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Video Shopping Site Joyus Acquires Splendora

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:01:15 +0000

I’m covering more fashion-meets-tech these days. One recent example from the San Francisco Chronicle Style section.

Dapper Style Pops Up in the Mission and Beyond

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:41:52 +0000

Once you digest the fact that I can, apparently, time travel into the future, move past the dateline and check out this recent story I wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Style section.

SFMade Week Highlights Locally Made Products

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:44:56 +0000

Given my obvious interest in supporting local companies and local fashion, this was a welcome assignment from the San Francisco Chronicle. Click the image to go to the full story, which ran in the print Style section in mid-May.

The Factory & Sui Generis

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:42:33 +0000

From the April 2011 issue of SFiS, the San Francisco Chronicle's monthly style magazine. Click on the image to read in full.

7×7 Magazine: Playing Dress Up

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:24:35 +0000

Check out the story I wrote on fashion-focused social games in the April issue of 7×7 magazine. These games are a really interesting trend sweeping Facebook right now, and many of the top games are located in San Francisco or nearby. Click the pic to view the online version or check out the print version here.

Snow Day on Runway

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:47:01 +0000

I covered the Snow fashion show from late January for the San Francisco Chronicle’s monthly style magazine SFiS, and the story is finally out. You’ll find it in various boxes around the City. Click the pic to go to the article online. It was also nice to be able to include photography from Christophe Tomatis, who has been doing nice work this year as a contributing photographer for SF Indie Fashion.

Fashion Unraveled

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:55:13 +0000

The 2nd edition of Fashion Unraveled: How to Start and Manage Your own Fashion (or Craft) Design Business is out this month, and I’m happy to have a four-page section on blogging and social media included this time around. Thanks to Jennifer Lynne Matthews for asking me to be a part of this book.

If you’re interested in buying the book, check out the post on SF Indie Fashion for a discount code that’ll save you 35 percent.

Winter Update

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:24:46 +0000

After taking much of the fall off — though SF Indie Fashion continued to run smoothly — to spend time with my son, who arrived on Sept. 1, I happily returned to covering San Francisco fashion each week and resumed several of my freelance gigs at the beginning of the year. Here’s an update on where you can find my writing and other professional pursuits these days:

7×7 and 7×7.com: I cover fashion each week for the magazine’s web site and occasionally contribute to print.

San Francisco Chronicle: You’ll find my work in the newspaper’s Sunday Style section from time to time, as well as in the monthly magazine SFiS. Recently, I wrote a feature about the Irma bracelet and contributed to the 2010 Year in Fashion.

SF Unzipped: I write for the San Francisco Chronicle’s online style blog once each week. You’ll generally find my posts up on Fridays.

SF Indie Fashion: Every week day (and some weekends) you’ll find fresh content featuring the Bay Area’s wealth of design talent, fashion happenings, beauty news and independent retailers. The site has been growing steadily over the last few months, and we continue to tackle bigger and better things. I’ve been pleased to establish more news partnerships, which have led to our content appearing on sites such as Vivanista and The Feast. Stay tuned for what’s on the horizon this year.

Academy of Art: While I miss teaching (and look forward to when I can expand my work schedule and do so again), I am glad I am able to act as an academic advisor for a fashion journalism student here this spring.

Provocateur Media: During the fall, I began working with this local public relations agency on a consulting basis to help agency clients interested in the benefit of the journalist’s perspective on their campaigns. It’s been fun, rewarding and an interesting change of pace to work with local retailers and brands in this capacity, and I look forward to continuing my work on this front in the future.

Fashion Unraveled: The 2nd edition of this excellent resource for emerging designers is out, and I was thrilled to have a four-page section on blogging and social media included in its pages.

And as always, you can find out the latest musings from yours truly by staying in touch via Twitter or LinkedIn.

The Sartorialists: gr.dano in 7×7

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:21:46 +0000

I just love Alex Farnum’s shot of gr.dano’s Brian Scheyer and Jill Giordano. It appeared in the September issue of 7×7 along with an interview I wrote about the up-and-coming design duo. I’ve linked to the online version, but you can also find the story in print on newsstands this month.

Summer 2010 Update

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:24:19 +0000

I’ve been remiss in updating the blog, but that doesn’t mean exciting things haven’t been happening. Here’s an update on what I’ve been working on since June:

- In July, the San Francisco Chronicle ran Mission District stocks up on local, unique, a story I wrote covering some of the best new shops in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood. It includes a nice map and guide to local retailers. If you’re planning on visiting the area, it will send you to some great, eclectic shops specializing in vintage and independent designers’ work.

- In early August, Rena Ramirez of 6th Generation Media and I teamed up to offer Market U, a one-night seminar offering media outreach and public relations tips to local small business owners. It was a great success – we sold out the event and met a lot of great people running terrific local businesses. We plan to do another one of these events in the future, likely in the winter or early spring.

- Also in August, I began copy writing for Mineral Fusion cosmetics, a mineral makeup brand based out of Denver. I’ve enjoyed creating tips for using the company’s all natural cosmetics and will post more about them once the current projects become available online.

- And as always, I continued blogging each week for Kayak.com, 7×7.com, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Unzipped blog and SF Indie Fashion.

- I’ll be taking some time off in September and October to be with my new son, Walker (due Aug. 30). That said, SF Indie Fashion will continue running, so don’t hesitate to be in touch about that or any other freelance requests.