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Get Schooled: Nice Kicks Makes the Block
Anne Harris
Wed Mar 3, 2:35pm
Matt Halfhill's new store, Nice Kicks, which exploded into the Drag's retail rat race with a jammed grand opening last weekend, sits in a prime new location, just steps from campus. Spend a few minutes talking to Matt about his wall of sneakers, and you realize that this guy should be, is, teaching a cultural studies seminar
The Future Is Here: Your Vulva Is Ready for Its Closeup
Anne Harris
Fri Feb 26, 3:35pm
We knew it was going to happen. For some time it's been obvious that we would reach a point, maybe 2025, when the motto for young America's genitalia would be "see and be seen". The last frontier of publicly displayed naughty parts will sport unisex merkins, body paint, and tattoos, just to name today's available skin-tech.
Dress for Success Benefit
Anne Harris
Tue Feb 23, 1:38pm
The Austin chapter of the Women's Global Network teams up with ROAR salon down on Fifth Street this Thursday to celebrate the national Dress for Success program. WGN has partnered with Dress for Success to provide professional women as career mentors.
From the Dept. of Weird-Ass Press Releases
Kimberley Jones
Wed Feb 17, 2:17pm
I get pitched a lot of stories outside of my beat of movies and books, and usually those emails – about business trends, faith healers, Texas highways, the like – get trashed without out a second thought.
Sometimes, however, they get forwarded to my officemates.
Like you'd keep a pet chastity belt to yourself.
Sometimes, however, they get forwarded to my officemates.
Like you'd keep a pet chastity belt to yourself.
Running With Scissors to Savers
Anne Harris
Wed Feb 10, 10:26pm
I don't have a problem with used clothing. Rather than provoke disgust, they strike me more as having been worn by someone probably not that unlike myself. I had been telling myself for some time that used clothing was what I could afford, and that I felt more comfortable in things meant for my opposite, whether old man pants,
Fashion Freakout: Three's the Charm
Anne Harris
Tue Feb 2, 8:05pm
The coven of vintage boutiques that includes Prototype Vintage Design, New Bohemia, and Buffalo Exchange is up to its old tricks again: The third annual Fashion Freakout happens this Friday, February 5, once again at Mohawk. Freakout is a little different from the other 16,000 runway shows in Austin these days.
Get Some Modern in Your Life With Modplexi
Anne Harris
Wed Jan 27, 3:32pm
Is your otherwise beautiful modern house lacking something? Wouldn't it be great if there was an easy, affordable way to give it that one modern design element that would take it from the nicely preserved, yet pedestrian, to being a post-modern rubbernecking hazard? Modplexi has more than one answer for you.
Linea Pelle's Handbag Collection for Haiti Relief
Anne Harris
Mon Jan 25, 3:44pm
Linea Pelle, a maker of fine leather handbags that we've noticed at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's, has joined Haiti relief efforts with a special selection from their "Alyssa" and "Janis" groups.
Get Out and Load Up
Anne Harris
Tue Jan 19, 1:00pm
Hey, just because the Longhorns lost a quarterback on the threshold of a championship doesn't mean you should slow down on acquiring more UT gear. In fact, the good news is that a lot of it is on sale now. To wit, People's Embroidery in Pflugerville, Texas, is having a moving sale offering all existing merchandise at 50-75% off, January 22-23.
My Second Favorite Skin
Meghan Ruth Speakerman
Tue Jan 12, 12:52pm
I've never been a huge fan of blue jeans. Yes, I'll sport a pair here and there (quite well I might add), but by lunchtime I'm itching to take them off. They are constricting, thick, and in my eyes a bit unnecessary during most of the moist and humid year here in Texas. I've always rocked elastic-band skirts, cotton shorts, or just a bathing suit bottom
Insure Your Legacy With Booty Pop Panties
Anne Harris
Thu Jan 7, 11:58pm
All of you pear-shaped goddesses out there shaking some extra sugar on the backside, rejoice. Whether you have broad shoulders or not, your understated upper body looks fantastic in clothing, and we all know there are insurance policies available for that moneymaker bringing up the rear. This post is not for you.
