Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Hammies
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Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Hammies

You may have already seen a pair of Hammies shorts while scrolling through the depths of Instagram or Tiktok due to their popularity with rollerskaters. But if you haven’t, then allow me to explain why they’re one of my favorite brands. Born in Southern California, Hammies shorts exemplify the laidback Californian beach culture of the 70s and 80s.

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What It Feels Like To Be a Small Business Owner
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What It Feels Like To Be a Small Business Owner

What It feels like to be a small business owner…Brainstorming with my little team my girl thought it was a good idea for me to write a blog post about what it feels like to be a small business owner. I thought… yes what a great idea. I thought about it. I was thinking about all these great empowering feelings.

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Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Crap
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Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Crap

Made in L.A., Crap is an independent sunglass brand that represents the cool, effortless Californian lifestyle. Designed with surfers and skaters in mind, Crap makes a variety of sunglass styles that range from a vibrant, candy-colored 70s retro vibe to a grunge 90s skate aesthetic. But, it’s not just the styles that make Crap easy to love. No, the brand’s commitment to sustainability and decent price point make it an ultimate summer must-have.

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Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Spell
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Our Sustainable Brands Featuring Spell

Here at Meadow Collective, one of our core values is sustainability. We care about selling high-quality clothes that are good for the planet. We don’t think that the future of fashion should be cheap and plastic-based. We don’t think that making the clothes we love means killing the planet we love. No, we’re in favor of a better method.

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The Best Ways To Tie a Sarong
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The Best Ways To Tie a Sarong

Dress, scarf, coverup, beach towel, picnic blanket—you can use a sarong for a lot of things. It’s easily your most versatile, convenient beach accessory. Tie it around your waist for a little bit more coverage than your average denim cutoffs. Wrap it around your shoulders for a little extra sun protection. Or, use one to spice up your regular beachwear.

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Spell’s 100% Sustainable Collection: Meadowland
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Spell’s 100% Sustainable Collection: Meadowland

The Meadowland collection is Spell’s first 100% sustainable collection. And even though Spell has always made its collections with sustainability in mind, this collection marks a massive milestone for Spell. To be even a little sustainable in clothing production requires a decent amount of effort, but to be completely sustainable requires an enormous commitment.

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Our Roots
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Our Roots

Meadow Collective was born 15 years ago, but its story started way before the shop opened. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had an entrepreneurial spirit. Growing up, I remember making little bracelets and selling them to my friends. I remember selling fruit I picked off our trees on the sidewalk. This was the beginning of everything.

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