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The Do List: SF Fashion Events Nov. 21-27

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It’s the week of our absolute favorite holiday of the year. Things will be quieter in San Francisco fashion land until we’ve gorged ourselves on Thursday, but then there’s much to do. You’ll find us blurbing a few of our favorite events here and complete details, as always, on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.

  • First things first, enjoy cooking and baking and sitting and eating and talking and drinking and laughing and bitching and napping and cleaning and drinking and eating and giving thanks with your family and friends on Thursday.
  • On Friday, be ready for a deluge of San Francisco Black Friday sales, trunk shows and events. We’ll be rounding up the best of ‘em featuring local, independent sources in the next few days. Stay tuned for that.
  • The following day brings Small Business Saturday, a kind of antidote to Black Friday big box madness. We’ll be featuring a little something special on this nationwide initiative sponsored by American Express later in the week. But for now, know it’s the day to celebrate all those amazing small businesses that make our City so grand.
  • The same day, Molte Cose and Bella Cose owner Teresa Nittolo hosts a Holiday Bazaar and Fundraiser for Firehouse 8, an historic landmark building project that she’s been working on for months and months. The event offers a chance to shop from local artisans and designers such as Kathleen van der Spek, Lotta’s Bakery and Blue Ribbon Salvage and support the revitalization of a beautiful old San Francisco building into a new, multifunctional shopping and event space.
  • In Hayes Valley at Welcome Stranger, pop in on Saturday for the Mayfourtheenth Trunk Show and get an eyeful of this local sunglasses line’s latest styles while chatting with designer Benjamin Belsky.
  • All weekend, a reason to head slightly east comes with the year’s final installment of Treasure Island Flea. A holiday toy drive adds a feel-good element to the outdoor event filled with local vendors, designers and artisans. Bring a toy to donate to kids in need, and you’ll get in for free (reg. admission is $3). Other perks: parking is free, and the event is super kid- and dog-friendly.

You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.

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Oh, the Newness: Little Feather SF Winter 2011

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Horn Necklace, $62, with a copper tone center bead, black glass bead disks, polished cow horns and silver coils on a nylon rope.

This holiday season, watch out for the Little Feather SF Winter 2011 Collection by San Francisco designer and Academy of Art alum Melinda Rodriguez, who combines an array of exotic  materials (feathers, horns, sequins, bones, crystals, glass beads and even rope) to achieve a result that skillfully balances elegant with bold, fragile with strong.

In her latest pieces, Rodriquez juxtaposes delicate and strong elements to create a new line of jewelry that makes a statement while maintaining its feminine appeal. We think the rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings are perfect for gift-giving or treating yourself to a little something special. Because gift giving feels just as good as receiving, doesn’t it?

Amethyst Crystal Necklace,$36, with Amethyst crystal, copper plate cable chain and Bali copper clasp.

White Paillettes Necklace, $74, made of vintage paillettes (sequins), snake vertebrae bones, carved horn bead and gold-plated pyramids strung on a silver serpentine chain.

Photography courtesy of Little Feather SF
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Style + Tech: iFabbo Blogger Network Embraces CMP.LY

November 17, 2011 By 2 Comments

You may very well start seeing little badges like these pop up on your favorite style blogs in the near future. What are they? Compliance badges from CMP.LY, which aims to make fashion and beauty blogger and social content more transparent through a new partnership with San Francisco-based blogger network iFabbo.

So what’s it to you? Well, for blog readers, it means that there may soon be a more standardized system for defining the relationship between bloggers and the products and companies they cover. For bloggers, the badge system is an easy way to stamp your posts and stay in compliance with FTC regulations surrounding paid or sponsored content.

While many bloggers already dutifully mark their posts with messages to readers that mention when they’ve received products, services or payment, this system may make the process faster, and it can also be easily shared via a short link added to tweets, Facebook and other social communications.

