Warning: This is going to be a major picture overload in about two inches. I've been in love with Leigh Lezark since I first saw her pop up in the front row of New York Fashion Week. She and I ...
I'm in love. A reader, Andy, sent me the link to something I didn't know I needed. Kinekt Gear Ring $165 Fall in love! ...
In honor of Earth Day... ...I'm going to talk about Diesel. ... Yep! And how they have, to this day, my favorite ad campaign and maybe the only ad campaign where I didn't really care about the product, but I ...
Trust me, I never thought I'd say it either but... Man, all I can think about is this jumpsuit from indie designer Kristinit: Better than the fact that it's stunningly gorgeous is the fact that it's 100% organic linen. Summertime? ...
Ahh, Christmas Eve Eve. A notorious day, commonly spent in a fit of anxiety, rushing from grocer to grocer looking for that damned mustard, or frantically organizing sleeping situations for house guests... Rushing from in-law-home to in-law-home wishing you could ...
Paper dolls have always been kind of a romantic idea. When you're dressing a paper doll as a child, you're never thinking about what the popular thing to wear would be, your doll didn't run in socialite groups, and she ...
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Remember Erika Hendrix? My swoon-worthy indie designer friend from Germany? Do you remember how she was the first ever ECIG? Yeah, that's old school. Well, she's back and she's got a Spring/Summer 2010 collection with her. Of course, it's gorgeous. ...
Our "Welcome Back" edition of ECIG goes to a Seattle artist named Wally. He runs his Etsy site called A Cut Above Coins where he sells the jewelry he handmakes by actually cutting old, foreign coins. I saw my first cut ...
When I look into Indie Designers, I have a lot of criteria. Typically, I'm a fairly picky person. I've been called "pretentious", a snob, an elitist... I don't really care, honestly. If I'm going to drop top dollar on a ...
Never think that I'll just stop creating new columns for this site. It's a fierce addiction that I just can't stop - I don't have the strength. For those who are wondering, I chose "dossier" as opposed to "profile" because ...
I've decided that ECIG isn't just for Mondays anymore (though, this one obviously is...). It also isn't just for designers under $100, either. There are far too many worth-the-money designers with brilliant ideas for me to stick to just one. ...
This week, I decided to ask the ever-listening Twitter crowd who their favorite independent, affordable, talented designer was... The first, name I heard: Lucid New York. Of course! Why didn't I think of it before? This girl, Anna of Lucid ...
Don't get scared, guys! I'm not featuring someone who sells tattoos online or anything crazy like that, but I definitely understand if the idea of "tats" that aren't permanent makes you draw a blank. The same thing happened to me ...
This edition of ECIG is a little short because, well, this particular seller doesn't have a ton of items in her store at the moment... But two of her pieces were so wearable and adorable - I just had to ...
I'm so excited to share today's Eye Candy/Indie Genius designer with you because they completely rocked my world with their collection and promotional video. I have to be honest and say that Idia'Dega's prices are a little out of my ...
Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing. Without it, I never would have stumbled across Betty Belts, by designer Donna van Hoesslin. These belts are not only perfect for Earth Week, but they're pretty much perfect in every sense of ...
As we all know, finding an organic-fabric clothing line that offers something above and beyond blank, basic garments is a little less than impossible. I only say "a little less" because I've been able to discover a handful, Salt's Organic ...
This is an edition of ECIG that is near and dear to my heart. If you read Awakened Aesthetic or Clutch 22, you'll likely have seen the name SPUN before. A Seattle-based woman created Spun - a sustainable, organic clothing ...
This is a very special and very fancy edition of Eye Candy/Indie Genius because... there's a video review! Oh yes! I've evolved! I actually discovered this jewelry designer via Birdie @ Bonne Vie, but couldn't resist testing it out for ...