High end, low dollar Champagne tastes on a PBR budget? No problem — many local consignment shops carry designer labels at bargain prices. Now, shopping consignment takes a bit of commitment. It requires searching through the gently used items for that perfect sweater or skirt, and there’s not likely to be more than one of […]
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Return of Roller Girl
Did you know about the Blue Ridge Roller Girls? Because I so totally didn’t. With names like Chelle-O Shoot Her, Break Neck Beck, Nico Suave, Pulp Friction, Miss Chete, Psycho Anna Lies, and, Poison Sue Smac, they’re bringing fast-paced, agro roller derby back from the … ‘70s.
Models wanted
⢠Do you have great style?
⢠Do you design your own outfits and want to show them off?
⢠Are you a local designer wanting to get pictures of your hats/dresses/jewelry/scarves/tees in print?
⢠Do you have a fashionable friend who deserves to have his or her picture in the paper?
Of Cleveland, by Cleveland, for Cleveland (and the world)
Conducting themselves accordingly: The Cleveland Orchestra ranks among the top-10 orchestras on the planet. She’s not referring to a visit from Itzhak Perlman or Yo-Yo Ma when she calls Asheville Bravo! Concerts’ next show “a huge thing.” Bravo! Executive Director Jan Milin is talking about the Cleveland Orchestra. If you didn’t know better, you might […]
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Save the earth, look good doing it If the terms “organic eco apparel” seem contradictory with “affordable,” Mars Hill-based Web store The oko Box (www.theokobox.com) is about to change that. Celebrating its grand opening, the online shop features clothing for men and women and offers a special section called “Under 50 Bucks.” Click that link […]
If I had a personal soundtrack, Josh Rouse would be on it
Last night I went to hear Josh Rouse at the Grey Eagle. So did lots of other people which meant I couldn’t see him too well for all the tall people standing in front of me. But I sort of didn’t care. Sometimes, when I go to a show, I need to be able to […]
Oko Box: Green clothes, K-Mart prices
In case you don’t yet know about online natural-fiber store the Oko Box, this is the time to check it out. The Mars Hill-based company is having a winter sale on most of their inventory, which means you can score hip, body-conscious duds (male and female) in bamboo, hemp and organic cotton at bargain prices. […]
John Mayer likes him more than he likes John Mayer
Forever in “Quiet Town”: Josh Rouse. photo by Dominik Sontag Not that he’s ever Googled his own name — but imagine the surprise songwriter Josh Rouse might’ve felt had he come across a mention of himself on pop-radio darling John Mayer’s Web site. “This CD is KILLING me lately,” Mayer wrote last October. He was […]
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Gothic Lolita Local student Tessa Hansman got into Gothic Lolita fashion (a style that originated in the late ’90s and peaked a year or two ago in Tokyo) last year when she saw the film Kamikaze Girls. “I fell in love with the look,” Tessa says. “I started buying clothes that looked like this at […]
Queen of the yammed
Ass-piring to greatness: For her current book launch, advancing The Sweet Potato Queens’ 1st Big-Ass Novel, Jill Conner Browne was given her own tour bus. Butt of course. “Inwardly I’m Reba McEntire,” confesses Jill Conner Browne, better known as the Sweet Potato Queen. “For me, my earliest vision was to be 5’2″ with little feet. […]
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Skate fashion is not a crime If you’ve passed by Push Skate Shop (25 Patton Ave., 225-5509) and figured that anyone over age 18 would burst into flames if they set foot in the store, you’re missing out. Yeah, the boutique is filled with junior-high kids checking out the specially made skateboards, but there’s also […]
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DIY Fever Glass beads at Chevron Trading Post & Bead Co. With the holidays behind us and the new year upon us, it’s a great time to start new projects. Winter provides plenty of opportunities to get cozy at home or in a favorite cafe and knit, journal, draw and dream. Looking for inspiration? Here’s […]
A joyful noise
Local kirtan group Sangita Devi performs with traditional Indian instruments. “What we’re doing, by playing on a weekly basis, is: We’re holding a torch here,” explains local yoga instructor Timothy Burgin. He’s talking about his Tuesday night engagement with kirtan group Sangita Devi, a collective of musicians who lead devotional chants in Sanskrit. “Then, when […]
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White: the new edgy At Rene Treece‘s photography show, Pendulum Stop, currently at the Wedge Gallery, many of the subjects are wearing white. Of course, the photos are black and white, so dress colors may be misleading, but it could also be a nod to Treece’s main line of work: photographing weddings. These, however, aren’t […]
Party people
Trying to plan your New Year’s Eve? We’ve got festivities to go with every party dress in your closet. From polyrhythms to swinging jazz, downtown Asheville (and the surrounding area) offers a range of events. There’s something for families with young kids, people who just want to check out the fireworks, serious party hounds, dance […]
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Not your average gallery crawl One night, three openings — all fashion-oriented. While many fans of new clothing and unique accessories feel that clothing and jewelry deserves art-gallery status (complete with wine and cheese to celebrate the arrival of a new line) that’s rarely the case. Fanfare is generally limited to glimpsing the perfect dress […]
More than meets the ear
Nostalgia always looks better in vintage threads: The cast of NC Stage’s It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. “An anthropologist could probably write volumes on why people talked that way in film and on the radio back [in the 1940s],” muses Hans Meyer, director of Immediate Theatre Project (ITP) and NC Stage’s collaborative […]
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Sweater Set On one hand, sweaters add an extra layer of warmth. They can be cozy, like a wearable blanket. They can be sexy (Lana Turner in They Won’t Forget) or classic (a twin set and pearls worn Jackie O. style). On the other hand, sweaters can be bulky, lumpy and itchy (see the atrocities […]
Golden Moment
Childlike wonderment and guerrilla-marketing savvy have made Hope For Agoldensummer a force to be reckoned with on the indie-music scene. “We don’t want a traditional record deal,” announces Hope For Agoldensummer front woman Claire Campbell. It might sound like a strange statement for a band member to make — who doesn’t want to get signed? […]
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Braving Black Friday Though the “black” in black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving that has evolved into one of the year’s busiest shopping days — sounds ominous, it actually refers to the point when retailers move from the red into the black, accounts-wise. And that’s a good thing. Here, local and visiting shoppers take […]
Watch more television
URTV Director of Programming Jen Mass believes in the station’s locally oriented mission. photo by Jonathan Welch “Van Burnette’s show is funny,” laughs URTV program director Jen Mass. “He’s always doing things with those praying mantises.” This is probably not the sort of comment you hear from the average television station head, but URTV — […]