Alaska State Fair 2011. Thanks, Jenn, for introducing them!  Add Comment  What is it about Alaska that makes time there always so productive? Could it be the midnight sun? The fresh air? The people? The small biz culture? Regardless of what it is, every trip back to my home state brings about huge inspiration, full days and many times new ideas and usually a plethora of new products. In fact, we successfully managed to get almost all of the Storia inventory on the official site, available to Alaskans at absolutely no shipping charges. The good news continues...  I'm convinced that we would need an entire strip mall to accommodate all the different product typologies that have been created through the Storia name. Home furnishings, jewelry, beachy wear, elegant accessories... Sometimes it's creativity overload and the days are just too short. Thank goodness Alaska enjoys long summer days to work on realizing all these new ideas. Look for signs of expansion, remodeling, redefining and redesigning in the near future. It's on the way.  www.universalarticle.com At the end of August we were featured in Universal Article, a great, independent website dedicated to headwear. The UA folks know their hats! Check out the article & comments on The Storia Project to see what the buzzzzzz is all about. At the beginning of September I was lucky enough to photoshoot with two Alaskan beauties (and good friends), Sarah and Ivory, who modeled the newest Storia gear in true Alaskan fashion. It was an afternoon filled with stories, laughter and... float planes? Yes, we we shot around the downtown Anchorage area and made a twilight stop at Lake Hood, the world's busiest seaplane base. What could be more Alaskan? Not only did the girls love the new Storia goods, they also looked great wearing them! If you haven't already seen photos from the Midnight Sun Photoshoot, take a looksy and feast your eyes... Oh my! Is that a Storia hoodie I see? Like I said, new things are on the way.     Feathered Treats Amongst the various new truckers and cuffs we also photographed a brand new line of products: Feathered Treats! These feather earrings are inspired by the 60's, a laid-back, happy fashion generation. In my personal opinion the best thing about these earrings is the fact that they are weightless. Us girls have all suffered from heavy, bulky earrings that tug at your ear lobes and leave you sore for days. These feather earrings weigh nothing, but make a big statement at the same time. Perfect with your hair up or down and ideal for informal outfits or fancy dresses. if you can't tell, I'm stoked about them.  It's here...finally. Thanks to the wonderful contribution of animal advocate and good friend, Katie Foley, The Storia Project now has a brand-new Good Cause. This time around it's about awareness. Katie and I started talking about collaborating on a good cause last December and at some point it came out that it would be a great idea, seeing as it is the Chinese Year of the Tiger, to feature a blog post Katie originally wrote for the New England Primate Sanctuary on tiger conservation. I couldn't agree more.  When I read Katie's piece I was shocked to read that there are more tigers in American zoos than there are wild in the world-- a measly 3200. 3200! I'm sure there are more than 3200 people living within a mile's radius of my apartment in Rome. Feeling sad yet? Feeling mad yet? I think the common impulsive reaction to learning these things is that of "we need to do something!"... and then you get distracted with life and you never really do anything. Kind of like when a bad hurricane or earthquake hits and all of a sudden you want to join the Red Cross, but in the end you have leave the relief work to the trained professionals. Unfortunately we can't all jump on a plane and go save the tigers-- that we will leave for Katie who is currently working in Malaysia. Instead, the Tiger Conservation Good Cause is pushing awareness. Knowing makes a big difference. Read about it, learn about it, and talk about it. Know about it, talk about it. Know about it talk about it. THIS is how we can help.  It is here, it is real, it is now. It is diverse, it is powerful, and yes my friends, it is truly Roman. It is Buona Pace from the Italian hip hop icons, Cor Veleno. Released this week on May 25 from RCA/Sony Music, Buona Pace is the newest addition to Cor Veleno's long line of discography and makes a grand entrance into today's capricious music industry in a terrific way. It is true that rap can and almost must be direct to a confrontational level and stirring to an abrasive level, and in fact this is a rap album, but anyone with even a basal appreciation of any music genre would be silly (for lack of better words) to pass these twelve tracks by. Cor Veleno: Buona Pace (Sony Music)
The trio that is Cor Veleno- Primo, Grandi Numeri & Squarta- has successfully, artfully created an album that embodies not just a hybrid music genre theory, but an evolved hip hop music theory. Buona Pace is comparable to a well-curated art exhibition in which each track would need its own room with blank walls to fully express its distinctive personality. With reggae, rock and classical undertones just to name a few Buona Pace proposes a new sound without compromising the intelligent, charismatic attributes so characteristic of Cor Veleno's previous work. If anything, the new sound is indicative of a talent only shared amongst the most passionate musicians at work these days. Following the heavy rotation single "L'Odore del Mare", Buona Pace is now available on iTunes as well as in music stores across Italy. If you are American (like me) and have to fight with iTunes to get this album save yourself from banging your head against the wall (like I did) and go straight to 7digital.com where you can even pay with PayPal. We hope everyone in the Storia world will check out Buona Pace- not just because the Cor Veleno guys are good friends of ours and die-hard Storia supporters, but because they are legit. And nobody knows legit like we know legit. Give it a look, then give it a go, but more than anything... ENJOY. COR VELENO OFFICIAL WEBSITE  |  What's in, what's new and what's up.
This blog is a little more intimate look at the life behind Storia- my life and the lives of those who have helped Storia rock on into the future. With every idea and project that becomes realized we seem to think of five new ones to pursue. Needless to say, we're looking forward to creating and sharing more storie as this adventure unfolds. Daily adventures, that's our thing.   ArchivesSettembre 2011 CategoriesAll |
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