Planetary alignment • Who he is: Mercury • What he’s wearing: Pants with a furry inset that he designed and a friend stitched. • His style: Mercury is an artist based in San Francisco where he makes jewelry from old and unusual coins. He recently passed through Asheville on his way to visit New Orleans. […]
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We’re LAAFFing with you What better place to scope out local fashion (not to mention costumes) than at Asheville’s most local of festivals? On a recent Sunday, Lexington Avenue filled with brightly dressed revelers, vendors and performers, all showing off their unique personal styles. And, better yet, many of those pictured below purchased wardrobe pieces […]
The 200th Monkey
It’s challenging enough to create some 30-plus miniature sets in which to photograph sock monkeys and their doings: Celebrating Oktoberfest, planting gardens, dining out (Why sock monkeys? Just wait: That answer comes soon enough). But if the project involves constructing the dioramas from predominantly found materials, well, good luck. “My daughter and I went to […]
Out of the Loop
Monochromatic for the people: Ladytron considers stock in Woolite for darks. “Hello and a beautiful good day. I welcome you my new friend in the space,” writes German lounge artist and Myspace inhabitant L’etagere. “I hope we live a pleasant time in this space and remain up to one see again, on which I am […]
The ‘Hot Lips Houlihan’ of Galilee
“Based on textual evidence, Mary Magdalen was probably Jewish and a disciple,” admits author Elizabeth Cunningham on her Web site. “In writing a historical fantasy, I’ve taken an imaginative leap, departing from all scripture, interpretation, and legend by presenting her as an unrepentant Celtic whore who never converts or becomes a disciple but is a […]
New wave pom-pom girl redux
How to keep your husband happy at the wild moose party: The Cosmopolitans in their prime. “When Chris [Stamey, of alt-pop group The dBs] and I first drove up [to New York City], I didn’t even go to my apartment,” recalls performance artist Jamie Sims. This was 1977 and Sims, who grew up in Asheville, […]
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Earning her stripes • Who she is: Bailey Townley • What she’s wearing: Black and white over-the-knee sock from Hot Topic, Converse hi-tops she’s had “forever,” and a black jersey skirt she customized. • Why we love it: Black and white always works as a color scheme. It’s crisp, suave and refreshing to the eye. […]
Beyond art cars
Latin dance group Flamenco Saltado reflect the new face of LAAFF. “This festival has a feeling of friends performing for friends,” asserts dancer Severine Gaubert-Rousseau. She’s talking about the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival (LAAFF), which, a handful of years since its inception, is still fiercely local in orientation. Sure, it spans the shopping […]
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Two cute • Who they are: Emily Storrow and Aaron Gilmour • What they’re wearing: On her, a floral dress she bought on a recent trip to California and a teal bag from Urban Outfitters. On him, a navy velvet newsboy cap from Head to Toe in Black Mountain. • Why we love it: There’s […]
An apple a day, dressed for night
Personal history: I grew up in the part of the country where (according to my father) there are more apple trees than people. Where autumn is marked not by the crisp weather as much as by tangy cider and cake donuts consumed, if not at the cider mill itself, then on a tractor-pulled cart bumping […]
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Why leggings rule • Who she is: Anna Bauman-Smith • What she’s wearing: A black tee over a red tank, both from Minx; a floral skirt and lacy black capri leggings, both from Urban Outfitters. • Why we love it: Even though the weather is still hot, Anna’s outfit has an autumn feel. The flouncy […]
They take their time (and do it right)
Back like that: Midnight Star makes the scene after a decades-long hiatus. Goombay!, a late-summer festival staple for 24 years, has seen its fair share of changes. In fact (unlike corn-dog and rock-band-happy Bele Chere), the smaller, community-centered Goombay! has spent two-and-a-half decades not only working to unite cultures and races, but seeking its own […]
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Sew what • Who she is: Alana Hodde • What she’s wearing: a dress she made. • Why we love it: Simplicity is touting this pattern [see picture] as the “it” dress, and fashion magazines are parading variations on the theme. Kimono styling takes on different personalities (Geisha, peasant, gypsy … ) depending on the […]
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Special deliveries • Who she is: Beth Harvey • What she’s wearing: White tee and painter’s-style cap, cuffed menswear trousers, leather shoes from Discount Shoes and vintage leather bag she found at a yard sale for $1. • Why we love it: Beth’s ensemble is a balanced mix of boyishly tough and softer pieces. The […]
The shape of things
The spooky austerity of Hawthorne’s classic book, set in Puritan America, will be evoked by high-tech projection work. “Everyone’s like, ‘Get a new color’ — especially my costumist,” laughs Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance Artistic Director Heather Maloy. Following last year’s darkly gothic performance of Masque of the Red Death, the dance troupe returns this summer […]
Foot[note] fetish
A study in success: Echoing Wolfe, Asheville-raised writer Marisha Pessl turned in her manuscript at 900 pages. Only 400 pages shorter, the published work, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, has made an unlikely splash. People magazine recently chose the densely erudite “mystery” book as its pick of the week. photo by Laura Rose “‘Always live […]
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Urban cowboy • Who he is: Nicky Sanders, fiddler for Steep Canyon Rangers, at Bele Chere. • What he’s wearing: an embroidered Western shirt he bought on eBay, dark-rinse jeans and J. Chisholm boots from Jackson Boots. • Why we love it: Originally from California, Nicky brings Cali country-rock style to his bluegrass band. The […]
Unholy trio
Teetering toward heresy: The Rebelles are back! There are famous trilogies: David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, the Nova Trilogy written by William S. Burroughs and the original Star Wars trilogy. And then there are the Rebelles. Asheville’s guerilla-theater burlesque troupe has returned from a year-and-a-half hiatus with the final installment in the trilogy they’ve been creating […]
Taking the long way home
Awww … they bonded over murder ballads: Patrick Fitzsimons and Eliza Lynn In 1999, world-music label Putumayo released Memphis to Mali, a collection of songs by American blues artists like John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal, and Malian superstars like Habib Koite and Baba Djan. Four years later, roots artist Corey Harris responded with his […]
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Anyone thinking root-beer float? • Who he is: Michael Cuccia • What he’s wearing: Faux-vintage A&W tee from Hot Topic (his friend works there, so he got a discount); retro polo from a thrift shop; retro track shoes from Journeys; jeans from Aeropostale. • Why we love it: Okay, so Michael got most of his […]
The Tao of Dave Desmelik
The sound of one hand strumming: Dave Desmelik. “We like to be tight, but we also try to stay loose, if that makes any kind of sense,” explains local singer/songwriter Dave Desmelik. This isn’t a Zen koan — a mind puzzle like “what is the sound of one hand clapping,” meant to hasten one’s progress […]