Custom painted Nikes from Demise Apparel.
I went to a private Catholic High School in the East Bay Area suburbs and was required to wear a uniform four days per week. On “Free Dress Friday,” students were allowed to wear anything they wanted (within reason, of course). My friends and I would usually shop for clothes at the limited number of retail outlets in the area and would often, to our horror, show up in the same or eerily similar ensemble. To this day, none of us will set foot in Gap or Banana Republic. Clearly what we were all missing were events that celebrated independent design like THREAD Show.
I first discovered THREAD back in 2008 and have attended ever since. This year, my friends Jeffrey and Ava DJed both fashion shows while dozens of local independent designers displayed their wares at discounted prices. I picked up a restructured ’80s-era dress from Taxi CDC, which is based in Los Angeles, and was happy to learn that Free Gold Watch, an independent company that was operating out of a garage in SF, has now expanded to a storefront location in the Haight and is carried in many local boutiques. Below are a few of the highlights from this past Saturday at the Concourse Exhibition Center:
The first booth to catch my eye was Garden Party Clothing.
Garden Party Clothing.
A rack of restructured pieces courtesy of Taxi CDC.
Me posing with my chosen dress from Taxi CDC.
Free Gold Watch booth...
Free Gold Watch.
Wall art from Free Gold Watch.
THREAD Show's main floor...
Earrings from Anicka Designs.
Anicka Designs...
Los Angeles-based designer Beata Dirycz combines bold patterns with flattering designs.
Beata Dirycz.
The folks at Sezio's booth created custom screen print designs all day.
The best-dressed attendee I saw all day was hanging out at Sezio.
Sezio Del Norte.
My buddy, Dustin Mitchell (@indiequick), helping out with the screen printing.
The guys may have burned a shirt or two 
The Girl and the Rhino.
I almost picked up one of these cute Kami Shade swim suits.
Dewi Jewelry consists primarily of intricately woven thread.
Dewi Jewelry.
Tags: fashion, independent local designers, thread show, thread show san francisco
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I love looking through all of these pictures! I am so bummed I had to miss this. What a great show. Thanks for capturing it all so I can live vicariously through your photos.
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Thanks, Marie! It was a lot of fun.
The Farrah Fawcett canvas from Free Gold Watch is super ill, I want one!
I know, Free Gold Watch has some pretty subversive stuff. I still have a Marilyn top that I always get compliments on.
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Great pictures of the show and some great looking artist, I mean, designs. Love the look of the last little black dress pictures. You have peaked my interest in who is Beata Dirycz and Taxi CDC and what does their line of clothes look like. I think I will look them up. Thanks. I love fashion I love vintage!
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