Seemless Homeygrown Collab at Fluid Fashion Show

What a better way to celebrate Artiffact's birthday than with a fashion show?

Seemless clothing invited Homeygrown to take a small part in a fashion show at Fluid Lounge in SF on 12/20/07.

Shout out to Cell for hookin us up!

This show featured the debut of a [Seemless x Homeygrown] collab...

artiffact twisted a few mens shirts into some sexy wears for the ladies.

these are just a few pics taken off of the photographer's website. keep posted for an update with other exclusive photos!

Cierra & birthday girl Tiph...you shoulda seen what she's hiding under that big ass sweater!



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Schoodies everywhere!


The VIP room.


MK checkin out the fly ass collab top by artiffact!




Logan lookin lovely!














Cierra lookin like some ice cream!










Hologram light bulb. Hoody halter.


hooded tunic by artiffact. virgin mary apron by rockill [SOLD].











red/white/blue schoody by artiffact [SOLD]. mini-apron by rockill.




Get your freak on in homeygrown!










runway:

grey/houndstooth schoody [SOLD]
modeled by eileen


a polka dot tunic for good luck in the new year
modeled by belin.


all about the benjamins schoody
modeled by arnelle.


floral striped hooded tunic
modeled by logan


red/white/blue schoody [SOLD]
yellow mini-apron
modeled by Tiffany


turquoise/red hearts schoody [SOLD]
modeled by kim


Seemless x Homeygrown collab flashing lights halter hoody






Seemless x homeygrown collab hooded halter dress
Modeled by Ashley


we hope this paves to way for collabin' with more brands....especially using used, leftover, or the "mess-up" pieces, so we can recreate it into something new!

this is dedicated to the homies

to those who got our backs, we got your back (and we're on your back!!)
Check out the homies rockin' our stuff in the Bay and Beyond!

STO

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Bayliens, Xein How, The Grouch

sto.zen.

buildin:

Liz in NYC subway:

represent bej:

bianca's uniform

best dressed

j3:

bayliens:

enzyme

are we missing a photo of you?? then send it over!

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We soul swappin, we soul soul swappin!

Thanks for leaving your chonies at home!

More photos to come!

We love your body!

We love your body! That's why we make art for it!

We were invited to participate in a fashion show for Love Your Body Day at Cal Berkeley. The event was sponsored by the Gender Equity Resource Center on campus.

We worked with such a great group of people who really left us empowered at the end of the night.

Thanks to Morgan for outreaching to us!

Soul Swap: Homeygrown's Biannual Clothing Swap

It's been so inspiring to work with the people we've crossed paths with....and we've definitely been motivated by the folks we've worked with at Swap-o-rama-rama.

That's why we're throwing a swap and doing it homeygrown style once again!




Let's swap soles! Literally!

Bring a bag or two of unwanted gently used clothing, shoes, accessories, movies, books, and more and swap it with other people's things. Please no JUNK!

$5 admission with bag of clothes, with free drinks, munchies, and all the free clothes you can get!
21 and over as we have a beer and wine garden.

Held at the legendary Soundwave Studios at
2200 Wood Street in West Oakland
Keep posted for directions!

Homeygrown will provide custom silkscreening for that extra touch!

And please....show off your stuff in the Soul Swappin Fashion Show!

Check out photos of our last swap. Super fun!

Start raking up your closet...it's time to shed your soul!

Back in the Days

SO.....we have this fashion show coming up with a High School theme....

We wanna know...

What did you used to wear in high school? What was your favorite fit?

Alter:State SWAP

Whooo-hooo!!

Remade in America hosted Alter:State last night at the Balazo Gallery in the Mission. This time, instead of being more of a crazy circus and art show, things were more focused on swapping clothes and recreating thangs into something new (to the soundtrack of crazy circus mash-up dubtronic hip to the hoppin music, of course)! Homeygrown helped out with sewing and silkscreening. We like that stuff!

There was a fashion show too, but we were more in the mood to create than show it off. Melissa's always down to show off for us though, so she hopped on stage with a freshly reconstructed rainbow vest by Rockill.

Sidewayz Daze at the Elbo Room

Our homey Xien How threw a show at the Elbo Room in SF. With Eligh as the headliner, and hella homies opening up, you know it was freshhhhh!

We set up shop on a POOL TABLE and killed time by having an apron photo shoot. Fun times!

Longest day of the year...

At the Greenhouse...where we grow.

The more light there is, the more creative we get...

We've been hard at work making new designs for the summer. We won't unleash them just yet...but if you come to the Eligh Show at the Elbo Room this Saturday, you might see just a few of them.

We have a new work space, "The Greenhouse" (aka Stormz casa) where we burn all of our screens.

Since it's also Mercury retrograde, let us reflect on our past.

We won't forget where we came from, and what we've learned along the way. Here is a brief history of where we've created screens and printed in the past:

- Over's bathroom and bedroom floor, where it all began

- Tiph's backyard and garage

- Davao, Philippines

- Charity and Ezra's studio

- Lobot Gallery with RPS

- Wesley St. by the Lake

- Our shop, of course

on Wesley St, our old studio.

We want this list to grow with more peoples and places!!

Swap-O-Rama-Rama at Maker Faire

What a fun time of the year!



We had so much fun at the Swap-O-Rama-Rama last year, we couldn't wait until this one came around. This time, we didn't have to bring our own machines because Janome supplied some, although I brought my serger (it's no fun without one). I even went home with a Janome, and about two bags of scraps!


(Rockez with our new machine)

We saw new and old faces. Heather helped Wendy out this year and was totally accomodating to our sewing needs. We set up our Trashlings next to Christine, a familiar face from our Spring Swap Not Shop. And of course, Remade in America screened for the masses. Too bad we didn't get anything screened for ourselves, although we got to rummage through a huge bag of scraps from them and Patchwerk Press.

We will always take your trash!



(Tiph fixing our Trashling station)

So besides creating Trashlings, folks came by with creative sewing ideas, which we helped make into reality. Look at what some of these people made:



A tube top from a skirt...I swear we helped her out last year!



She don't need a sewing machine...just hot glue!
Peep the can tabs and bread tabs she glued on from our collection!

And this is the most creative reuse of a bra:

She has never sewn before, yet volunteered for the event and worked so diligently to make that top! The lacey sleeves used to be the cups of an old grandma bra, and the lacey detail in the middle came from the same bra. Genius!

Next: creative reuse of those dreadful things....SHOULDER PADS!

This was just ONE of the lovely things she made. She used old shoulderpads to make ears for this funky hat. Hot glue and lots of random thingies made this hat TOTALLY zany!


So zany, that Jada wanted one too! (as well as a pom-pom bra!)

Another highlight was seeing the same mommy and daughter that I helped out last year. The last swap was the first time mom ever touched a sewing machine, so it was good to see her back and sewing more for her daughter!

Although the swap was spectacular, the downside was that we were so busy swapping and sewing that we didn't have a chance to explore the faire! Just walking through the faire to get to the swap stimulated our minds. I loved the giant nosepicker with the hamster wheel (Jada picked the nose!) and the city scape van. Good thing we sent out our agents Stormz, Kev, and Jada to explore and report back to us.

Peep the next posting for pictures from the fashion show.
We'll post last years photos eventually, just to be nostalgic!

Love, Tiph "Artiffact"