// GREETINGS //

Can't stop smiling of this pic
from our last photo shoot in
Oslo! 
We had so much fun (: 

Super ready for some holiday 
 now and we hope you
get the "bestest" time too!
See you after Easter (: 

Slow Fashion Love,
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

PSSST! The supercool sunnies
are from 
www.velouriavintage.no
& 
all basic knits
are
 our own, A/BARENESS designs, 
available here: 
www.abareness.no

// EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE //

“My brother left school few months ago 

because my father could not pay 

for his school and for his books. 

So now he works with my father as

 a carpenter. 

I still go to school. 

I don’t think my father will ask me 

to leave school 

and be a carpenter.”

Want to see more stories? 

Check out: 

www.storiesofnepal.com

// KARAVAN KATHMANDU DESIGN MARKET //

Come & join us
this Saturday 28th March
'KARAVAN KATHMANDU Spring 2015'
The design pop-up bazaar “springs up”
in Lazimpat
with a fresh mix of designers
&
 their unique products,skillfully made in Nepal.

We will be there with the
A/BARENESS Jewellery
and don't forget that 100 NRs
from each design sold
goes to
#waterforeveryone
here in Nepal.

LOCATION:
EMBASSY Restaurant & Bar,
Pani Pokhari,
Opposite the Japanese Embassy

TIME:
1 PM to 5 PM

See ya!
Slow fashion love,
Karoline x

www.facebook.com/karavankathmandu?fref=ts

www.facebook.com/embassyrestaurantandbar

// TOP SLOW FASHION TWEETERS //

Do you want to get to know more 
about what's moving
 in the more 
sustainable part of
 the 
fashion industry 
&
 wich brands
 that actually are a more 
ethical choice? 

Check out The Guardians
Top 20 list of 
bloggers & tweeters 
here: 

www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/
sustainable-fashion-blog/
sustainable-fashion-top-20-tweeters


Slow fashion love,
Karoline & Anne-Marthe x

// BOOM! OUR CHANDRA NECKLACE IN ELLE MAGZINE //

Bonjour!
Get that Modern Bohemian Style
with a beautiful kimono,
 a neat silk scarf
or your
favorite necklace.
 What about our half moon inspired
Chandra Necklace
featured in
Norwegian Elle's March issue?
available at
 www.abareness.no

// FASHION REVOLUTION NEPAL 2015 //

We, like in A/BARENESS
are
taking part in #fashrev 2015 
here in Nepal!!

I met up with Cheryl,
the country manager, 
yesterday
&
now we have a good a
good plan to
make it all come
toghether!  

Curious?

You can take part in the
action you to, 
as a private consumer
or 
if you are involved
in the fashion business,
You are all welcome!

Want to know more? 
Check out
the official homepage here:

http://fashionrevolution.org/

Karoline x

// EARRING STYLE //

 

Our handmade Munira
 sterling silver,
featured in the Norwegian
Magazine, Kamille
and available in
our webshop here: 

http://www.abareness.com/accessories
/munira-earrings-detail

PSST!
You can remove
the "dangling" charms so
you actually get
2 designs in 1!

Karoline x

// SMILING AMA //

Ama means mother and 

hajur ama

 means grandmother in Nepali

& 

 it is common to
 call your your non family members,

 and then

 I  also mean total strangers, 

'younger brother', 
'older sister'

 and so on. 

It is a very nice tradition, 

but sometimes

also a bit confusing, like 

which sister are they actually 
talking about? 

So when photographer Jay,
behind 
"Stories of Nepal" 
met this beautiful, 
 Nepali women, 
he started off by
saying 'ama' and then; 

Can I take your picture?

"Yes you can. 

There are younger people around

 the next turn. 

Maybe you want to take there picture 

instead.

 What do you see in

 an old women like me?"

- Kanchi Khatri, Farpur, Dhading

See more pics & stories from 

Nepal here: 

http://www.storiesofnepal.com/

And remember that you are 
never fully dressed without a smile (: 

// RUNAWAYRANVEIGS FAV ETHICAL SCANDIBRANDS //

Ranveig aka RunaveigRanveig,
my good colleague from
the days I worked as a fashion editor
in Bonnier Media,
has as long as
I have known her been engaged
in
 sustainability and environmental
issues!

She is a makeup artist & stylist,
but she is also blogging
and
now she has written a piece on her
favourite
ethical & slow fashion brands
 &
A/BARENESS is one of them!!

She has made a super sweet
'These-pieces-I-already- got-
and-now-I-wish-for-
these-
pieces-list'

You can see her wish list & read her
blogpost here:
(AND, yes! This time it's in english!!)


http://runawayranveig.com/2015/03/11/
one-to-watch-awesome-ethical-scandibrands-2/

Happy weekend you all!
Peace from Karoline in Kathmandu

// OUR PINTEREST UNIVERSE //

Want to see more of what inspire us? 
Follow us on Pinterest?

www.pinterest.com/abareness/


Slow Fashion love,
Anne-Marthe & Karoline x

// IWD 2015 //

Did you watch it yet? 

India’s Daughter,

 The highly controversial documentary, 

that focuses on the

 rape case of Jyoti Singh

 who was brutally beaten and raped

 in Delhi in 2012? 

Now banned in India, 

the documentary

has made its way to the

 World Wide Web. 

Watch it here: 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-

reviews/11450616/Indias-Daughter-review-chilling.html

Since it's 

International Women's Day today

we thought we should share the link 

to this important story as we 

believe that education for everyone is

the key to a greater understanding 

of differences within cultures

and social machinery. 

In Nepal, unfortunately we also experience

 sexual harassment plenty of times.

 This is something that hardly ever 

has happened

 to us when in Norway, 

but in meeting with other people of other 

traditions, culture, mindset. 

As said in this documentary, 

Jyotis parents are quite traditional,

 but they had modern thoughts. 

That's why they choose 

to sell their land anddo everything they could

to get Jyoti an education.

They were often questioned by 

other people why they did this as Jyoti

was clearly a girl and therefor 

it was kind of a waste, 

bur for Jyotis parents she was

their child and as loved if she would be as boy. 

Seems that too many people in this 

world means that being modern/ living a modern life 

is synonymous with going 

against religion and/or traditions 

and do not realize that is might be possible 

to combine? 

Every time I get my ass or my crouch 

( yes, that happens too and it is absolutely horrible!!!)

 grabbed on the street or in a bar, I try to keep calm 

,turn around and then I ask the 

( Undereducated? Supressed? Sexually frustrated?)

 guy if he would like that to happen to his mother or his sister??? 

The answer is mostly no and they get to understand

 what they are doing with something 

they can relate too as often in Nepal

 the men are very protective

 of ( their) women.

 But there are positives too

and just last

year it was the first time we

 saw females

working as waitress in cafes

& bars so changes

are happening here too! 

#equality #heforshe #backoffmybody

#educationforeveryone

Karoline x

// STORIES OF NEPAL //

One of our Nepali friends,

 Aditya, is an artist 

that we have also collaborated

with before, to spread

awareness around our A/BARENESS

Give Back Project, focusing

on clean water & sustainable

energy solutions

at children schools in Nepal.

You can see more pics 

from that 

collaboration here: 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.247387762115974.1073741840.134844886703596&type=3

On this pic you see
Aditya making a statement with one 
of his pieces,
addressing Women's rights.

Go Aditya!

See the full story here: 

http://www.storiesofnepal.com/vaw/

Karoline x

// A SMALL WORLD //

I am off to Kathmandu today!!!

Can't wait to be embraced by
the colorful nepali people
& culture !!!

Karoline x