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FALL/WINTER 2015-2016
Editor’s Note W
elcome to Fall and Winter! Here in the southwest it’s a chance for us to bring out the woolens and wear boots again, while those in the colder climes slowly move through their wardrobes in stages of cool to freezing. Whichever zone you find yourself in this year, we hope this issue catches you enjoying fashion.
Rebecca Block, Vice President, Buffalo Exchange
We’ve included several amazing customers who dress to the nines every single day. There are also great focus pages on revived trends (80s Punk and Cowboy Chic), several highlights on people we work with, and some wonderful editorials. Additionally, our passion for fashion led us to a feature on Instagram accounts we love. Take home a copy of the zine and start following these unique taste makers - you never know where you’ll find some inspiration for your own closet. Bundle up, stay warm, and enjoy yourself this season!
Zine Team: Rebecca Block, Joe Carrel, Inara Edrington, Gneiss Hobbs, Stephanie Lew, Emma Robinson & Kristin Welk Publisher: Buffalo Exchange Ltd. Illustrator: Emma Robinson Printers: Arizona Lithographers & Western Web Graphics Contributors: Alix Acevedo, Chris Black, Todd Colletti, Lauren Edmonds, Monica Gauthier, Dr. Courtney A. Hammonds, Virginia McInnis, Nijsha Nesbitt & Jenny Williams Photographers: Christina Anderson, Shelly Black, Stephanie Lew, Krissy Saleh & Steve Sandala Special thanks to all of the stores that contributed
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FALL TREND:
D ark D ays
A mix of goth sport, heavy metal, classic horror, and active punk combine to create this edgy look. The Dark Days trend reflects influences from the 1990s with chokers, creepers, spooky jewelry, and, of course, black t-shirts as key pieces.
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with Albuquerque customer
Alix Acevedo
Tell us about Albuquerque: I’ve lived here my entire life. I am in love with the pastel sunsets, friendly inhabitants, and abundance of burritos. Describe your personal style: 1950s housewife meets Raggedy Anne. Your fashion influences: My #1, hands-down, is Audrey Hepburn. I also pull inspiration from my Nana (who bought me my first dress & got me into hats), Sherri DuPree, Betty Boop, and Susan Kroger. Your go-to wardrobe item: My hats, headbands, bows, and fascinators. You won’t see this girl leave the house without something obnoxious on my head. Fall/Winter item you’ll be wearing: Tights, tights, and more tights! Give me every color of the rainbow! Hobbies: I like to sew, bake, and pretend that my dogs can understand me when I’m talking to them. Favorite movies/tv shows: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (duh) - however, I’m a secret sci-fi freak, so some of my favorite shows include Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and X-Files.
Music you’re currently into: My cool answer: Discovery, Mother Mother, Jenny Lewis. My real answer: musical soundtracks like Into the Woods, Wicked, Glee, Grease, Les Miserables, Mama Mia, etc. Any hidden talents: I participate in dog agility with my Boston Terrier Penelope. It’s more her talent, but I’ll take the credit. Fashion Instagrams you follow: modernjunecleaver, modcloth, ameliajetson, butchwaxvintage, madisonsteward, dressedapp, shelovesdresses, and of course, buffaloexchange. Favorite Buffalo Exchange finds: My first two vintage purchaces EVER: a 1960s baby doll shift green and orange plaid dress with a peter pan collar, and a 60s Pendleton virgin wool mod jacket. Since then I’ve found countless treasures from spectacular 50s prom dresses to a pair of Christian Louboutin pumps. Favorite piece of clothing: This simple navy blue mini mod dress I found at Buffalo Exchange a few years ago. It’s not the flashiest item I own, but it may be my most worn dress. I love the exaggerated pointy long collar and the shape is very flattering. Fashion advice: People often tell me things like, “Only you could pull that off” if I’m in something a little outrageous. So my advice is to always take risks, and if you like something, wear it! The best fashion accessory is confidence.
