October 3, 2007
Fun and Free Events for Fashion Geeks
Saturday and Sunday, October 6th and 7th
Hey you, big-spender: if you missed FactoryPeople's last pop-up store (at their former 1325 South Congress location), take a look-sy at the jewelry by Crumley, designed by Austinite-turned-New Yorker Brian Crumley. Crumley pieces are favored by stylists for both national and international photo shoots and runway shows. Guests can chat up Brian from noon to 6 p.m. and sip Crumley Cosmos—a raspberry champagne cocktail—while grooving to some funky DJ beats. Enter to win one of his handsome Banquet Amulet, a large hand blown glass necklace priced at $185. (See image on the right.)Thursday, October 11
SoLa's third annual fashion show, Glimpse, premiers its fall lines while benefiting SafePlace with a silent auction and raffles. The event is open to the public from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at SoLa (2005 South Lamar).
Saturday, October 20
Mark your calendars for the first Keep Austin Good. GOOD Magazine is launching this fashionable party and information exchange with Therapy Clothing, The Mohawk, Progress Coffee, Hotel San Jose and Grid Impact. Vendors and local businesses will distribute information on energy efficiency, finding fresh local produce, and living a sustainable life in Austin in the Hotel San Jose parking lot (1316 South Congress) at 5 p.m. Then stick around for a fashion show with fall looks from Therapy Clothing, By George, Feathers, New Bohemia, Blackmail, Creatures, Hovercraft and other boutiques on South Congress Avenue at 8 p.m. The party continues with a DJ Dance Party Shakedown at the Mohawk (912 Red River) starting at 11 p.m.
Photo courtesy of FactoryPeople
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http://factorypeople.com/item/2347/
WHY GOD WHY!!!!??????!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!???
Dear Womens,
None of this looks good on you.
http://factorypeople.com/item/2455/
http://factorypeople.com/item/2253/
http://factorypeople.com/item/2510/
Please do us all a favor and do not buy this ugly crap.
Thanks,
The World
Guest 1:
http://www.beinghunted.com/v40/features/2004/kenzominami/index.html
that's why actually...
And if Kenzo's not an artist you care to support, that's fine with us. There are plenty of people who do. And dig others like Surface to Air, Nice Collective, Obedient Sons... It's the rare artist/designer who actually makes a living thru their art.
Please do support someone though. Look where you're clothing is made. Think.
love,
FactoryPeople
I support Parts and Labor which sells t-shirts for $20, the way god, in his infinite wisdom, instended t-shirts to be sold.
It's SCREEN PRINTING. Screen printing. There is no voodoo, no magic, that makes that t-shirt worth a hundred dollars. Even his fucking painting isn't a painting - it's screen printed or stenciled. On top of that, it's not even interesting. That guy could sell his t-shirts for $20 but instead he chose to restrict supply and that make him worthy of ridicule. You buying into this ridiculous trap makes you worthy of ridicule.
Shop at Parts & Labor, please people. Local artists need your money just as much as some d-bag in New York or Japan or LA who is charging way too much for a status symbol t-shirt.
love,
guest
And please don't tell me it's worth so much because it's "handmade". Just because a shirt is printed on a manual press does not mean that other artists that print their own shirts are doing it on automatic presses.
I hope that Austin artists will one day rise above the lowest pricing economic assumption that seems to rule Austin retail and realize that their art is actually worth more than $2 an hour...and I'm being generous.
Whether the tee is an American Apparel (made by American labor) or even Hanes (perhaps made by Chinese political prisoners), it still is going to cost them $5 - $12. You do the math on the rest - screen printing, tagging, gas/shipping, etc.
And yes, Parts and Labor does pay rent, taxes and staffing costs (great store that I love btw).
But hey, you should feel good about "supporting local" with your $20 because you just bought a "local artist" a soda and a bag of chips. If he sells 99 more, he might even make rent.
You're out of touch with reality if you think artists can't find a better deal than $5 to $12 for t-shirts. Hell, I can find wholesale AA shirts online for $5 each for an order of 12+ with a quick google search. As long as artists are producing a quantity of shirts that will sell at local retailers and online at places like etsy, they can make money. They don't have to cheat other people('s parents) and whore their image to make money.
I know it's impossible for every Austin artist to make money selling t-shirts. But then again, not every Austin artist is really good enough to be selling t-shirts. Like ol'dude up there. That design in the first link sucks balls and should not be bought by anyone. But FP exploits sheeple that will look at the price of $140.00 and think, "Wow. I bet everyone will think I'm as unique as this t-shirt if I buy it" without even considering that it's ass ugly.
But maybe you should ask Daniel Johnston how he makes money selling t-shirts at http://www.mondotees.com and http://www.waterloorecords.com/ and other sites like his own http://www.hihowareyou.com/ because he's just selling his shit for like $25.