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In two weeks: "Virgin 2.0" @ The Ritz, Ybor

Two weeks from now Square One will be hosting another fashion/art/performance event called "Virgin 2.0" at The Ritz in Ybor City, similar to their "GO!" show held back in June.

So far they've lined up about 90 artists, six acts and three fashion designers. Frankly I can't comprehend how that's all going to fit in The Ritz. It's also a benefit for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a portion of all art sales will be donated, and who doesn't like breasts?! Oh right, gay guys, but hey men can get breast cancer too. Currently I'm planning to go to Art Basel Miami Beach that weekend, but if that falls through I'm definitely going to attend this show. I highly recommend it.

Date & Time: Saturday, December 6 from 7pm to midnight

Cost: Free!

Location: The Ritz Ybor
1503 E. 7th Ave.
Tampa (Ybor City), 33605
Click here for a map.

Threadless Sale

Just wanted to point out that my favorite naked chest covering outlet Threadless is having a sale, tees are in the twelvish range. I picked up a long sleeved skull and some blurry curse words. Also, this is how mythology gets made:

Hey!

Mr. T on 80's Fashion

Tamping down that last shovelful of dirt on the 80s grave...

Threadless Sale!

Threadless is running a mad sale through Sunday, June 8. Most shirts are down to $10 or $12. I bought more than seems reasonable.

Guy's medium by remaining stock.
Girl's medium by remaining stock.

"GO!" @ The Ritz Ybor, "Warriors" @ VItale Studio

Last Saturday there were so many conflicting events going on in the Tampa Bay area it was maddening. These two art/fashion/music shows were happening at exactly the same time, one in St. Petersburg and one in Tampa. I managed to attend both.

Warriors: Come Out And Play

Warriors was held at Vitale Studio in Pinellas Park (north St. Pete). The show was loosely tied to the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 film of the same name. Vitale is a print and design shop, so the show area was a bit small but when I got there about an hour in the crowd was big and people were still streaming in. The DJ (I don't know which one of the three scheduled) was cutting up some very cool hip-hop and people were milling around the stage, bar, and art pieces and spilling out into the parking lot. I didn't stay long enough for the fashion show or take any photos but Alexis Ziritt of Calavera Comics has a photoset over at Flickr, looks pretty wild.

GO! A Square One Art, Fashion and Music Showcase

I spent most of the rest of the night at GO! held at The Ritz Ybor (previously The Masquerade) and hosted by Square One, an artist collective (I think). The Ritz has held art shows like this a couple of times over the past few months and each time they've grown in size. This one was huge, taking up every square inch of wall space with local and regional artists. The place was packed, and I came in around the middle of the second fashion show with its spectrum of colors strobing over sexy models in tight-fitting clothes. There was also a stage for bands to rock out, tables of hors d'oeuvres and several bars to lubricate the socialites.

I met up with some friends and made an effort to see every artist's display. Left to right, top to bottom on the collage up above are my favorites: Carolina Cleere, Ryan Prado, Jedd Lancaster, Art Damage (Melissa Oraath), Deuha (Dana Robinson), Justin Sancho, Nancy Brown, and Alison Ware. Steve Downing has a huge photoset over at pbase.com and a few more tidbits about the show.

Putting my money where my money is

My two friends and I were in a home design store the other day and we came across this interesting wallet that holds cards in a plastic cartridge with a retracting lid. It didn't look like it would be very convenient or I would link it here. Anyway this got us talking about wallets and I realized I've seen lots of cool wallet designs. Even though I have a simple leather one I did at one time consider the Wallet 2.0 or the Jimi.

Wallet 2.0 is made of soft silicone and comes in green, blue, white, black and red. It uses unique clear inserts to separate bills, coins, cards and other items and each insert has a cool little motto on it like "most idealistic people are skint." It has a couple of holes on the side so you can attach a lanyard for keys or tie it to your belt, etc.. The $35 cost is a little high and I've heard the hole on the front lets in deritus from your pocket, but it's a cool design nonetheless. The only colors left on the site are blue and black.


The Jimi and the JimiX are built of a clear recycled plastic shell that gives them an advantage over the Wallet 2.0 by being able to display an ID without taking it out. It's very thin and holds four cards, as well as one card and three folded bills on a detachable money clip. There is a hole for a lanyard as well. The JimiX has the money clip on the outside in case you like carrying huge sums of cash. It comes in nine colors and costs $15. Considering that it's enclosed I would probably pick this over the Wallet 2.0.

tinymeat is a designer wallet/case production house based in Portland, Oregon. They get contributions from artists such as Miss Kika and Mikeatron and sell their wares through Etsy. Their wallets are usually simple single-folds with a variety of functionality. Some of my favorites are The Wallet, Pegacorn, Thriftycuts, Yeticorn, Doodle wallet, and Love Me Soup. They're either printed on vinyl or suede, I can't tell. Most go for $15.

The Australian-designed dosh is made of "hi-tech flexible Desmospan© TPU material from Bayer MaterialScience" whatever the hell that is. It has a more traditional single-fold design with a pocket for bills and slits for cards. dosh comes in black, white, brown and orange and costs 60 bloody dollars but is only sold online from one California shop.

Cool Hunting did a post about wallets designed by Martin Margiela to look like a folded wad of cash, either Euros or Dollars. They cost an insane £195.

Style site Refinery29 did a four page post about designer wallets including this one made out of old cassette tapes, my favorite.

Mywallit.com carries a multitude of wallet designed in many color combinations, though their catalog isn't very browsing friendly.

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Lifehacker wrote about a couple of wallet tips to organize and backup your wallet. The idea of photocopying your wallet's contents is something I hadn't thought of, and you know the risks of having your credit cards stolen and maxed out.

Instructables user RTourn came up with this guide for making a change card. Basically it's a rectangle made of cardboard that holds a dollar's worth of coins to keep in your wallet. Easier to carry than loose change and makes it convenient to have exact change if, say, you need to take a bus or use a picky vending machine.

That's about all I could come up with on the subject, but if you find anything else interesting feel free to post it up in the comments.