By donna on December 31, 2009
The beautiful Balinese people who I have been working with for six years now on the production of Betty Belts and Betty B. can teach us a lot about generosity, love and appreciation. One thing I have never seen among the Balinese is a sense of entitlement. They practice gratitude every day with their daily [...]
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By donna on September 19, 2009
Enchantment is the word that flows through my mind throughout this trip. Bali is incredibly enchanting.
Inspiring…
Gorgeous…
The land of the Gods.
We are almost done here. I’ve been working on new designs with my artisan friends and also with each of the young women from Team Betty who joined us for a portion of the trip. Mary [...]
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By donna on August 9, 2009
http://adistinctivestyle.com/
This is an awesome online magazine, complete with soundtracks and short videos to go with the stories, a very hip must-read (See Kate Hudson on the cover). It’s the Vanity Fair of the sustainability movement. And even better, there’s an interview with me in it where I got a chance to talk about some [...]
Posted in Environmental, Products, beauty, conscious consumerism, fashion, modeling, photography, women | Tagged Betty Belts, distinctive style, Kate Hudson, sustainability movement, Vanity Fair |
By donna on April 14, 2009
The lovely, always smiling Mary Osborne was the very first athlete I wanted on my surf team when I got started with Betty Belts in 2003.
I asked her “Mary, I’m starting a surf team, will you be on it?”. And luckily she said gladly and we’ve done a lot together since. The man I love [...]
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By donna on February 2, 2009
We had the twins down from Santa Cruz for the weekend, Betty Belts Team Riders Sierra and Hailey Partridge, a.k.a. “The Surf Twins”. These girls are among the marvelous female athletes that my company Betty Belts sponsors.
They came to work with David (Pu’u) on a Bikini shoot for Hobie Swimwear. They are also sponsored by [...]
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By donna on January 18, 2009
A hand written resume in the form of a photo album came in to the Betty Belts headquarters in Ventura one day a few months back from
13 year old Asia Carpenter, her pretty face on the cover. I’d heard about her from the Partridge twins, who we discovered back in 2005 when they sent in [...]
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By donna on January 1, 2009
Happy New Year with a treat from my hyper-talented BF David Pu’u’s new blog.
Underwater fantasy and inspiration like nothing you’ve ever seen.
No digital effects were used in creating those images, just lots of pure talent of all parties involved in the shoot along with some top of the line equipment from Canon.
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By donna on August 14, 2008
How gorgeous is this?
Our favorite twins Sierra and Hailey Partridge featured in the brand new Betty Belts ad in Ocean Magazine, with the insanely beautiful photography of David Pu’u.
It’s too big to show it here, so click on this link to view it full size.
Betty B. in Ocean Magazine
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By donna on July 12, 2008
Here is the Betty B. Summer ‘08 ad in Ocean Magazine featuring our own Sierra and Hailey, a.k.a. The Partridge Twins or “Surfing Twins” with the gorgeous photography of David Pu’u. Sierra and Hailey both have an incredibly sexy and natural look in this shoot we did out in the California desert among joshua trees [...]
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By donna on February 23, 2008
Here are some pictures from a fun little street shoot the Betty Belts Surf Team did here in downtown Ventura with photographer David Pu’u. Six Betty Belt Surf Team riders came together, got dolled up and struck poses. All the girls are wearing Betty B. jewelry and looking HOT!
Betty Belts Team Surfers Strike a Pose. [...]
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