Author: Christy DeSmith

Just dropping in to leave this entertaining link to a ridiculous television news story coming out of Utah this week. It’s a wake-up call to parents about the dark side of their sulky-chic teenagers’ ugly tastes in music and fashion. They call their story “Emos Exposed.” And yes, fearful friends, they do refer to “emo”…

In shoppers’ news: Both West Elm and American Apparel are set to open local posts, in Edina and Minneapolis, respectively. If you’re not familiar, here are some quick bios on these bizes: West Elm is a Williams-Sonoma-owned (related to Pottery Barn, therefore) retailer of furniture and housewares of the clean, modernist, neo-Ikea sort. Think platform…

Late Breaking: There’s an AAW Fashion Show featuring the aforementioned Foat Design (yoga wear and funky, earth-friendly knits) to the musical accompaniment of Faux Jean–which is a very fashionable band. (See ’em at left … I wonder if the foppish lead singer will don the Foat duds.). Check it all out on Saturday (tomorrow) at…

Another AAW snippet, for cruiser-set cyclists: Wheel Good Bicycles (503 1st Avenue NE floor 3) is showing some one-of-kind custom bicycle fender sets, all of which have been designed by local “celeb” artists. (See above, which includes fenders by Jennifer Davis and Ingrid Restemayer.)

It’s not that I lack a soft-spot for watercolors. But when a girl’s got a teensy budget to mind, such as I do, that bit of cash seems so much better directed when spent on … well, let’s just call it wearable art, for politics sake. (I’m all for supporting those NE Artists!) Far as…

An update on the Target Go International project: But first, I should say that, in the past, these “flights of fashion” have had me on the edge of my seat. I was very excited, for example, about the Proenza Schouler line. Actually, to let ya’all in on a little secret: My local Salvation Army store…