May 23, 2013

SF Fashion Events: J-Pop Summit, SF Int’l Fashion Film Fest + More

If it’s local fashion you seek, there’s much to do in the week ahead. Start on Tuesday night with a visit to Terra Gallery for the Effen Vodka party and a showing of new work by San Francisco designer Bacca Da Silva. Later in the week, load up on last-minute looks for Burning Man during Wild Feather’s Pre-Playa Sale, shop local during 440 Brannan’s Mission Meets SoMa event featuring designers from The Mission Statement, scope out style on the silver screen at the San Francisco International Fashion Film Festival, meet the creative world of Fashionist’s Mai Le as part of the latest SF Creative Mornings event and, last but not least, get inspired by the magnificently edgy Japanese fashion on display throughout this year’s two-day J-Pop Summit.

Find details on these and other upcoming San Francisco fashion events waiting on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar. And of course, as you know, it doesn’t stop there. We’re adding new fashion happenings all the time, so check back often.

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FashFilmFest Gets Funded, Will Take Place in April

Good news came yesterday for the San Francisco Fashion Film Festival (a.k.a. FashFilmFest): the startup film festival effort from local style bloggers Adelle McElveen, Kim Mitchell Stokes and Annie Wilson exceeded its $6,000 funding goal via a Kickstarter campaign. What’s more, we hear the festival is slated to take place over two days in April (7&8).

With screenings planned for the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco, the inaugural festival featuring both new, documentary and classic works exploring the intersection of fashion and film is still accepting submissions. If you’d like to submit work, you can do so here.

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Photo: Marlene Dietrich in Der Blaue Engel (“The Blue Angel”)

Fashion Film Festival Coming to San Francisco

Lana Turner should be remembered for many things, among them her unparalleled ability to somehow pull off the un-ironic crop top, high-waist shorts and turban combo, as seen here in a still from The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Come spring, San Francisco is on track to have its very own fashion film festival. Dubbed FashFilmFest, the inaugural year of this new film festival plans to offer classic, documentary and contemporary film screenings alongside panels and Q&As and is headed up by San Francisco style bloggers Adelle McElveen, Kimara Mitchell Stokes and Annie Wilson.

Screenings will take place at San Francisco’s Roxie Theatre. So what can you expect to see hitting the silver screen for this event?

Says the group: “FashFilmFest aims to feature films that have inspired trends, beauty, design, and culture, and give attendees insight beyond the usual standard bearers of Hollywood and grant access to the creators. Some of the best examples of costume, set design, storytelling, and cinematography will be explored in the dramatic film category.  Stories of the designers and artists who shape the world of fashion and style will be showcased through documentaries.”

Submissions from independent filmmakers are being accepted through Feb. 3, 2012, and the event itself is planned for spring.

In the meantime, you can help the festival meet its fundraising goal and score some fun perks along the way by donating a little or a lot via FashFilmFest’s Kickstarter campaign.

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