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The Comeback Kicks – Are Sneakers Back?
From top: Be&D $128 / Jimmy Choo $495 / Chuck Taylor Missoni $200 I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but sneakers – high tops, more specifically – are mounting a comeback. I’m vaguely aware that Isabel Marant’s sneaks have had a cult following for years, but for me there’s an even clearer signal that sneakers…
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A Divinely Starry Night
This is the dress I bought at last year’s Discarded to Divine gala, Starry Night by Coral Castillo. D2D, as we call it, is amazing because designers take leftover clothing from the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s helpdesk and transform rags into beautiful pieces. We’re talking bottom of the barrel here – things people have…
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April Fashion Fools
The other day I actually saw a dog wearing glasses. I don’t remember where I was, but it was probably in the Mission because I remember thinking that only a hipster would put glasses on a dog. So when I saw this yesterday, I didn’t immediately remember what day it was. Then I was like……
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In Which I Meet Willie Brown, Former Mayor of San Francisco
Macy’s, O’Farrell Street, 7th Floor. I’m looking for the Macy’s Fashion Incubator launch event. I see the back of a dapper looking man and overhear him asking for directions, to what sounds like the same thing. He is directed to the 6th floor and I follow, calling after him – “you’re looking for the Incubator…
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