// FOCUS FUTURE PROJECTS //

Hey, you all :) 
We are working on several exciting
projects
and collabs for the time being, 
so would love to tell you all about it
here on the blog,
but you have to wait
until fall..

Meanwhile we are taking a break from
blogging,
to focus on the future projects,
but feel free to follow us on


Instagram:

@abarenessfashion

and/or

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ABARENESS-134844886703596/



WE WISH YOU ALL A SUPER SUMMER :) 

Slow Fashion love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// HAPPY HOLIDAYS //

If you are celebrating,
we wish you
the bestest Easter holiday <3

Slow Holiday Love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// THEY MADE YOUR JEWELLERY //

FASHION REVOLUTION WAAAARM UP!!

Our manufacturer Yala Mandala and
A/BARENESS are active partners
of Fashion Revolution Nepal, the domestic
program for the international
Fashion Revolution Campaign.

You may wanna check
out some of the
relevant hashtags: 
#fashrev #fashrevnepal#imadeyourjewellery

Here you see 3 of the skilled guys, 
who crafts the A/BARENESS Jewellery and who
who we are so lucky to work with! 

PSST! If you want to see more of 
what's movin within the
fashion revolution? 

Follow @fashrevnepal on instagram
or on Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/
Fashion-Revolution-Nepal-368521696673062/


Slow Fashion Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// THE GOOD ONES //

"I cannot handle people's suffering.
When I see someone in need,
I feel their sorrow like it was mine.
Even though I have very little,
all I think about is giving what I have
to the ones in need, the ones in the
streets,
 the ones who have no home.

 And when I have money, I do.
 When I don’t,
I shed a tear and walk away fast."

(Krishna Bahadur Tiwari,
Khalte,
 Dhadhing, Nepal.

www.storiesofnepal.com

// KIDS //

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER

Pic by Jay Poudal
 @storiesofnepal

// NO MORE BUYING DRINKING WATER //

Great report from 1 of the 5
#coolkidsneedcleanwater
schools in the Kathmandu Valley;

You can read the whole study here: 

http://smartpaani.com/case-studies/smartpaani-
coolkidsneedcleanwater-campaign-ii
-rainwater-harvesting-and-water-filtration-
systems-at-schools/

// WATER ( AND LOVE?) FOR EVERYONE? //

You want to know more about
the A/BARENESS' giveback project:

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER ?

Check out
www.abareness.com/give-back

Slow Fashion Love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// WHERE TO BUY OUR JEWELLERY ONLINE //

Check out our Brass'N Horn Collection

// www.abareness.com // 

PSST!

 Come by our stand 

B0430

27.-30.August

@gaveoginteriørmessen 

www.messe.no/GaveInterior/

// LATE SUMMER STYLE //

Love this editorial published in
"Kamille"
a
Norwegian lifestyle and fashion
magazine <3 

Are you based outside of Norway?
Visit www.justfashion.no
if you want to invest in some
Slow Fashion
A/BARENESS JeWellery

PSST!

 Come by our stand 

B0430

27.-30.August

@gaveoginteriørmessen 

www.messe.no/GaveInterior/

// Happy weekend // 

// BUY TO SUPPORT //

We are working a bit slower
 during summer,
 but if you want to
support our
Give Back Project right now,
you can always 
purchase our
designs
at
www.just fashion.no

or you find our retailer
overview
and our webshop
at
www.abareness.com


5 NOK from each piece sold goes to
#coolkidsneedcleanwater

Slow Summer Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// MOVIETIME // COOL KIDS KATHMANDU //

On our P(ART)Y FOR NEPAL here in Oslo
 on Thursday
we showed a short'n sweet movie
from one of
the
live graffiti stunts
we
have had in Kathmandu.

The artists are our Nepali friends
Aditya and Shraddha,
aka
 @saadhux and @deadline

Now you can watch it too:

https://vimeo.com/134711047

Weeeeeeee!

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// NOT JUST FASHION? //

Lost in the Fast Fashion Jungle?

Check out the e-tailer

www.justfashion.no

Read stories behind the brands
&
 what they focus on


// conscious Slow Fashion shoppingWorld Wide Shipping // 

// PARTY FOR NEPAL //

PSSST!!!
 
Are you in Oslo Thursday 9th of July?
Come and party for Nepal with us
at Kulturhuset ? //
More details coming up next week!
Happy weekend ya'll //

Slow Fashion Love
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// SLOW FASHION V.S FAST FASHION //

24.04.2013
the Rana Plaza factory
building collapsed
in Bangaladesh.