Interiors
Audra Schroeder
Wed Jan 6, 4:00pm
For those of us more enamored with Mad Men's museum-like living rooms and sartorial eye candy than many of its story lines, check out this interview with an art assistant on the show.
Images From Ikkicon
Richard Whittaker
Sun Jan 3, 8:00pm
Ikkicon IV, Austin's annual Anime convention, wrapped up today, and that means a lot of cosplay costumes go back in the closet.
Top Nine That We'd Like to Survive 2010
Anne Harris
Fri Jan 1, 3:24am
There were more than a few reasons to shop your own closet in a new way in 2009, mainly to save for six or seven pairs of new boots.
Take a Ride on the Wayback Machine with Atom Retro
Anne Harris
Tue Dec 29, 4:18pm
, 2009
Now that the mystifying ritual of Shopping for Others has been completed for another year, it's time to get your weinie wet for 2010 self-gratification. The best idea we've heard this week can be found online at Atom Retro, which is a good thing since our misanthropy is still smarting and our feet still hurt.
Stitch Lab Grand Opening Redux
Lei-Leen Choo
Wed Dec 23, 6:47pm
, 2009
Due to the amazing turnout for both days, Leslie has extended the Stitch Lab 20% off fabric sale until Christmas Day! The donations and fabric sales raised a ton of money for Grrl Action, and more classes will be added to next year's schedule since so many are now full through February.
So Long, Spazio!
Cindy Widner
Tue Dec 22, 3:07pm
, 2009
After ten years of setting (and keeping up) the bar for classically modern design in Austin, Spazio by Lytle Pressley is closing its doors at the end of the month. Until then, though, everything in the store is 50% off.
Art Against Cancer
Richard Whittaker
Tue Dec 22, 12:30pm
, 2009
With times and finances tight this holiday season, isn't it a bonus to buy a Christmas present that's also a gift to a good cause? If you're still looking for that last minute (or belated) gift, the Art Bra Calendar 2010 could provide that double whammy.
I Kissed a Dolphin and I Liked It
Kate X Messer
Fri Dec 18, 12:55pm
, 2009
My interspecies dalliance has me all a-dither. And, yes, he was a he. I must re-think everything. I have so much to share about how, or more precisely, when to see Texas on the cheap. Now's the time to plan your trip gifts. The price is right. Watch this space and check for updates throughout the holidays. Come along and learn how you, too, may kiss a fish.
Original Santa Mail
Kate X Messer
Thu Dec 17, 4:10pm
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
Remember those personalized Santa letters your parents used to get faked for you as a kid? Well, who's to say what you can and can't put in those little holes, now that you are a totally grown, responsible adult?
Nubian Queen Lola's Wall o' Gifts
Kate X Messer
Thu Dec 17, 11:46am
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
A suggestion for your unique gift quest: This jailhouse art rocks.
Monolithic Dome Goodies
Kate X Messer
Thu Dec 17, 11:26am
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
Dome you wanna give the coolest gift ever? Why not this awesome calendar? Or a big shot of shotcrete?
TapeLenders/Skivvies
Kate X Messer
Wed Dec 16, 11:55pm
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
Don't get your manties in a wad. Buy some new ones as gifts, instead! May we suggest TapeLenders?
New Brohemia
Kate X Messer
Wed Dec 16, 11:30pm
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
Would you give the shirt off your back to find the best gift? Well, that may not be necessary. Check out New Brohemia.
Inside the Dome (Video)
Richard Whittaker
Sat Dec 12, 10:25pm
, 2009
Friday's announcement by the State Preservation Board that they will be undertaking major renovations on the Texas Capitol means that the dome will be obscured by scaffolding for much of 2010. It did, however, mean a rare trip for the press corps into some parts of the dome that the general public doesn't get to see.
