Nashville Scenes

Posted on November 24, 2009
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One of my favorite discoveries in Nashville was the denim shop (also a design studio/production space) Imogene + Willie. It’s in a converted auto body shop and has the rustic-meets-luxe look that I find myself totally into these days. So much fun to be walking by and stumble on this idyllic creative scene – old boots lined up on aged wooden benches, paper patterns and old flour sacks hanging like slabs of meat from the rafters, the owners’ dog sitting in the open doorway. When we popped in, they were working on a small run of waistcoats for RRL, Ralph Lauren’s line of limited-edition pieces for men.

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eBay launches a magazine – and comes to Washington

Posted on November 19, 2009
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eBay recently launched a new style/culture/shopping Web site (check out the NYT article here) – The Inside Source – the idea being a fun editorial online mag that sources the cool stuff on eBay so you don’t have to. I’m proud to have represented Washington through a street-style set.

I teamed up with McLean over at Deacon Does DC, who shared 10 great picks for holiday shopping and fun in the District (can’t wait to check out #8!).

It’s all a part of eBay’s Mobile Boutique Tour, taking place TODAY AND TOMORROW inside Union Station, offering a unique virtual shopping experience for everything you’ll be looking to buy this holiday season – for yourself or for others on your list. Shopping stations will showcase the most coveted items on eBay, so you can find top items purchase right on the spot. I only recently began shopping on eBay – and it’s very rapidly becoming a problem – so I’m loving the site, chock-full of great fashiony articles, like this one on pairing tough and feminine items, and especially this piece on ideas for an “antiquarian Thanksgiving” through the words of one of my very favorite bloggers, Hollister Hovey.

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Style Score.

Posted on November 18, 2009
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Lost Boys owner Kelly Muccio knows great clothes, and she clearly knows what men will look great in them – namely, the droves of Washington men who shop there – and now, the (very attractive and ahem, agile) men of our hometown soccer team, DC United. Muccio gathered the team, some of the best new clothes of the season, and shot them for the store’s fall lookbook – being unveiled tonight, in just a few short hours, at the Georgetown shop. The details on the party: Rodney (top – love this look) and Devon (love the fingerless gloves! not so sure about the cargos, but he had me at the lumberjack shirt) will be there with the team starting at 8, and then the crew heads over to the Degrees Bar at the Ritz, where the boys will guest bartend in style.

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District Pride.

Posted on November 18, 2009
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Loving these cheeky street-chic tees from homespun line One Vs Many. I’d happily channel my inner Carrie Bradshaw and proudly profess my tempestuous love relationship with my city neighborhood with this tee.

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Nashville, Yall.

Posted on November 16, 2009
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I’m in Nashville this weekend celebrating my birthday (which is today! Happy birthday to me!), seeing my sister and my friend Carrie. And lots of trucks (more on that later). I brought down a book I fell in love with at the Georgetown Flea Market and found for a better price on eBay – The Book of Cowboys, by Holling C. Holling. It’s a children’s story book from the 1930s that tells the story of Peter and Barbara Ann, two youngsters from New York who spend a summer with their ranchman Uncle Harry on his ranch in New Mexico, learning all about cowboy life.

When Peter and Barbara Ann sit down with Uncle Harry and his cowboy friends Slim Sam and Alkali Jones, they notice that the cowboys are nice enough, but they don’t say much. Uncle Harry explains: “It’s an old cowboy habit. They ain’t mad – just tending to business.”

I’m off to Hatch Show Print and some antique stores in downtown Nashville before I head back to the District tonight!

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Hello, Lover.

Posted on November 10, 2009
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“Sea Pearl” by Litar

How amazing are these handbags from Ukranian designer Litar?! It’s like Salvadore Dali and The Little Mermaid hooked up after a night of binge absinthe drinking and had a lovechild in the form of these surreal, fantastical, uniquely cool handbags. If I were the wardrobe designer for Carrie Bradshaw in the new SATC movie (remember the eiffel tower bag?), or Sarah Jessica Parker’s stylist for the film’s promotion, I’d get on these right away.

“Sea Pearl”

“Mountain Bend”

“Surrealistic Portfolio”

“Bellows of Happiness”

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Must Do: DC Tweed Ride Sunday, November 15

Posted on November 9, 2009
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I’m just loving DC right now – there’s a real current of creative energy in the air. For a while it felt like there were a small number of people trying to showcase DC as a unique and interesting city, and now it feels like a big celebratory group effort that’s really hitting its stride. Case in point: next Sunday’s DC Tweed Ride, organized by the ever-stylish Eric Brewer, as an outing of Dandies and Quaintrelles (you know the term dandy; now familiarize yourself with the quaintrelle). Riders, dressed in their finest tweeds and turn-of-the-century best, will assemble between 11-noon at the parking lot behind the Bank of America at 722 H Street, NE for scones and vintage-inspired studio portraits. If you don’t have a suitable bike, show up with some cash in hand – a selection of vintage bikes will be available for sale starting at $125.

The ride ends with a post-ride social at Marvin (2007 14th), with libations from Plymouth Gin, Brit-pop and soul on the turntables, and raffles and prizes for the snappiest dressers. It’s free to register and attend, but true gentlemen and ladies will take part in the portrait-taking and drink-swillin’: that part of the fun supports Arts for the Aging, a fantastic local arts nonprofit.

Let’s have some inspiration, shall we? Tweed Rides have taken place in a number of cities, including San Francisco (photos courtesy dustinj)…