More than 2 years 
after the tragedy
it's is finally clear that
the workers and
families left behind
will get compensation! 

WE WON!! 

#cleanclothescampaign
#fashrev
#fashrevnepal


You can read the full story here:

www.cleanclothes.org/news/2015/06/08/
we-won-rana-plaza-workers-
get-full-compensation
&
 see a short doc here:  
https://vimeo.com/96465880

and follow our 
Fashion Revolution
in Nepal 
here: 
www.facebook.com/pages/Fashion-Revolution-
Nepal/
368521696673062

// THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV? //

'This is the second time we have become
 homeless.
 The first time was when that landslide
 came.
You wouldn't know about
 that.
I don't know if they showed that
one on TV.
Last time I watched TV,
it was just girls and boys dancing.'

Majhi Didi,
 from Gaikhura, Ramechaap, Nepal.

______________________

You can help build transitional
 shelters
to Nepal Earthquake Survivors
by
donating to:

Stories of Nepal
Earthquake Recovery Fund.
igg.me/at/sonerf

You can see more stories
and read more about how they work
here:
storiesofnepal.com

// Sharing is Caring //

Love from Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE //

"I appeared for SLC this year.
But I have heard that they are going
to cancel the results.
 I don’t know how true it is.
 But there are other things that I hear too.
 About new earthquakes. I am afraid.
I hope they will publish the SLC results.
 But I have heard that they are going to cancel
 all results.
 I did good in all the subjects
and
was waiting for the results to come out
and go back to study.
I always came 1st division in my class.
 I want to become a maths teacher.
But the school has come down.
I don’t know how they are going to teach
the students now."

(Sarada Thapa, Shyamsadhu,
Ghumtang 7, Sindhupalchowk)

See more stories from 
Nepal here:
http://storiesofnepal.com/

*** NEPAL IN OUR HEARTS *** 

// THE FASHION ARCHIVES //

Coming Saturday this is the place you 

want to be!  

THE FASHION ARCHIVES

TIME: 12-17 AM

PLACE: KULTURHUSET, YOUNGSTORVET, OSLO

VINTAGE, 2nd hand, DJs, drinks

& 

 the A/BARENESS Slow Fashion

Jewellery & Basic Wear!

 The lady behind this supercool flea market,

wants to take part in supporting Nepal, 

especially after this year’s 

devastating earthquake.

So far in 2015, 

A/BARENESS has started up water filtration

 systems at

 4 elementary schools in Nepal, 

giving more than 1000 kids 

access to clean drinking water.

By purchasing  an A/BARENESS-product, 

you are making it possible for us to reach

 out to even more schools, helping

 even more kids.

5 NOK from each design sold goes to
 #COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER 

Check out the Facebook event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/485898084892924/
492305050918894/

* NAMASTE *

// The SLOW FASHION Movement //

!

// I FEEL LIKE A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL //

It's almost 3 weeks since the
 first earthquake hit Nepal.
I, Karoline was in Kathmandu 
when it striked
and I was there for 6 days
 before I returned to
Norway as planned the 30th of April.
It's  the most horrible, 
terrifying thing that has ever
happened in my life.
And now I'm here in Norway.
Safe and "sound",
but worried about my Nepali family
and friends,
for Nepali people in general
and as a country.
I feel really sad and frustrated,
And I am here... 
in safe, little Norway.
I didn't loose my family,
my house or my future 
and still I
feel empty in a way I have 
never felt before.
When people ask me how I am, my honest answer 
would
be that I don't really know
 how I feel.
Leaving Nepal this time is one of the most
difficult things I have ever done.
Rather than feeling relieved
 to go home and be safe,
I felt I was leaving my close ones 
and
 my second home behind.

The frustration I have felt earlier about
 all the unfairness
in this world is just feeling a lot
 heavier than before,
and when I came back to Norway I was
physically exhausted 
in a way I've never been before...

And I am one of the lucky ones!!!

So when I'm feeling like this,
I somehow understand
 Jhalak Bahadur
and 
that after returning to his no 
longer existing village
 he now feels like 
a 
body without soul :(

Nepal needs us to continue to
support with money for 
rebuilding
peoples lives
and
 to get help to deal with
their post traumatic stress
after going trough a crisis like this!

Watch the BBC video here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32694947

Please help us #rebuild Nepal
by continuing to buy the
A/BARENESS 
designs in our webshop 
or at various retailers here:
www.abareness.com

Or if in Norway
send a text to: