Africa Rising: Modahnik- Fair Trade Haute Couture

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Watch this episode of Conscious Living TV, as we visit with rising, haute couture fashion star, Kahindo Mateene, in the studio for her breakthrough fair trade line, Modahnik. Kahindo shares with us her inspiration behind the line, the importance of fair trade in fashion and what's next with her recent acceptance in the 2011 class of Macy's Chicago Fashion Incubator program.

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The Purest Thread

Under the cacophony of honking taxi cabs and revving engines, four inch stilettos pound the sooty streets between 5th and 8th Avenues on the East Side. It’s an average day in the New York Fashion District. Buyers, designers and fashionistas dressed to the nines hurry to and fro without making eye contact. They’ve come far and wide to shop and peddle the latest runway trends, hoping to set the bar for what the rest of us will be wearing next season.