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Pandora overhauls ecommerce sites as it seeks ROI from brand relaunch

Danish jeweller Pandora is preparing to overhaul its websites and boost its marketing efforts after reporting weak financial results in its second quarter.

Overall revenues were down 4% in the second quarter to €630 million (DKK 4.69 billion). The brand’s ecommerce stores saw growth of 20%, reaching €72 million.

However, Pandora is gearing up for a number of major initiatives, starting with the launch of a new website design on 29 August. The new mobile-first design aims to offer a better consumer journey, including checkout, as well as an improved front and back end.

The jeweller is introducing a new logo, monogram and the colour pink as a market colour. It is also introducing a new company motto: “We give a voice to people’s loves – passions, people and places”.

These changes, alongside the launch of its Autumn collection, will be boosted by a PR event in Los Angeles.

Pandora plans to invest more in marketing due to the success of recent pilots in the UK and Italy.

The company doubled its marketing investment over four weeks, focusing on “high funnel” choices with a broad reach and saw an immediate benefit especially on the UK ecommerce channel.

Alexander Lacik, CEO of Pandora, said: “Financial results in the second quarter of 2019 were in line with plans. In the quarter, we have progressed rapidly on a number of important commercial initiatives which we can soon reveal and showcase to our consumers as part of our brand relaunch on 29 August.

“Our preparations and marketing pilots spur confidence in our direction – by improving execution with focus on Pandora’s core proposition, we can improve our relevance for consumers around the world. This is the first important step in our journey towards positive growth.”

Pandora’s Programme NOW seeks to improve the company’s brand position while reducing costs,

consisting of four key pillars. Two of these ambitions focus on the product, with the first being to create new lines of affordable jewellery and the second being to find more agile ways of manufacturing.

The third pillar is creating a “digitalised brand experience”, which essentially means using data to recognise customers and provide them with tailored product recommendations and marketing.

Pandora also said it would focus on developing an omnichannel experience, despite it expecting offline to be its primary channel. The Danish jeweller recently chose Alexander Lacik, a marketer by trade, as CEO.

The Danish jeweller chose Alexander Lacik, a veteran of Procter & Gamble and ex-CEO of child safety product company Britax, back in February to lead the programme.

According to Technavio, the global online jewellery market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 16% from 2018 to 2022.

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Hm... 1-96 😇

You are an angel and please come back whenever I post one of these ask lists! Thank you!!!

(1) Do You Sleep With Your Closet Doors Open Or Closed?

I am never over on that side of my room, so whatever it is right now is how it stays for months...

(2) Do You Have Freckles?

I do not think so.

(3) Can You Whistle?

Somewhat okay. I can make the sound, yes.

(4) Last Song You Listened To.

An otamatone cover of Never Gonna Give You Up!

(5) What Is Your Favourite Colour?

Onyx

(6) Relationship Status.

If we are talking about dating/marital relationship status, as this question usually refers to, then I am not romantically involved with any individual or group of persons, but I am not actively seek such a relationship at the moment either.

(7) What Is The Temperature Right Now?

79 degrees Fahrenheit (26 degrees Celsius)

(8) Did You Wake Up Cranky?

Cranky, no. I was too tired to be cranky coming off of 4 hours of sleep.

(9) How Many Followers?

177 (already?? jeez)

(10) Zodiac Sign.

Gemini

(11) What Is Your Eye Colour?

All of them. (Blue most often)

(12) Take A Vitamin Daily?

(13) Do You Sing In The Shower?

If I have music playing, which I try to do as that’s how I measure time in the shower and make it fun

(14) What Books Are You Reading?

I wish I could get myself to read

(15) Grab The Book Nearest To You, Turn To Page 64, Give Me Line 14.

Uhhhh, I picked up a hymnal and there weren’t even 14 lines on the page.....

Oh my god there are no novels in any of the common areas of the house so I went to my room to grab one of the library books I checked out recently, and page 64 was the last page of the chapter and there were only 7 lines on it what the hell???!!?!?!?

Okay, third time is the chram. Page 64, line 14 reads as thus: “in common: We’re both driven, both straight-A students,”

(16) Favourite Anime?

I have never watched any, sorry.

(17) Last Person You Cried In Front Of?

Technically my Dad, but he was asleep, as it was like 2:30 am in a hotel room.

(18) Do You Collect Anything?

Not actively

(19) What Did You Have For Lunch?

I took some leftover rice-a-roni, leftover taco meat (beef), and 2 slices of cheese and combined them to make a slop. (it was so much food and there’s still so many more leftovers left and I hate it)

(20) Do You Dance In The Car?

No.

(21) Favourite Animal?

