Global Girlfriend Launches Spring/Summer Line of Fair Trade Apparel and Accessories
Unique fair trade boutique offers new bohemian inspired products. The line, which supports women’s human rights worldwide, will feature fashion forward items such as tropical print silk cosmetic bags from Teddy Exports, a fair trade cooperative in India, crocheted coats and ponchos from KTS, an educational and vocational training program in Nepal, and logo tees printed on American Apparel's sweatshop free t-shirts. The entire line can be viewed and purchased at www.globalgirlfriend.com.
Littleton, CO (PRWEB) May 6, 2005 -- Global Girlfriend, a unique web based
and mail order fair trade boutique, is pleased to announce that its
spring/summer 2005 line had arrived. All of the items come perfectly timed with
the fashion scene’s nod to all things bohemian and ethnic. The line, which
supports women’s human rights worldwide, will feature fashion forward items such
as tropical print silk cosmetic bags from Teddy Exports, a fair trade
cooperative in India, crocheted coats and ponchos from KTS, an educational and
vocational training program in Nepal, and logo tees printed on American
Apparel's sweatshop free t-shirts. The entire line can be viewed and purchased
at www.globalgirlfriend.com.
Owned and operated by
longtime women’s advocate Stacey Edgar, Global Girlfriend will soon celebrate
its second anniversary. The one-of-a-kind boutique features a hand selected line
of stylish items that are as beneficial to women’s needs as they are fun to wear
and use.
“The spring/summer line is our best yet. It is amazing to see
the originality and craftsmanship of our artisans,” commented Stacey Edgar,
founder and president of Global Girlfriend. “Our intention when we started this
company two years ago was to make supporting our girlfriends worldwide simple
and enjoyable. The new line gives shoppers countless options in fashion and
accessories. It is also a perfect fit with the recent shift to ethnic inspired,
bohemian style fashions for women” she continued.
Global Girlfriend’s
spring/summer line includes products from over twenty women’s non-profit
organizations and cooperatives both in the United States and abroad. The
products benefit causes such as women’s human rights education, homelessness,
fair trade and poverty. Items may be purchased at www.globalgirlfriend.com or by mail.
About Global
Girlfriend
Global Girlfriend is a unique fair trade boutique offering stylish
accessories and gifts that help women in need help themselves. All of Global
Girlfriend’s products are hand made by women’s non-profit programs in the US and
cooperatives worldwide. The line of apparel, accessories and gifts is a marriage
of the talents of female artisans worldwide and the trends that grace the pages
of today’s fashion magazines Global Girlfriend’s catalog and web based boutique
lets shoppers support disadvantaged women in over twenty organizations around
the world. For more information please visit www.globalgirlfriend.com.
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