While “Secondhand Sartorialism” is technically a street style blog, I simply have to share the incredible taste and style of my dear friend, Naomi Kelly. Naomi, who has a strong sense of personal style and an excellent eye for what suits her, has long been one of my personal style…
Summer is slowly coming to an end, and we are all racing out to do our back to school shopping. It’s important to keep in mind your own unique style, while also nodding to the fashions and styles of fall. If your style is: “Urban Hippie” Look for Hippie inspired…
One thing I have always loved about fashion is watching the ebb and flow of styles. Sure, every season there is some crazy trend that may stick — a la the skinny jean — or culminates in total disaster, like the popped collar. But there are always staples, pieces that…
The other day I was driving up 14th Ave and saw a young man out for a jog, sans shirt. Based on his physique, I would say this young buck is an aspiring Abercrombie model. So yummy. So, so yummy. I couldn’t keep my lecherous eyes off him. That was…
Perhaps you know of Habitat for Humanity as a nonprofit organization that helps people in need to build or renovate homes that it then sells to them at an affordable rate, using all mortgage payments to fund future building efforts. And when you think about a Habitat for Humanity thrift…
Slide Show Last Night’s Lingerie Party at the Chateaux Mansion at Fox Meadow had the men channeling their inner Hugh Hefner and the women showing plenty of skin in the summer heat. Check out photos of the fashion show and flirty guests in this slide show with photos by Jim…
I love accessories! My mom has always had a ton of great jewelry and while I know that my own collection of earrings, pendants and bracelets will never match hers, my shoe collection is quite astounding — fifty pairs, at last count. I even like to joke that I married…
As an honorary deputy of the Global Grammar Police, I’ve always taken issue with the “Buy Local Bitches” sign displayed on the front door of the Fabric Lab (3105 East Colfax Avenue) and in the windows of other Bluebird Beat businesses. “Where are all these local bitches for sale?” I…
The hot sticky weather obviously hasn’t been getting to these people. It seemed like everyone was wearing a hat and not giving the sun a second thought. My favorite is Morgan, who layered his over a white bandana and added a PBR pin. Can you get more Colfax than that?…
As promised, I’m bringing you the popular teen “preppy” style and mixing it with this fall’s latest fashions. Shopping at stores like American Eagle, Hollister, and Abercrombie & Fitch will give you great tools to add a pop of color to the grunge styles that are in right now. Keep…
Just in time for the summer rush, Crocs is going to start warning customers about the dangers of riding an escalator while wearing their flimsy, colorful plastic footwear. Avid readers will recall that we issued an appropriately Cassandra-like alert on gruesome Croc-related escalator accidents more than a year ago. Crocs…
Vanessa Gochnour, our local designer this week, is a model of preparation, single-minded vision, and involvement in the Denver scene. Stills in Motion, the name of her line of bags, purses, and wallets, combines Vanessa’s personal photography with her hand-sewn fabric creations. She uses pre-cut fabrics with paper backings that…
There seems to be some sort of magnetic attraction between my soul and old clothes. From funky pieces that have clearly been pre-loved, but still have life in them, to immaculate relics that somehow remained unworn for decades, their faded and yellowed tags still attached, I am draw to seek…
There is an old and powerful saying that goes: “Judy, Liza, Barbara, Bette… These are names I shan’t forget.” These names belong to the crème de la crème de la gay icons of musicality. There are others… Cher, of course. Madonna goes without saying. Tina Turner, Rosemary Clooney, Bernadette Peters…
Click here for a slide show of the event. Photo by Jim J. Narcy The ominous rain clouds and wind couldn’t deter the crowd at last night’s Riverfront Fashion show. The theme of the event, Yellow Sun, was evident in the clothes worn by the guests. There was so much,…
My daughter is into animals. Especially the cute ones infesting the kingdom of YouTube (and in particular the ones found on the YouTube serial, Ultra Kawaii, which she robs off the Internet and e-mails to everyone she knows in the whole entire world. And why should I mention this, bringing…
Not ever having been pregnant and, likely, never having to worry about getting pregnant, I have to admit, the whole thing sort of weirds me out. My sister gave birth to the two cutest kids in the whole world. For real, though. Cutest kids in the whole, entire world. Hands…
Dianne Denholm, director of the TACtile Textile Arts Center in Tamarac Square, is seriously proud – and a little bit scared – of the leap she’s taken there, but she’s also excited, now that the center has earned nonprofit status and is beginning to get off the ground (here’s what…
Sometimes wearing a hat makes me feel like I’m channeling a Southern Belle or an old-school diva or — worst of all — Blossom, but with the mercury rising and our ozone thinning, the benefits of wearing a wide brimmed hat starts to outweight those concerns. Therefore, my favorite fashion…
Teen fashion correspondent Sarah Bolliger brings us the teen view of the latest summer fashion trends. Fashion in the ’90s consisted of oversized shirts that didn’t show off your natural curves paired with holly jeans or leftover leggings from the ’80s. This style is starting to reaapear with a twist…
As summer is hitting its peak here in Denver, the pavement is getting stickier, the drinks stronger and the hemlines shorter. There is no better way to celebrate the best this heat wave has to offer than by congregating with the city’s finest to sip those strong cocktails, munch delectable…
One week ago, tonight, the “who’s who” of Denver’s many, many stages gathered at Littleton Town Hall to celebrate and recognize outstanding work in the theatrical community. Last Monday’s award ceremony sparked a little buzz amongst the Colorado Theater Guild members when 18 of the 20 Henry Awards went to…
