Once our designers design a style and colors, fabrics, and trims are chosen, a factory will send a proto for them to approve. The designer then approves or makes changes before it goes into production. Our factories usually send us proto samples in a real life women’s size, so our knit designers were totally surprised (…) Read more »
vintage halloween
Oct 20, 2006Another cool feature happening with flickr groups… Check out this collection of vintage halloween images. Anyone can post images from the 1800′s-1960′s. Find amazing postcards, decorations, and costumes. Does anyone still bob for apples? (…) Read more »
the belt watch
Oct 20, 2006We just have to point out how amazing these watches are. Designed by Beth Frank in LA, she combines vintage embossed leather belts with antique watch faces to create a rough yet elegant piece of jewelry. In addition to the vintage elements, Beth adds a hand crafted buckle. The face of the watch is removable (…) Read more »
wardrobe remix
Oct 20, 2006You may have noticed the recent popularity of street fashion in blogs and magazines. (My personal favorite is Paris based facehunter .) Unless you live in one of the major cities, your chances of getting photographed are pretty slim. In the spirit of DIY, some girls have taken matters into their own hands and created (…) Read more »
felt rug
Oct 19, 2006If you’ve ever been in one of our boutiques, you know how special our displays are. That is because we construct almost everything ourselves here in Philly. This photo is one of our display designers crafting a felt rug that is part of our window display in our new Boston store location at the Prudential (…) Read more »
polish puppies
Oct 19, 2006While shooting our fall catalog in Poland, the girls visited a small village called Zalipie. This town was the inspiration for our fall “Cabinet of Curiosities” trend, with all of the handpainted wood work influencing both our clothing embellishment and store display design. In searching for locations for the shoot, they found this amazing painted (…) Read more »
the free people blog…
Oct 19, 2006We here at free people are a curious bunch. We share an interest in exploring all aspects of the artistic culture that surrounds us and in the people that create it. This blog is about sharing those discoveries and maybe even inspiring you to do some discovering of your own. (the Free People Girl was (…) Read more »
