My dream is to make CARING fashionable. I want to my clothingline to be a brand that profits by being generous. I want to change the garment industry's perspectives on CREATIVE LICENSE and show that creativity can be gotten with balanced numbers and balanced lives. Former Corp Finance/M&A Gal now fashion designer of things beautiful, I came to this business almost accidentally after creating a small line for a fashion-show to assist a friend save a trade-school designated for the handicapped. We were able to salvage both school and the creativity that once possessed me as an artist.
I am firm on the basis that high-fashion can be socially & ecologically responsible. One of the reasons why I’d forsaken a steady paycheck was a deep need to do more than the mere act of consumption. Now it’s my corporate policy to be GREEN. Nothing is wasted at our facility: samples are given to orphanages, remnants are passed along to local schools for projects, and knowledge is used and recycled first in our sewing room, then in the classrooms we teach. Soon, we will pass along knowledge and skills to the craft-house where we support and assist girls formerly trafficked into prostitution.
The latter is my fondest and most important work. We are now onward to our most humbling endeavor: to build a new school and art center within the heart of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam where poverty often crosses the line into crimes of enslavement and prostitution. We are now in cohort with ADAPT, a non-profit organization passionate in their quest to save humanity in the region. It is our goal to make High End Fashion a way to bring freedom and economic changes to both the girls and the families who have sacrificed them.
My customers might love our clothes for the unusual fabric and fresh aesthetics, but it is their patronage that provides our girls the best look in our collection: the look of hope for a better future.
My name is LanVy Nguyen, our label is called 1-of-3 "Fashion for Freedom".
Since starting my line, I've had the pleasure of being the resident Style Guru for my girlfriends whose full households of 2.5 average kids depleted most of their time for self-indulgence and fashion.
Every mom deserves to look beautiful! Email me for free styling advice: lanvy@lanvy-nyc.com
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Hello,
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Warmly,
Hi, I just checked my messages on twittermoms, so this is why I have a delayed response. Thank you for the friend add. I don't work for Heinz; I was just describing my nationality background mix make up. I was just using Heinz as a metaphor. My hubby is far away from me right now b/c I went to visit my Mom, deliver my 2nd baby her & let her spend time w/my daughters while my hubby has to stay in the US to work, but he will come visit us here hopefully soon.
So how is living in NY & being a mom there, I hear that that schools are good there.
Great to meet you, I'm sure we will talk further while on twitter moms! Thank you for stopping by our wordpress blog! I appreciate the support. I also went to your site!
Love & Light,
jaha Knight
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I hope you know you are changing their lives....bc of you and what you are doing, those girls are going to live a better life....what a blessing! Congratulations...
That's a really wonderful cause! Let me know if you'd like to be featured on my "cool finds of the month" blog post or something, I'm always happy to promote gorgeous lines, especially for a good cause!
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Just a quick note to tell you about our upcoming Champagne Brunch and Vendor Blender at Antun's of Westchester. Be one of the first 10 people on this site to buy a ticket and get the second one at ½ price!!! Email me with the word Twittermom and a contact number. That’s $37.50 each! (reg $50.00 pp) Please send your emails to macswomen@gmail.com A great opportunity to network and socialize with other women! Guest Goody Bags with sample products!!! All You Can Eat!!! Champagne!!! Private Wait Staff!!! SPA & Passion Vendors!!!
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So how is living in NY & being a mom there, I hear that that schools are good there.
Take care :)
Love & Light,
jaha Knight
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Jaha Knight Show
Soulphisticated Talk for Today's Woman
Fashion...fitness...and feel fabulous...what more can you ask for?
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Yes, it's great to see another New Yorker here. Nice business you have and nice page. I wish you lots of success!
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