Lucky Magazine features Minneapolis shops

After creating a Minneapolis shopping listing for its website last month, Lucky Magazine has featured a bunch of local shops in its July print issue, going as far as to call Minneapolis one of the "best new shopping cities." Stores featured include Bumbershute, Flirt, Grethen House, Finn Style, Design Collective, Blacklist Vintage, and Allee Metro Chic.

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Local shops listed in Lucky's store directory

It's always nice to see Minneapolis fashion get national attention. Such is the case this week as Lucky Magazine has just launched a new online shopping directory for Minneapolis. It includes some familiar names: Blacklist Vintage, Design Collective, Finn Style, Grethen House, Hunt & Gather Antiques, I Like You, June, Parc Boutique, and Room & Board Outlet. Congrats to those who were listed!

[A Marimekko look from FinnStyle]

Ferociter F/W 2010 collection

Aimie Dukes - designer of Ferociter, one of my favorite accessories line in town - just sent me the line sheets for her long-awaited fall collection. Aimie is without a doubt my favorite accessories designer to work with (most recently on l'etoile's summer spread and on Voltage 2010) she's always highly collaborative, open to ideas, and always brings something fresh and new to the table.

Her latest mini-collection features more of the feather work she incorporated into her spring 2010 collection, which she tells me was originally requested by knitwear designer Kevin Kramp. It's carried over into her fall collection, appropriately at that, since feathers are huge for fall. She will again be collaborating with Kramp for SCENEaSOTA 2010, happening November 6 at Loft2 (above OM Restaurant).

Here is her "Carina" feather collection:
Black Ostrich Feather Necklace, $42.95

Cream Ostrich Feather Necklace, $42.95

Cream Ostrich Feather Earrings, $32.95

Camel Ostrich Feather Necklace, $42.95

Odyssey Necklace, Color (also available in Black & White), $18.95. From the Odyssey Collection: "The lovechild of Ziggy Stardust and Barbarella; Ferociter's ode to 2010."

Design Collective is carrying both collections and ROBOTlove is carrying the Odyssey necklaces. Both collections are also available through Ferociter's Etsy shop.

Time Out Chicago gives props to local boutiques

Local boutiques Blacklist Vintage, Design Collective, and Cliché were written up in this month's issue of Time Out Chicago magazine for their big Minneapolis cover story. Here's an excerpt:

"Cliché, featuring a well-curated mix of local and national designers. Prices seem reasonable by Chicago standards, with dresses running between $50 and $150. Minneapolis’s vintage scene is worth a look, too. Recently opened Blacklist Vintage houses a remarkable selection of mint-condition mod and retro outfits. For 100 percent Minnesota-made goods, we hit Design Collective, a trove of clever Minneapolis-themed T-shirts and jewelry, plus locally designed clothing and accessories."


Congrats guys! (via City Pages' Blotter)