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!

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...)

SPRING FLING!

Thanks to everyone who made it out to our awesome Pop-Up Shop "Tigerlilies & Nightshades" at the Drake Hotel yesterday! We had an amazing time with tons of local designers & fashion lovers alike - from le Petit Beret to Worn Fashion Journal, to amazing complementary styling from the Aveda Institute's Blow Bar. There was one moment where I had a beer in one hand, someone massaging the other, and two people styling my hair. I felt like a QUEEN. Aveda is officially welcome at any DNS event, or just to hang out at my house every day of my life. Forever.

Photos by Connie Tsang. See the whole set HERE!

Then we flipped the space for a ridiculous all out dance party! After having the Torontoist describe us as the city's "most dangerous, sultry, and fashionably dressed bicycle gang" we hope we lived up to it with our matching (as always) outfits! So stay tuned - dance off photos on the way! AND THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN TROPHY...... !!!

DANCE OFF BEAT DOWN.

Nightshades & Tigerlilies pop-up shop in the Drake Underground today from 5-9.... then at 10:

DANCE OFF DANCE OFF DANCE OFF DANCE OFF DANCE OFF DANCE OFF!!!!!

Or else...

BIKE LEGS: THE RETURN OF THE DANCE-OFFS!

Remember the Dance-Offs? Those long ago nights when The Nightshades were not yet in existence, but we all still hung out. Those nights of shaving cream. Salmon spandex judges outfits. Roller girls. Robot costumes. Roping off areas on the dance floors at other people's parties to break out rehearsed or unrehearsed dance routines.

Well, good news - Because the Dance-offs are BACK!!!

So bring your best moves, and sexy sexy bike legs to our Dance Party Dance-Off Extravaganza! Awesome prizes from Knog & homemade trophy for the best routine... and maybe best bike legs.

Or just come dance your face off.

THURS. MARCH 31ST

THE DRAKE UNDERGROUND

Feat. Ghetto Cyborg & DJ Desk Jockey.

10pm - DEATH.

$5

If you want to attend on facebook go here!

Nightshades and Tigerlilies at The Drake Hotel!

A Spring Pop-Up Shop Featuring:
The Deadly Nightshades
Tomorrow Never Knows (Vintage and Handmade)
The Make Den (Boudoir Inspired Recut)
Chaton Rouge (Repurposed Fur)
The Gild (Bicycle Seat Covers)
Fierce Deer (Handmade accessories)
White Cat (Cycling Caps)
PACTfashion (Handmade Recut handbags)

Thursday March 31st
5-9:30pm
The Drake Underground
Admission is free

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TIGERLILIES AND NIGHTSHADES

Spring Fever is here-here-HERE, eager beavers! Lilies will make you feel silly and Nightshades will bring the First-Aid for your winter aches and breaks! Tomorrow Never Knows what spring holds so brighten up your wardrobe with pretty vintage peaches and lots of lace! Go on and slip on some chiffon - The Make Den will be unveiling a new line of delicate dainties and Chaton Rouge will be shakin' a tail with repurposed fur accessories as well as bicycle seat covers from The Gild collective.

And don't forget handbags designed and made by students at PACTfashion. PACT is a charity which helps create urban peace through life-skills programs like sewing, gardening and cooking.
(www.pactprogram.ca)


Also - stick around the Drake for an afterparty at 10pm with The Nightshades. See you there!


Many thanks to Ally Cervantes at Hollywood Snob Photography for her beautiful pictures!

GALLERY SPIN IN NOW!

Always good to feel some Nightshade love from everyone's favourite NOW Magazine! Thanks Andrew!

Check out the article in this weeks issue right HERE!