SHOP TALK WITH THE ALEMBIKA COMMUNITY Beyond ALEMBIKA.com, our fashion community spreads across the US with brick-and-mortar stores from east to west. Each offers an intimate, personal touch as well as a unique shopping experience. Now, on a bi-weekly basis, we will share “Shop Talk” to highlight businesses that are a part of the ALEMBIKA …
As our team moved to daily Zoom meetings instead of meetings in person, Fatima and Alin maneuvered between work and child care. Three employees had Covid in our office and we had to keep shipping because it was the beginning of a season, one lost a brother to Covid and we know so many of …
My teacher talked about love this past weekend. He paused and looked at us in a serious face (through zoom) and said in his heavy Indian accent : “I am sorry to say, so sorry, as many of my students don’t understand what love is. So sorry. Please understand, love is when you give without …
My Tai Chi teacher said something last week during class that stayed with me. He said : “Be strong but not stuck. Agile not weak”. I find it so useful and wise. Strong doesn’t mean we cannot be flexible. And being flexible is not a weakness. I will try to practice these traits in my business …
Gail from Bellagio sent me the book “Who Moved My Cheese” which we all heard of and many have read already. A very short book that has everything we need to know as business owners about management. I picked it up this weekend and thought how relevant it is for us, now, where we are after a …
I text my friend Nada today whom many of you know as the owner of The Flying Carp in NJ and asked her how she was doing as I knew it was her last season before closing her store after many years in business. She answered back: “Doing well except for last night when panic decided to …
Dear community, We are excited to announce a new avenue that Alembika will be embarking on soon and because you are, in fact, our community, we feel it is important to keep you informed. We believe, as a company, in transparency and in respecting and honoring our partnerships in business. We also believe that in times …
We all have ways to work with the stress that this past year and Covid brought on us. For me, I dive into work and eat chocolate! Last week I visited my friend Ernesto who is a psychologist and lives by Central Park in NYC. He has a different method to deal with his isolation feeling, …
I participated in a conference of psychologists this past weekend. The subject was psychology during COVID. How interesting it was to listen to a different professional speak about this collective trauma from their point of view and to see the need for community. One speaker that struck me the most was a black psychologist from …
JI-U is 21st century Couture. From single thread to finished garment, each piece is intimately created by one of a kind machinery touched and finished by human hand. Art that you wear, not hang on your wall. Each style is created in limited quantities. Own your timeless pieces now and be the talk of your next Zoom soiree….. Ji-U …