S*uce video for National Day!

So remember how last week I was calling on all Abu Dhabians to send their favourite pics of Abu Dhabi to S*uce for their National Day campaign?

Well the video of the crew from S*uce singing 'We Built this City' with all of the pics is ready. IT'S AMAZING!!  I must say that besides their great fashion sense and taste, they can add Great Voices to their resumes!

Watch the video below- I'M OBSESSED! Great show of solidarity with our home, the U.A.E :)

Don't you love it?!!

National Day at S*uce

With National Day just around the corner all stores, websites and people are preparing themselves to make this one the BEST ever. So far, multi-brand fashion and concept store S*uce has one of the most original campaigns I have seen.

S*uce is calling out to all fashionistas and instagramers from the 7 Emirates to participate in their Instagram campaign, We Built This City. To participate, you simply need to take a picture (or more) of something that reminds you of living in the U.A.E. It can be your favourite place, or person, or anything. Get creative!! Post your pics on Instagram with #webuiltthiscity, @sauceloves, and @capitaldstudio underneath the photo.

The photos will be posted onto http://www.shopatsauce.com/webuiltthiscity and the 41 best photos will  be turned into an installation at Capital D Studio in Dubai. The launch party is on Dec 4. 

Now here is the kick- most of the photos so far have been posted by Dubaians so I'm calling out to all Abu-Dhabians to REPRESENT and snap as many photos as you can! Be creative and snap whatever means Abu-dhabi to you. We are living in the capital after all so we need to be heard!! 

Happy Snapping! :)

Jashanmal gets charitable!

Ok so Jashanmal isn't a fashionable store nor does it sell clothes I'm particularly interested in (do Calvin Klein underware and pjs count?). However, they do have some really cute bathroom accessories and great, funky kitchenware so I thought I'd share this with you. 

I must say I am super impressed with Jashanmal's latest charity initiative. I visited the branch at Abu Dhabi Mall last week and was pleasantly surprised that I could get 30% off my purchase if exchanged an old item from my house. This could include any kind of chipped dinnerware that is still useable, cookware, bedsheets, towels or bathroom accessories. 

All of these old and used items will go to the Dubai Center for Special Needs which provides education and services to children with special needs and disabilities. 

If you have any old items in your house that you don't need, please donate them to Jashanmal. Not only will you be helping children in need, BUT you can also get 30% off new purchases. If that isn't a good incentive, I don't know what is :) 

Jashanmal will be accepting used items from November 13 to December 8 

Meet Lulu: Art made from our garbage!

I would like to take a moment to share with you an issue I find increasingly important, pollution.  I was VERY happy and surprised to find this issue addressed and on display in Abu Dhabi mall (of all places!) for all the shoppers to view. 

Can you believe this fish is made purely from TRASH collected from Lulu Island?!!  

In 2011, The Volvo Ocean Race committee wanted to raise awareness about the serious problems created by pollution of the sea. They created the 'Keep the Oceans Clean!' Project in collaboration with Skeleton Sea, artists and surfers who create art using beach-trash. Each port of the race created a sculpture using the garbage they collected from the beach in their area.

In January of 2012, Abu Dhabi participated in this project and 'Lulu Fish' was created using trash collected on Lulu Island. 90 people participated in the beach clean up and the Skeleton Sea Portuguese artist Joao Parrinha created this sculpture.

A close up of the trash items used to create Lulu Fish

Lulu Fish measures 2 metres in width and over 1.5 metres in height (its really quite impressive) and basically translates into the fact that there is A LOT of crap lying around on Lulu Island!

The message is clear: PLEASE stop littering because in the end, we are really only harming ourselves! Polluted seas mean polluted fish and seafood and that all comes back into us when we eat it! 

Lulu Fish is on display in Abu Dhabi mall and will be housed permanently at the head offices of NGSCO (the shipping arm of ADNOC).