· Ah, yes, Black Friday: That relic of olden tymes, when people had disposable income, bought things in meatspace and then started drinking at 3pm. Holy shit, you know what? After weekend picks, we’re getting out of here and doing just that. It’s, like, retro. First stop: Matthew Izzo, who’s having a pretty huge sale, [...]

Consider it the yin to Groundhog Day’s yang: Out picking up lunch earlier today, we spied our first sighting this season of that perennial Philly street style mystery, The Asshole Wearing Shorts In Sub-50-Degree Weather. Much like its cousin, Jackass Wearing Sweatpants With One Leg Rolled Up, Shorts In The Winter Guy is a living, [...]

· Manayunk has a new fashion print and design company, Lobo Mau. That’s “Big Bad Wolf” in Portugese. It’s a small group of designers headed by Nicole Haddadand Renata Certo-Ware, working with a new method of textile printing with digital ink-jet printers. The process allows for an unlimited array of colors to be used [...]

One possibility is a yet to be worn Maria Pinto frock. In an exclusive Heard on the Runway interview with Maria Pinto, the designer indicated that Mrs. O purchased a coral-red silk crepe sheath with three-quarter sleeves, an empire waist and a high neckline with a burst of sunray pleats emanating from the collar – [...]

· Crafties, Etsy-ers, silkscreeners, designers and their fans might all want to mark their calendars for Sunday, October 19: That’s when the Philadelphia Sewing Collective presents Swap-O-Rama-Rama Philadelphia at Old Pine Community Center. Billed as “a recycled DIY extravaganza,” SORR is a hybrid of swap meet, made to order DIY jam, and good old craft [...]

Spoken like a true “East Coast elite.”
CrucialBrutal: Make Mine A Medium

· As we told you a little while back, Shari Roulin’s Reward is Old City is shaping up to be something of an über-boutique. After not a little breathless hype in this space, Reward opens up for First Friday tomorrow, featuring fab gear from Tsumori Chisato, Henrik Vibskov, WoodWood, Lover, Opening Ceremony, Karen Walker, Ksubi, [...]

· I’ve been staring at the Philly edition of Store Adore for the last 15 minutes, and I’m still kind of unsure what exactly this site’s purpose is. Is like a Yelp for retail? Sorta. Can I buy things through it? I don’t think so. If I’m staring at its Philly landing page long enough [...]

· We write about our pals at Grasshopper Project all the time, A) because they are sweet, glamorous ladies and B) because they have a great little store. But what we didn’t realize was that, when nobody was looking, they were secretly logging in on what is probably the most interesting fashion blog emanating from [...]

Fashion magazines are starting to focus on fall trends and stores are starting to stock jeans, sweater and boots. You know what that means? Summer Sales! Some great boutiques around Philadelphia are throwing some awesome sales so make sure to check them out.
BUS STOP is having their MIDSUMMER sale this Friday, July 25th from 5:30-8:30pm. [...]

In today’s Representing With Kyle, Kyle and his new pals ponder the fashion challenges presented when sunbathing in the park.
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· Eagles Skankleaders update: They’ve gone green!
“DEVAN[pictured] is wearing an organic cotton top with windmill graphic and organic cotton bikini bottoms; windmill necklace symbolizing alternative energy; pendant imprinted with the word ‘green’ made from silver collected from old film which was combined with an organic binder and fired to create a silver medium that [...]

· Fact: Emilio Pucci was a Godlike Genius and the entire female race is better for him having stormed through the 20th Century like a hellion of color and adventure. Smaller, but no less interesting, fact: Marilyn Monroe demanded that she be buried wearing Pucci, and in point of fact, was. So when we got [...]

Over the last few years, R5 Productions‘ Punk Rock Flea Market has become a biannual tradition that brings together a vast array of the Philly art/music/hipster/whatever populace, selling everything from Junk Nobody Wants to hand-crafted clothing and wares to records you’ve been looking for since forever. And when it hits the Starlight Ballroom this Saturday, [...]

· This has to be groundbreaking news of some sort: Instead of paying fresh-out-of-college kids to knock off crunchy-ish alt-designer Steven Alan, Urban Outfitters has done the unthinkable and actually partnered with the dude. Ooooh, Johnny Cupcakes must be soooooo salty right now. [NYMag]
· Four people in Media may or may not have stolen $1M worth [...]

>>> The list of vendors appearing at the Popped! festival has been announced. In addition to local non-profit organizations and radio stations, some local designers and merchants will be selling their wares. Let’s take a looksy:

Red Hook Café from Queen Village, an independently owned coffee and tea shop will be selling Fair Trade coffee [...]

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We wondered a few months ago what was up with the then-mysterious Reward project, a new shop TBA headed up by longtime Urban Outfitter Shari Roulin. Well, now we know: See that shop at right? Used to be Big Jar Books (adieu, my sweet prince! we shall see you all at Brickbat!), but come mid- [...]

· Fans of t-shirts and music: WE CREATE CLOTHING is throwing a kick off party tonight at AKA Music to launch their new fashion line. Slingshot Dakota and Algernon Cadwallader will perform live at 5pm. We all know how much music fans love to wear t-shirts so this event seems like a match made [...]

Ron Crawford is the sneaker store UBIQ’s “Mr. Everything” here in Philly. So by that extension, to a certain strata of Sneaker People, he is the Everything of Everything. Ron does the buying for the store, along with the marketing and general day-to-day operations of the store on 1509 Walnut St. But he’s also an [...]