Tribeza's Fashion Show was the ultimate mixer, attracting well over 300 people last Friday night at the Blanton Museum. During the hour leading up to the show, crafty DIY designers chatted up boutique owners and journalists in the VIP section, while impossibly slim women, wearing everything from vintage hats to shorts and sandals, sipped cocktails under the museum terrace. We arrived early to sample complimentary hors d'oeurves of the raw-fish variety, prepared by Truluck's, Starlite,...
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After a long, hot summer, it’s time to check out Austin’s new fall fashions and get in the mood for shopping. Tribeza’s Fourth Annual Style Week is right around the corner—Wednesday through Sunday, to be exact—and there are plenty of fun events open to the public. Style Week is kicking off with a happy hour at By George’s South Congress location, where you can nibble on goodies from Cissi’s Market and peruse the flirty fashions....
Tribeza is co-sponsoring a search for “Texas’ Next Top Designer" with Dallas Fashion Incubator and Stanley Korshak, a large upscale boutique in Dallas. Go here if you are interested in applying for the event. The winner, to be announced in November, will receive a price package worth—*gasp*—$30,000. A public party promoting the competition is today at Estilo (234 W. 2nd St.) and Girl Next Door (250 W. 2nd St.) from 6 p.m. to 8...
Jerome “Jerry” Ryan was decked out in the ill-est pointy-toed cowboy boots, made from Cayman crocodile leather, when we met him at Heritage Boot.
Boy, being fashionable is getting more expensive by the day. And more dangerous, it seems. Girl Next Door on Fifth and Lamar became the second store in the past month to be robbed for their designer jeans. (Luxe Apothetique in the Arboretum was robbed for the same product just before Christmas.) And these crooks had taste and apparently a bit of retail knowledge. They didn't go for the sale rack or the scarves, they...
