“A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. (…) Read more »
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SXSW Photo Diary
Mar 19, 2012I’m back from South By Southwest, but I think a part of me is still in Austin. Every time I go I fall more in love with the city, and even though it’s a little bit chaotic during SXSW it’s an amazing experience. I spent three days taking one of our Heart Strings guitars from (…) Read more »
Black Friday Events in our Stores!
Nov 23, 2011Here’s a rundown of what some of our stores are doing for the biggest shopping day of the year! Black Friday Sneak Peek at FP Costa Mesa! November 25; 5AM-10PM 5:00-6:00am fans of Free People South Coast on facebook receive 10% off your purchase! You can “like” them at the door to be allowed in. (…) Read more »
ACL event at our Austin Downtown Store!
Sep 14, 2011Who is going to Austin City Limits this weekend?! Well before you go, swing by our Austin store on Lamar on Wednesday or Thursday to pick up your festival outfit and get a little something special! Shop on Wednesday or Thursday and spend $100 or more you will get a one of a kind, tie (…) Read more »
Weekend Getaway: Find a Swimming Hole
Jul 22, 2011There are a lot of things I love about Austin, but near the top of the list are the swimming holes. When we were down there for our July catalog release party, it was sweltering – over 100 degrees. So the Saturday after our party, with a day off to explore, we went straight to (…) Read more »
Austin Photographer Alexandra Valenti Shows FP Her Home
Jul 20, 2011While 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 »
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 »
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 »

