May 24, 2012

The Do List: San Francisco Fashion Events May 23-29

With a holiday weekend on the horizon, there’s much to do for style-seekers in San Francisco this week. On the SF Indie Fashion Calendar, find ways to master your unruly locks, indulge in shoes both sexes will adore, mingle with fashion bloggers, witness a styling competition, shop with smashing views of the Bay and party hard in support of local art and independent designers.

  • When you don’t know how to handle a tool properly, you can risk looking like one. To avoid that fate, Tuesday’s How To with Hot Tools Party at Beauty Company comes to the rescue with professional tips and tricks for mastering hair tools, including curling irons, blowdryers, flat irons and hot rollers. RSVP in advance, as space is limited. Do it for your ‘do.
  • We love equal opportunity shopping opps. Hence our laser-like focus on Thursday’s Martha Davis Shopping Party at Cow Hollow boutique Conifer. During the event, the local shoe designer presents her line of loafers made for men and women, and shoppers will receive 10 percent off Martha Davis shoes.
  • The weekend is packed with fashionable events. First up, Treasure Island Flea opens for the first time on, you guessed it, Treasure Island. Spread over two days, the ongoing monthly market slated for the last weekend of every month brings vendors selling fashion, food, vintage items, homewares and more to a scenic outdoor venue in the middle of the Bay.
  • Saturday afternoon brings the San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance’s Beauty Expo, a fundraising event for San Francisco Fashion Week that combines workshops with a styling competition at Pigment Cosmetics. Bloggers such as Nicole Lindgren of Style Bust and Alison Messinger of Eclectic à la Mode will discuss blogging and social media, Charleston Pierce hosts a model bootcamp and seven teams will compete in styling competition whose judges include Greg Griffin of Barber Lounge, Brad Carrick of Solz Shoes, Mario Benton and Amy Soderlind of Refuses To Label.
  • Cap off Saturday night by reveling at the 13th anniversary of Chillin’ Productions, featuring work from 80 independent fashion and accessories designers and 200 artists inside the cavernous confines of SoMa’s mezzanine. Live painting, live screenprinting, a slew of DJs and video installations add to the event’s let-loose-and-party vibe.

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

Fun House: Chillin’s Wonderland Opens in the Mission

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As Wonderland opened its doors on the Mission end of 24th street last Thursday night, we swung by to check out the new space from Irene Hernandez-Feiks and Houston Feiks of Chillin’ Productions. Inside, we found a veritable haven for fans of local, independent fashion. The gallery-boutique stocks accessories and apparel ($20-$250) for men and women by a diverse array of local talents, ranging from polished pieces by gr.dano and Verrieres & Sako to rocker-friendly tops by Venus Superstar and colorful, unique pieces from Silver Lucy.

“We’re going to have super edgy, hipster, funky to something that can go to work,” Hernandez-Feiks says of the variety hanging from the racks.

Guys will find a front section devoted to them, with Estrella Tadeo shirts and Rebel t-shirts accompanying Gytha Mander menswear. There’s also a small selection of items for kids, something Hernandez-Feiks hopes to expand in the coming months. Along with clothing, accessories abound, including LynnEyeStyle eyewear made from vintage frames (Hernandez-Feiks showed us a smashing Givenchy pair she had in stock), Sweet Meats pillows and Momoca hats – just to name a very few.

Shoppers seeking one-of-a-kind and custom apparel are in luck, as most designers available in the shop are ready and willing create made-to-order clothing and accessories.

The second half of the shop is a devoted gallery space, where monthly shows will display art and furniture created by local artists. In front, the shop’s windows await student art installations Hernandez-Feiks has in the works, thanks to her connections with local art and fashion schools.

“For me, it’s really important to support local talent, and we have so many good people here. I want to show people that in San Francisco, we can do really well. You can find a shirt that is made better than something in Bloomingdale’s,” Hernandez-Feiks says.

Our thoughts exactly…

Check it out for yourself: Wonderland, 2929 24th St., www.wonderlandsf.com.

Photography courtesy of Irene-Hernandez-Feiks

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Seasonal Rewind: Get Ready for Summerland

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And you thought it was fall. Well, silly you. This weekend, hold on the summer months you never had with Summerland, a brand-new outdoor shopping event from Irene of Chillin’ fame.

Along with fab food and DJs on the decks, over 70+ Bay Area designers are participating, including Peasants and Travelers, Venus Superstar, Maducca, Booty Boutique, Ric Rac Clothing, gr.dano, Sora Designs, Coma and Cotton and Allison Leigh Apparel.

For more upcoming fashion and shopping events, may we oh-so-humbly recommend the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.

Chillin’ Productions 11th Anniversary Party

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We think 11 years of supporting local designers, art, music, film and fashion is worth a little celebrating, n’est ce pas? Get in on the action this weekend at the Chillin’ Productions 11th Anniversary Party.

Looking for more fashion fun? Of course you are. Check out upcoming events on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar

Time for Chillin…

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Chillin’ is back this weekend at 111 Minna. It’s always a good time. We recommend going early if your goal is browsing and shopping comfortably and going later if your main goal is the part-ay…

But wait! There are more fab San Francisco fashion events going down this weekend. Peruse the SF Indie Fashion Calendar for the haps…