Tag Archive for the term: designers

Discovered a crowd-funding, Kiva-like twist on independent fashion today, thanks to a post from Irenebrination on investing in design during financial crisis.
Mainstream fashion investing can be dramatic, even brutal, one window into it’s ups and downs is the Fashion Investing series on Business of Fashion, but the twist is a website called Catwalk Genius. [...]

Brides and grooms who have a hard time finding the perfect item for their wedding will breathe a sigh of relief when they attend the inaugural Indie I Do wedding event, being held at the Heritage Hall on Saturday, January 17, 2009.
Intended to be a departure from traditional wedding shows, Indie I Do is targeted [...]

Our Indyish Monthly Mess remains messy, and is especially tricksy when we convert a non-venue into a venue for one night, but it always seems to manage a magic, diversity and glow that I love in it’s every manifestation.
This month, Feb 29 2008, we returned to the private loft Studio 300 for some class, [...]

Shopdropping - an art form, the opposite of shoplifting, ie; placing art into commercial contexts and leaving it there for someone else to find, popped like a new idea into my inbox today after starting to buzz waaay back in 2006.
Here’s the call for the new Shopdropping project, you can be a part of it!: [...]

 
In the spirit of highlighting new stores in Mile End, here’s the word on the Hanneman Design/EcoDarling store on Villeneuve that opened this fall. The owners have been superbusy getting the store ready and the Official Opening Party is December 4th from 5-8 at the store, which is located at 69 Villeneuve, between St. Urbain and St. Laurent. If [...]

Hello artisans,
We have some excellent news to inform you of and some very cool performances to invite y’all to participate in.
Indyish is going to be hosting a monthly performance extravaganza at a new venue called Katacombes (1222 St. Laurent). It’ll take place the last Wednesday of every month starting Wednesday, March 28th.
The Katacombes’ proprietress [...]

A beautiful day in Montreal. Sunny, crisp. Summer gives its last highkick wearing fall’s jumpsuit.

Puces Pop at the Armoury saw some pretty entertaining acts amidst the craft fair, restaurant, and workshop space, including this dance troupe.

An evening fashion show displayed the work of local and not-so-local designers.

I liked the models’ freedom to walk either in [...]

so i, risa, wrote some questions and shot them off to Headquarters’ owners, Angie and Tyson, and then they shot back. and i sent the answers to Tessa to readyify. and she did! she also made all my questions sound jazzy and witty. thanks tessa.
Indyish: Um, what is Headquarters?
Angie: HQ is a boutique/gallery all under [...]