Northwest Fall Photography by Stephanie Lew
Styling: Elizabeth Rigsby, Alycia Rodriguex Models: Britt Bradley & Gita Walling
YOUTUBE PERSONALITY
Griffin Arnlund
TELLS US ABOUT HERSELF AND GIVES US HER FALL FASHION FORECAST
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FOLLOW GRIFFIN: www.YouTube.com/ user/GriffinArnlund Photography: @KrissySaleh
d When did you start shopping at Buffalo Exchange? I started shopping at the Tempe, Arizona Buffalo Exchange when I was 14. It really became more of a regular spot once I started to drive. Now that I’m living near the Long Beach store, I’m sure I’ll be there all the time!
e GRIFFIN'S TIPS FOR
Shopping at Buffalo Exchange 1. Go early in the day. All of the items are nice and neat and on the racks. There are less people and you can really focus on shopping!
2. Try things on! Even if the jeans are your size, the previous owner could have had them altered. On that note, if you find an item that you LOVE but is a smidge too big, don’t be afraid to buy it and have it altered.
3. Take your time.
Fall Fashion Forecast Plaid is on everything. Jackets, dresses, boots, and more!
Patchwork!
Prints!
combat boots are all over the fall fashion shows.
the Art of Self-Expression By “What My Daughter Wore” artist & Brooklyn customer Jenny Williams
My original idea for What My Daughter Wore was to combine the straightforward, documentary quality
of a street style blog with the intimacy of my sketchbook (I have drawn all of my kids compulsively since they were born). It started as a blog, but the project really took off when I started the Instagram version the book (which I adore!) came about as a result of its popularity on IG. I've loved recording kids' style - it's almost always unselfconscious, creative, and unique - but I think what I love even more is the poignant, real-time aspect of drawing the same kids, nearly every day, over what has now been years.
“Kids want to know what app I use to make the drawings.”
Though I plan on sticking with the original subject for WMDW, the subjects themselves (my kids and their friends) are getting older, so the project is evolving accordingly. While my daughter was 9 when I started the project, she recently turned 13 and is now easily as tall as I am. I was going to say that the outfits have become less playful and wacky as the kids have gotten older, but actually a lot of the teenagers I draw have managed to maintain their whimsy into the moody years.
Jenny Williams’ What My Daughter Wore is available on amazon.com See more of her work on Instagram @ what_my_daughter_wore
How Todd’s collection made it to the Italian fashion runway
Todd Colletti is the owner of Buffalo Exchange’s only franchise stores, located in Boulder and Denver. He shared about his vintage punk rock jacket collection and how it scored him a trip to Rome.
“The thing that is so cool about these jackets is the story behind them. Hours and hours of studding and painting, listening to hardcore, talking about bands and drinking beer. Everytime you put on leather, sh*t is about to go down, isn’t it? These jackets are just cool folk art.” “My favorite one, not pictured, is my first leather jacket as a rocker with a vintage motorcycle patch. I bought it at Buffalo Exchange with my allowance in 1980 or ‘81.”
“The show they wanted my jackets for is “The Annual Revlon Show.” 4000 people involved in all aspects of Revlon’s business from sales to styling from all over the world get together in a new country every year for a huge dinner, fashion show, and various competitions. American Crew, the men’s hair care product line, was founded by David Reculia, a friend of mine in Denver. Revlon purchased the company some years ago and David stayed on as creative director. He knew I had a collection and the rest is history.”
“Right now I’m collecting punk rock items from the late 70s, focusing on Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s shop on Kings Road, London.”
NIJSHA’S NEW YORK OUTFITS
Photos: Steve Sandala
Nijsha Nesbitt
Buffalo Exchange Employee
Cobble Hill, New York
“My fashion influences would have to be musicians Kate Bush and Rihanna. Both are free spirits when it comes to fashion - they have no rules.�
“Just wake up every day and put on things that make you feel good within. It will reflect on the outside.�
“I’m trying to get into more jewelry like simple cuffs, dainty necklaces that I can layer, and mixed metals.”
Chris
Black
Musician, Composer & Performer Chris Black was the winner of the 2014 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award. The Arts Award encourages creativity and innovation in the arts in Southern Arizona. It was established by Buffalo Exchange owners Kerstin Block and her late husband Spencer Block to encourage creativity, innovation, and excellence in the arts. The focus of the award rotates each year between emerging artists in the performing arts and visual arts, and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts through education, organization, and advocacy. What got you into performing and composing music?
