Details: Quirky & Cool

January 31st, 2012 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink

I love quirky little details… today I kept noticing little things that made an outfit unique, like a little bit of leather on a denim shirt, pairing a vintage tee with a sequin vest, adding suspenders to the basic denim and tee, statement collar necklaces, striped denim and leopard, neon bracelets – you name it, our FP girls are rocking it.

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Dress down the fitted with daisies dress with a cool denim shirt.

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The casbah necklace looks awesome with collared shirts!

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You can find the neon bracelets in our stores!

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Ruby rocking her “You had me at woof” shirt :)

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Tunesday: Getting to know Twin Sister!

January 31st, 2012 / Posted by fp jemma / Permalink

Sunday the 22nd of January we went to Johnny Brenda’s – a charismatic bar, restaurant and music venue that has a strong presence mainly to do with the amount of awesome bands that sail through there, one being Twin Sister who we managed to catch up with while they sound checked and nibbled on Whiskey doughnuts.

Twin Sister’s pillowy indie pop always brings to me a soft sensation and a dream like feeling. Andrea Estella just has a way of captivating you with her husky drooling voice that makes you feel like you’re on another planet. We spent the afternoon at Johnny Brenda’s playing dress up with Andrea followed by a green room chit chat and some Polaroid action, the day was pretty great and nothing could have finished the day off better than them singing their new album In Heaven live.

Thank you Twin Sister for an amazing day! Check out our exclusive interview below

Andrea wears: Retro Sleeve Dress, Maknes Felt Fedora, Archduchess Platform

Photo credit ~ Nathan Kula
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We love Paris Couture!

January 31st, 2012 / Posted by fp jemma / Permalink

Whenever Paris Couture starts running I get giddy over fashion and the excitement of fashion weeks starts running through me. Paris Couture is what fashion dreams are made of, a traditional love and lure for craftsmanship and fine details, it’s fashion design at its very best and you can’t help but show true respect for it. The level of workmanship from the ateliers is especially inspiring. From Karl Lagerfeld’s tribute to shades of blue for Chanel, Valentino’s key to the eighteenth century’s Age of Enlightenment and “real” values to Elie Saab’s easy to digest rainbow of shiny, beautiful pink, peach, yellow, mint green and baby blue gowns.

Paris Couture shows true love to fashion “Fashion needs culture or it becomes empty” said Pier Paolo Piccioli and that’s so true. Now I’m looking forward to the ready to wear shows to begin 9 days and counting!

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Style File: Associate Buyer – Accessories

January 30th, 2012 / Posted by fp naomi / Permalink

This week’s style file is our Associate Buyer for accessories, who traveled to the US from England to work at Free People. Her style is quirky and avant garde. It’s full of color and pattern – often with a theme like neon or turquoise. I love the risks she takes. There’s no fear, and nothing is too outrageous. It is, however, always inspiring.

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Get the look with our Marled Yarn Pullover, 5 Pocket Vintage Wash Skinnies, and Sugar Mountain Ankle Boots

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Color coordinated in turquoise – try it out: Cala Bead Bracelet,  Anasazi Epic Ring, London Blue Ring, Suwannee Ring, or the Hermoso Stone Ring

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Get the look with our Heavy Knit Pieced Sweater in Mayan Blue.

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The skull bracelet is available in FP stores!

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New Free People Vegan Leather has Arrived!

January 30th, 2012 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink

I have a lot of Free People in my closet, but one of the best FP purchases I’ve ever made was hands down my vegan leather jacket. It looks like real leather (in fact, most people think it is), its comfy, fits well, goes with everything and is still in great shape, despite being worn quite frequently. I was thrilled to hear that we’d be continuing with vegan leather, and some new product just arrived on our site that is to die for! We’ve got something for every girl – a new hooded vegan leather jacket, a smocked vegan leather dress, new vegan leather shorts in a washed pink color, a vegan leather bustier, and old favorites like the pleated vegan leather skirt are back. Check out some styling inspiration from our store girls below, and then play it cool and check out the new vegan leather on our website!

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From left: toughen up a slip with the washed vegan leather short and fedora; throw on the double breasted vegan leather jacket over the lace stripes maxi dress; wear the cap sleeve gypsy lace dress in cold weather with tights, a cami and the same vegan leather jacket in gray; try an unexpected pairing with an airy blouse and vegan leather shorts.

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Forget the l.b.d. (for now) – this spring we love little white dresses like the fitted with daisies dress, paired with vegan leather jackets!

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On my wishlist: the embellished vegan leather motorcycle jacket.

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Such a cute look! Pair the high waisted textured short with tights, a cute tank and vegan leather jacket.

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A more summery look with the washed vegan leather short, crochet bell sleeve top, sheer maxi bed jacket and sandals.

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Get this cool urban look with the fp one pacific trails pant, imagine me graphic tee, floppy hat and vegan leather jacket.

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How freaking cool is the vegan leather bustier?!?

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It looks awesome over a slip, like the delphine mesh skirt!

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Here the  vegan leather bustier is worn over the flock dot house slip, with the ruffle legging and tomorrow today shirt. Adorable!

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Super cute in the crochet short, stripe boy tee and vegan leather buttondown.

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Love this boho look with the washed vegan leather short, diamond crochet tunic, tights, the caballero ankle boot and some cute flower hair accessories (coming soon!).

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You can’t go wrong with the flock dot house slip, tights and embellished vegan leather motorcycle jacket!

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The long sleeved embellished party dress and double breasted vegan leather jacket.

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And last but not least, stop traffic in the amazing vegan-leather trimmed cage shift dress, western buttondown and embellished vegan leather motorcycle jacket.

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Shop the Vegan Leather collection!

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Blogger Diary: The Past Three Weeks

January 30th, 2012 / Posted by fp naomi / Permalink

Writing a blogger diary every three weeks, sometimes it’s hard to pick just one thing to talk about. Life has been a whirlwind – a good one, but nonetheless – a whirlwind.

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Last week, as you all saw, we threw a party here in Philadelphia for the opening of our Walnut Street store. I saw two months of hard work culminate with a festive night of happy faces. The satisfaction of watching it all pay off was unreal. Leading up to that point, my head had been 1 million mile-per-minute thoughts. I took the following day off, and just let myself sit in the happiness, appreciating the calm.

I’ve also been enjoying the city a lot lately. Hopping from one spot to the next, discovering and observing – I love the grit and the beauty of urban life. There’s always someplace new to go, and there are always the old favorites to return to. You can run by a river, and then shop down skyscraper-lined streets, listening to your feet clack, clack against the cement.

Rather than give you more long-winded stories to recount the past three weeks, here are three current obsessions which will mark this time in my memories:

  1. My friends and I can’t stop listening to Gotye’s, “Somebody I used to know,” which is the first track on my current playlist.
  2. On the weekends, I tend to like blogs that I can actually sit down and read. Roost Blog, Paper Castles Press, and Mystic Mamma have been my go-to’s.
  3. I picked up the Ikat Printed Balloon Pants in the black combo color way. Yoga, brunch, napping – they’ve barely left my body since. It’s safe to say, I’m obsessed.

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