I like my stuffed animals

(22) Do You Watch The Olympics?

It’s some of the tv that I still personally will turn the tv on to watch myself, yes.

(23) What Time Do You Usually Go To Bed?

Fuck if I know?! (either between 10-11 or after 1, there is no in-between).

(24) Are You Wearing Makeup Right Now?

I might??? I don’t remember if I wiped it off after closing night..... rip

(25) Do You Prefer To Swim In A Pool Or The Ocean?

I can’t swim... (ocean though because I can jump with waves)

(26) Favourite Tumblr Blog?

Okay, this is so rude I can’t beli-

[insert blog here]

I’m not going to answer this because I don’t truly know, honest.

(27) Bottled Water Or Tap Water?

Bottled, even though I know it’s environmentally wrong.

(28) What Makes You Happy?

My best friend

(29) Post A Gif Of What You’re Currently Feeling Right Now.

(30) Do You Study Better With Or Without Music?

What’s studying?? But no, I literally never study. The few times I actually did homework though, I had to listen to music to drown out the sound of whatever was playing on the television.

(31) Dogs Or Cats?

I’ll pass. Both terrify me

(32) If You Were A Crayon What Colour Would You Be?

White. I don’t do anything.

(33) PlayStation Or Xbox.

Xbox

(34) Would You Swim In The Lake Or Ocean?

Both, but like, I will enter the water at least.

(35) Do You Believe In Magic?

What do I believe? Nobody knows, not even me. But I don’t think magic is real

(36) What Colour Shirt Are You Wearing?

Green, but it’s covered up by a red sweatshirt

(37) Can You Curl Your Tongue?

(38) Do You Save Money Or Spend It?

It gone.

(39) Is There Anything Pink Within 10 Feet Of You?

A few things. A pillow, a folder, the hat on a stuffed animal dog, and if I were in my room, a hot pink tie.

(40) Do You Have Any Obsessions Right Now?

Procrastinating, wasting my time away, my best friend, tumblr, not doing what I’m supposed to, eating,

(41) Have You Ever Caught A Butterfly?

Why?

(42) Are You Easily Influenced By Other People?

If they are compelling and seem right (not all that often)

(43) Do You Have Strange Dreams?

Irrational and unrealistic, maybe

(44) Do You Like Going On Airplanes?

Yeah! Airplanes are great

(45) Name One Movie That Made You Cry.

Toy Story 3 did so this year because I realized that I’d have to soon leave all my childhood friends (my stuffed animals) behind

(46) Peanuts Or Sunflower Seeds?

Neither

(47) If I Handed You A Concert Ticket Right Now, Who Would You Want The Performer To Be?

Panic! at the Disco

(48) Are You A Picky Eater?

Very much so.

(49) Are You A Heavy Sleeper?

Yeah. Very heavy.

(50) Do You Fear Thunder / Lightning?

No, I love thunder and lightning!

(51) Do You Like To Read / Write?

Yes. Do I do it ever? No.

(52) Do You Like Your Music Loud?

I like to be able to hear it clearly, but I have some hearing loss and so I want to preserve my ears. I only truly have it loud when the windows are down while I’m driving or if I really have to drown out the sounds from the tv.

(53) Would You Rather Carve Pumpkins Or Wrap Presents?

Carve pumpkins. I’ve done it once and it was v interesting.

(54) Put Your Music On Shuffle, What Is The First Song That Came Up?

Uh, I don’t have music, or at least music to shuffle.... I opened up Pandora and “Uncharted” by Sara Bareilles came on first.

(55) What Season Are You In Right Now? (Weather)

Death. (Hopefully Autumn will start relatively on-time next week)

(56) What Are You Craving Right Now?

My best friend, the playing of games and having a good time, my best friend, root beer, a cheeseburger with an egg on it, my best friend,

(57) Post A Screenshot Of Your Tumblr Feed.

What?

(58) What Is Your Gender?

I was born male and still, as of right now, currently consider myself of the male gender.

(59) Coffee Or Tea?

Neither.

(60) Do You Have Any Homework Right Now? If So, What Is It About?

No. Fuck off.

(61) What Is Your Sexuality?

Asexual, and the rest is a giant ?

(62) Do You Make Your Bed In The Morning?

Hahahahahahahhahaha I don’t even sleep on a bed buddy I sleep on the dirty clothes on the ground right next to bed

(63) Favourite Pokemon?

Never got into it, but Squirtle is cute.

(64) Favourite Social Media?

This blog

(65) What’s Your Opinion On Instagram Stories?

Never actually seen one, but it’s stupid, instagram is stupid, life is stupid, everything is stupid,

(66) Do You Get Homesick?

