it's a long shot...

so, i understand there are a few of you out there reading. :) so i'm asking for a favor:

if you have ANY knowledge of fashion design jobs, or clothing companies based in san francisco, PLEASE TELL ME. or if you know someone who might know something, anything, could you ask them if THEY have ANY knowledge of any company in the area?

i need your help.

any tidbit of information you have is appreciated.

i've been doing a little research, trying to find companies with design offices based out here. so far, i've found:

-levi's (jeans, natch) -jessica mc clintock (formals, prom dresses, mostly) -margaret o'leary (knitwear)

still looking.

p.s. the gap doesn't count...i believe their design offices are in all based in NYC, and the marketing and etc. is here, and i do not have education in marketing, and would not feel secure pursuing a job in that specialized area.

there have to be at least a few more companies. or am i completely deluded? i know there aren't many, as SF is not a big fashion center, but since i am so new here there is so much i don't know about this city and what it actually contains/has to offer.

small companies, big companies...any that are hiring, or really, just any that happen to exist out here, so i can keep them in my notes.

it would be so great if there was some sort of organization, some listing of companies in an area, and what industry they are in! if only such a thing existed.

thanks.

happy birthday, wardrobe_remix!

blue and orange (aka, day one)

wardrobe_remix is one year old today. this was the first ever W_R photograph, of yours truly.it started with one person, myself, and it has grown to over 1300 members today.

wardrobe_remix is a DO-IT-YOURSELF street fashion community.

sometimes the group gets unruly, and sometimes i wonder if it was a good idea or not! mostly it's really great and fun to watch all the photos and read all the descriptions that everyone has added to the pool.

i had no idea it would grow. but something about it resonated, and it caught on. i wonder where it will go, if anywhere.

i'm still amazed that people participate, are interested, and like it. it makes me feel like i've accomplished something, though it's a very small thing, in the scheme of things. i guess you could say i'm proud, mostly of all of you! thank you.

*** reflections on set and setting, one year later:

the photo above was taken during the first couple weeks of class, when i was starting my second semester (of three) at parsons. i took it with my camera's self-timer, balanced on my staircase (that led up to our "bedroom"), as my husband pete was out of town at the time (he takes almost all of my W_R photos).

this photo is typical me: some kind of denim, bright colors, vintage clothing/accessories (mostly), even a little handmade-ness (the earrings, made by me for me). this is who i am, good or bad.

i started taking pictures of myself because i wanted to show the world how i put it together. i'm a legend in my own mind sometimes! really, i'm just having fun. i've said it before: i think of dressing as an art, and consider clothes and accessories to be akin to the paints a painter uses to make his or her art. it's a way to express oneself creatively, to make a personal statement.

*** and some personal sadness i feel looking at this photograph:

above, i'm standing in the middle of my beloved bushwick apartment, back in brooklyn.

i miss living in NYC so much my heart is about to break. SF and life here is simply not the same. it's pretty lonely right now and i don't know where my life is going.

times were different then, when this photo was taken. learning so much, working hard. there were so many opportunities and potentialities there! i wonder what life would have brought had i been able to stay. i really wanted to stay.

perhaps i would have been able to find a job there! frankly, it's not so easy here for fashion-y types, in this land of hills and microchips.

*** but...anyhow. here's to another year gone by!! cheers.