COVER GIRRRRRL

WUUHUUU!
Our handmade jewellery has
made it to a magazine cover...Again!!
YAY :)

Photo by @JanneRugland
Styled by @AnetteVonOsten

PSST!

Now you can shop our jewellery
at

www.coverbrands.no


Free shipping & Free returns :D

Slow Fashion Love

Karoline, Anne-Marthe and Team A/BARENESS

// SLOW FASHIONED BOHO CHIC INSPO & WORLD WIDE SHIPPING @JUSTFASHION //

WE ABSOLUTELY <3 OUR E-TAILER & CLOSE COLLABORATOR,

www.justfashion.no 

BOHO CHIC MOODBOARDS <3

SEE THE WHOLE BLOGPOST HERE

www.justfashion.no/2016/05/boho-trend-slow-fashion-way

SLOW FASHION
LOVE
TEAM A/BARENESS

// WEBSHOP ERRORS ARE NOW FIXED //

// 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 

// FASH REV NEPAL 2016 //

Namaste friends, collaborators 

and 

associates in Nepal

Hope you can make it to the

 #fashrevnepal 

event here in Patan on Sunday? 

You can also get to buy the 

A/BARENESS jewellery  to support our 

#COOLKIDSNEEDCLEANWATER project

and check out the other designers products 

too :) 

Check out all details for the event  here:  

http://fashionrevolution.org/event/fashion-revolution-day-nepal/

Co-founder and designer Karoline Hestnes 

will be there :) 

Not able to make it? 

Join the Fashion Revolution 

online?  

Slow Fashion Love from 

Team A/BARENESS 

// HAPPY HOLIDAYS //

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

Slow Holiday Love
from
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// A NEPALI WOMANS VIEW ON OUR CELLPHONE SOCIETY //

"For a simpleton like me,

it’s difficult to understand many things 

of today.

 I don’t understand phones. 

And the songs they play.

 Today everyone has their own songs and 

everyone has their own phones. 

And little children wear lipstick and dance. 

Back then we sang the only one or two songs 

that everyone danced to and there were no phones. 

Back then everyone talked with everyone. 

Cried together, danced together. 

No lipsticks, back then." 

(Chapagaun, Lalitpur)

You can get more wisdom & good stories

at 

www.storiesofnepal.com

Slow Fashion Love

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// SLOW FASHION IS A GIRLS BEST FRIEND //

WooP WooP!

Our handmade Maliha ring is featured in
 Costume Magazine!  

YaY :) 

 We launched this design in our very
first collection back in 
2013 and it just proves that classic 
jewellery 
never goes out of style.  

Psst!
Pimping up your outfit with your personal mix
of  jewellery is the perfect way to add
some "newness" to your style,
without investing in new
clothes <3 

The Maliha ring is available online here:
http://www.abareness.com/index.php/accessories/
rings/maliha-ring-detail

Slow Fashion Love 
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

// DECISION HAPPINESS //

"I am trying to be a happy person.
Every morning, I wake up and decide
that I will be happy.
But sometimes it is difficult to be happy
no matter how hard I try."

 (Kanchi Maharjan, Chapagaun, Lalitpur)

One of the things we admire the most
about Nepali people is how they are able to
be content and find happiness despite
their rough and hard lives.

So if you're not happy today,
maybe you can wake up tomorrow and decide
to be happy then, or at least content
with your life and what you have?

Still not happy?
It's time to change something in
your life, but only you know what really
makes you happy and what makes your
life worth living.
Good luck and enjoy the journey.

For us the start up of A/BARENESS
and our Give Back project gives
lots of meaning all though
 still no salary, but that
just proves yet again;

Money isn't everything!!!

// Namaste //
Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// ENVIRONMENT MUSES //

One of our favorite "Environment Muses",

 Sara Fosstvedt,

 has written a post on her blog, ECOJOURNEY,

 about the future of (Slow) fashion and 

positive, inspiring approaches and actions 

within the industry: 

www.ecojourney.no/#!Fashion-Future/

c1kiu/56b78f650cf2fd311cd96dc2

You'll also find links to the ethical brands 

she is recommending

 and 

we are sooo proud, happy and humble that A/BARENESS 

is on her list :D

 Recognition like this gives us tons of motivation 

to keep up our mission to contribute to
 a clean & fair fashion industry 

and 

providing kids in Nepal with clean drinking water

 trough our

‪#‎coolkidsneedcleanwater‬ 

project,
 every single day (: 

Slow Fashion Love

from 

Karoline & Anne-Marthe 

Uttrykksikonet hear Uttrykksikonet heart

// SLOW DESIGN + URBAN ART //

#FASHIONMEETSURBANART

@it is so collective

Øvre Foss 14 
// Open til 6 PM today // 

#DESIGNDUGNAD THIS WEEKEND

VELKOMMEN // WELCOME


www.detskjerioslo.no/hvaskjer/83427.html

// STORIES OF NEPAL- GOING VIRAL ;) //

“I don’t know (your) language 

so well. 

But you can take my picture 

and you can show it to everyone.” 

WE LOVE HER ATTITUDE! 

For more pics & stories 

visit:

www.storiesofnepal.com

Namaste 

Karoline & Anne-Marthe

// WHILE WAITING FOR SPRING... //

YAY!
Bhagya, our 3 piece bracelet set
has been featured in
 @kkmagazine (: 

Use this link if you and want to have 
a closer look or to buy it: 

http://www.abareness.com/index.php/accessories/
bracelets/bhagya-bracelets-detail

We are soooo looking forward to 
spring & flower florals!

Peace and love from 
Karoline & Anne-Marthe 
in
wintercold Oslo/Norway
 

// 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 

// ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE //

"I nearly burnt my house down
because I forgot to turn off the oven
in excitement to go
 pick him up
at the airport."
 (Himal & Radha Gurung, Pokhara)

#truelove

// WHO'S TO BLAME ? //

"She makes me laugh."
"No. She makes me laugh."
(Hetauda, Makawanpur)


AAAAAWWWWW,
can't really blame any
of them for making
 eachother laugh, nah?

More stories
www.storiesofnepal.com

// YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS //

We are kicking off 2016
with this super-inspiring guy.

( If you have ever traveled in
Nepal you know very well that
getting around, even
without
a wheelchair (!) may be 
challenging due to all the rocky, 
unpaved roads, 
if you are even 
lucky enough to travel by road, 
that is. ) 

Hats off to Mr. Yatri
and here is what he 
shared with Stories of Nepal: 

"I have travelled to 71 out of the 75 

districts and 

all the way from Mechi to

 Mahakali, 

alone in my wheelchair,

 to raise my voice for equal rights

 for 

people with disabilities in 

the new constitution."

 (Surya Bahadur Ranabhat Yatri,
from Pokhara)

What do you want to fight 
for in 2016? 

Getting a more

meaningful life, usually starts with

creating more meaningful tasks 

in your life.

Good luck to you whatever or however you

find your path. 

More stories
at
www.storiesofnepal.com