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Austin Fashion Week wraps up this weekend, but there are plenty of stylish happenings taking place all around town through Sunday. For full event listings, visit the Austin Fashion Week Calendar. In the mean time, here are a few highlights: From 2pm to 4pm, Maximum FX Salon (1007 S. Congress) is hosting a millinery demonstration. The hat making class will be led by Laura Del Villaggio who carefully crafts beautiful hats and facinators for Milli Starr. Del Villaggio will demonstrate straw and felt blocking and discuss finishing techniques. The salon will be staging an iced tea party with treats from Sugar Tooth Bakery.

Austin eco-friendly designerRené Geneva will show her hemp and organic wool designs at Fashion Week in Los Angeles with support from Austin's own EcoClean and Kendra Scott jewelery.

New York Fashion Week didn't come without a little bit of Austin, Texas in it. From the kooky Elisa Jimenez to the classy Cat Swanson, Austinites were making headlines. // Past Project Runway winner Chloe Dao will be visiting Austin this week representing Asian-Americans in business. // This weekend, the Riverboat Gamblers' lead singer will take a break from crowd surfing and screaming to host a fashion show featuring local vintage boutiques.

While SFist cringed at the fatal dose of crime littering the Bay Area, it found solace in Hillary Clinton's San Francisco campaign headquarters opening, which featured loads of exposed mammary glands. In other news, SF Taxi Commission ruled that Satan's cab must keep its (in)famous medallion number, 666; and in an un-fashion-forward frenzy, San Francisco Fashion Week (chortle) bars bloggers from covering and getting smashed at their shows and parties, respectively. Also, they found a...

The following is a letter written by Le and Thomas Popov, owners of South Congress boutique FactoryPeople. As life-long independent music lovers and long-time Austinites (at least one of has lived here since 1989), we have come to love mid-March when the SXSW Music Festival brings Austin to life. After the events of this year's fest, it’s unlikely we’ll ever feel the same affection for SXSW. On Thursday, March 15th, an inspector of the City...