thestudioArena
The relationship between the field of production and the field of consumers is created and sustained. Aesthetically irrelevant forces such as snobbery, elitism, trendiness and a fear of lagging behind the arbiters of prevailing taste are obvious all along the production–consumption continuum. The fashion magazine is a special institution that serves that reception and thus brings about a fruitful logic between producer and consumer. legitimizing fashion and the fashion world in cultural terms, magazines help transform fashion as an abstract idea and aesthetic discourse into everyday dress. thestudioArena is a concept that began in 2006. It started as a blog with an aim to create a space celebrating women of color in fashion. As Piper became more involved in environmental and climate justice, she realized the need for creating a space celebrating sustainable fashion marketed to women of color focusing on values & principles would be more useful to our planet. So in addition to being a hub of creativity, thestudioArena is an online sustainable fashion magazine that hosts information about how we can be stylish, groomed using eco-friendly ingredients, reduce our carbon foot print, consume less, repurpose items we own, support the global-local economies, patronize companies that pay a fair wage to their workers, ensure safe working conditions. thestudioArena has a goal of bringing everyone closer to zero waste and into the culture of protecting our precious planet.