Of course, whether these badges become quick visual cues to readers, much like the Creative Commons copyright icons are to many consumers of online media these days, depends on how widespread the adoption is, which, in turn, depends to a certain degree on how many bloggers decide to actually comply with existing disclosure policies.

Not sure what the FTC rules for bloggers actually are? You can delve into them here. Also, iFabbo (International Fashion and Beauty Bloggers Organization) plans to offer educational webinars to its members. You can apply to join the group here.

More San Francisco fashion and technology….

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Party Seen: Carrots 4th Anniversary Celebration

November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sisters Melissa and Catie Grimm, who co-own CARROTS, celebrate the boutique's 4th anniversary

Ultra-chic boutique CARROTS, nestled in San Francisco’s posh Jackson Square neighborhood, celebrated its 4th birthday last Thursday evening and drew a crowd of uber-stylish San Franciscans, among them the evening’s hosts Taylor of Sterling Style, Samantha Rudd & Kendall Asmuth of Sequin Harvest, Erin Hiemstra of Apartment 34 and Caitlin of Sacramento Street. Read on for pics and detes from the night’s festivities.

Hosts Erin of Apartment34 and Caitlin of Sacramento Street strike poses in pairs of sweet sunnies.

Sam and Kendall of Sequin Harvest ventured into the City for the night from Napa to co-host the event and, of course, shop.

Taylor of Sterling Style

It’s no surprise that it was a working celebration for owner’s Catie and Melissa Grimm, as family, friends, shoppers and some of the city’s most style-savvy fashion bloggers such as Heather of Heather in a Candy Shop, Tara of Wonder Girl, Britt & Whit of Britt + Whit and Krystal of This Time Tomorrow oohed and ahhed over the boutique’s seemingly endless supply of lust-worthy goods. Needless to say, it was impossible to walk out the door without something on.

Party-goers take a break from shopping to catch up on the latest and dish

Josh of the Bon Vivants concocts one of many specialty cocktails served during the event.

Scott and Josh of  The Bon Vivants were busy behind the bar, where they speedily mixed up a few of their deadly delicious specialty cocktails (Pilgrim Punch, the Potrero Buck and the El Rio, to name a few) to keep guests going strong as they perused the merch.

Party-goers found items from such local designers as Geoffrey Young, Isly handbags by Sobia Shaikh and scarves from Camilla Olson in addition to the  a’bout + CARROTS pop up shop, the Grimm Sisters’ collaboration with designers Dean Hutchinson and Yunchieh Chang of Toronto-based a’bout, whom they have have teamed up with to create an exclusive line.

The party in full-swing

Carrots will no doubt be celebrating its 5th anniversary just as stylishly. If you can’t wait that long to snatch up some goods, and we don’t blame you if you can’t, you can find the Grimm sisters at 843 Montgomery st. San Francisco, Ca 94133.

More San Francisco fashion news…

Photography courtesy of Colin Day

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The Perfect Handbag Giveaway On Ubokia

November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A well-made handbag is truly a thing of beauty, coveted by many and possessed by few. If you’re in search of that perfect handbag, you should check out Ubokia, a free online community where you can buy, borrow, trade and sell your gently used handbags with your fellow style seekers.

It’s like the reverse of eBay and Craigslist – instead of hunting through thousands of for-sale listings, post a Want for your perfect handbag on Ubokia and let sellers respond to you. If you have a handbag to sell, you can also create Seller Alerts to notify you when someone wants what you have. It’s a great way to make some extra cash (to buy new handbags, of course!).

And you’re in luck, because if you sign up now, Ubokia is giving one lucky member the chance to win a handbag of their choice, up to a $500 value.

Here’s how to enter the Perfect Handbag Giveaway:

1. Sign up for Ubokia by clicking here (it’s free).
2. Post your Want for the perfect handbag.

That’s it! You’ll be automatically entered into the giveaway. Ubokia will announce the winner on Wednesday, December 21. Good luck!

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