In Store: Strateas.Carlucci

Screen Shot 2015-09-14 at 4.09.29 PM Strateas.Carlucci is a creative collaboration between Peter Strateas and Mario-Luca Carlucci. The Australian based designers have created a unique design process, inadvertently breaking away from any traditional design methodologies.” “Their studio, like their world merges art and design and invites intrigue through all other mediums and experiments. As a result, a series of individual pieces, limited and numbered like auctioned artworks, are created. Using rare and native Australian skins and fabrics, like merino wool and kangaroo hide.”

Oyuna Cashmere Scarves

unnamed Made from 100% cashmere and completely handwoven in London, the one-off Hand To Hand piece is the result of a collaboration with Ismini Samanidou, a renowned hand-weaver. Samanidou’s progressively-minded affection for the dying art of hand-weaving resonated with Tserendorj’s own commitment to the ancient fibre of cashmere.

In Store: Anett Rostel

AR6 Berlin-based designer Anett Rostel began her career in fashion as a custom tailor. Her knowledge and experience in this area are evident in every detail of her garments. Anett’s designs are both sporty and elegant – giving women an opportunity to highlight their individual style in any situation. Innovative details and sophisticated cuts are the basis for Anett Rostel’s Rostfrei collection.

This Weekend In the Bay 8/14 to 8/16

thisweekendaug14 1. Younger than George: 12 Painters in their 20s and 30s at George Lawson Gallery (click here) 2. In its final week, the American Bach Soloists Festival and Academy presents the U.S. premiere of the opera Sémélé by Marai (click here) 3.Wizard of Oz Sing Along at the Castro Theater (click here) 4.Artists that use music as a source of inspiration (click here)

In Store: Avant Toi

unnamed AVANT TOI, the Italian brand known for its constant research in various fields and historical periods in order to create unforgettable pieces in cashmere, silk, and other precious materials using artisan skill and avant-garde technology, never stops creating emotions. Our San Anselmo Blanc store features luxurious Avant Toi cashmere sweaters for your colorful fall wardrobe. Also, our new San Francisco location is open now: 3615 Sacramento Street, at Locust - see you there!

This Weekend In the Bay Area 8/7 to 8/9

thisweekend 1. Gravenstein Apple Fair in Sebastopol (click here) 2. Blanc San Francisco is officially open on Saturday! - Address is 3615 Sacramento Street, at Locust!! 3. Japanese film festival at the Castro Theater (click here) 4. Paula McCain talks about her book Circling the Sun at Book Passage (click here)

In Store: Gary Graham

unnamed Gary Graham is a designer with the visionary eye of a fine artist and a passion for process and traditional craft. Inspired by a deep sense of history that goes beyond fashion, Graham references and reinterprets idiosyncratic elements from period influences, eclectic art and outsider cultures.

Gary Graham Fashion Film - Designer In Store

Fall 2014 from Gary Graham on Vimeo.

Inspired by the idea that Hope and Dreaming are potential evils and destructive forces, this film uses cut outs and print motifs from the Fall 2014 collection (http://www.garygrahamnyc.com/collections/collection-fall-2014) as characters to illustrate Molly Drake’s (http://www.brytermusic.com/) song "Dream Your Dreams."

The video, directed by Gary Graham, is a collaboration with musician/photographer Naomi Yang and lighting designer Susanne Sasic.