Events
Frollicle: Art, Fashion, Music and Performance of Hair Raising Proportions!
Join us for this House of Swankety Swank Extravaganza!
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 7pm $10 Admission
We’ll be exploring hair in all of its gorgeous life and creepy death.
Our guest artist, Nichola Kinch, who hails from Philadelphia will be showcasing her bizarre and fastidious art with hair. She collects her hair patties from the shower drain, which she finds endlessly fascinating, delicate and “like lace that my body manufactures in collaboration with gravity and the drain.” She also states that “It should be noted these sizable deposits tend to evoke repulsion in most everyone else who encounters them.” In true Swankety Swank style she turns what most would consider refuse into actual treasure with 14k gold leaf wall hanging and sculpture. See detail below.
We’ll also see gorgeous and curious works by:
Paz de la Calzada
Jeremy Novy
Stephanie Mufson
Gabrielle Rose
Kiriko Brindley
Of course, with a House of Swankety Swank Event, it does NOT end with the art on display. We’ll be working with the amazing hair artists at madusalon for hair fantasy spectacles on our live models dressed by our talented designers:
miranda caroligne
DAS
gibbous
Darina Drapkin
Yabette
Wayward Shifties
We are NOT stopping there either!
We’ll also have several gorgeous ladies performing their sultry saucy music!
Neo Folk Accordion Cabaret performer: Amber Lee (photo below)
Adorable Indie Folk Singer: Rachel Toups
This evening also includes the release of the latest Issue V of Swankety Swank love and retail revolution, SwankSpeak! The Voice From the House of Swankety Swank. Exploding with alternative exposure in art, Fashion, Literature and Happenings, this magazine is not called a “current cultural gem” for nothing.
Don’t miss this event and be sure to come in your best Stunning Strands Expressive Self!
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Event Announcement: Earth Magic Product Launch
6pm to 9pm, Friday September 17th
Admission: FREE to the public
Earth Magic
Nature + Nurture
by Ameena
Swankety Swank is proud to host the Earth Magic by Ameena launch. Please join us for a night of magic that includes samples, massage, music and other worldly pleasures.
Earth Magic is a line of all natural body care products that honor nature and nurture you with organic oils and wildcrafted herbs.
Bathe and refresh your body & psyche in bath salts, body oil, hair oil, lip balm and magical salves created with intention & ritual.
Earth Magic uses ingredients of the highest vibration and quality – certified organic carrier & essential oils and wildcrafted herbs that honor & support Mother Earth.
Launch Night Party at Swankety Swank will include:
Line launch – product samples, giveaway, chair massage by Alicia Cobb
Food and Entertainment: dessert, wine & music from The Juanting Martyrs
Frollicle: Art, Fashion, Music and Performance of Hair Raising Proportions!
Join us for this House of Swankety Swank Extravaganza!
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 7pm $10 Admission
We’ll be exploring hair in all of its gorgeous life and creepy death.
Our guest artist, Nichola Kinch, who hails from Philadelphia will be showcasing her bizarre and fastidious art with hair. She collects her hair patties from the shower drain, which she finds endlessly fascinating, delicate and “like lace that my body manufactures in collaboration with gravity and the drain.” She also states that “It should be noted these sizable deposits tend to evoke repulsion in most everyone else who encounters them.” In true Swankety Swank style she turns what most would consider refuse into actual treasure with 14k gold leaf wall hanging and sculpture. See detail below.
We’ll also see gorgeous and curious works by:
Paz de la Calzada
Jeremy Novy
Stephanie Mufson
Gabrielle Rose
Kiriko Brindley
Of course, with a House of Swankety Swank Event, it does NOT end with the art on display. We’ll be working with the amazing hair artists at madusalon for hair fantasy spectacles on our live models dressed by our talented designers:
miranda caroligne
DAS
gibbous
Darina Drapkin
Yabette
Wayward Shifties
We are NOT stopping there either!
We’ll also have several gorgeous ladies performing their sultry saucy music!
Neo Folk Accordion Cabaret performer: Amber Lee (photo below)
Adorable Indie Folk Singer: Rachel Toups
This evening also includes the release of the latest Issue V of Swankety Swank love and retail revolution, SwankSpeak! The Voice From the House of Swankety Swank. Exploding with alternative exposure in art, Fashion, Literature and Happenings, this magazine is not called a “current cultural gem” for nothing.
Don’t miss this event and be sure to come in your best Stunning Strands Expressive Self!
Event Announcement: Earth Magic Product Launch
6pm to 9pm, Friday September 17th
Admission: FREE to the public
Earth Magic
Nature + Nurture
by Ameena
Swankety Swank is proud to host the Earth Magic by Ameena launch. Please join us for a night of magic that includes samples, massage, music and other worldly pleasures.
Earth Magic is a line of all natural body care products that honor nature and nurture you with organic oils and wildcrafted herbs.
Bathe and refresh your body & psyche in bath salts, body oil, hair oil, lip balm and magical salves created with intention & ritual.
Earth Magic uses ingredients of the highest vibration and quality – certified organic carrier & essential oils and wildcrafted herbs that honor & support Mother Earth.
Launch Night Party at Swankety Swank will include:
Line launch – product samples, giveaway, chair massage by Alicia Cobb
Food and Entertainment: dessert, wine & music from The Juanting Martyrs
Divisadero Art Walk This Thursday!
Whole Store Sale! 20% off All non Clearance items!!
Thursday September 2nd from 5-9pm
Come over and get a Swank Portrait and print from Current Perth Art Show photographer and SwankSpeak! Creative Director, Eartha Goodwin.
