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FASHION: Witness a live, Project Runway-type fashion show at the ongoing Fashion Feud SF. Designers will create their "garments" on stage within an hour, the models will have a "walk-off," and the audience will vote for the winner. This month's participants are Chanel Rosales and Julia Meeks.

              

Imagine if Cherie Currie and Suzi Quatro decided to move into together. Now, imagine if they had ti make ends meet by opening up their closets to the public, which also included the floor scores of past boyfriends, roadies, and late-night randoms who they’ve partied with throughout the years. Sprinkle in a pinch of Fleetwood Mac, smoke a little pot -- and you have CC Rider SF. A bad-ass bohemian treasure chest chock-full of vintage dresses, leather jackets, and feathered jewelry and accessories - items Stevie Nicks would have worn as a badge of honor.

DANCE: Come learn the polka at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival's open-air dance party at Jessie Square with Big Lou’s Polka Casserole, who are devoted to reminding audiences that polka was once rock 'n roll for Eastern European immigrants and their descendants.

ART: Check out the world's largest touring sneaker hip-hop lifestyle exhibition at Sneaker Pimps World Tour, featuring over 1,500 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity-signed, artist-collaborated sneakers and a collection of sneaker inspired artwork, fashion and photography. There will be live street art installations, live skateboarding demonstrations, street basketball competitions, and live hip-hop performances by Clipse, J. Billion, Beetiki, Jern Eye, and special guests.

FILM: It's a double feature at the Castro with cult classic Repo Man, starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, and Model Shop, about an American who receives a draft notice for the Vietnam War and falls in love with a French prostitute in L.A.

"Surrounded by so many boob and beer joke tee shirts that you could almost miss it," this classic-comedy (albeit hateful) t-shirt is for sale right now at Wharf T Shirts (on Jefferson between Leavenworth and Jones) in Fisherman's Wharf. Charming, no? No.

"Where'd Cinderelly go?" by Darwin Bell.

"Walk This Way, Walk That Way" by Plug1 / What I'm Seeing.

by Chris Jones

Before you head over to Dolores Park on Saturday to watch Andie, Iona, Blaine and Duckie on a big outdoor screen, be sure to pickup one of these whimsical Muni shirts. That's right, Sexpigeon will be selling his public transit fashions at Dolores Park between 12:30 to 4 p.m. They go for a mere $15 each (how cheap!) and come in four sizes (how open-minded!).

When opens next Friday, wouldn't you like to be wearing this on your chest, making you the envy of Metreon teen goons? Of course you would. It's very clever. And, if anything, t-shirts were made for bon mots and pie charts.

We have to admit we're too frugal to even have ever stepped foot in Barneys, but we're a sucker for good deals. Starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. through Sunday, August 9, Barneys will be having a huge Warehouse Sale at Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion, which includes 50-75% off designer clothing, shoes, and accessories for men and women. Since we have no concept of Barneys' regular prices, we're guessing we still wouldn't be able to afford the discounted merchandise? Bargain-hunters best be getting there bright and early tomorrow to find out.

So. The MSM has been atwitter this morning about the above video, which shows Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger holding a Crocodile Dundee-esque knife (in his unusually youthful hands) before launching into a diatribe about the state budget. (Get it?) His point, aside form the clever cutting signifier, is that he wants to hear more of your ideas on how to save the state of California from financial ruin. (Hint: you can't). Or whatever.

Mission Mission has word that the above Muni-infused shirts, conceived by Sex Pigeon, will be for sale at tonight’s Casiotone for the Painfully Alone concert at Bottom of the Hill. This is as high-glamor as it's ever going to get in Potrero Hill, so we recommend buying at least two of them.

     

Cute and affordable maternity clothing options seem to be few and far-between these days, but San Francisco moms-to-be can now count on Maternity Xchange for good quality new and consignment items for a fraction of the regular price. Maternity Xchange is offered in two forms:

Bay Area cyclists, it seems, are riding without helmets. Horrors! At least according to a KCBS report that claims "[m]ore and more Bay Area bicyclists are riding without bike helmets, some because they think it's actually safer." There's some sort of "movement" among cyclists to ditch the helmets for safety reasons. One reason of safety? Some "anti-helmet advocates think drivers are more likely to steer clear of bikers who they see are not wearing headgear." Sounds like a good point. Also, bike messenger Kinto Fannin argues, "people fall down in the shower a lot and they don't make people wear helmets in the shower." A statement that could only be answered by Addison DeWitt thusly, "You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point."

     

Can't decide which Muni shirt to wear to show off your, ahem, hyper-local pride? Fret not! LA-based MikeJames Clothing offers an even better chance to boast about your favorite city with their Area Code t-shirts. See, each shirt features an area code and a graphic outline of the state of your choice. (Be the envy of all of Jenner with your very own 707 shirt!) In addition to several California area codes, the MJ has made shirts for Las Vegas, Austin, Seattle, New Orleans, Atlanta, Madison, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York.

