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Three reasons why we think you should go sustainable for Fashion’s Night Out …
1) Certified organic and naturally-dyed fabric:
2) To show support for independent designers who often get ripped off by corporate giants:
EcoSalon Goodie Bags & Feral Childe Tee’s!
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3) To go see the new Manhattan digs of the Textile Arts Center!
Click to read event details at TAC Blog
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It’s summer and all we want to do is flit around in our favorite dresses! How fitting that the Featured Boutique this week is Darling Gina Michele. Her dresses are made of oh-so-cozy bamboo jersey, and come in many a color and style. What makes a fab dress even better? Well, this little tidbit right here: Gina Michele uses a combination of recycled and organic, sustainable textiles in her collection. All garments are manufactured in New York. Ahhh, clothes that look good AND make us feel good – happy darlings! Don’t miss her beautiful blog as well: Crochet Clouds. Happy Shopping, happy summer!
Almost Famous Suede Fringe Bag
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Saturday Night Special – Upcycled Silk Skirt
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This Tornado Loves You – Bamboo Jersey Dress
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Under Your Spell – Eco Friendly Maxi Dress
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Just another one of those darling independent fashion events that we hate to miss! Where’s our private jet? This Friday night we’d love to be headed to the Bossanova Ballroom out in Portland, OR for The Portland Mercury’s 7th Annual Spring Fashion Show: Open Season. We spotted a few smashing independent designers in the line-up, including Lindsay Reif and Chelsea Erhart — we can’t wait to see what they have been working on. If you are blogging about indie fashion out there on the left coast and you attend, do fill us in pretty please!
Springtime at the Reif Haus always means crazy, hectic, sewing times. For the third year in a row I will be showing at the Portland Mercury’s annual fashion show, alongside the best of the best in local talent. I’m really excited, to debut my new collection at the show, along with accessories from my friend Coco’s line Coco Cardenas. (Read full post from Reif…)
Shop Erhart Street Wear on Smashing Darling
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Attention jewelry lovers! Cynthia of Fancy Sexy Me Jewelry updated her Darling boutique and offered up a Unicorn Pendant (see below) to one lucky darling fan — how lovely is she? To enter to win simply comment and tell us your favorite blog about indie/emerging fashion or your favorite independent fashion spot – online or off! We’ll give you until next Tuesday to play, and then we’ll pick a winner. Please feel free to share with any of your magical unicorn loving friends…
Unicorn
A creature of purity and grace, this mythological animal has many hidden powers.
Meat Tenderizer (aka The Spike Ring)
Win this! Unicorn Pendant
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We can’t wait to see more from Jasmin Zorlu! While Fashion Week takes a firm hold of NYC, San Francisco does not sleep. Take a look at a few SF indie fashion events happening tonight and on V-day. A fashion show for the lovesick? We love it. Read Jasmin’s post about these shows in her blog.
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Just a reminder to come show us your favorite independent fashion over in the Darling Flickr pool. I love this Black Corsage from New Haven, CT based darling DelightWorthyn ART/wares. Get to know a bit more about her over at the Wearable Art blog, peruse her millinery and more in her darling boutique.
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Okay, we admit it…it’s easy to make new friends when someone writes such nice things about what we are doing. That’s how we virtually met Christine Mastrangelo who contributed her Editor’s Picks this week. Below she shows us how she would transition into fall, shopping the independent designers on Smashing Darling. In her own words: Un-stitched is curated by a girl named Christine, who’s looking to explore fashion through the eyes of emerging designers, the social networks that connect us and the clothes she chooses to wear. That makes us so happy we practically came Un-stitched. Happy Friday darlings, go soak up another summer weekend, and pray for summer temps and sunny days to last way into fall.
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I love the way the fabric flows in this wrap cardigan just spotted in the Darling Flickr Pool. Draped fabric inspires me to try and make metal jewels that have that same movement, or maybe I just need to start making clothes? We shall see! Get to know this Canadian designer, Tangente, better by reading her blog. We know it’s often hard for independent designers to connect with photographers to get professional shots of their designs; she talks a bit about the joy of collaborating on this photo shoot and how it all happened in her blog – love it!
Made in eco friendly bamboo jersey
Handmade in Ottawa, ON
Photographer: Kristen Lunman
Model: Pascale LL
Whether you are designing your own clothes, or just want to support independent fashion, come show us your favorites –pretty please?
We want YOU to show US your best independent design and style. We want to know what influences you, inspires you, what makes your life happy everyday and how you reflect that with what you put on. Why do you feel good about who you are and the way you look. Why was that piece so important to wear the day you wore it. Did it have as much fun on the date as you did? If that piece of fashion could talk, what would it say.
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Sharing our shout out in the BurdaStyle blog. Pop on over to their blog, see what had to say about Smashing Darling.
SmashingDarling.com is a cutting edge online boutique merging independent fashion designers with individuals looking for a unique fashion edge. They currently feature over 660 designers from top cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. If you are a designer or fashion-lover, find just what you need at Smashing Darling!
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There is tons of goodness for independent fashion out in that beautiful city by the bay, and SFIndieFashion is always keeping us up to date. It’s so easy to join our little giveaway with them, see all the details below, and spread the word darlings!
Get Some: Win $50 from Smashing Darling
As you know, we’re all about independent fashion, and so it should come as no surprise that we love SmashingDarling, an online retailer selling apparel and accessories by some of the best emerging and established independent designers out there. Also, the SmashingDarling blog is one that we’d highly recommend adding to your regular reads.
This week, we’re thrilled to be giving away a $50 e-gift card to this rockin’ boutique.
Entering is oh-so-simple and there are several ways to get your name in the running:
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