San Francisco Independent Fashion
Our very-visual, (almost) chatter-free snap judgment of the day: the sleekly simple Little Bias Dress, $136, by eco-friendly San Francisco label Turk + Taylor. Available in black or grey organic cotton or black eco wool and jersey stripes, this basic-with-a-twist flatters with three-quarter sleeves and an asymmetrical v-neck draped panel.
More snap judgments…
Now that we’re legitimately into a holiday week, San Francisco’s fashion and style landscape quiets down. But don’t think it’s going to stop. There are worthy events (shoes? whiskey! comedians?!) ahead this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar. We’ve called out a few of our favorites below. Happy holidays to all.
You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
A bevy of gussied-up guys and gals turned out earlier this week for a party at Photobooth, a Mission spot specializing in old school cameras and photography portraits. Thanks to co-hosting by Rue magazine and boutique Mira Mira and ample chances to get snapped on the scene, the place was packed with fashion bloggers, media and shoppers digging into the 22nd Street store’s one-night pop up shop.
Among the many who turned up for the festivities were Refinery29‘s Katie Hintz-Zambrano and Klassy Goldberg, BrittandWhit, Apartment34, PoeticandChic, Poshmark, StyleNik, MissionCloset, The Styley, 7×7 magazine’s Allison McCarthy, Provocateur Media‘s Rena Ramirez, PR-gals-about-town Lindsey Stevens and Joanna Riedl, Savvy in San Francisco, LoLife, Nothing Broken, Jennie Going West, ShopSweetThings and many others.
Below a few pics from the night.
Poshmark's SF Indie Fashion's Lorraine Sanders, LyAnn Chhay, Kate Seward of The Styley
Refinery29 intern and contributor Klassy Goldberg, who never fails to impress us with looks that display her original, fresh take on current fashion.
ShopSweetThings' Jeanne Chan and husband
Stylenik's Kristin Philipkoski, Whitney of BrittandWhit and Shadi Saah
Instant snaps were handed out to guests, including this one of the author with Allison McCarthy of 7x7 magazine.
Mira of Mira Mira and LoLife's Lorissa May
Poshmark's Tracy Sun with Joanna Riedl
More San Francisco fashion…
Photography courtesy SF Indie Fashion and Kurt Manley (images 2, 4, 6, 7)
Environmentally-conscious East Bay fashion staple Convert has followed its debut collaboration from last spring with L.A.-based Jeffrey Campbell with a new line of eco-friendly shoes ready to hit the streets early next year. The funky, but earth-friendly result is once again a hip, vegan and sustainable collection of styles available exclusively at the Berkeley boutique.
Check out some of our favorite pairs from the new collection below.
Wynette Boot with buckle detail (available January 2012)
All Caps red Hopi print wedge (available January 2012)
Martini black and white flat (now available)
Glide wedge (available now)
99 Tie wedge (available January 2012)
To see more styles (including a vegan version of the famous Lita shoe) or to pre-order a pair or two, visit the Convert website.
More San Francisco local designers…
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As you well know, we at SF Indie Fashion love us some vintage. And a you-won’t-see-it-everywhere-else aesthetic is only part of the romance. There are many more reasons to shop vintage these days – for yourself or someone else. Our friends at Ubokia recently gave us five good ones, and we thought we’d share.
Reasons your next handbag should be vintage:
1. Save money. This one’s obvious, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important. A well-made handbag will last for years. When you buy a quality vintage handbag, you’re getting all the benefits of new at a fraction of the price.
2. Greener. Handbags take a lot of resources – just think of all the raw materials that go into making a new bag, not to mention all the chemicals and dyes used to treat the leather or fabric. But when you buy vintage, you’re giving new life to old materials rather than contributing to the extraction of new ones. It’s a zero-footprint way to be fashionable.
3. Vintage is in. Need we say more?
4. Built-in character. While the new-handbag smell is nice, a vintage one has character and a story to tell. If you don’t know the story behind your handbag, make one up. When someone asks you where you got your gorgeous handbag, it’s way better than saying, “At the mall.”
5. Make money. Like we said in #1, a well-made handbag will last for years. That means that only can you save money by buying vintage, you can also make money by selling it to someone else when you’re done. It’s a virtuous cycle, really. Buy a new-to-you bag, love it, sell it, rinse, repeat.
This post is brought to you by Ubokia, the place to buy, sell, trade and borrow gently used handbags and other fashion accessories. Be sure to check out their Perfect Handbag Giveaway, too!
To enter, create a free Ubokia account and post a Want for a handbag. That’s it! You’ll be automatically entered to win a handbag of your choice, up to $500. The winners will be announced on December 21, 2011.