No? But I probably will a few weeks into college.

(67) Are You A Virgin?

It doesn’t matter (yes)

(68) What Shampoo And Conditioner Are You Using Right Now?

Uh, Suave? Idk, it’s blue and it smells alright.

(69) If You Were Far From Home And Needed To Sleep For The Night, Would You Choose To Rent A Crappy Motel Room For $60 Or Sleep In Your Car For Free?

Car for free. I’ve done it once because I was too lazy to grab a tent from the gara....... wait... I never did sleep in the car, I pulled an all-nighter that night... But yeah still the car, even though it might not work

(70) Are Both Of Your Blood Parents Still In Your Life?

Yes

(71) Whats The Next Movie You Want To See In Theaters?

Big Loud and Live 2018, the next Star Wars, Deadpool 2.

(72) Do You Miss Your Ex?

(73) What Is Your Favourite Quote Right Now?

“Thank you for existing (in my life)!”

(74) What Eye Colour Do You Find Sexiest?

Gray

(75) Did You Like Swinging As A Child? Do You Still Get Excited When You See A Swing Set?

Yes, and yes

(76) What Was The Last Thing You Ate?

A mixture of rice-a-roni, taco meat, and cheddar cheese. It was weird and I only did it to get rid of leftovers

(77) What Games Do You Have On Your Phone?

On my phone phone: Candy Crush Soda Saga, Color Switch, Cribbage Classic, Dream League Soccer, Flow Free, Hill Climb Racing, Logo Quiz Game, Piano Tiles - Don’t Tap The White Tiles, Pool: 8 Ball Billiards Sno..., Spider Solitaire, Stack !, and Words With Friends.

On a tablet that I use like a phone and will do so until I leave it at home as I go to college: Clash Royale, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Ballz, Word Cookies, Risk, Neko Atsume, Cribbage Pro, Euchre, Phase 10, Hearts, Spades+, Skip-Bo Free, Hill Climb Racing, Candy Crush Saga, and Candy Crush Soda Saga.

I only really play the 3 Supercell games and occasionally Ballz and Word Cookies, and nothing on my phone.

(78) Would You Give A Homeless Person CPR If They Were Dying? Why Or Why Not?

If I knew they needed it, maybe. Depends on my mood on the day it hypothetically happens. I really don’t know.

(79) Been On The Computer For 5 Hours Straight?

What do you think I’m doing right now, buddy?

(80) Stalked Someone On A Social Network?

Sadly, yeah.

(81) Do You Like Meeting New People?

No, not really. Like, it’s fun for the first few days, but then the newness wears off and I have to decide to build and maintain a friendship and I have to constantly interact with them and that shit is exhausting I’m sorry. I can barely manage to talk to one person, communicating with two people at once is pushing my limits, and once I was having conversations with four different people at the same time and I nearly went mad

(82) Do You Wear Rings? If You Do, Take A Picture Of Them.

Buddy, I can barely remember to put on clothes

(83) Do You Sleep With Your Bedroom Door Open Or Closed?

I swore this was the same as question 1 so I checked and promptly had to change that answer to fit the question.

I only trust one person in my life, and I don’t live with them, so no. It’s closed.

(84) What Are Three Things You Did Today?

I was woken up at 6:30 on 3-4 hours of sleep to drive to school, only for Dad to offer to do it right as I had finished getting ready. I promptly feel asleep for another 3 hours.

I picked up my sister after school and took her to her drive test, which she failed but can easily fix her mistakes and will do it again tomorrow.

I typed up 10-15 paragraphs for one message to send to my best friend regarding something that was said yesterday, and then it all disappeared without sending, and so I rewrote them all a second time, but with new words since I didn’t memorize what I had said. I spent over 3 and a half hours in total writing out those two messages.

(85) What Do You Wear To Bed?

Depends. I always take off my shirt and any top, and depending on how tired I am, I may or may not shed my shorts/pants as well. Sometimes in the winter I do leave my pants on even though it is more uncomfortable. Underwear is a must though, sleeping naked is very uncomfortable, painful even the few times I tried it.

No shirt but yes underwear. Other bottoms optional, socks are whatever. I only wear pajamas on pajama day at school.

(86) List All Of Your Different Beauty Products You Have Right Now.

I have my make-up kit from the play...

(87) Are You A Day Or Night Person?

Day is too bright, Night is when my friends are asleep.

(88) List All Of Your Video Games On Your Phone, Console Etc.

