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good morning! with today being tunesday, i thought i’d share some videos from la blogotheque. if you’re not familiar with the site, you should definitely check it out. it’s a french site that features new videos each week of an acoustic performance by an artist or group in the street, at a bar, in a park, or any random place in the city. the videos are really amazing…check out these performances by bon iver and phoenix:
Bon Iver – Flume – Une soiree de Poche from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Phoenix – 1901 – A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
check out more of the videos here.
- -Jan 27, 2010, 10:52AM
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hi katelyn! i know it is in paris but i'm not sure exactly where!
- -Jan 26, 2010, 10:06PM
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where is the one of bon iver filmed? it's so awesome, love it :)
so if you’re a fan of free people on facebook, you probably know about a little thing we’ve been doing called “fp me,” where we asked our fans to submit photos of themselves in a free people inspired look. we then randomly selected one each day to be our profile picture for the day. well we got some amazing photos! here are just a few of our beautiful fans…
- -May 28, 2010, 1:34PM
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Thanks. I’m sure you are right.,Xavier
- -Jan 26, 2010, 2:04PM
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thanks for putting my pictures up, i have many more! how can i be a free people model ? :)
images 1, 3, 4, 5, 8: freckled cup; 2: cosmic dust; 6: hard to explain; 7: ffffound.
- -Jan 20, 2010, 2:35AM
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beautiful photos! the saturation of them sets a certain vibe and goes perfectly with the feel of the blog. love them!
- -Jan 19, 2010, 6:53PM
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beautiful photos....love them all!!!!!
a little while back, one of our team members showed me this post about artist jessica robles, who does really cute illustrations of shoes…we approached jessica and asked if she had any interest in drawing some free people shoes, and she was happy to! check ‘em out, along with her description of why she picked each one…
here illustrations look just like the real thing!
clockwise from top left: cody buckle back boot, thelma’s oxford, belle strappy ankle boot, cut out eyelet bootie.
check out more of her work on her blog.
thanks jessica! you’re so talented!!
- -Feb 10, 2010, 12:20PM
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Yay! I love Jessica and her amazing artwork!
- -Jan 15, 2010, 12:22AM
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incredible how she can draw does shoes! its amazing!!!! love iTTT! veeeery talented! im from mexico and love this blog and free people clothes
such a great batch of photos from our facebook fans today…sporting fp in some beautiful locations!
tulum, mexico
el salvador
about to explore a cave in mexico
not positive where the last two were taken, let me know if they’re your photos!
- -Jan 12, 2010, 9:39AM
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hey miko! awesome, great photo :)
- -Jan 12, 2010, 4:48AM
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I love the outfits here!
good morning! i’m really excited to bring you a guest blog post from andrea of the blog fly, who also happens to be the artist behind our hand drawn floral converse! read on to learn about where she drew her inspiration for the shoes.
When I was approached by Free People to use my doodle-style illustrations for a small run of sneakers I immediately thought of flower gardens. Aside from the feminine elements that can be associated with Free People and flowers, I really liked the idea of an eclectic garden of quirks and fun, much how I see the brand.
Over the years I’ve collected tons of vintage fabric swatches and ephemera (like magazine clippings and wallpaper scraps) featuring various forms of floral designs. I particularly like to use Secondhand Rose wallpaper swatches and William Morris’ floral designs for references. Using all these elements for inspiration I developed little clusters of tiny flowers, abstract roses, and dingbats to create the doodles for the shoes.
thanks so much andrea, we love your shoes!
- -Jan 20, 2010, 1:33AM
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Thanks for introducing her work here , She is doing very well and I strongly believe in a fact that only those people deserve success who dare to innovate cuz innovation demands too much hard work to create a thing no one knows before. Visit you again, Good Luck for ALL !
- -Jan 11, 2010, 12:56PM
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I love her blog and I did wonder how her design and her collaboration with Free People came to be because she posted her design on her design blog. :)
when the visual mit from one of our stores sent in her photos from wisconsin that i posted yesterday, she also sent me a picture of this awesome free people inspired gingerbread house that she made. this got me thinking about other fp-inspired projects, and i thought i’d share some really cool ones that i’ve seen on our facebook page.
kaitlin got the idea to make this shabby chic scrap fabric ornament from a this post on the bldg 15 blog a year or so ago.
kaitlin was also inspired by our headband, shown here, and cut long strips of denim from an old pair of jeans and braided them into a headband…she says, “i love to find innovative ways to recycle old things to make them into something new!”
victoria made this fp inspired skirt out of two vintage dresses – so pretty!
laconia made her own version of our gemmed converse and they look awesome!
julielani sent this free people-themed care package to her daughter in college – what a sweet mom! here is another one of her fp-inspired projects:
lastly, sara posted these pics of her fp-inspired jewels…they are so cute, i love them!
thanks so much for sharing your projects with us! if you have a free people inspired project that you’re working on, let us know! post it on our facebook page or email me at blog@freepeople.com.
- -Jan 08, 2010, 1:01PM
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Love the jewelry by Sara. Where can I buy it?!
- -Jan 06, 2010, 2:24PM
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Aw, those are my shoes. Sweeeet! FP inspires me all the time!!
dallas shaw is a delaware-based artist who’s work ranges from acrylic and watercolor paintings to notecards and tee-shirts. she also happens to be a big fan of free people! dallas was kind enough to answer a couple of questions for me and picked out some illustrations that she feels are representative of free people.
when and why did you decide you wanted to be a professional artist?
oddly enough i knew i wanted to be in art in some way when i was very young. i wrote a letter to the head animator of walt disney world when i was in 6th grade and asked him for a job! i think i was a little too young, but i worked at it since grade school, kept drawing, majored in illustration… as i grew older i really began to love the fashion industry and wanted to work in fashion but the right opportunity hasn’t come up just yet so here i am!
i read that you’re inspired by fashion and music…what designers and musicians are your personal favorites?
i do listen to music when i paint but i am really heavily influenced by the fashion industry. my personal favorites change by season but i am currently crushing on collections by phillip lim, lanvin & peter som.
what do you like to do when you’re not drawing and painting?
i don’t have a lot of free time on my hands this year. if i do end up with a few extra hours during the week i try to make time to spend with my really supportive husband. if I’m not with him during those couple of hours you’ll find me shopping!
to see more of dallas’s awesome work, check out her website!
- -Jan 13, 2010, 11:04PM
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i love dallas' work. and i love free people. how convenient! i love when my favorites meet at the intersection. ;) well done, you two!
- -Dec 22, 2009, 10:35AM
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oh, thanks for the feature everyone! http://dillydallas.blogspot.com
the latest batch of photos from our fans on facebook!
- -Jan 13, 2010, 9:49AM
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Yay! My photo made it. Love you, Free People! :)
- -Dec 15, 2009, 12:31PM
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hi morgan! you can upload them to our facebook page (post them to our wall) or email them to blog@freepeople.com...we'd love to see them!
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