San Francisco Independent Fashion
We love a dress with movement. One to remember comes our way thanks to San Francisco Photographer Christophe Tomatis, who created this animated montage of an ethereal red LHC Couture gown as it hit the runway at Bay Area Fashion Week.
Want to see more from the San Jose fashion event? Check out this Bay Area Fashion Week video.
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Old-fashioned glam and styles from another era took over The O Room during the recent Alameda Point Vintage Fashion Faire, a semi-annual event co-founded by Sandra Michan (check Sandra’s vintage shopping tips). In the mix? Everything from neckties to housewares to dress patterns.
Inside the O Room, itself a vintage-lover’s dream with swanky chandeliers shining from the ceiling and soft music playing faintly in the background, there was a wide range of garments, accessories, crafts and other treasures for ogling and perusing.
Read on for some of our favorites from this year’s Faire:
Vintage buttons become something new with Valerie Valentina’s pretty statement jewelry pieces.
Valerie Valentina
The Vintage Girly booth was full of gorgeous furs (including a show-stopping full length fox fur), Erté-esque art deco statues and smart accessories.
Vintage Girly
Shoes and accessories from Vintage Girly
Jillian of Joules Jewels Vintage, new to the Bay Area, started her company selling jewelry, but has now incorporated retro threads into her line.
Joules Jewels Vintage
1950s drop waist dress from Joules Jewels Vintage
Vintage frames, handbags, and other accessories at the MK Retro booth.
MK Retro's booth included snazzy sunglasses and handbags.
Necklaces, brooches, and other precious accessories at the Lapin booth.
Antique style necklaces from Lapin
Juniper Tree Vintage had quite a colorful assortment of vintage brooches, necklaces, and bracelets from which to choose.
Juniper Tree Vintage
More great baubles at the Juniper Tree Vintage booth
Papillon Antiques came all the way from Arizona to share its diverse retro collection.
Halloween figurines decorated the Papillon Antiques booth.
Dress patterns from the 1950s to the 1980s at the Papillon booth
Dragonfly Meadows, a Portland-based shop specializing vintage prints, featured fun posters in the Halloween spirit and rare Henry Clive prints, dating back as far as the 1920s.
Halloween-themed framed vintage prints adorned the Dragonfly Meadows booth
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The leaves are falling from the trees and the temperatures are following suit, so it’s time to start dressing for the winter weather. When there’s a chill in the air, it’s all too easy to concentrate on getting comfy and cozy and let style fall by the wayside as a consequence. Of course, it is important to stay warm in order to brave the elements. But that doesn’t have to mean looking like you’ve thrown on your entire wardrobe at once. A stylish jacket will always help.
Kayak Mighty Windbreaker Jacket from High and Mighty
Layering is the key dressing skill of the autumn and winter months, as it will make sure you are dressed appropriately whether you are outdoors or in. Consider buying a knitted sweater to slip on over your shirt or swapping your suit for one made from a woolen fabric. If you are large or tall and struggle to source these in your size, look at ranges from specialists such as www.highandmighty.co.uk.
Polo Ralph Lauren Tall Zip Sweater from High and Mighty
Tommy Hilfiger Mighty V-Neck Sweater from High and Mighty
Invites to join Pose dispersed on tables
Fashion and tech joined forces last week at Heart wine bar in the Mission to celebrate the success of hot new photo sharing app Pose, a platform available on iPhone and Android that allows style mavens to discover, snap and share photos with members of their style community, a group they cheekily dub “posers.”
l Alisa Gould-Simon, director of marketing and communications at Pose, explains to a guest how Pose encourages fellow "posers" to snap and share styles that inspire them.
The venue, Heart wine bar
Guests gather to share their Poses
Seated family style around long reclaimed wood tables, fashion bloggers, writers, and techno-nistas enjoyed an array of wines poured into repurposed jam jars, mini sandwiches and crudite as they discussed how they use Pose to connect with fellow style-crazed friends, shared their favorite poses and, of course, caught on recent gossip in the fashion and tech landscape.
Pose's Alisa Gould-Simon with SF Indie Fashion's Rachel Kemp
We briefly caught up with Pose Director of Marketing and Communications Alisa Gould-Simon to chat about how the fashion discovery and social networking app is quickly getting noticed in both the fashion and tech communities and how its user base continues to grow.
“Not only is Pose available at your fingertips, but is has some cache backing it too. At Pose we have a group of power users and posers that we are really impressed with, such as fashion blogger Leandra of Man Repeller, Levi’s and DKNY,” Gould-Simon tells us.
The app is free to download, available in multiple languages and available on iPhone, iPad and iPod devices, as well as Android devices.
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Photography courtesy of Rachel Kemp
Among the stylish San Francisco events to look forward to this week are a fundraiser fashion show featuring condom couture, a fashion blogger-writer meetup, live window fashion and an international student fashion symposium and competition. Intrigued? You’ll find the details on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
