Archive for the 'Philadelphia' Category

Moving Ponies…

Thursday, March 1st, 2007
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I’m pleased to announce that we have a new opening page on our Moonblood t-shirt site. It’s complete with moving ponies!
Feel free to check it out here, moonblood.net

Studio sounds…

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Tender Buttons Show Your Bones Apologies to the Queen Mary

Witching Hour Knives Don\'t Have Your Back Cansei de Ser Sexy
Lately I’ve been working like crazy, and while designing I’ve been listening to tons of music. Although I typically write about fashion, I wanted to share my new favorite bands because I always find it difficult to find new interesting music. So here are the bands/albums that I like the most at this very moment:
Broadcast: Tender Buttons+Haha Sound
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones
Wolf Parade: Apologies to Queen Mary
Lady Tron: Witching Hour
Emily Haines: Knives Don’t Have Your Back
Cansei de Ser Sexy: Cansei de Ser Sexy

Toile de Jouy slips…

Sunday, January 21st, 2007
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I love these toile de jouy slips by Free People. They are so cute and could even double as a dress if I wished. Such a nice contrast from the normal sort of lingerie you see at the typical stores.

Book Reading tonight in Philly…

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Hi Everyone in Philly, if you are out and about in Old City at 7pm tonight (Thursday) please stop by Big Jar books to see Hillary Frank read from her first book, Better Than Running at Night. I hope to see you there!

Textile Show: Philadelphia University

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
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All of you in the Philadelphia area should head over to Philadelphia University on Friday night (December 8th).  The show goes from 4-7 pm and is located at the Design Center (4200 Henry Avenue).  The show will be up until the 19th of December.

MoonblooD Holiday Sale…

Friday, December 1st, 2006
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Starting now (December 1st) through December 16th we are having a MoonblooD Holiday Slasher sale. Check it out here. We’ve trimmed the price of our super soft t’s for your gifting pleasure. enjoy!

Ladies Night: Local Business Lady Meet-up

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Design*Sponge has recently been posting regarding local business lady nights. Joy of OhJoy! and I have been talking about starting a Philly girls night for ladies who currently have small creative-based businesses and are interested in meeting and sharing ideas with others who are doing the same. Please email me throught the “e-mail seamsters” link on the right to let me know if you are interested in joining up in this effort.

Artist Alert: Maggie Casey

Friday, November 10th, 2006
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I love these monofiliment and mohair chairs by Philadelphia artist Maggie Casey. Check out her site for some other great pieces, I also really love her skylight piece.

The Best Gift a girl could ever want…

Friday, November 10th, 2006
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Linda from Honeymilk has a great new site where you can all purchase her fabulous hand crafted earrings (which I have so many pairs of, all essential, totally an addiction). She also has necklaces and garments for sale as well.  This way all of you out-of-state-ers can get a glimpse of what Philly has to offer.

Zine Alert: Damian Weinkrantz

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
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Here are some of my favorite images from Damian Weinkrantz (philadelphia’s favorite bar bouncer)’s new zine, General Truths. The sadness in the general’s eyes is so haunting. I’m totally obsessed with this zine, I keep paging through it over and over again. It’s now available at Market East (a great website jam packed with local Philly artists) for a mere $3.

Gallery-style:Philly

Monday, November 6th, 2006
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Here are some gallery-style pics in Philly at Kate Abercrombie’s opening at Vox Populi. Cody (the guy) is wearing a t-shirt from Outlaw Print Co., and the two ladies above are both in vintage.

Cold Weather Fashion Question: Tights with shorts?

Friday, November 3rd, 2006
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Here at Seamsters we often get questions from our readers. I recently got a question from one of our loyal readers, Thea which many readers may be asking themselves this time of year. She was wondering if tights with shorts were fashionable, because she was digging this look shown above. I have to say that normally I would be opposed, but for some reason my intuition says go for it! First off, anything is better than leggings. Secondly, the white tights shown above are soooo Marie Antoinette (which is a good thing, fashion-wise, that is). Just keep in mind, you’ve got to have great legs to pull of shorts, especially when paired with tights because it draws a lot of attention. So, if you look in the mirror and you think you look great go for it. If you look and the mirror and think you look chunky, chances are that you do in fact look chunky.

Free People…

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Check me out on my alma mater, Free People’s new blog (via NYLON).

Artist Alert: Jessica Doyle

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
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Leo’s birthday was last Friday, and I surprised him with a portrait of us by one of our favorite local painters, Jessica Doyle. Above is a detail from the painting. To see some pictures from her show at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery (607 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia), click here.

Perfect Holiday Gift: Anthropologie Ipod dock

Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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I love this new creation by my friends over at Anthropologie, it’s the first printed ipod dock in the whole wide world. This isongbook is the perfect holiday gift for the girl who needs pattern in every part of her life.