May 21, 2013

The Do List: San Francisco Fashion Events Oct. 3-9

Fashion fans in San Francisco will find a diverse style spread ahead this week. A sustainable design meeting of the minds, a new pop-up shop, paintings of dresses and an outdoor shopping event featuring tons of local designers are all on the horizon. Intrigued? You’ll find the details on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.

  • Get the week going with a special event from The Commonwealth Club’s Inforum and Levi’s. In 6 Minutes, 40 Seconds: How to Design a Sustainable Future dives into one of the biggest design-driven questions of our time with a lightening-fast pecha kucha presentation featuring Rickshaw Bagworks CEO Mark Dwight and Flora Grubb of Flora Grubb Gardens, among others. Networking and ping pong follow.
  • Thursday night brings a sweet little soiree at Marmalade. Head to Hope’s Cow Hollow shop for Cocktails, Big Sales and Fashionable Art featuring artist Megan Martin’s dress paintings, as well as drinks and discounts.
  • Finish off the week by shopping independent at the year’s last outdoor Indie Mart, where you’ll find over 100 independent designers selling their work. Other perks: it’s outside, there’s a BBQ, lots of beer and more than solid people watching.

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

Video: Spread on Marmalade’s San Francisco Style

For our very first (be gentle, please) SF Indie Fashion style video, we tapped Marmalade boutique owner Hope Schaffer-Colling to show us quick, easy tips for turning the basic jeans-and-tank uniform into cute, casual outfits worthy of work or play.

“This is the basic stuff everybody has in their closets,” Schaffer-Colling told us before the shoot at the Union Street shop.

The laid-back style shown here reflects what you’ll find in-store at this Cow Hollow go-to for current looks at affordable prices (almost everything in the shop is under $100).

Credits: video production, SF Indie Fashion; model, Lauren Forbes

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