While down in Austin for our July Catalog shoot we had the opportunity to visit the beautiful bohemian home of photographer Alexandra Valenti. Her home is amazing and full of positive energy – you can tell a very creative and spiritual person lives there. (…) Read more »
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Monday Quote: Complete the Sentence
Jul 18, 2011I picked up this vintage postcard at Uncommon Objects in Austin. I loved it because it made me think – so for today’s Monday quote, I want you all to write your own quote by completing the phrase: “I never did, but always thought I would like to _____” (top image source) (…) Read more »
Play Me, I’m Yours
Jul 16, 2011When we were in Austin in April shooting our July Catalog, we were fortunate to be there during the month when an exhibit by artist Luke Jerram was installed throughout the city. The live art installation is called “Play Me, I’m Yours,” and consists of several pianos that are placed throughout a given city, in (…) Read more »
Things To Do In Austin: The San Jose Hotel
Jul 15, 2011Tucked discretely among Austin’s best restaurants and vintage shops on South Congress, the Hotel San Jose is a peaceful oasis either to stay for a vacation or just to pop in for a drink on the patio. Self-described as a hotel with soul, the San Jose’s décor includes vintage concert posters, cacti, animal printed-throws, crawling (…) Read more »
July Catalog: Behind the Scenes in Austin
Jul 14, 2011The first day of shooting in Austin was a blast – we shot at the Mohawk Room with the Happen-Ins, and models Ashley Smith, Anastasia Khodkina and Jessica Mau took turns pretending to be in the band. Ashley was a natural on the guitar and Anastasia blew us away with her rockstar energy! With Alexandra (…) Read more »
Guest Post from Indiana of Adored Austin!
Jul 11, 2011While down in Austin for our July catalog release party, we had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Indiana of the austin-based fashion blog Adored Austin. she is incredibly sweet and put together this lovely post for our blog :) Austin is a city obsessed with live music, football, and all things Lance Armstrong. I’ll (…) Read more »
i’m with the band
Jul 08, 2011i know i’ve talked a lot about these guys over the past few weeks on the blog, what with our catalog release party and the free download, but today i wanted you to get to know the happen-ins from their mouths :) here’s a little slideshow interview with the band mixed in with some behind (…) Read more »
july catalog behind the scenes
Jul 07, 2011it was such a dream to be able to attend this shoot. (…) Read more »
july catalog: meet the photographer
Jul 06, 2011it started when our creative director discovered the sisters of the black moon and began printing their lookbook photos from various tumblrs and blogs like cosmic dust and sun in scorpio, and hanging them for inspiration. she didn’t realize the photography was current- their decayed, weathered look led her to believe they were vintage 70s (…) Read more »
the july catalog video!
Jul 05, 2011our july catalog video might be my favorite one yet…a visual ode to the live music capital of the world, austin, texas! lazy days on front porches strumming the guitar, hanging out backstage with bands before hopping onstage alongside them, walking hand-in-hand through the texas wild… this video definitely brings out my wannabe-70s-groupie side ;) (…) Read more »
july catalog sneak peek!
Jun 30, 2011i have been eagerly awaiting this book since april when we went to austin to shoot it! it drops tuesday, but here are some behind the scenes photos i took during the shoot to hold you over :) the july book was shot in austin, texas, by alexandra valenti and features models ashley smith, anastasia (…) Read more »
Jun 24, 2011i have some great ‘exile in austin’ photos to share with you today, from alexandra valenti – who shot our july catalog! i love her style of photography, i can’t wait to show you some of the shots from the book! but for now, enjoy these fun photos from our event :) (…) Read more »