For the Wii:

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Super Smash Bros. (for the Wii U), Wii Sports Resort, We Ski, Wii Play, Wii Party, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Ultimate I SPY, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, Pajama Sam: Don’t Fear The Dark, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Super Mario Bros., Myth Makers Super Kart GP, M&M;s Kart Racing, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, Family Feud 2010 Edition, Deca Sports, Deal or No Deal, The Beatles Rockband, Battle of the Bands, Band Hero, Family Party 30 Great Games Outdoor Fun, Big Beach Sports, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Puzzle Kingdoms

For the Xbox:

FIFA Soccer ‘13, Madden NFL ‘13, Kinect Sports, Kinect Wipeout, Kinect Just Dance 3, Kinect Adventures

(89) Tell Me About A Dream That You Had And When It Happened.

Back in 6th grade, I had a plastic key and a plastic squirt phone that when pressed together somehow unlocked the phone and found the case files for the dream, and I had a series of dreams where me, 3 cousins of mine, my table mates in class, and a few friends were all police officers and every night all of us had a big culprit on the loose to catch and we all chased our big catch of the night with our partner, who was also our spouse, as I decided that you couldn’t have a partner in catching crime unless you were married to that person, and each night after catching each pair of spouses would celebrate with exactly one (1) kiss of six (6) seconds in length and then we would eat our favorite doughnut and head out to the local burger joint. This carried on for like 5 months and I was a very weird kid I don’t know how I existed back then or even now...

(90) Favourite Soda Drink?

Root Beer

(91) What Sounds Are Your Favourite?

My best friend’s voice, the opening of a can or bottle of root beer, jazz, the otamatone, music, the ping of getting a message from my best friend, the sound of the washing machine finishing and the sound of the dryer turning on, the sound of a volleyball being dug after a hard spike, the sound of setting a volleyball, the sound of a soccer ball hitting the net, and the sound of closing up my glasses.

(92) Do You Wear Jeans Or Sweats More?

Varies. Jeans, currently (it’s been a hot summer)

(93) How Do You Look Right Now?

Ugly because I haven’t shaved in over two weeks and I need a haircut.

(94) Name Something That Relaxes You.

My best friend, playing a game, eating food, listening to my music (both mine and the music on my Pandora station)

(95) What Tattoo Do You Want?

None

(96) Favourite YouTuber?

You Suck At Cooking

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A travel writer raised in war-torn Yugoslavia goes back to search for her lost country two decades after it fell apart.

By Anja Mutic

26 April 2018

I come from a country that no longer exists. In autumn 2011, two decades after its collapse in the early 1990s, I set out on a journey to find Yugoslavia. The fact that the country I was born and raised in no longer existed on the map didn’t matter.

I belonged everywhere and nowhere

At the time, though, New York was my base. I was a perpetual and professional wanderer who made my living by leaving. There was surface glamour to my travel writer’s life: one day I was sailing in the Galapagos, the next I lounged in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora. I could be walking down a side street in Lisbon or travelling along a dusty Bolivian road. My life revolved around having once-in-a-lifetime experiences on a regular basis.

But what ran beneath the back-to-back journeys was a pesky displacement. I belonged everywhere and nowhere. And while I knew there was a blessing in not belonging, I couldn’t make peace with it.

Through all these journeys, there were always two nagging questions:

Where is Home?

Is this the Place?

That quest was what blew wind into my sails. Somewhere far away, there would be that Place. There would be that Home.

View image of Anja Mutic spent six weeks exploring the nations that once made up Yugoslavia, her home country (Credit: Credit: Anja Mutic)

Growing up in Zagreb – back then Yugoslavia’s second largest city, today Croatia’s capital – I collected Smurfs. I had seven Barbies, all with long, blonde shiny hair except one, who I decided shouldn’t be blonde so I cut her hair short with scissors, took a marker pen and dyed her hair black. I had a pair of pink Nikes my father brought me from a business trip to Mexico in 1984, a cherished commodity. As a teenager, I watched Beverly Hills 90210 and I was in love with Dylan. I read the poetry of TS Eliot and listened to The Smiths. My parents argued a lot but, that aside, I had a perfectly normal childhood.

But while Yugoslavia collapsed in a vicious war that raged through much of the 1990s, the world shrunk around me. As the war unfolded, it felt as if the ceiling was a few feet above my head, and once I grew I’d hit my head and there would be nowhere else to go. I could bang, try to make a hole in the ceiling, but ultimately it wouldn’t work. I’d be stuck, the top of my head pushed against the ceiling. Instead I wanted to grow into an open sky, and so I left.

I was not a refugee. I was not forced to go; my exile in 1993 was self-imposed. But more than 15 years later, having lived and travelled all over the world, I knew I hadn’t made peace with leaving. It had felt like suddenly, overnight, somebody pulled out the carpet from under my feet and I had nothing to stand on. All I had to balance on was a mishmash of memories of this almost mythical country, some of which I wasn’t even sure were real.

