Vermont's designing men and women make a scene
Ask anyone to construct a sentence using "Vermont" and "fashion" and it's bound to end up including the words "flannel" or "fleece." Or maybe just elicit a snort of derision. And how about naming some Vermont designer labels? Um, let's see - Burton? Turtle Fur? Johnson Woolen Mill?
Salaam and Zutano, both headquartered in Montpelier, have for years offered eclectic, colorful ensembles for women and small children, respectively.
An udderly unique fashion foray gives farmers a leg up
(4.2.03)
O, lissen up, people -- I've found a way to start a new fashion craze and help save the family farm. It's called "Dirty Britches." I sense your eyebrows raising already, but bear with me. Vermont isn't exactly known for its couture culture, but everyone agrees it has something called cachet. That Green Mountain magic helps sell everything from snowboards to salsa.
For a pair of Burlington businesswomen, finding a niche is a shoe-in
(4.2.03)
Imelda Marcos started the craze and the sassy ladies of HBO's "Sex and the City" are surely perpetuating it: shoes. Closets full of good shoes. Shoes that strut their stuff. Shoes that say, "I really care about my feet."
That is essentially the mantra of two Vermont women about to open their own shop, Stella Shoes, on Burlington's Church Street Marketplace.
Champlain Leather's Jeremy Bond gives the clothes horse some skin
by KAREN SHIMIZU
(8.13.03)
The red leather jacket in the window of Champlain Leather is impossible to resist. Slipping into the store -- and the fine leather coat -- is an experience quite different from pulling on the variously spun garments you're likely to have sitting at home.
These days, glasses' fashion rep is half-full
(8.20.03)
Every kid knows that glasses are for geeks. In the 1999 teen flick She's All That, senior class prez Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr.) has to turn artsy-fartsy loser Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) into a prom queen in six weeks. What's the first thing she sheds on her way to becoming a hottie? Her glasses. "You have beautiful eyes," Zack tells her, turning on the charm.
Untangeling the mysteries of Rasta-style locks
by GABRIELLE SALERNO
(3.31.04)Thin. Thick. Short. Long. Neat. Messy. Dreadlocks of all styles never seem out of season in the Green Mountain State. This week Seven Days got the low-down on locks from Elisabeth Hart, "dread specialist" at Diversity Hair & Nails salon in Burlington.
Going off the beaten track for an off-price store
(3.31.04)Route 15, where it runs through Johnson, is not exactly Rodeo Drive. You're more likely to travel this section of the bumpy, two-lane road to shop for antiques or farm machinery than the latest in designer jeans. Unless you're headed to the Forget Me Not Shop: Like T.J. Maxx, the off-price store sells discounted new, brand-name clothes that, for whatever reason, never made it off the rack.
Getting hung up on family hand-me-downs
(3.31.04)If clothes could talk, their fashion statements would often have chronological connotations: what year it is; what time of year; how many years we've got under our belts; how we feel about time altogether. A guy who sports wire-rim aviator specs in 2004 gets dismissed as an outdated dork. A woman who wears white shoes after Labor Day in the John Waters comedy Serial Mom gets shot for her footwear offense.
A soccar company scores with high fashion
(09.29.04)Those laundry detergent commercials have it all wrong. Soccer clothes don't go straight into the wash -- they go straight to the streets, thanks to a fashion phenomenon that kicked in with the union of Victoria Adams, a.k.a. Spice Girl "Posh," and Brit soccer superstar David Beckham. And it shows no sign of clearing soon. Unlike the basketball trend, which clad kids in knicker-length shorts, or the geeky golf craze, soccer fashion is actually as stylish as it is sporty -- Jennifer Lopez wears the same brand as 10-year-old boys.
A soccar company scores with high fashion
(09.29.04)Those laundry detergent commercials have it all wrong. Soccer clothes don't go straight into the wash -- they go straight to the streets, thanks to a fashion phenomenon that kicked in with the union of Victoria Adams, a.k.a. Spice Girl "Posh," and Brit soccer superstar David Beckham. And it shows no sign of clearing soon. Unlike the basketball trend, which clad kids in knicker-length shorts, or the geeky golf craze, soccer fashion is actually as stylish as it is sporty -- Jennifer Lopez wears the same brand as 10-year-old boys.