If you could live in another era what would it be, and why?
My parents were both music teachers, so the house was full of instruments when I was growing up. I originally studied theatre in college, but wound up joining a band, and that was that for school!
Somewhere between 1920 and 1960, before jukeboxes and Bob Dylan ruined everything.
What music are you currently listening to? I'm looking for great double bass soloists, so for now it's a lot of Edgar Meyer, Francois Rabbath, Božo Paradžik, and Catalin Rotaru. With such a varied resume, how do you describe your musical style to others? I've struggled with that for a very long time now, and what I've come up with, when asked what music I play, is just to say, "Oh, I play real good music. You'd like it!"
How would you describe your personal style? I tend to be more formal. I like to wear suits whenever the weather permits. This summer I'm wearing guayaberas exclusively, with slacks and grown-up shoes. Who are some famous people (past or present) you’d like to meet, and why? I'd really like to meet Erik Satie. He must have been an interesting man. He wrote tiny little piano pieces, and published his own zines, and wrote calligraphy like a monk, and dressed up like a businessman to be ironic, and was just generally odd.
chrisblackmusic.com
Describe your “ChamberLab” series, and tell us how it’s being received. ChamberLab is a concert series that puts on chamber music concerts, like strong quartets and bassoon trios, and so forth. We stay away from the concert hall, preferring instead places like the Hotel Congress. Our composers are not from the classical world. We like classical music and decided to write our own. It's a sort of DIY approach to chamber music. The musicians are all ace classical performers, and we're very lucky to have such amazing and adventurous people to play our music here in Tucson! It's being received very well. We've discovered that if you bring chamber music to music lovers where they already hang out, it's no surprise that they love it. Especially if it's something they've never heard before, like a contrabassoon, or a dishwasher played with timpani mallets. Tell us about some of the best places you’ve visited. I'm writing this on a train between Paris and Cologne, and out the window I see endless expanses of rolling green countryside dotted with dark green puffy trees, and sometimes punctuated by a little village, with a church steeple in the center. It's hard to imagine anything nicer.
What inspires you? Visual art, more than anything else. For example, my wife and I are in Europe right now, where I was deeply impressed by the stained glass in Notre Dame. Each little panel of it was so beautiful. I'd die happy just to have created one of them, and yet each window had dozens, and there are many, many windows in this terribly beautiful building. I don't know how that is going to become a part of my way of working, but there is something about it... it has changed my way of thinking. Out of the many instruments you play, which are your favorites, and why? I tend to be a serial monogamist with my instruments. Perhaps I'll focus on violin for a while, believing it to be the most perfect and expressive instrument ever invented. Then suddenly I'll declare the violin to be bourgeois, counter-revolutionary, and emotionally bankrupt, and I'll take up the piano, which becomes the most perfect and expressive instrument ever invented. Right now I'm playing the double bass, which I believe is the most perfect and expressive instrument ever invented.
Ranch Rocker FALL TREND:
We will still be enjoying western vibes into fall/ winter 2015. The Ranch Rocker trend is heavily influenced by the 1970s with embroidered details, trucker hats, shearling lined jackets, high rise denim, and retro t-shirts.
#MyFavBufExFind
customers show off their fav finds from Buffalo Exchange on Instagram
Mattie (fringe suede vest) I bought this vest at the Denver Buffalo Exchange on Broadway. I went in to get work shoes and left with yet another vest to add to my collection (and no shoes). It’s my favorite because it's so representative of the 70s. The care and work that went into it is amazing. Everything has been stitched together and detailed by hand. The leather feels like butter and I love love love how long and exaggerated the fringe is. Emily (vintage floral dress) I bought this vintage dress from the Long Beach Buffalo Exchange in 2008. I absolutely adore the sleeves and the pretty floral print! Augusta (white lace dress) This is hands down my favorite dress. It can be worn in so many different styles! Various accessories make the outfit look completely different and new, since it’s just a plain, beautiful lace dress. It was an amazing birthday find in the LA Buffalo Exchange.