View image of Yugoslavia's collapse in the late 20th Century created six new nations, including Macedonia (Credit: Credit: Anja Mutic)

Then an idea came to me one snowy evening in my Brooklyn apartment. I would retrace the borders of my former homeland. I would try to understand the succession of wars that started with Slovenia declaring independence in 1991, Croatia’s fight for independence that raged through 1995, the brutal war in Bosnia that officially ended with the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995 and then the Nato bombing of Serbia in 1999. But so many years and a whole lifetime later, it was uncharted ground, a former political entity to which my passport had long expired. I wasn’t interested in diving into the politics of the past anyway. I wanted to capture the emotion that the lost country and its demise left on its people, and on me.

I had a limited budget, grand plans and a fear of what I would find. I was scared I’d be opening a Pandora’s box full of sorrows and losses brought on by war.

I flew to Zagreb and headed out one chilly October evening. It was 18:00 as I boarded window seat 39 on the rickety Cazma-Hisar Tourism Bus heading to Skopje, Macedonia’s capital city. I was about to travel for 12 long hours to get to a place where no-one was awaiting my early morning arrival. Many people found my quest to travel to all the former republics of Yugoslavia strange. “What is driving you to this odd journey?” they asked.

I knew I hadn’t made peace with leaving

I travelled for six weeks, as planned, roughly a week in each former Yugoslav republic, now independent country: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Macedonia. I’d brought a couple of long-expired guidebooks, published right before Yugoslavia’s descent into civil war. Along the way, I met people for what I called ‘coffee conversations’. In Yugoslavia, having kava (coffee) with someone reigned supreme as a social ritual. On my journey, I wanted to honour this tradition.

After a day and a half, I quickly became more interested in the stories people shared with me, and the guidebooks dropped to the bottom of my big rucksack.

Throughout the trip, I harboured hope that along the way somebody would say one thing that would crystallise it all – my own life of rootless drifting and the vicious and slow death of Yugoslavia that left an entire generation with a lingering feeling of displacement. I knew I was not alone in feeling lost, but I had to understand how others processed the same collective experience we had as a fragmented nation. Surely, somebody would say that one-line kicker I was after, with all the small wisdoms woven into it. I would set my eyes on a street, a village or a forest clearing, and all would click into place. I would finally get permission to move on.

View image of Mutic shared kava (coffee) with people she met during her travels and listened to their stories (Credit: Credit: Elena Pejchinova/Getty Images)

None of that happened. But something else did.

The stories of others became the unexpected backbone of my trip.

Over the course of my journey, I met 50-plus people and recorded our coffee conversations. I sat down with paramilitaries, philosophers, politicians and poets. I had coffee with activists, artists and actors. I chatted with musicians, teachers and NGO workers.

“I have to admit, Yugoslavia never ended for me. I have a case of Yugo nostalgia,” said my first coffee date, Danche, on my first night in Skopje. “Yugoslavia is just part of my growing, it’s part of who I am, and it will remain that way.” I had reached Danche through a mutual friend back in New York. Daughter of a famous Macedonian poet, she was a poetic presence herself. Bleached hair, wide face with strong features and sparkling eyes, she said ‘draga’ (dear) a lot and put her arm under mine right away, as if we were long-lost friends.

The stories of others became the unexpected backbone of my trip

One unseasonably warm evening, I wandered through the streets of the Stara Čaršija (Old Bazaar) quarter in Skopje. As an old man shooed two Roma children away, I ambled through this cobblestoned community of craftsmen in their leather, copper and textile shops, passing stalls that sold only glittery wedding dresses and opanci (traditional leather shoes worn by peasants in south-eastern Europe).

Out of a courtyard came a dusky scent so potent I just had to follow it. Under the shade of plane and fig trees, two kerchiefed women were stirring a huge pot of red puree with a giant wooden spoon. Sabrije Elezi and Usnije Fetahi were preparing ajvar, the ubiquitous Balkan relish made of roasted red peppers. Traditionally prepared in mid-autumn, the pepper season, it’s a labour-intensive process that involves hours of preparation. We sat in the yard under the fig trees, taking turns stirring the pot. Usnije made Turkish coffee, and on a carved wooden tray Sabrije brought out slatko, traditional fruit compote that’s overwhelmingly sweet (‘slatko’ literally means sweet). This one was made of raspberries. I asked Sabrije what she remembered of Yugoslavia. “Life was so much better back then,” she said.

