RSVP Me: Nudie Jeans Pop-Up Shop

Back in the day, it was impolite to go anywhere without properly sending an RSVP in advance. Times have changed, but there are still enticing reasons to mind your manners. Take, for example, the Nudie Jeans Pop-Up Shop taking place tonight at Azalea Boutique in Hayes Valley. An RSVP not only guarantees you smooth entry at the door for the after-hours event, but it also puts your oh-sospecial name in a drawing for one of two pairs of Nudie Jeans that will be given away during the launch party.

Other reasons to go? It’s the first pop-up shop on the West Coast from the denim brand. And there’s free booze (vodka and PBRs). We’d recommend chasing the former with the latter. You’ll have a real good night. Promise.

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Foxy Black: Dyno Solo Apparel

For va-va-voom style from a local source, look no further than the small collection of sexy black wearables that is Dyno Solo, an emerging label from 24-year-old San Francisco designer Danielle Garrabrants.

Definitely daring, often curve-hugging pieces that Garrabrants describes as a cross between goth and rock star styles include a little black leather and satin dress with figure flattering lace panels, a high-waist skirt accented with studs, a sheer lace top and a pair of leggings made of fabric strips and sporting a surprise in back.

Garrabrants, an FIDM graduate and professional pattern-maker by day, sews each piece herself and sells them at bargain prices ($20-$65) in her etsy shop.

While selling her work is, of course, always nice, the young designer says she much prefers to excitement of seeing her work worn on the body:

“What I enjoy most about designing, I just like displaying, even if it’s not going to help me sell.”

Photography shown here courtesy of Jay Adams, fashion photographer and creative director of Richmond-based identity design firm Aerosolpoetic.

Photo credits: model, Karina Amigo; hair, Ivy Woodruff; makeup, Katherine Magallanes; accessories, Courtney Maika’i Cheung.

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Good Looks: Moody Winter-Almost-Spring

A vintage dress thrifted in the Haight, a boldly patterned red scarf, knee socks and heels, textured tights and a collision of contrasting prints brighten up moody days that hover somewhere between winter and spring in two recent photo shoots from stylish San Francisco photographers Alex Keenum and Amy Soderlind of Refuses to Label. For the shoots, the duo ventured near the water under overcast skies with lovely results, despite the weather being far from it.

Refuses to Label: the creative outlet of two lifelong friends with similar aesthetic addictions: vintage, design, art, photography, music. Artists themselves; this is the documentation of they’re combined inspirations and daily vintage fits.

Photography: top two by Alex Keenum, bottom two by Amy Soderlind.

Styling: Refuses to Label

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Style Starr: Bianca Starr’s Stylist Boutique

When we popped into the opening party celebrating the very first stylist boutique at Mission vintage destination Bianca Starr on Friday evening, we were first delighted by the window display from San Francisco stylist Hannah Sitzer of Antlre creative. Complete with a star, animal-headed mannequin and soaring white mini-motorcycle, the installation could have easily been plucked from some hazy, exhilarating dream.

Once inside and flipping through the garments on offer from Sitzer’s personal collection of vintage pieces, we promptly fell in love with a leopard swing coat (faux, of course) that the stylist’s mother had passed on to her many years before. We’d have loved it without the story attached, but there’s just something endlessly special about knowing the history behind a garment and remembering it wear after wear.

There were many other choice pieces, from frilly white vintage shirts to a metallic zip-up jacket. We wouldn’t be surprised if they’re gone long before the April 1 switch to the next stylist-curated batch of offerings, which will be handpicked by Jasmine Hamed.

Also on offer are rock-goes-lovely earrings in leather, feathers and metal by Venus Superstar and plenty of fun vintage finds gracing the racks and shelves.

Bianca Starr, 3552 20th St., San Francisco, 415-341-1020.

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Fun with Flyers: Weekend Events to Love

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