Courtney (Black embroidered dress) This vintage beauty was at my local Austin Buffalo Exchange. One of the best qualities of this dress is its unique embroidery - thankfully it's maintained gorgeous color contrast and finding it for under $40 wasn't too bad either. LC (pin stripe jacket) I love this H81 denim jacket! It was my first time visiting a Buffalo Exchange store (Atlanta, GA.) and I really dug the cool vintage vibes! Extremely happy with my finds! Toni (vintage floral blazer) I bought this vintage blazer at the Buffalo Exchange in Eugene, OR almost 8 years ago. It was my first visit to a Buffalo Exchange store. I've kept the blazer all these years because, no matter how my personal style has changed, I will always love a beautiful floral print. Justin (printed duffle bag) I purchased this aztec print duffle bag in December at the Georgetown, D.C. location seven minutes before the store closed. That's part of the reason why I love it, because I felt it was meant for me to have.
Whitney (colorful romper) I found this romper in mid-March from a random walk into the Buffalo Exchange in Philadelphia. I was pleasantly surprised to not only find a romper in my size, but with the tags still on it from the Peter Pilotto for Target collection. It was a great price, in a lovely shape, and I fell in love instantly.
CUSTOMER PROFILE ATLANTA
Dr. Courtney A. Hammonds Academic Program Coordinator for the Fashion Department at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur Describe your personal style: I’m classic meets trendy. Pure individuality! Who are some of your fashion icons? Sydney Poitier, Fred Astaire, and Charlton Heston. What’s your favorite thing about Buffalo Exchange? If you’re willing to take the time, you can always find a diamond in the rough. It’s about finding a unique, special piece for me. How long have you taught fashion and what is your favorite thing about it? I’ve taught fashion for two years now. I adore seeing my students grow and develop a real love for something they were already passionate about. Favorite fashion trends? I don’t really follow trends. I believe in staying relevant, but I’ll always be classic with my own twist. Any fashion regrets? Of course not! Fashion expresses how you feel in that particular moment. What’s your best fashion advice? Never conform to the masses. Dare to be square in a round world.
Instagrams We
Spotlighting some of Buffalo’s most fashionable friends ̜ with the accounts to match!
modernjunecleaver (Nashville) This southern charmer makes retro seem effortlessly modern
@theserenagoh
justinliv (New York) Be it around the city or traveling abroad, Justin never leaves home without style in tow
bewolffashion (Montreal) Her uniquely free spirited look incorporates pieces from all walks of fashion
@philoliver
shelovesdresses (San Francisco) When it comes to chic adorableness, she has it in spades
advancedstyle (New York) Ari Seth Cohen's images prove that personal style advances with age
specs_and_the_city (Los Angeles) A cotton candy celebration from this 21st century Doris Day
@jjoules
thriftaholic (Chicago) Like that friend who has an uncanny knack for finding the coolest vintage items
sara_waiste (London) Boho by way of Britain, her gypsy soul is always impeccably on display
mcarthurjoseph (New York) Testament that menswear with big time swank can still seem casual
theconnoisseurofcute (Providence) Her name says it all; a colorful little world of pizzazz
ashleyording (Philadelphia) Ashley's non-flashy style shows the beauty of everyday elegance
aclotheshorse (N. Ireland) Her delightful taste and picturesque backdrops have a storybook quality
shoesofnyc (NYC) Brilliantly simple concept: stop New Yorkers & ask them about their fantastic shoes
maddy_cacti (Eugene, OR) This Buffalo employee has a refreshing northwest-meets-southwest vibe
newdarlings (Phoenix) Husband and wife team who share their adventures with fashionable aplomb
@Teammlove #SquadGoals Future Buffalo Shoppers spotted in Portland, OR.
Meet Mya and Penelope, their mom, Lauren, has been a shopper at Buffalo Exchange since she was 14. “I definitely get a big kick out of going super 60s/70s with their outfits.” Lauren runs a children’s clothing line called Lenox Clothing (@lenoxclothing). Find her fashionable family on Instagram @teammlove. We can’t wait to see these girls in our stores as they grow!
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