View image of In Skopje, Macedonia, Mutic helped two women prepare ajvar (red pepper relish) while they shared their thoughts on Yugoslavia (Credit: Credit: Anja Mutic)

As my coffee companions talked, I listened. Like a travelling therapist, I sat captive to their tales, sipping my 14th coffee of the day, asking questions about Yugoslavia. Listening, recording, bearing witness to unleashed emotions, holding space… Some waxed political and pointed fingers, offering their own theory of Yugoslavia’s collapse. Others zeroed in on a slice of their personal life: a childhood friend they had and never saw again; an estranged family member. There was anger, melancholy, frustration, disappointment, betrayal and the general sense that we all lost something precious. I kept getting glimpses of answers, but no Answer.

When I returned to New York, I would sift through all their stories. Like a beachcomber, I would find those shells that still had the sound of sea in them. But their stories froze me. I was suddenly seized by the responsibility of having to pass on what they shared.

There was the general sense that we all lost something precious

Sometimes in life you set out to chase that big story. Seven years have passed since that chase I thought would cure my curious condition. By retracing my roots, I would find that elusive sense of belonging. I would find closure with my ex-country.

But I am largely the same (though of course I’ve changed – and aged). The journey didn’t quench my wanderlust, as I had hoped it would. Instead, it gave me an intimate window into people’s lives before, during and after Yugoslavia.

View image of Anja Mutic: “The journey… gave me an intimate window into people’s lives before, during and after Yugoslavia” (Credit: Credit: Anja Mutic)

And seven years on, I am beginning to accept that home is a shapeshift thing, belonging is just as elusive, and the country that raised me is an imaginary land that once was, and is no more, except in our collective memory.

And sometimes a journey is just that, a journey. Back to where you began.

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Pandora Disney Summer 2018 collection overview

Today on the blog we have an overview of the Pandora Disney Summer 2018 collection!

Today continues my series of catch-ups, with a look at the Pandora Disney Summer 2018 collection! While we haven’t seen a major Pandora Disney launch since the Spring, there have been a number of new Pandora Disney Parks charms released over the past few weeks. These are found in Disney theme parks locations, but not in regular Pandora stores.

I’m quite a fan of this little mini release, which…

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27 feminist fashion buys in honor of International Women’s Day

In honor of International Women’s Day this year, Yahoo Lifestyle is spotlighting under-the-radar female designers, companies, and products whose proceeds benefit women’s causes, such as #TimesUp, Planned Parenthood, and She Should Run.

Shop 27 items above that are not only stylish, but will also stretch your purchasing power.

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Lingua Franca

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Milly

Milly is a female-led company by founder and creative director, Michelle Smith, who has been an outspoken advocate of women’s rights and Planned Parenthood. In a special capsule collection between Milly x Girl’s Inc, 20% of the proceeds from the collection will benefit Girls Inc. Superhero Hoodie, $155, milly.com Pouch, $45, milly.com

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Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor is named after its New Zealand founder, whose feminine cuts and modern silhouettes have captured the eyes of the fashion industry. Its womenswear pieces are “inspired by beauty in the everyday.” 10% of the proceeds from each purchase on rebeccataylor.com on March 8 will benefit She Should Run, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in public leadership roles. Rebecca Taylor La Vie Dahlia Top, $195, rebeccaylor.com

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Fossil

Fossil collaborated with ONE, an organization seeking to end extreme poverty and preventable disease. 100% of the proceeds from each tote will benefit ONE. Limited edition Girls Count tote, $45, fossil.com

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Sydney Brown

Sydney Brown is the founder of a 100% vegan footwear line. Her emerging brand revolves around the concept of “reverence for life” and focuses on human craftsmanship, animal-free products, and sustainability. Flat Slide Matte Iridescent, $245, sydney-brown.com

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Loeffler Randall

Led by its female founder, Jessie Randall, the brand has launched a special Crafts(WO)man Capsule collection in honor of IWD that uses traditional frazada fabric — a traditional textile of the Aymara people, an indigenous group in South America. The fabric is custom-dyed and woven into accessories and footwear made from Alpaca wool by master weavers hand-weaving frazadas in the Andes. Randall hopes that this partnership will help support the Aymara women to continue their traditional craft in a profitable manner. Oversized Artisan Tote, $395, loefflerrandall.com Stella Pink Slide, $195, loefflerrandall.com Scout Stretch Knit Sneaker, $295, loefflerrandall.com

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Omondi

Recho Omondi is a Kenyan womenswear and accessories designer based in New York City. Her designs blend her African heritage and Western lifestyle into a contemporary, wearable fashion line. Omondi has gained notoriety in the industry as of late for her hand-stitched political statement sweatshirts. Cashmere Two-Toned Slip Dress $420, rechoomondi.com

