DIGITAL SUMMER by UBERGIZMO

Wednesday night SF's party people headed out to Digital Summer 2010, hosted by Ubergizmo. The event was held at Temple on Howard (since the venue has the perfect space for a catwalk, and we enjoyed it very much last year) and the fashion show featured designs by Colleen Quen Couture, Jan Warnock, Harputs OWN and Sofie Olgaard, with jewelry provided by Manika. Music was spun by the talented DJ Mrs. Blythe and the Eye-Fi gentlemen were on the scene to shoot studio portraits of all attendees. Overall, a fun evening!

Event Partners: SFFAMA Inc., Girls in Tech

Event Sponsors: Intel, Gold; Verizon, Silver

Media Partners: Yanko Design, Cult of Mac, Techie Diva, Tech Mamas, Mashable, Burdastyle, 

FashionablyMarketing.me, Thread, We Blog the World

runway photos courtesy of Ziv Gillat for Eye-Fi.

WHERE THE BRAIN BREATHES

all images ©Alison Messinger.

DANCE YOUR ASS OFF

Another night out at Club Rouge SF. The girlies were finally in town from DC and we had to make a night of it with all of our favorite things! First was a drinks and dinner trip to Osha — the best location is on Union Street — where I downed a mix of vodka peach and rum alongside spicy coconut tom kha soup with tofu and sprouts. Yum yum! After rounds L and I had to snap our wall pic out front of the restaurant (it's tradition) before everyone headed out to dancing. We waited in line at Ruby Skye and Slide for two minutes more than we wanted to handle in the wind, so we opted instead to cab it to Rouge and put our VIP status to work. It was fun. I just wish the DJ played more than old school.

A CHISELED YARN

Last year I taught myself to knit. I made a six-foot scarf for boyfriend, three snoods for myself and a cape for puppy. Now that the weather will be turning cold soon again I plan to take up a more aggressive project with my fluffy rolled pieces. Maybe make them heftier, or double knit them... I do have a basket of odds and ends I wanted to apply... Nonetheless my inspiration board during the project will be plastered with images of the sculpturally genius pieces from the mind of Sandra Backlund.

 

 

images via sandrabacklund.com

GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE

I was reminiscing today about my life in the art department... and when I say life, I say it because we literally lived there — in our studio spaces — and we created from morning till night. It was beautiful. The feeling you had in that room of analogous messy processes of art in all its forms and dirty retrospectives set your soul into a trembling nervousness... We were all there to make ourselves in the dimensional blank space before us and it set us ablaze with some sort of altruistic fire. Whether it was creating art for our art of creation or creating art for art's sake, we did not know. We just wanted to create.

"Spawning", ©Alison Messinger

GOLD RESERVE

Gold will always be the stronghold. Meticulously calculated golden wares hold tight to the natures of the oncoming seasons. Wear them in reflection of the organic to the industrial... or as I plan to, integrated or spotlighted as part of an eclectic mix.

Product Details by Row:

alexis bittar large gold crystal encrusted crevice hinge bracelet, yves saint laurent lingot gold-plated heart ring, noir pyramid stud bracelet, the aspinal swarovski clutch.

louis vuitton save it bracelet, sharlene's wide gold tassel chain earrings, philippe audibert manchette tee gold-plated cuff, made her think gold exhaust pipe bracelet.

karlie's gold spiked stretch bracelet, annette ferdinandsen champagne pearl earrings, cc skye mackenzie gold knuckle ring, falconiere shaker collar brass necklace.

LONG, HOT, AND A LITTLE LOPSIDED

kimberly ovitz fall 2010

I am drooling over the Fall 2010 collection by Kimberly Ovitz... in a blessed neutral palette that you know I can't say no to, slight nautical striping, leather, and a lot of texture... it's a dream my closet longs for. I'm very much impressed with the way some designers are taking on the trends for Fall and simplifying them to emit their greatest message; "wear your clothes, don't have them wear you." A salute to these looks! Clinkies!

TEST DRIVE: FACE FIX

So now that my skin seems to have finally settled in on its state for the next five years, it's also about time that I start forcing it into acting its age. I'd been on a crusade for the holy grail of fine line and moisture treatments for years, but I believe that now I've actually and finally found it... just the right concoction to correct the effects of skin that's dry as a desert and unusually pale.

START: with a solid two minutes of gently exfoliating with St. Ives Invigorating Scrub.

THEN: apply Rani Red Rose mask and let dry.

NEXT: rinse and refresh with a mineral toner.

LASTLY: massage on a layer of Perricone MD Advanced Firming Activator.

It worked for me! My face was still dewy and fine line free by the next morning!

AUTOPILOTING IN DRIVE

Some pictures from my drive home. Be sure to scroll down for the song that should be accompanying.

This drive is one I've done so often that now sometimes it seems I get from point A to point B completely on autopilot. The realization usually hits me halfway between snap curses at the cars attempting to park where we merge towards the freeway and twenty minutes out from ignition. To counter the wavelike feeling of a lazy nausea I gently finger up the volume on the radio and localize on the best snippets over the air that I can dance to. Well, it's more of a seated dance really.

SOME SCREENAGE TO PLAY FOR THE EXPERIENCE:

Kleerup feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed from João de Almeida on Vimeo.

LYRICS:

I'm naked
I'm numb

I'm stupid

I'm staying

And if Cupid's got a gun, then he's shootin'

Lights black

Heads bang

You're my drug

We live it

You're drunk, you need it

Real love, I'll give it

So we're bound to linger on

We drink the fatal drop

Then love until we bleed

Then fall apart in parts

You wasted your times

On my heart

You've burned

And if bridges gotta fall, then you'll fall, too

Doors slam

Lights black

You're gone

Come back

Stay gone

Stay clean

I need you to need me

So we're bound to linger on

We drink the fatal drop

Then love until we bleed

Then fall apart in parts

Now we're bound to linger on

We drink the fatal drop

Then love until we bleed

Then fall apart in parts

THROW ME A BONE HERE

Bones!! One day I went to the catacombs of Paris. One day I dreamt of an exotic place in the jungle. Now I dream of wearing both around my neck.

spine bracelet by Ayaka Nishi

my beloved catacombs

 skull bone necklace by Tilly Sveaas;

available at silver service jewellery

 br1385 horn necklace by Made;

available at made.uk