a couple of girls from our visual display team setting up for an event in building 543…pretty!
*update – the umbrellas are from a market in india :)
decorating 543
thursday poll – edition 85
last week’s poll was all about feather accessories and the winner, with 28% of the votes, were the lovely feather earrings – nice choice!
this week we have an awesome selection of patchwork items that i am loving…i think it’s really cool how a couple of these styles are one-of-a-kind – each with their own unique wash and patches of fabric collected by our designer in india. which do you like best?
the patched denim jacket:
the fp slouch patch boyfriend jean:
the merrie patched vintage short:
the fp military patch skinny slouch denim:
or the patchwork rugged cutoffs:
01 magazine group exhibition
we just opened a store in toronto, and for all you readers that live there, here’s an art exhibit definitely worth checking out! it’s a group exhibition presented by 01 magazine – we’ve posted about a couple of the artists involved before (david horvitz, jennilee marigomen) and they’re ridiculously talented. today i wanted to post some of the work of alexander binder because it reminds me so much of our tangerine dream imagery…and it’s just pretty awesome:
more info on the show here.
canada here we come!
very exciting news! we just opened a new free people in toronto’s hudson bay flagship store – the first fp in canada!
free people officially launched its 1,000 sq. ft. hardshop on the much talked about contemporary floor, which houses brands such as opening ceremony, McQ, LnA, halston heritage, tucker, catherine malandrino, vena cava and doo ri.
reflective of our creative roots, this shop is truly one-of-a-kind. it is a beautiful blend of modern and vintage, mixing the earthiness of our teak tables and cane globe lanterns, with linear designed wood and metal racks. our fabulous team of artists worked their magic, painting columns and back walls with gorgeous green flora and fauna, creating that special free people experience that keeps our girl coming back for more!
canada is big country, so stay tuned for more exciting free people launches where hockey may be golden, but sparkles and crochet will always be the way to a girl’s heart.
xx
haiti cheri
space15twenty, where one of our newest stores is located, is holding a relief benefit for haiti this sunday, march 7 from 2-8pm. “haiti cheri” an artist for artist benefit for our brothers and sisters in darling haiti, will feature performances by l’esprit d’afrique and queztal guerrero along with DJs, special guests and visuals & photo exhibit from cine institute.
all proceeds go to: doctors without borders, cine institute of jacmel, sosenfant school, save the children.
for more info click here.
thursday poll – edition 84
how is everyone’s day going so far? ready for the thursday poll?
last week i asked about our rompers and we came extremely close to having a tie for the winner! the linen corset romper got 249 votes, and was just beat out by the we the free bookworm romper, which got 253 votes!
this week i’m really loving all the feather accessories we have in – they add such a natural, free-spirited touch to an outfit. which do you like best?
the leaping feather & chain necklace:
the suede & feather chain necklace:
i love them all! those sienna earrings are making me actually consider getting my ears pierced… now vote away!
happy birthday dr. seuss
“don’t cry because it’s over. smile because it happened.” – dr. seuss
what was your favorite dr. seuss book? mine was always the cat in the hat…i loved thing 1 and thing 2 :)
march calendar download!
i know you’ve all been asking and waiting for it…well here it is! the march calendar for you to download! just click the image to go to our flickr page and get the large size. enjoy :)
oh and in case you missed january and february, you can find those on our flickr page (in fp downloads) or in the post here.
happy holi!
today is holi, also known as the festival of colors – a celebration of love, life, and the coming of spring :)
chinese lantern festival
thursday poll – edition 83
hey everyone! sorry for the delay in posting today… i spent the morning in the hospital with a broken ankle :( but that wont stop me from posting the thursday poll!
so last week i asked about some of our cute sandals and the results were very close between the tahoe bootie, mindy beaded, and folklore sandals, but the tahoe bootie sandal came out on top. those are my favorite too! i think i definitely might have to get them.
this week i’ve been eyeing up our rompers, and i want to know which one you guys like best…
the linen corset romper:
the lucky charm romper:
or we the free bookworm romper:
instant love
when i posted the photos yesterday of our chicago visual mit’s puppy wearing an fp scarf, a reader wrote in “ohhh polaroids. when will they be back?” funny you should ask…i just heard earlier this week that the impossible project (which has been working tirelessly to bring back production of polaroid film) has encountered some problems that are delaying the project’s timetable. they were planning on holding a press conference this past monday to announce what the future holds for polaroid film, but that event has been postponed until march. i will keep you all posted!
in the meantime, check out the impossible shop where you can still find rare analog polaroid products.
the above images are from the flickr group “save polaroid”, which consists of thousands of self-portraits sent in by polaroid film lovers in an attempt to save the special film.