Oh, God. The ladies at opened up nominations for their "2009 style council." That is to say, you get to vote from this pool of candidates for most stylish person in San Francisco. While all of them are worthy candidates, you will probably recognize 0.00 of these locals with faces full of fashion. But you should still vote for one (out of 80) of them here. (Tip: don't vote for any candidate sporting severe bangs or anything looking back to the '80s.) The winner gets a spread in the 7x7 September fashion issue. May God be with them. In related news, the SF Fashion Awards happen later this month. Isn't that adorable?

While these t-shirts have already been ballyhooed about over the last week on other sites, we feel the need to bring them to your attention. For those of you who take Muni, which is most of you, why not show some love for your favorite lines via one of these nifty t-shirts? Yes. We know. Muni can suck. But there are the occasional moments that (almost) make it worth the trouble. Take, for example, when the J-Church heads down Dolores Park. Such a view! Or, just before it makes that hairpin turn prior to barreling down 18th Street, the view from the 33-Stanyan. Stunning! Better yet, the all too infrequent 38XA- and 38XB-Geary lines, which whisks passengers from Seal Rock to downtown in record time. Glorious! Anyway, you can get a few of these lines printed on a fashion-forward t-shit over at MuniShirts. (Pst, can we get one with "38XA-Geary" on front and "38XB-Geary" on back? Because that? Would be SO clever.) These shirts not your style? Never fear for a challenger appears. Update: MissionMission is still holding a 'Best Muni-related Anecdote Contest' to win a shirt. Check it out.

American Apparel is offering "Legalize Gay" shirts for those of you who feel the need to (gaudily) show your support for same-sex marriage on your chest. You can even get one for free with a purchase of $50 or more. Cool, huh? But, at the risk of nitpicking, we're not entirely comfortable with a company making money off of discrimination. While American Apparel's heart is in the right place, if Prop. 8 went away, their market for this item would dry up. Maybe they should donate even a scant bit of the proceeds to an equality organization? Like, for example, Act Blue, who need money to help defeat the same people who ran the yes on 8 campaign in California who moved to Maine to crush gay marriage. Or, better yet, something like this. At least then we'd know that some of our money is going towards a good cause rather than being crammed into the sweaty pockets of a tiny little pair of track shorts.

Another weekend full of fun events is soon upon us. FuncheapSF and The Squid List have exhaustive lists, and here are a few highlights.

SF Indie Fashion posted a compelling story that originally appeared in Action Orange yesterday, in which blogger Lisa Katayama visited a recently abandoned sewing factory located in the Mission. Katayama's friend Jenny spent much of her childhood playing in the factory, while her mother worked among a dozen or so other Chinese women making stacks of dresses for Macy’s at a wage of $2-3 per dress, which in turn sold for hundreds of dollars each.

FLASH MOB: Ok, folks, it's apparently time for yet another flash mob. This one will last five minutes, and everyone will be singing the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends" (in the key first note Ab). They suggest bringing a walkman or mp3 player to brush up on the song and to bring friends, of course.

DIY, fashion, cheese, and pride -- who could ask for anything more?! Here are just a few events going on this weekend:

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San Francisco retailer Gap Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for some Baby Gap coats due to a choking hazard. The coats, according to KTVU, have little "toggle fasteners," one that could detach from the coat, go down your child's throat, suffocate, and kill them. Sizes infant sizes up to 24 months, Gap is asking for the return of the Rose Toggle Hoodie, Pink Duffle Coat, and Blue Plaid and Mojave Toggle Coat. You can take back your baby's coat for a full refund. (OK, Gap fashion geniuses, whose none-too-swift idea was it to put toggle fasteners on a baby's coat? Sheesh.) In related news, who at Gap, Inc. do we talk to about getting this year's regular and very redundant line recalled? Because there's only so many horizontal pastels one person can take.

Attention fashion enthusiasts: Fashion Group International San Francisco will host a panel of fashion experts from the upcoming Discarded to Divine 2009 fashion show tomorrow night at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). The organizers and experts will discuss the idea behind the event -- re-fashioning unusable, donated clothes into couture fashions.

We apologize for the last minute heads-up about tonight's charity event at Torso Vintages. We just read about it on SFIndieFashion.com. Shop for vintage clothing and accessories, while enjoying some light treats and beverages at Torso Vintages (272 Sutter St @ Grant) from 5 to 8 p.m.

Shopseen is a new beta site that enables users to post and rate photos of their favorite fashion and household items for sale in the Bay Area. (We wonder if any users ever get in trouble for taking photos?) The site is currently holding a contest, in which the most active Shopseen user will receive a $50 gift card from Therapy. The contest ends Friday.

March 17, 2009 will go down in the history books, and Ryan Seacrest will be looked back on as the Woodward/Bernstein of our time. See, the American Idol host blew the lid off of one Gavin Newsom's biggest secrets yesterday. While on his Golden State tour, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's finally --finally! -- revealed his haircare product of choice on on KIIS-FM (102.7).