THE GENTEEL COVERS DNS!

Yesterday, The Genteel posted a great article about what we're about and what we've been up to lately! It's a great blog in general with an international array of contributers, and myriad of interesting finds. It was nice to see our Style Spins hashed out a little more than usual, as we're already excitedly brainstorming for another season of sunshine and sneak peaks once winter is out of the way.

Coincidentally, we recently unearthed some awesome gems on BlogTO's facebook, of a Style Spin last August. I forgot how awesome (and comfortable) those neon onsies were... and how glorious summertime is!

(photos by Natta Summerky)

BBC News with the Deadly Nightshades:

A few months ago, on our final Style Spin of the season, Fast Track's Theopi Skarlatos came along and showcased the Deadly Nightshades in a piece for BBC World titled: Toronto's Competitive Vintage Scene

CLICK HERE TO WATCH!

Thanks to Kealan from Vintage 69 for lending us such awesome outfits!
(Too bad we don't have more pictures of them)

LAST STYLE SPIN TOMORROW!

So the last Style Spin for the year is upon us, and we're going out with a bang! So much so, the BBC has decided to ride along with us (!!!).

So, meet us this Friday, on the patio of the Drake Hotel at 6pm for cheap Mill St. beers & free give aways from Atelier & Levi's Commuter Denim. Then we ride en masse at 7pm for a behind the scenes look into the best of Parkdale - including Carte Blanche, Vintage 69's concept store 'V', & private screenings of Stylist Desire Kaniki's motion editorials.

Then we spin back to the Drake Underground to dance the night away. As usual.

Also, in the spirit of stylish riding and all things Nightshades - Check out these rad photos friend & photographer Nathan Mills snapped of us a little while ago. (And, yes i rode in those shoes...)

SECOND STYLE SPIN TONIGHT!

Well, it's taken a full week to recover for the insanity that was last weekend, but we're ready to go again!

Tonight is our second Style Spin tour of the summer! This time we're getting a behind the scenes look into the studios of Philip Sparks, Paper People Clothing, Haley Stolee Smith/Hillary Sampline, and Janet Bike Girl - who's awesome print making is shown above.

So meet us at the Drake Hotel for 6pm, cheap beers & a FREE GIFT from Totto Alverados sunglass collection! Even the Metro News thinks you should come!

Also feel free to wear neon this time around. We definitely will be.

HIPSTAMATIC!

The Hipstamatic photobooth photos from July's Style Spin are finally up on Curbside's flickr! Check them all out here!

Don't forget the next Style Spin on August 19th! And, we've got something awesome in the works for September's....all I can say for now is it's going to be extra dapper!

AFTER PARTY & LINUS BIKE LAUNCH!

Holydanceparty. Photos by Erin Simkin! And I can't wait for the Hipstamatic photo booth ones to surface.....

STYLE SPIN EN ROUTE!

Style Spin with The Nightshades

So apparently Style Spin rules. There was a fashion show at The Make Den, a big crowd riding everything from double decker bikes to Dutch 8-speeds from Linus and really amazing studios along the way. I had already seen YNOT's studio (see below) but hadn't seen Sartoria's which was beautiful. It's on top of an auto shop over on Symington and reminds me of an old boat house.

Jenn Nouveau styled an awesome little fashion show using some pieces I had made mixed up with glorious vintage fringe from Tomorrow Never Knows. She also stayed late the night before to finish her adorable neon green, asymmetrical circle skirt. Kaydee, Ivanna, Ella and Madeline all looked stellar in the colour blocked neon and coral palette. So fitting that Jenn, Ivanna and Kaydee all went for ice cream after the spin! Many thanks to Kiki, Mia and Jenn at the Drake Hotel as well as Mikey at Curbside cycle for all their hard work and making Style Spin an awesome night!!!

YNOT CYCLE & STYLE SPIN!

Lately, I've been doing some sewing for the guys over at YNOT Cycle. They're a great little studio in the Junction pumping out some really killer products - everything from backpacks, to messenger bags to pedal straps. I have to say, it's nice to be working somewhere the products are locally produced, and it's stuff I actually ride with, so I feel comfortable saying how awesome they are. YNOT is also awesome for having lots of freezie breaks (heatwave), and because Tom brought in his boxer puppy yesterday (ridiculously adorable).

We're going to be swinging by the studio as one of our last stops on Style Spin tonight, so if you want to get a behind the scenes look there, along with lots of other fantastic design studios in the west end - we leave The Drake Hotel en masse at 7.

Then don't forget to join us back at the Drake Underground for a giant dance party with a photobooth by Hipstamtic, and prizes including Levi's new Commuter Denim line and a FREE BIKE from Linus!

(photos by Nate Mumford. Thanks Nate! come back to toronto...)

Style Spin with the Nightshades & Drake Hotel

Last summer, we hosted some really fun bike tours of galleries in Toronto.
We saw some great work at Le Gallery, got a free talk about the Rape of Africa at the Mocca by David Lachapelle and made mexican wrestling masks for Nuit Blanche.

But the truth is that as a collective of mostly fashion designers/illustrators/photographers, we felt a little unsure of our qualifications to host a gallery tour (okay, that's how I felt anyways). So this summer, we decided to host a bike tour for something that we knew waaaay too much about - fashion design studios in Toronto. Yup. That's right - come and see the sweatshops where the goods get made, where hands get dirty, fabric gets cut (and cut and cut and cut) the giant bolts of fabric, the heat sealers, the seam rippers and the tailors shears. It's not glamourous (but that doesn't mean don't dress up! There are prizes!) but it is where all the magic happens.

Here are the details:

This month featuring 69 Vintage + The Make Den + Tomorrow Never Knows + Sara Duke + Sartoria + YNOT Cycle!

6PM Meet at The Drake Hotel for Mill St. (cheap!) beer + a welcome gift
7PM Cycle with The Deadly Nightshades
9PM Party at the Linus Launch in the Drake Underground + let Hipstamatic take your photo for a chance to win a Linus bike or a pair of Levi's Commuter Denim
12AM Winners announced

Don't forget to join us for two more STYLE SPINs on AUG 19th + SEP 16th!