clothes and shoes through my styling and copywriting skills. Is it long hours and hard work? You betcha. But for my dream, I have all the Time(s) in the world.



Original New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/fashion/maybe-its-time-for-plan-c.html?_r=1&ref=fashion

The Anti-Gaga Meat Dress

Famous Chinese actress, Gao Yuanyuan is the star of a new PETA campaign to encourage a vegetarian lifestyle

The campaign is targeted towards China, where the growing economy has increased people's availability to formerly cost prohibitive meat.

Eating meat is now seen as a symbol of wealth and luxury in this historically veggie friendly country.

Meat isn't luxurious or sexy and it boggles the mind to think that emerging economies would promote such an archaic mentality especially as resources are growing scarcer everyday. Go veg!


Not only is it better for the world, it's pretty easy to style!

Original link: http://www.updt.me/go?item=actress-wears-dress-made-out-of-lettuce&t=tw