Tuesday 5 February 2008

Mandate of Heaven does the Catwalk






I've always admired the way Carissa Ackerman went about her business called Mandate of Heaven. Mandate is as indie as it gets as far as fashion goes. One of a kind everythings , part vintage and remade with quality. I've always loved and felt a connection more so with designers like her in my past as these designers don't exactly set out with any major business motive, it kinda starts out with a "what the hell I just want to do this"idea. The way usually the best stuff does. Carissa has ultimately made her own client which may have never existed in the first place if her craft hadn't. She doesn't exploit her clients by using them as models but has created a cult like adoration for them instead. The Mandate Girls as she's labeled them are young hot real girls and accidentally using them as models also serves as a very responsible message to society as far as what beauty is when it comes to fashion. You don't have to be a 16 year old girl 5ft11 and 100lbs to be gorgeous. Thats beautiful but so it being 22 or 24 or 30 etc., and having thighs a chest and an ass to boot. And her girls love it as they get to wear cool cloths and rock the runway.

I was talking to Mylan Bui a young PR phenomena in the making. Mylan runs Bui-Lavry PR and takes on clients that are responsible to the environment and economy. She does not limit her services to only fashion design. But she will take on a fashion client. She loves what she does and is also doing something productive for mankind in a moral sense. If that is not success what is? Mandate of Heaven is exactly responsible in that way. There is much recycling going on with her line and absolutely no over seas production. You know the garment you're wearing hasn't taken advantage of anyone in the labor aspect. You also know you are wearing something exclusive.

Its nice to know that nice girls don't finish last, they help each other, they grow together and finish on top of the world they've saved from a sense of cruelty...

No comments:

Post a Comment