Painfully Hip got a good plug in the awesome weekly paper, the Sacramento News & Review. This photo is a 2 page spread in their 2008 Summer Guide (Collector’s Edition, no less).
Clothes by Bows & Arrows, Cuffs Urban Apparel and my clothes from the Painfully Hip Major Hip Replacement Clothing Swap in Chicago (thanks again, Andrea!) with $4 thrifted shoes. hair and makeup by stylist Emmy Allen of Regis Salon at Galleria of Roseville and Joshua Michael of Article Salon in Sacramento. PHOTO BY MONKPOND PHOTOGRAPHY.
…Amber Mortensen, co-creator of the fashion blog Painfully Hip, credits the Internet with making fashion more accessible to the public. “It’s so nice that trendsetting powers are now being taken away from corporations and glossy magazines and are back in the hands of normal people,” she remarked. “Especially people who have the creativity but not the money to spend.”
Mortensen suggests organizing a clothing swap as a means of picking up some new threads for free. You get to unload your unwanted clothing, while rummaging through someone else’s giveaways—treasures can be found!
Come July 19, Mortensen will team up with the owners of Bows & Arrows to throw the Major Hip Replacement Clothing Swap. Bring your cast-off clothing and a laundry basket with your name on it, and be prepared to rummage in search of buried treasures.
(Click here for the full article.)
Kinda funny that this edition of the paper just so happens to be glossy…
So yes, it’s official! Even though it went to print with the wrong date (take note: it’s Saturday July 19th, not June 19th), the Sacramento edition of the Major Hip Replacement Clothing Swap is a go! Keep reading for details as they solidify!
Never before have I been quoted so prominently in print and never before has my ass looked so detachable.
Thanks, SN&R!
now I have something more fun to do with my crammed trunk full of shoes, dresses and other treasures that were destined for deseret ind.
Brilliant quote – I couldn’t agree with you more and you look positively lovely in the photo!
It almost reminds me of a fashionable version of the waiting room scene, with the woman who was sawed in half in BeetleJuice.
nooo, i won’t be here on july 19!! i’m going to ghana for a month. not something to complain about, but still, i would love to be there. congrats on the sn&r article
My baby girl is a little bit famous!!! Love & OOXX from…..
I just read this! Yay! You look gorgeous.
(By the way, I used to know you back in high school. I was friends with Robert Smith, and Summer Morrisson, and…I can’t think who else you might now. Anyway, I recognized you right away. I’m glad you’re doing so well!)
April!
its me, Sunshine! Good times!
Okay, I am choking on my tears a little over that photo…mad hot photoshopping skills up in here! It’s too funny. I’m so pleased it made it to print!