By Cassell Ferere originally published on Forbes.com

Coco and Breezy of the eponymous eyewear brand [Coco&Breezy] have always been adventurous, leaving Minnesota as teen girls for the big city of New York. Subsequently, they took to eyewear design and intensely learned the ins and outs of the eyewear industry. Now they are taking less risk but continuing the adventure as eath-concious twins, designing eyewear through a holistic lens.

This aesthetic and the lifestyle the twin creators embody have been what founded the Teva brand. Teva has stayed true to its adventurous roots and risk-taking, forging the first ever sport sandal designed to hold your ankle and remain on your feet as you traverse water and land. This summer Teva collaborated with Coco and Breezy on a Hurricane XLT 2 sandal, made for all genders.

In January 2022, Coco and Breezy Dotson commemorate the past decade of their career with an excursion to Costa Rica, in which they took to an off-the-grid adventure. There, the twin visionaries would explore the natural world outside our doors, uninterrupted from modernity, and cater to their mental health as they reset themselves for the new year.

“We have been here for about 4 days now and it feels like it’s been a lifetime. We still have about 20 more days here 🌴🥭🍉. It’s taught us what life is really about. We are learning to have a better work/life balance.” Coco and Breezy said this in an Instagram caption of a carousel post of the two girls eating fruit, practicing yoga, and exploring the local landscape - a combination of video and images.

“We have learned a lot about ourselves. We both started journals, where we are writing down life lessons that we learn while we’re here,” the twin girls state in their Instagram post. While in Costa Rica, Coco and Breezy tapped into their consciousness while wearing their [self-purchased] pair of Teva sandals. The trip was a mental health boost and fashion experience draped in natural elements. Their experience connected them through modest living, bike riding, and thoughtful moments of a natural world, as opposed to their jet-setting lifestyle as designers and DJs.

“I think that Breezy and I have a connection with Teva because we were always into nature, exploring, and going outdoors. When Teva reached out to us for the collaboration, it inspired us even more - to explore more,” Coco explains.

This past July, Teva and the Coco&Breezy brand invited an intimate group of conscious-fashion influencers to retreat from their everyday hustles in New York City. The two-day retreat was a first-hand experience of the eyewear twin’s cabin complex, The Lorca, in Shandaken, NY. 

Coco recalls their trip earlier this year, “at the beginning of this year, we went to Costa Rica - it was our first time - and that was when we really got to ‘wear’ Teva sandals, wearing the sandals for three weeks while living outside. We weren’t wearing our collaboration [yet!],” eluding from the idea…

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