September Series of Ecofashion Editorials
TRACKBACK: Worldwide. 1 September 2005. BEHIND THE LABEL launches in LUCIRE. Lucire, the popular global fashion magazine based out of New Zealand, will have a new feature starting this September written, produced and modeled by Summer Rayne Oakes. In this monthly article-editorial entitled “Behind the Label,” Oakes gives the reader a sneak peak into her [...]
Campaign Face for Mercado Global
TRACKBACK. Worldwide, 1 September 2005. Since its founding by Yale graduates Benita Singh and Ruth DeGolia in May 2004, Mercado Global has become an exemplar model demonstrating how fashionable fair trade can be. For its second year on the market, Mercado has chosen model and fellow social entrepreneur, Summer Rayne Oakes to be the face [...]
Summer Rayne Founds her own Company
TRACKBACK: New York, NY. 15 August 2005. Summer Rayne Oakes founds SRO, llc (an acronym for her name as well as “Social Responsible Outreach”). Under her company, Oakes will provide modeling and spokesmodeling services, but also plans to partner with brands and companies as a think-tank partner, consultant, and networker to bring socially-responsible ventures into [...]
RecycleBank Partners with Summer Rayne Oakes
TRACKBACK: Philadelphia, PA. 1July 2005. The Philadelphia-based, community oriented recycling company, Recyclebank parnters with model Summer Rayne Oakes to develop an eco-fashion curriculum for K-12th Grades. An abridged version of the curriculum entitled, ECOFASHION 101, “a conscious curriculum with style,” will be launched in a number of schools across Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Cities, counties, [...]
Off to Washington D.C. for U.S. Partnership
TRACKBACK: Washington, D.C. 16 June 2005. Summer Rayne Oakes has been invited to attend the work session between the US Partnership Youth Sector, the United Nation’s Environmental Programme (UNEP), and UNESCO. The US Partnership is a coalition of environmental and sustainability groups across the U.S. and Canada that have agreed to collaborate with one another [...]
World Environment Day 2005
TRACKBACK: San Francisco, CA. 1-5 June 2005. Summer Rayne Oakes appeared at the eco-fashion show coordinated by Wildlife Works for World Environment Day. Summer Rayne helped provide logistical support for the show, debuted Organic Portraits at the event, walked the runway, and made appearances for media interviews. The show was well attended, drawing in a [...]
Blog to replace NEWS Section on SummmerRayne.net
The launch of the blog will replace the “News” section on summerrayne.net for ease in reporting the latest news and updates. The blog will also be interspersed with some personal documentary from the frontlines. From fashion to fair trade; environmental conferences to political musings; SRI to SRO; filming to traveling, www.summerrayneoakes.blogspot.com will keep you in [...]
