william good: goodwill's chic start-up in SF

(images via SF gate)

a eco-friendly scoop straight from the SF gate: SF designer nick graham (of joe boxer fame) and goodwill are aiming to make second-hand super stylish, by joining forces on a new recycled retail venture and fashion line called william good. said line is made entirely from items found in goodwill's discount bins (i.e., whatever hasn't sold after 30 days dwelling on goodwill's shop floor).
the design studio for the william good line is down in the mission district, and the first william good store will be here in san francisco, at fillmore and post.
{{an aside: hotdamn, i would LOVE to be doing that kind of work! william good, HIRE ME! hah.}}
the store opens november 15th, and the prices will be decidedly north of typical goodwill price points, in the range of $15 to $300. more information about the william good venture here.

(not so) random links

i figured i'd get this out of the way earlier in the week, as it's bound to be a busy week, with work, traveling, and vacationing...! enjoy.

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-fly points at some amazing fashion & style slideshows, on the new york times website. she's a fan...now, so am i! thanks again, fly, your site is a constant source of inspiration for me (and others, surely!)...

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-from portfolio.com's fashion inc. and the wall street journal: luxury still equals snobby, at least when it comes to the outward behavior of salespeople and displays at the high-end retail establishments like YSL and D&G. my note to said salespeople: this is 2007, lose the nasty act...because it's just that, an act (both the product and your behavior), and we all know it.

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-astute and intelligent fashion blogger jill danyelle of the laboratory shares a paper magazine feature wherein artists from creative growth, an art group for persons with disabilities in the bay area, did their own take on new york's fashion week. as seen on the laboratory, the results are quite beautiful, colorful, and expressive...i almost like them more than the inspiration!

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-H&M: hate them, or love them? think it shills cheap crap, or is a godsend? no matter which side you stand on, you might want to peep this thought-provoking post and it's comments on the suburban queen.

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-handiwork that hides in plain sight: experimental japanese fashion designer aya tsukioka has created a hand-sewn dress that can transform into a faux vending machine, in order to disappear into one's urban surroundings and deter crime. (via everyone and their mother on the web of late, and the new york times)

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more on matters of surroundings: i love the sneak peeks into artists/designers/creatives homes on design*sponge. pictures of one's interiors are like a self-portrait, really because what surrounds an individual says so very much about them as a person: what they love, what's important to them, how they live their life. completely and totally fascinating, non?

(not so) random links

-i am in super love with this paul richard quote posted on apartment therapy: los angeles:

colors are promiscuous. they get infected by their neighbors.

and it's true: colors are influenced by the other colors that they hang around with, the light in which they live, the other colors that sit by them on the color wheel. for instance, red can lean in various directions, sometimes more toward the color to their right or left, sometimes becoming a bluish-red, or a yellowy red. and so on. it's a gradient. i love color so much sometimes i wish i could eat it.

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-not sure if i have any readers in LA (perhaps i do? speak up!), and it's short notice, but if you're in so-cal, and a fan of the work of lisa congdon, do check out her latest solo show, charming creatures, at firefly, in venice. the opening party is tomorrow eve from 6-10pm. go lisa! more info here, on lisa's blog.

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-adding to the link in my (not so) random links list from last week about luxury not being so luxurious, and fancy bags just being hype, a backlash seems to be brewing against those ridiculous "it-bags"... eric wilson of the new york times asks: is this it for the "it bag"? (let's hope so.)

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-hats are haute. told you so! still don't believe me? see old hat? not any more... from the telegraph, and this hat-positive missal from the ever so stylish styleista, the vintage society.

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i been watching the gap flounder for years now via the pages of WWD...they are so, so lost, so irrelevant, so un-hip, so middle-management heavy, losing money, and digging their own grave. this observer expose on their deplorable child labor practices in india probably won't do much to help their image, and it goes without saying that it flies in the face of the pseudo-ethical (red) campaign they rolled out some time ago.