New Miss Black Minnesota and Miss Black Teen Minnesota crowned
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Red was the color of the evening for the Miss Black Minnesota USA Pageant.
Caitlin Kelly, at the University of Minnesota, shares retail design insights from The North Face
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Though online shopping is bigger than ever before, the bricks-and-mortar retail industry in the United States remains huge—and it’s tremendously important to the economy of Minnesota, home of thousands of independent retailers as well as international giants like Target and Best Buy. On October 30, Caitlin Kelly—a New York journalist who’s the author of Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail—visited the University of Minnesota to address the conference “Retail Connect: Who’s Minding the Store?” Continue Reading
STYLE PHOTOS | Mexico Magico Fashion Show at Solera
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On September 28, Solera hosted Mexico Magico, a fashion show featuring some of Mexico’s premier designers. The event was part of MNfashion Week, which a weeklong event dedicated to enhancing the local fashion industry in Minnesota by giving designers, boutique owners, and other industry professionals an opportunity to display their work at various events. The designers for Mexico Magico included Carla Fernandez, Jose Maria Torre, Alexia Ulibarri, and Delia Gonzalez.
STYLE | Hmong designers strut their stuff in Fresh Traditions fashion show
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The sold-out Fresh Traditions Fashion Show had the Minneapolis Public Library bursting at the seams September 29. Organized by the Center for Hmong Arts & Talent (CHAT), the event featured models showcasing designs by five Hmong designers and design collectives.
A breath of fresh air: Center for Hmong Arts and Talents’ Fresh Traditions Fashion Show moves to bigger venue in its sixth year
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Neon pink and green embroidery pop against a gray backdrop and blue border.
Artists and art-lovers, help us promote your upcoming events!
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At the Twin Cities Daily Planet, we’re an edited news publication—but that’s where the similarities between us and traditional journalists end. We believe that there’s more knowledge to be found in our communities than can be found in any one newsroom, and to that end we aim to empower Twin Cities residents to tell their own story. We want to be your megaphone. Continue Reading
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Tracy Metz at the University of Minnesota: Does the Mississippi riverfront need an “extreme makeover”?
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In Minneapolis, our lakes and parks are among the city’s great gems—and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation is aiming to make sure they stay that way. Even if our eyes were a little bigger than our stomachs with the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition (Mayor Rybak: “How we are going to get this done is going to be tough”), the foundation is going back for seconds.
Today’s eco-friendly architecture porn: University of Minnesota alumni win award for Phantom Canyon retreat
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Mark Quéripel and Brian Nelson, both of whom hold architecture degrees from the University of Minnesota, just landed an EcoHome Design Award for this modest domicile in Colorado’s Phantom Canyon Nature Preserve. As you can see, the homeowners really took one for the team and sacrificed comfort for conscience. Continue Reading
STYLE | Ina Grau: Acclaimed shoemakers launch Minnesota-Colombia collaboration
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Shoemaking pair Ina Grau know the value of a good shoe – the kind you can flaunt and proudly boast, “They’re local!” Representing the shoe cobblers in local fashion and design, Ina Grau’s Luisa Fernanda Garcia-Gomez and co-founder Crystal Quinn have harmoniously combined their creative and technical talents in art and clothing design to create a collection of handmade, high quality shoes as aesthetically beautiful as they are skillfully crafted.
SATURDAY PICK | Art by architects at the 801 Gallery
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Architecture is, of course, an art—but sometimes architects like to try their hand at artworks that don’t need to be load-tested. Jan Elftmann, best known as the Twin Cities’ art car queen (that’s her you’ve seen waving from the back of her Cork Truck), is curating a show at the 801 Gallery featuring work by 801 Lofts architect Garth Rockcastle as well as architects Peter Brown and Mark Kritz. Also exhibiting work in the show will be Aldo Moroni, Keith Holmes, and Laura Migliorino—a photographer who was hired by Rockcastle 10 years ago to photograph the building, and will be showing her images from that shoot.