BARE was out n' about in Rockridge

Today's Out and About in Rockridge street festival was quite a rockin' change of pace for what are usually quiet Sundays here around Cal. The Rockridge shopping district was shut down to all traffic except pedestrians; hundreds of them, from kids to grannies, came out to try foods, shop (everything from bags to art to pottery to underwear), and... watch fashion.



There were two runway shows featuring clothing and styling by various Rockridge boutiques and salons, including: Dapper menswear, Crush on College, Alexander Pope salon, Tootsies shoes, Crossroads Trading Co., Seven 7 Salon, Inamorata, Sahaira, and others. Here are a bunch of photos I snapped at the event!

Above: it was a full house when I arrived at the runway show on the corner of College Ave. and Kales

Above: Cal junior Jesekah Odom walks the runway in Inamorata-styled outfit

Above: Cal senior and BARE model Justin Hinton, also Editor-in-Chief of Cal's Onyx Express magazine, struts on the runway; BARE's Layout Director Marcus Leung who is also of Dapper, Rockridge's one and only menswear boutique, styled.

Below: Cal senior and BARE model Andrew Rogers joins Justin on the runway

Above: Andrew walking the runway; dressed in Dapper

Above: We catch up with Cal sophomore and BARE model Elane Roepke after she walks the first show; gorgeous styling by Inamorata and Seven 7 Salon; after I took this photo, one of the festival-goers asked Elane if she was a celebrity

Below: Catching up with Jesekah after the first runway show; also styled by Inamorata

Below: looks presented by Crossroads Trading

Below: a look from Crush on College

Above: another Cal student (whose name is slipping my mind!) rocks the runway; styling by Crush and shoes by Tootsies

Above: a look by Inamorata

Above: another Cal student walks; styling by Inamorata

Above: the ladies who walked for Inamorata pose together backstage

Above: Inamorata owner Arabella strikes a cute pose for a photo opp after the show; with her Inamorata t-shirt AND a copy of the latest BARE mag

Above: Our BARE boys who walked four looks from Dapper pose together backstage

So it was an awesome and beautiful day in Rockridge. We can't wait to see/do another fashion show soon!

BARE's Summer-Jobs-of-Fashion

This Wednesday, BARE will be hosting a Summer-Jobs-of-Fashion event, where we'll hear from four Cal students in a moderated panel discussion talk about their experiences pursuing fashion-related jobs/internships this past summer.

Join us at 8pm, this Wednesday, Sept. 24, in Room 136 Barrows. Snackies will be provided.

As for a preview, meet the panelists:

NK... interned this summer for skincare start-up, amea skindividuals. The brand demo-ed at high-end women's retailer Henri Bendel in NYC. She worked extensively with top fashion bloggers to promote the brand.

CW... interned for Teen Vogue and Radar in NYC. She attended Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week earlier this month, and works with Chictopia.

ML... works at a high-end menswear boutique in Rockridge and is currently collaborating with more local retailers to create a runway show for next weekend's Out & About in Rockridge festival.

AS... models, but foremost, she worked this summer as a marketing consultant for fledgling fashion businesses. She is currently working to launch a website to connect college students with their dream internships and projects.

Hope to see everyone there.

Inogu Fabrics launches fall collection

BARE magazine's friends at Inogu Fabrics, the new-on-the-scene t-shirt company based in Berkeley (and San Diego... read on to get why), earlier this week announced the launch of their fall collection.

Inogu Fabrics was started by Cal student Jason Lee (with his childhood friend Jordan Ma, who goes to UC San Diego... see, now you get it). Inogu Fabrics is named from the word "enogu" meaning color or paint, and they live up to the epithet with their t-shirts having bold colors and unique original designs.

The brand was featured in BARE's third issue currently circulating. Jason describes it as "bringing a mature sophistication to everyday expression while capturing the youthful whimsy of childhood imagination."

Fresh New Faces of BARE

Recently, we held open model calls on Sproul to recruit fresh new faces for BARE magazine's 2008 model book. Here's only a few of the promising new models you should look out for in upcoming issues of BARE!

Third General Meeting

Just another reminder. The third general meeting for Bare will be tonight 7pm at Wheeler room 222. Hope to see you all there!

Bare Magazine Issue 3 Launch Party

Last Thursday night Bare Magazine hosted a mixer to launch its third issue. The party was held at downtown Bar & Restaurant in Berkeley and guests included: ASUC senators, local business owners, the editors of The Clog and The Heuristic Squelch, FAST members, and former Bare models. Attendees enjoyed great food and schmoozing as well as a raffle which included a Gucci coin purse as one of the prizes! The night was an unbelievable success and we at Bare couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.



Some of the girls from FAST



Doreen with a few of our guests from Squelch



The attendees




A few very well dressed boys



Doreen with our senior staffers





The Executive Team

Fashion Week Pick

Rag and Bone



There's already been alot of buzz over the new Spring 09 collection by Rag and Bone in blogworld but we couldn't resist! Now menswear is nothing new in the fashion world but David Neville and Marcus Wainwright manage to keep the look of their collection fresh and chic. Keep a look out for those skinny suspenders!




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"Huh? A fashion mag in Berkeley?"

Ever since inviting The Daily Clog to attend BARE magazine's upcoming launch party last week, a bunch of blogosphere rumblings have been asking exactly that! So I would like to take this opportunity to tell the community a little more about us.

BARE magazine is an all-student-produced publication at UC Berkeley exploring fashion as
more than just cloth on a body. We aim to represent creativity and inspiration, ingenuity, and passion. Passion for art, passion for the aesthetic, and passion for one's own tastes, biases, and self-expression.

Some of the bloggers got the impression from our blog that we are more Sartorialist-style. While we are still experimenting with how we'll use this blog for content, the magazine itself is actually more diverse — we cover topics from social issues to high fashion to designers around Cal.

The photos below are from a photo shoot BARE did last semester (for our second issue), featuring the work of local professional designer Erin Mahoney. The photography, modeling, directing, and styling are all done by undergrads at Cal. The photographs (taken by Tao Ning, a Cal senior last year and modeled by Cal sophomore, JJ Johnson) accompany BARE's interview with the designer.

If readers like this content, we'll definitely post more of BARE's past work on the blog. And, if you're a Cal student who'd like to join the staff, our brainstorming session for BARE's
fourth issue is tomorrow.

So to the fellow bloggers, we say, "Yes! There is a fashion blog from UC Berkeley!" We think the work is pretty good, and hope you do too.


above: Pink / white lanteen dress, $520


Italy floral white gown, $850


Backless blue / white dot gown (price upon request from designer)

Next Meeting

In case you missed the first meeting, the 2nd general meeting will be at 7pm at 222 Wheeler.

BARE's first general meeting of the year

7pm.
wednesday, september 3.
room 229 dwinelle.

Presentations from the Executive team about everything you can do as part of BARE, the calendar of upcoming events and workshops, meeting BARE senior staffers, looking at the timeline for producing BARE's issue 4, food, music, more copies of the new issue of BARE if you didn't already snag your very own, and more!

Got questions? Leave comments.