as part of our online holiday boutique we are featuring eight amazing jewelry artists who we love here at free people, and i thought you might like to know their stories. we’ll start with bora…
we have worked with bora for years, and we love his unique jewelry and his ability to think outside of the box. born in turkey, bora’s immersion in mediterranean culture is one of the many things that inspires the jewelry he makes today. his dream was to be a musician, but his creativity and imagination led him towards jewelry design. with the help of his engineering background, he is able to carefully craft designs with close attention to detail and dimensions. his favorite material to “play” with is copper because he appreciates the historic quality of the metal. the best thing about his pieces is that they’re an abstract and interesting addition to any look.
check out our selection of jewelery by bora here.
November, 2009
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November 24th, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink
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tunesday
November 24th, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink
they already released one of the year’s best albums (in my opinion) merriweather post pavilion, and they toured all spring and summer, so when exactly did animal collective find the time to record a new EP? fall be kind comes out digitally today, and the album will be available in stores on december 15th. granted its only five songs, but they’re really good songs…including “graze,” which they’ve been playing live on tour for a while now, and “what would i want? sky,” which is actually the first song ever to legally sample the grateful dead. hard to believe, but true. listen to the song above…give it a second to get going. i haven’t been able to stop listening to it. the band describes the ep as having a somewhat darker sound, and they specifically wanted to release it in the fall because it felt appropriate.
band member dave porter (a.k.a. avey tare) explains, “the title is kind of a play on “fall behind,” when you move the clocks back. everything seems to be very seasonal or weather-oriented for us this year. i wanted to keep it a little bit in line with that. it felt like merriweather post pavilion was really springy or summery. we always try and push for our releases to come out at a specific time…. we even wondered if all these songs feel like a bunch of leftover songs, but i think they definitely do fit together in a sweet way. i guess because i associate fall with halloween, which is my favorite holiday. it just has that feeling, too. i really like autumn; i don’t necessarily feel like it’s a dark season or anything. the transitional seasons are usually my favorite.”
fall be kind album artwork
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fp fan photos…
November 23rd, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalinkmore awesome photos from our facebook fans :)
we love them! keep sharing!
- Becky says:
Hurray! How fun!
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we the free spotting!
November 23rd, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalinkvictoria’s secret and sports illustrated swimwear model brooklyn decker wearing our we the free batwing sport tee during a workout session in new york!
the picture appeared with an article in the new york times about a new series of beauty and fitness dvds that she’s doing with elle magazine.
- Caroline O'Brien says:
http://yeeeah.com/?attachment_id=50011
…a picture of Miley Cyrus wearing a We The Free top - Free People Austin 812 says:
She shopped in our store and signed up for our mailing list as well as our email list!!
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on the road: part one
November 23rd, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink
did everyone finish reading part one of on the road? what did you think? i love part one of the book because it really captures the feelings of freedom and independence as sal (kerouac) crosses the country for the first time. i was lucky enough to be able to take a road trip in the spring of 2008, starting in philadelphia and ending up in san francisco, and it was one of the best things i’ve ever done. after my trip i re-read on the road and found that i had a whole new appreciation for the book. certain passages now had a much more personal meaning for me, such as the part in chapter three where he describes waking up in a hotel room in des moines…
“i woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when i didn’t know who i was – i was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap hotel room i’d never seen, hearing the hiss of steam outside, and the creak of the old wood of the hotel, and footsteps upstairs, and all the sad sounds, and i looked at the cracked high ceiling and really didn’t know who i was for about fifteen strange seconds. i wasn’t scared; i was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, and the life of a ghost. i was halfway across america, at the dividing line between the east of my youth and the west of my future, and maybe that’s why it happened right there and then, that strange red afternoon.”
share your thoughts on part one! was there a memorable quote for you?
- fatburnkjr says:
Very informative post. Thanks for taking the time to share your view with us.
- Robbin says:
“Nobody can get to the last thing. We keep on living in hopes of catching it once for all.”
“This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to be do.”
“When I took up with you i didn’t expect roses and moonshine and I’m not surprised this day.” - g! says:
the two above quotes are two of my favorite from the entire book!
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employee gift picks!
November 23rd, 2009 / Posted by fp julia / Permalinkfor our online holiday boutique we did a really cute photo shoot featuring fp girls who work here at the home office and some of their favorite holiday gifts – here’s a look behind the scenes at the photo shoot, which also features our resident ladies man here at the office, fritz :)
the song is “coldest night of the year” by vashti bunyan.
to see all of the photos and gift picks, visit the website here.
- amy says:
Who was the song by?! Loved it!
its just beautiful kind of master piece as you have mentioned in the post its really cool i can say that the prestigious turkey culture can be seen in the ring design
cool master piece