It doesn’t take a genius to see that Banding Hendrix is an artist. The 20something’s pants are usually covered with splashes of paint — partially out of necessity (since the splattered pigment is a hazard of his medium), but also partially out of his choice of fashion. Hendrix digs on…
Vintage market Sweet Salvage opened its doors last Thursday at 4809 North 7th Avenue. But don’t drop by just any old day. Sweet Salvage is a vintage “occasion sale,” meaning it’s only open on the third Thursday of every month through the following Sunday (for a total of four days each month)…
Hours may be limited, but some local grand dames are keeping busy this summer, making and selling wares out of Grand Avenue studios and shops — thanks in large part to the wonders of etsy.com. See what Beatrice Moore of Kooky Krafts, Kate Benjamin of Moderncat Studio and the…
All the world’s a stage for local dancer/performance artist Babs O’Matic. The 36-year-old typically sports plenty of glittery, flashy and eye-catching outfits both onstage (when performing Strange Family Circus or belly dancing at events like the annual Rites of Spring Ball at the Alwun House) and off. Most nights you can…
Downtown Phoenix’s Cade Gallery followed up last month’s Mortal Kombat II tournament with a new challenge in the form of the ultimate fighter of the 16-bit era; Street Fighter II. Ten contestants fought to the K.O. for the title of Street Fighter II champion. Every fight counted in the tournament’s…
The ability to navigate the back alleys of Mill Avenue is as much engrained in an ASU student as an ID number or the importance of board shorts and flip flops. The university’s Tempe campus has been around for a while and its students have grown accustomed to the square…
Splash, the self-proclaimed “coolest weekly pool party” in Downtown Phoenix, dove into the rather cozy pool at The Lexington Hotel on Saturday night. The splish splashin’ soiree included performances by Ladylike, Strange Young Things and Sun Ghost. The event also included some quintessentially correct fashion choices and other, more questionable, ones.The Good’s above,…
The organizers of Phoenix Fashion Week announced yesterday that they’ll be taking their runway to a different corner of Scottsdale for 2011’s weekend of local fashion.According to Brian Hill, Phoenix Fashion Week’s executive director, the event will take place at the Talking Stick Resort on the Salt River Pima Indian Community, because it’s…
Janet de Berge Lange works in a studio of collections. In her sprawling studio, hidden behind a small,1904 house in the Van Buren neighborhood, visitors can find almost anything from dried birds to tin cans that have all inspired her artwork. Lange bought the property in 2000, and she and her…
Looks like antigirl’s finally spilling a few of her own crafty secrets. The local street artist and graphic designer insists that she’s “never not working” — and after seeing her countless murals, wheat pastes, paintings, and collages, we believe her. Now, she says, it’s our turn. Enter “handbook”, a very…
Lisa Jacobs doesn’t consider herself to be a fashion designer. Sure, the 30-something artist (aka Sticker Club Girl) is famous for her funky and fashionable garments, jewelry, and wearable art, but she’d rather be referred to as a “clothing maker.” To do so otherwise, she says, might be a wee…
Interior designers have a pretty sweet gig. Not only are they encouraged to be creative in their job, they also get to work with gorgeous, magazine-worthy furniture and accessories that most of us would need a lottery windfall to own — perhaps a sleek leather couch from from Austrian modernist Manfred Wakolbinger, or Katharina Styren’s cool leaning…
Temperatures bordering on hellish and a black top full of scantily-clad, post punk fanatics meant Sunday’s Vans Warped Tour at Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion was the perfect place to scope some sick tattoos. We stopped by to check out all the ink and hot bodies. The Good’s above, The Bad and…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town.From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and dish out some…
You might have heard football rumblings over the past week, and if you haven’t, pull your head out of the grass. Football is back, the lockout is over, and teams are gearing up for a full season of gridiron classics after a devastatingly long break.With little over a month until…
Many have dreamed of voyaging into space, but unless you’re an astronaut, pop star Lance Bass, or billionaire Richard Branson, taking a trip beyond the Earth’s atmosphere has been way too expensive, if not impossible — until now. On Tuesday, Space Adventures, a private space exploration company, announced it will…
If you’ve always wondered what the difference is between SPF 5 and 15, which leg to bend to appear as though you really do have skinny thighs, or just when to turn onto your back after you’ve singed three triangles onto the front of your body, please welcome the Tanning…
Computer motherboards aren’t easy to build. Turns out, they’re not easy to tear apart either. But armed with a drill and a huge supply of the computer chip pieces, local artist and founder of Owlette Wear, Rebecca Clark, gets to work. Clark started her vintage and “upcycling” fashion business when she says she…
You shouldn’t have any trouble locating Dangerously Intense Wrestling’s weekend smackdowns inside the sprawling SwapSmart in North Phoenix. Just follow the sound of all the screaming fans and blaring rock anthems that echo throughout the gigantic indoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The noise seems to get louder…
The Summer’s nonstop barrage of pool parties continued this weekend at Spanish Fly Mexican Beach Club. Daylife Saturdays hit the Old Town Scottsdale hotspot with a bevy of beach bodies, beverages, and DJ Roach beats. The Good’s above, the Bad and Ugly are after the jump and all the rest…
The legendary rockers of ZZ Top once declared that “every girl’s crazy about a sharp dressed man.” And that’s probably the best way we can describe the style philosophy and fashion sense of Dappper Gatsby. As his moniker portends, the 41-year-old photographer and scenester socialite rocks a stylish vibe whenever…
painful to look when you haven’t cleaned your mangy nails in three weeks, and instead of just drawing smiley faces and pizza slices on your nails with a marker, you’ve decided to go (semi) permanent. This just in: the dollar sign has two vertical lines and Coco Chanel is pissed. In…