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Nanushka

Sandra Sandor is the founder and creative director of Nanushka, a fashion brand based in Budapest, Hungary. Sandor’s contemporary, fashion-forward designs feel both feminine and modern and have begun to develop a cult following in the United States after a successful first presentation at NYFW this year. Nanushka Tuli Skirt, $340, needsupply.com

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Hatch

Hatch was founded in 2011 by Ariane Goldman, to provide mothers with timeless, stylish clothing, whether they are pregnant or not, year round. 100% of the proceeds from the Mama Bateau shirt will benefit Every Mother Counts to help women around the globe have safe and healthy pregnancies and childbirth. The Mama Bateau Top, $158, hatchcollection.com

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Mlouye

Mlouye was founded by Meb Rure, a former furniture designer from Turkey. She has slowly gained traction within the fashion community for her artful, sculptural handbags. Pandora Bag, $495, champagne, mlouye.com

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Lunya

Ashley Merrill is the founder of Lunya, a luxury sleepwear apparel company, but Merrill herself is a partner of Girls Inc., where she is a member of the board. Girls Inc. is a nonprofit that helps empower and inspire young women through mentorships and programs. 100% of the proceeds from this tee will benefit Girls Inc. Girls, Girls, Girls, Muscle Tee, $88, lunya.com

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Alison Lou

Alison Chemla is the founder and creative director of Alison Lou, an NYC-based jewelry brand. In honor of IWD, Chemla has launched the Girl Power collection, 30% of whose proceeds will benefit Planned Parenthood. Girl Power Single Huggy Hoop, $215, alisonlou.com

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Olivela

Stacey Boyd is the founder and CEO of Olivela, a philanthropic retail site that partners with top luxury brands to offer shoppable clothing, accessories, and beauty products, dedicating a portion of the proceeds to a charitable cause. In honor of IWD, for every item purchased on this day, 20% of the proceeds will benefit Care, to help prevent child marriage. Derek Lam Aisha Sling Back Pump, $790, olivela.com

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Theory x Prinkshop

Theory has partnered with Prinkshop, a fashion brand focused on igniting activism, to create limited edition tees in honor of National Women’s History Month. A portion of the proceeds will benefit WE NYC, an organization that supports women-owned businesses. Capsule Tee, $40, theory.com

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Eileen Fisher

Eileen Fisher has been leading her namesake womenswear brand for over 20 years, with female employees making up 70% of its staff. In honor of IWD, Fisher has designed a special tank that spells “The future is female” in Morse code. Fisher has been a champion of female causes since 2007, contributing $8 million and supporting 71 different organizations, and 100% of the proceeds from this tank will benefit Ignite, an organization that empowers young women to become tomorrow’s leaders. “The future is female” Tank, $98, eileenfisher.com

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SoulCycle x A.L.C.

The popular fitness company SoulCycle has teamed up with A.L.C. to create special tanks in honor of IWD. 100% of the proceeds will benefit StepUp, a charity that empowers young girls in under-resourced communities to become confident, college-bound, and career-focused women. Female Empowerment Tank, $48, sold exclusively at SoulCycle studios.

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Feed

Feed, founded by Lauren Bush Lauren to fight hunger around the globe, has partnered with four inspirational women: Cleo Wade, Ulla Johnson, Arianna Huffington, and Julia Turshen to create special “Woman on a Mission” tote bags. For each tote sold, 10 meals will be provided to school children in need. Cleo Wade x Feed Tote, $38, feedprojects.com Ulla Johnson x Feed Tote, $38, feedprojects.com

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Alala

Alala, a luxury women’s activewear brand, has partned with Equal Means Equal, an organization that seeks to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States so that gender equality becomes an integral part of the U.S. Constitution. Together, they developed a special hoodie, T-shirt, and tote bag in honor of IWD. Legalize Equality Hoodie, $69, alalastyle.com

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Claudia Li

Claudia Li is an emerging designer based in New York City whose womenswear collection has intrigued the fashion industry, with an unexpected mix of textures, proportions, and color. Her designs are uniquly modern and feminine. In 2017, Li was listed as one of Forbes “30 under 30” and awarded the FGI Rising Star Award. Asymmetrical Big Bow Skirt, $795, claudia-li.com

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AUrate

Founded by two female entrepreneurs, Sophie Kahn and Bouchra Ezzahraoui, AUrate is an New York City-based jewelry brand that provides timeless pieces that are both sustainable and cost-conscious. New York Vermeil White Circle Necklace, $120, auratenewyork.com

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Gilt

For IWD, Gilt has partnered with the Women’s March organizers to create the “Together We Rise” collection, featuring empowering quotes from the the organizers’ “Together We Rise” book. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Girls Who Code, an organization seeking to close the gender gap in the tech industry. Gilt x Together We Rise collection, $24-$69 (note: you must be a Gilt member to shop), Gilt.com.

