Oakland Style Shines Bright on Oakland Rooftop The High 5ive Rooftop Bar at the Kissel Uptown Oakland boasts a stunning view of Oakland; currently in more ways than one. 100 Faces of Oakland, an ambitious project sponsored by Visit Oakland and created by photographers Anthony Weaver and Patanisha Williams, is on display through October 31st. Vita Hewitt 20 Oct 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Custom Kicks and Sustainable Style: The Art of Sneakers The Art of Sneakers, Vol. 1 offered an alternative and a tantalizing glimpse into that topic, into the ever-growing field of sustainable fashion, this past weekend in Oakland. Vita Hewitt 15 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Sew Tasty Liz takes matters, and pants, into her own hands. Liz Grace 15 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Upcycling in Uptown A habitué of thrift shops, flea markets, and similar bazaars near and far, artist Melanie Walas is attracted to stuffed animals and toys she finds at the discount emporia she visits. Agustín Maes 14 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Making Waves: New Barbers On the Block The frenzy began, with a dozen students vying for aesthetic bragging rights, and all laser-focused on the model (often a fellow student) in their chair. Tools, spare hair, and gel flashed in hands, on hands, on the floor. Sarah Bass 21 Aug 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Global Citizens, Local Fashions Oakland Renaissance: Saint Maurice Fashion Show West Oakland Matters 7th West 1255 7th St, Oakland July 27, 2024 Local art matters, and so do your neighbors. Produced in “The New Sarah Bass 31 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa The City Belongs To Us: Emergent Futurism In A Downtown Parking Garage Downtown Parking Garage Concert Series: “Super Imposed” 100 W. 1st St. Tulsa July 11, 2024 What’s the point of a downtown parking garage after all the workers go home Alicia Chesser 19 Jul 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Beauty Without Borders Beyond Trend Runway Show Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 On a glittery, gold-colored runway taped to Valdez Street near Lake Merritt, a woman in Stacey Peters 24 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford When the Sharks Meet The Warhawks Shark Tank Pitch Competition Bloomfield High School Bloomfield June 6, 2024 I hadn’t been back to Bloomfield High School, my alma mater, in at least a decade. What better Jamil Ragland 9 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
Tulsa Oklahoma Fashion Alliance Wants To Hear (And See) Your Story “Is The Earth Just A Body Too?” Oklahoma Fashion Alliance Artisan Hall Tulsa Feb. 24, 2024 Think you don’t belong in a room full of cool kids? If the Alicia Chesser 10 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Style Week Takeaway: Cali Cool Is Here To Stay Bespoke Cocktails and Stylish Conversation Oakland Style Week Kissel Hotel Uptown Oakland Oct. 19, 2023 The evening was still hot as I got dressed to head downtown for Cocktails and Sarah Bass 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read