San Francisco Independent Fashion
There was much to see hanging from the racks and strolling the aisles of the most recent Vintage Fashion Expo in San Francisco. We sent our contributing photographer Jennymay Villarete to bring back choice shots from the two-day, semi-annual event.
See below for a few of our favorites and visit us on Facebook for the full album.
Photography courtesy Jennymay Villarete
More San Francisco vintage…
Among the stylish San Francisco happenings to look forward to this week are multiple chances to indulge in tech and fashion, an enviable sample sale, a big bday party for a longtime local retailer, a vintage extravaganza and a live runway event across the Bay. Intrigued? You’ll find the details on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
Bay Area fashion fans won’t be bored this week, thanks to the sheer variety of style-minded events on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar in the days ahead. What’s in store? Oh just the City’s biggest live fashion competition, a nightclub runway show featuring local designers, a vintage fashion fair, a noteworthy Berkeley trunk show, the preview night for Discarded to Divine and much, much more.
You can find details on all of these events and more happening this week on the SF Indie Fashion Calendar.
Before the annual Edwardian Ball festivities got underway last weekend at the Regency Ballroom, we had the chance to check out the vendors on Saturday afternoon. For those of you unfamiliar with the Ball, it is inspired by the creations of Edward Gorey, whose books and illustrations many consider to be a major influence on gothic fashion. Let’s just say this was not your average vendor fair.
The decor was reminiscent of a Tim Burton movie and the costumes were amazing: some classy, some borderline shocking (the pony tail necklace, for example), but all were very unique. What’s more, this Edwardian extravaganza offered up rare shopping opportunities, albeit many of them custom creations not well-suited for the budget-minded. Whether you came to shop or stare, the vendor fair was only a teaser for the equally as fanciful night ahead.
Below, some of the people and apparel we met at the event:
Steven Raspa
Purevile
Minerava's Antennae
Sayuri Designs
Aldebaran Organic Forms
Gelareh
Bronica Blue and Mo Awobo
The Kaplen family
Chris Anderson show's off the ponytail necklace from Purevile
Miss Velvet Cream and Audette Sophia
Photography by Christophe Tomatis
But for the black scarf, a $5 purchase from H&M, the outfit donned by Alex of Refuses to Label is vintage head-to-toe and, we think, an excellent portrait of San Francisco style. You know she had us at animal print.
As lovely as the scene looks, we hear the snaps it took to make these shots were done with fingers brittle from the cold that descended on the City earlier this month. As Refuses to Label photographer Amy noted on the day of this shoot at the Palace of Fine Arts, “It was warmer in London today. London.”
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.
[Styling by Amy Soderlind & Alex Keenum of Refuses to Label]
[Photography courtesy of Refuses to Label]
