San Francisco Independent Fashion
The doors have opened at Ghirardelli Square boutique Gigi + Rose, the new shop from San Francisco’s Kristina De Pizzol, the designer and retailer behind local label Delilah Crown.
Inside the candy-hued store, apparel and accessories for women and children await, among them plenty of offerings from local sources, including jewelry by Molly M and Amando Trading.
Stay tuned for more details…
Photography courtesy of Evan Hiltunen for Delilah Crown
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With Earth Day right around the bend, it should come as no surprise that we’re seeing green this week. Below, five local labels with eco-minded missions.
Based in Potrero Hill, Fleece-A-Nista designer Jeanne Feldkamp turns leftover fabric scraps from her fashionable fleece tops into cozy, patterned throw pillows.
Instead of using new fabrics for its yoga wear and casual apparel, Foat Designs turns textiles cast-off by other companies into new garments.
Along with using innovative eco-friendly fabrics such as milk fiber, San Francisco-based line Mr. Larkin offers another special perk: clothing tags you can plant.
Mill Valley-based Form and Fauna relies on earth-friendly synthetic materials, second-generation wood scraps for heels and water-based glues in the creation of its footwear.
With one eye on the earth and another on social responsibility, Bay Area-based PACT makes undies that do more than look good underneath it all. Through April 25, for example, the company is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from its Green Belt print underwear to help plant a forest in Africa. For every pair you buy, 20 trees will be planted.
Photos (from top): Fleece-a-nista, Series of Tubes pullover; Foat Design, fringe top; Mr. Larkin, bow dress; Form and Fauna, Fern pump; PACT, Green Belt print boyshorts.
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Local fashion fans stand to learn a thing or two on Thursday night, when students in the Apparel Design and Merchandising program at San Francisco State University showcase their latest creations inside the San Francisco Design Center’s Galleria during the school’s 11th annual student fashion show, Runway 2010: Nouvelle.
Along with student designs, the evening includes looks from Wee Scotty and the youth and tween designers who learn to sew at the local label’s sewing school.
Making the evening an even smarter idea, a portion of the proceeds from tickets ($15-$25) will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s human services programs.
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We hear a very special celebrity guest (we’ve been sworn to secrecy, but trust us, you will like it) will make tomorrow’s much-talked-about Shop Social even more enticing than it already is, thanks to 30 to 70 percent off on apparel and accessories from labels such as Harputs, Martha Davis and Alyssa Nicole.
Want to hit up the event for less? You may very well still be able to score one of the limited, $5 off discounts on tickets (reg. $20) to the gathering of local designers, fashion bloggers and fashion technology companies with the code SHOPSFINDIE at checkout.
More upcoming San Francisco fashion and shopping happenings….