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Vrai & Oro

Vanessa Stofenmacher is the founder of Vrai & Oro, a jewelry company that specializes in clean, minimalist jewelry. For IWD, Vrai & Oro has launched a 14k gold “Fem” necklace that is meant to represent the powerful union of women. For each necklace sold, you will will receive a complimentary Fem candle from Torch. Fem Necklace, $295, vraiandoro.com

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Wildfang

Wildfang was founded by Emma Mcilroy and Julia Parsley in 2013 to empower women with fashion that doesn’t adhere to traditional gender roles. The company is small, made of roughly 20 employees and puts a “woman’s rights to rights” at its core. The result is feminist branded suits, tees, shirts, and accessories. For IWD, Wildfang created a special suit, 10% of whose proceeds will benefit the Malala Fund. Wild Feminist Suit, $168 (blazer) $98 (pants), wildfang.com

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La Ligne

La Ligne was founded by two former Vogue editors, Valerie Macaulay and Meredith Melling, as well as Rag & Bone executive Molly Howard. The brand partnered with artist and poet Cleo Wade to create a special “AccountabiliTEE” shirt displaying Wade’s powerful words, “I will tell on you,” to send the message that the time when women remained silent is over. #TimesUp, which provides legal funding for people who experience sexual assault, harassment, and inequality in the workplace, will receive 100% of the proceeds. The AccountabiliTEE, $35, lalignenyc.com

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Charles & Keith

Charles and Keith Wong from Singapore are the founders of Charles & Keith, an affordable, fashion-forward footwear and accessories line. They have launched an exclusive collection to support women on IWD. 20% of the proceeds from each item sold from the collection will benefit the UN Women Singapore Committee. Quilted Crossbody Bag, $59, charleskeith.com

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There are more Pandora AW17 previews to come, but first I wanted to post a brief update today on the Pandora Autumn 2017 regular Moments charms, as I have a few more stock images that weren’t in my original preview! The collection is due out on the 31st August, and features a lot of geometric and family-themed designs.

I’m not sure why the pieces below weren’t included in the original pre-release material I saw; perhaps some are only coming out in certain stores in North America, e.g. concept, shop-in-shop or Jared, or they’re not coming out in North America at all. It might be that they are coming out later in the year for NA. I’ll update when you when/if I hear more – as ever, there’s a fair amount of sleuthing involved in Pandora blogging these days!

To see my original preview of the Pandora Autumn 2017 charms & bracelets, please click here – otherwise, read on for some updates!

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So, below we have five previously unseen charms, almost all of which I find quite exciting! The gold charm will undoubtedly be out of my price range, but it’s great to see two plain-silver beads. The safety chain is a little unusual; it’s a fairly standard plain silver heart design on top, but the chain has a little CZ in the middle.

The lock & key design is a two-tone version of the pave Lock of Love from Valentine’s 2015, and I much prefer it with a little less sparkle!

My other bit of news concerns the imminent arrival of some previously regional exclusives in North America! These include the Piggy Bank, Golden Ingot, Origami Crane, Kangaroo, and Koala, none of which were available in the US previously. I’m not sure when in the season they will be launching – I’d predict Autumn 2017, but I don’t have confirmation on that. 🙂

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A couple of general blog notes to finish with, as well – I have a few comments to reply to (especially about Pandora Disney & Europe <3), but have had company all weekend so have not been able to dip my toes into the Pandora world much over the past couple of days. For the same reason, I also didn’t have time to write a proper post alerting you to a Pandora Midnight Madness sale on US shopping site Rue La La. There are some things left and it’ll run for another couple of hours, so you can still use my affiliate link to sign up if you need to, and grab some deals!

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Of these, I see a few things that I like – a new safety chain is always welcome, and I find the heart design rather sweet. I actually very much like the paisley teardrop openwork and, being an all-silver openwork design, it should be nicely affordable, too. On the other end of the scale, I dread to think how much the two-tone heart lock bead will be priced at, but I really love it! It’s definitely one to save for, for me. 🙂 It will be good to find out where these are coming out.

What do you think of these latest updates?

Today brings some Pandora Autumn 2017 updates (with previously unseen charms!) There are more Pandora AW17 previews to come, but first I wanted to post a brief update today on the Pandora Autumn 2017 regular Moments charms, as I have a few more stock images that weren't in my original preview!

#collection preview #pandora autumn 2017 collection #pandora AW17 collections

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