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Black Friday Blogging: Style Intelligence Archives

We hunted through our archives for relevant articles on fashion,
consumption, individuality, and the importance of fashion in our
lives. For your reading pleasure, we present:

Enjoy!

November 20th, 2005

Black Friday Bloggers

Julie of Almost Girl invited us to join a "Black Friday" Blogging event. We’re pleased to participate.

Check
back this week for our thoughts on why fashion is important to us,
fashion as art and commerce, and fashion and individuality.

November 20th, 2005

Profiles in Style | Megan and Tyson

Megan and Tyson

Names: Megan and Tyson
Found: Patiently waiting outside H&M Powell, well within the first hundred people in line.
Arrived at H&M: "6am, but our friends got here at 4am."
At H&M for:
Stella McCartney, of course. Megan: "The jumper and the jeans." Tyson:
"The men’s dress shirt that was transformed into a dress."
Personal style: Megan: "I just throw on whatever’s clean, whatever’s comfortable." Adds Tyson: "I’m all about comfortable."
Last Words: Tyson: "No Uggs, no pajamas, no LV pochettes, no knit Uggs, no Jessica Simpson, no Ashlee Simpson, no ruffled miniskirts."

Thanks, Tyson. Couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

November 19th, 2005

H&M SF Grand Opening Madness

H&M Logo

Arrived
at H&M Powell at 9am this morning to scope out the scene. Pure
craziness. The line, as expected, snaked around the block, even
zigzagging back and forth over on Geary.

We’re
not line people, so we just ended up hitting up H&M Post later that
day once the line had died down to a mere half-block. Saw some
interesting items (mostly left only in Large sizes), but we saw a good
amount of the merchandise a couple of months ago on our NYC/Boston
"working vacations."

What will Trisha be wearing to the office next week? A particularly cute grayed jersey blazer with clipped seams ($29.90).

Our good friend Goldie
made a comment about the expectant crowd: "The people waiting fall
under one of three categories: (1) The Uber-trendy people who decked
themselves out for the grand opening, (2) The Blah people who dressed
very plainly, and (3) The Frighteningly dressed people whose outfits
didn’t quite make it."

To see a particularly uniquely dressed example from Category 1, check back in a bit for another episode of "Profiles in Style!"

November 19th, 2005

H&M SF Grand Opening Giveaway

H&M Logo In case you hadn’t already heard, H&M San Francisco is giving 20% off to the first 200 customers at either store along with a free limited edition T-shirt.

However, to be in that lucky 400, we figure that we’d either (1) have to drag ourselves out of bed pre-dawn to line up, or (2) sell our souls to the fashion devil (A.Wintour?).

We’ll be there…but closer to 10am. We enjoy our beauty sleep.

November 18th, 2005

Friday Fashion Hotlist | 11.18.05

Issue XVII of the Friday Fashion Hotlist: a weekly compilation of the cutest and coolest stuff Style Intelligence Report saw out there this week.

This week, in honor of tomorrow’s grand opening of H&M’s first West Coast store in San Francisco, we present to you comfortable, stylish shoes for our all-time favorite sport: shopping.

Between standing for hours on end in line and speed shopping the venerably cheap chic racks at H&M, shopping might as well be a sport. In any case, we bet that the fashionistas around the Stella McCartney displays will be engaging in some sort of contact sport by the time the clothes are gone.

For women…

Adidas Okapi Shoe | $64.95 at Nordstrom

Stylish, functional, and comfortable–what’s not to love about this shoe?

And for men…

Prada Car Shoe | $304 at Bluefly

Love the two tone white and tan, with the green accents. And the side grommets give this casual shoe a dose of extra flair.

November 18th, 2005

Home Shopping: Best of Crate and Barrel

In the spirit of the holiday redecorating season, we present our top picks for home accents from Crate and Barrel. Perfect for a quick pick-me-up for your home!

Ricci Room Divider

Ricci Room Divider | $599 at Crate and Barrel

Oleander Center Piece

Oleander Centerpiece Bowl | $149 at Crate and Barrel

Lagoon Vase

Lagoon Vases | $19.95-$26.95 at Crate and Barrel

Long Rectangular Curved Wood Tray

Long Rectangular Curved Wood Tray | $34.95 at Crate and Barrel

Square Tray

Kali Square Tray | $59.95 at Crate and Barrel

Jasper Vase | $38.99 at Crate and Barrel

Zeno Vase

Zeno Vase | $59.95 at Crate and Barrel

Buri Rope Balls

Buri Rope Balls | $5.95-$7.95 at Crate and Barrel

November 16th, 2005

Trendscape: Grecian

How to feel like a Greek goddess:

Step 1: Slip on slinky, form-fitting yet irresistibly comfortable jersey piece…

Tufi Duek Pintuck Pleated Sleeveless Top in Wine $138 at Bluefly

Jill Stuart ‘Natasha’ in Slate Blue $177 at Bluefly

Strapless Dress with Sequins $297 at ABS

Sean by Sean Combs Slinky Jersey Top $175 at Girlshop

Step 2: Make yourself an ambrosia cocktail (the drink of the gods).

Step 3: Strut your stuff.

November 15th, 2005

Of the Moment: Shirred Strapless Dress

A certain garment has been spotted everywhere: the shirred satin/taffeta/chiffon strapless dress. Said dress was worn by Kirsten Dunst (in a beautiful Bottega Veneta version) for In Style’s cover feature this month, and has been popping up in specialty stores nationwide. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

Sexy Strapless Dress | $199 at Club Monaco Stores

Teal Shirred Strapless Dress | $264 at ABS

Banana Republic Satin Strapless Dress in Mulberry Lane

Satin Strapless Dress in Mulberry Lane | $148 at Banana Republic

2 comments November 15th, 2005

The Best: Cheap Chic Womenswear

After all of our discussion about the democratization of fashion, we thought it would only be appropriate to do a spread on cheap chic. The items below are the perfect way to update your wardrobe with the trends of the moment, from tuxedo jackets to bell sleeves to brocade skirts.