Mary Van Note in Zunique coat. Portrait by Eartha Goodwin
Here’s a Sample of what you can find on sale at Swankety Swank…
Medium Reality shirts for men
Green Leaf Coffee Table by Yabette
Clothes, Art and Furniture!
Feathers and Flowers Hair Fascinators
See you Thursday!
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PERTH: Something Hidden Revealed Through Portraiture
Come to the Artist Reception on Saturday August 28th, 2010 at 7pm.
Join us in welcoming Eartha back to town after her two month Midwest adventure ending in two week trek across the country!
Meet Emily Lounsbury, our latest SwankSpeak! Issue IV cover model and talented artist!
We’ll celebrate creative endeavors with this FREE event featuring the mellifluous sounds of gypsy ladies, JouJou!
They’ll be followed by an Open Mic Night hosted by San Francisco’s funny girl, (and one of our favorite muses) Mary Van Note.
If you have a poem or prose to share, we want to hear it! Bring your guitar and sing us a little ditty. Play the washboard? Sit on our stage and strum it! Get on the list before it is filled and send an email to swankety@gmail.com
Honoring Beauty Earth and Age as Always…
Event date: Thursday August 19th
Swankety Swank is proud to represent with our Faerie Tale Fashion Show
as part of the Out Far Bazaar at SUPPERCLUB SF
Swankety Swank’s Faerie Tale Fashion Show
Narrated by our own stunning style maven: STORM!
Starring the fashions of:
- Darina Drapkin
- DAS
- gibbous
- Wayward Shiftys
- Wysterium Wear
- Yabette Alfaro
More about the event:
art attack presents
THE OUT FAR BAZAAR $5
a burning man clothing sale
Shop, dine, drink, play, dance
…bazaar features local fashion\costume designers
underground mutant gear by Lisa Goblin Gear
San Francisco’s most exiting new boutique Swankety Swank
faerie magick and and goblin love combine to bring you these unique fashions
Wysterium Wear http://www.machinecode.com/
crocheted steel jewelry by alchemistry SF www.alchemistry.com
fashions for the urban male by Daniel Stanley
personalized and unique buttons on the spot with Broken Seal
Here she comes with her playa safe feather headdress gear and more by HissyFIT! Fashions
tight ripped and ready to rock unisex designs by Wabella www.wabella.com
Sexy, Shifty, designs by Wayward Shiftys
Lindsey Suminac
wearable art from salvaged textiles www.mirandacaroligne.com
mmmmmmmmmmm tighter tighter……corsets by Darina Drapkin http://www.etsy.com/shop/lovedarinacorsets
Furry fun playa love with www.missgigglemonster.com
And there’s more:
……………watch as the two supperclub opera divas, Maki Noguchi and julia hathaway battle it out all night.
…………..drool over the fashion show of san francisco’s newest hottest boutique swankety swank.
…………..gawk at the spectacle of the hissy fit fashion show
…………..GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH DOT IN YOUR NEW DIGGS
……………then dance all night with dj Lord Kook freshly back from tour
COST: $5
PROCEEDS: Go directly to the artists
ALL YOUR FASHIONS FOR THE PLAYA IN 1 PLACE ONLY AT SUPPERCLUB SF
Does all this make you hungry??? Feast on supperclub’s 3 course dinner for only $35
***advanced dinner reservations must be made at www.supperclub.com or by calling
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San Francisco Fashion Forward. March!
San Francisco Fashion Forward. March!
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Deborah Sciales of DAS
Deborah, Storm, Kim and friend in front of Swankety Swank
Sheila Zuni of Zunique
On Saturday July 17th, 3 constellations of the San Francisco solar system will converge for a night of music, community, creativity, insight, and love. San Francisco duo Heart of Orion will perform songs from their new CD, a beautiful collaboration between songstress Danielle Kerley and composer Ty Oz , at Swankety Swank. The House of Swankety Swank’s tarot master STORM will be offering 3 card readings of his magical X-Men Tarot, for a special price during the event.
About Heart of Orion: Ty Oz is a classically trained composer and a degreed student of both world music and psychology. While Ty has devoted his life to composing and playing music, Danielle began her journey into music in 2006, when she found herself unable to ignore the song that was composing itself inside her mind in a church in Edinburgh. A life-long cross-genre artist, she found a new and fulfilling expression in song writing, and has continued to write and sing in collaboration with Ty, creating melodic electronic music with political and social ideals inspiring their work. There is another deep emotion at the heart of their music, and that is love. What started as a professional collaboration developed into something more personal and tender, a lifelong partnership. Music, love, creativity, the healing power of art and the importance of being part of a creative community unite this musical duo. For the release of their first CD, they wanted a location that also embraces their ideals and values, and they found that in Swankety Swank.
Swankety Swank is an artist retail co-op that represents over 20 local artists producing hand made items for your mind, body, spirit and home. Featuring art furniture, art shows, accessories and clothing from babies to Papas and Women sizes 2-24, Swankety Swank also believes in the healing power of art, and embraces the ideals of an inclusive community that celebrates beauty in all forms, shapes, and sizes.
Please join us on Saturday July 17th from 6-9pm for a magical night of celebration and enlightenment. For a musical preview, check out their Myspace page.
STORM wears top hat by DAS with gibbous jacket, while Danielle looks lovely in pink dress by Zunique with skirt by Yabette; Ty dons a dapper waistcoat & ascot by DAS.
Photos and press release by Aurelie Sandrine, styling by Yabette Alfaro.
