It was like a time travel experience. On Friday night, January 17, the night of Edwardian Ball 2014 World's Faire, I saw all these ladies and gentlemen dressed up to the nines in a myriad of costumes that range from Edwardian, Victorian, Steampunk, Edward...
Over the years I've been living in San Francisco Bay Area, I have heard about the marvelous, whimsical, beautiful extravaganza that is Edwardian Ball. It is "an elegant and whimsical extravaganza of costumery, carnival, music, acrobatics, ballroom dancing and...
In about a week, I will be traveling overseas for a little while. I hope it's going to be exciting and I will come back with a lot of stories to share with you fafafoomers. However, unfortunately I will have to miss going to these three fashionable San Francisco...
Our visit to 25th Street Collective (or 25C in short) at 477 25th St, Oakland shows a design/retail hub that is passionately engaged in and focused on giving back to the local community. Lead by Hiroko Kurihara, 25th Street Collective serves as the Oakland design incubator vanguard that helps keeping local design and manufacturing industry thrive with a healthy dose of social responsibility and entrepreneurship.
We just finished watching the Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou) anime series yesterday. It was fast paced and cute, but we agree that the live action movie Library Wars directed by Shinsuke Sato is so much superior. On August 2, we went to a special Library Wars...
Betabrand makes executing the concept of making apparel that people want and get them talk about it seems easy. Its combination of limited quantity products, San Francisco manufacturing, and the "Think Tank" crowd-sourcing community form the gold formula for highly desirable, functional, and quirky Betabrand apparel brand. Naturally, I become interested in learning more about what makes Betabrand and San Francisco special.
This was Unveiled Event's 3rd year holding Unveiled San Francisco (and the first they did it as an afternoon event) and it was my first time coming to such bridal event in the city. On Thursday, May 30 on 5 - 9:30pm, The City View at Metreon was tastefully packed...
Cop Copine opens its first US store in San Francisco in 2009, yet after 3 years it is still yearning for brand exposure and awareness in the city. I have been a fan of Cop Copine since I first stumbled upon the brand when I was in Paris 5 years ago. And having the...
