Our more stylish half is on vacation, but the quest for fashion-savvy individuals continues. This week, we enlisted our intrepid intern/fashion nut, Sarah Zlotnick, and ventured out to the streets of Georgetown. There we spotted Treg Bradley, wearing a military-inspired linen garment complete with epaulets and boot-cut pants. The suit was designed by Bradley himself. “I consider it a safari suit from the ’70s,” he said. The inspiration? Vintage leisure outfits and “one of Bruce Lee’s movies from back in the day.” Obviously.
Bradley, who designs all his pants and shirts, is also the inventor of the Grobal, a self-watering pod for plants that resembles an egg. Check out our video below to find out what he wears to his executive meetings (Mao Zedong is involved) and what the hottest watch is right now.
We round up this week’s best fashion events and sales.
Wednesday, August 26 Girl with a Curl Are you a curly girl? If so, head to Bella Bethesda (4733 Elm St., Bethesda; 301-718-9111) tonight for its annual A Curls Best Friend party, where you’ll nosh on appetizers and sip Champagne while enjoying complimentary curly-hair consults and learn about the newest tips, tricks, and products. Should you discover something you can’t live without, all products are 20 percent. Can’t make it? Free 30-minute consults are available all month. 7 to 9 PM. E-mail stacy@bellabethesda.com to RSVP.
Thursday, August 27 Beck’s Baubles Shop South Moon Under’s Clarendon outpost (2700 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington; 703-807-4083) for an Anna Beck trunk show. These pretty baubles make a serious statement for fall, and if you buy pieces tonight, you’ll get 20 percent off your entire purchase. Even more reason to shop! 7 to 9 PM.
This week we stopped a woman who impressed us with her brightly colored recession-chic outfit.
Arniece Lawrence, 40 Currently unemployed
What she’s wearing: H&M dress, bag from a thrift store, and YSL sandals that were only $4.99!
You obviously aren’t afraid of color. “I wanted to be spotted. Yellow makes me happy.”
Do you always buy from thrift stores? “I’ll spend money on shoes—you don’t want your feet to hurt—and a watch. I’d say I haven’t bought anything new all summer. I’d say my key piece would always be shoes, and then I work from there. If I’m thinking of buying something, I want to try to wear it four ways: work, church, a party, and the weekend.”
Those shoes are great. Which thrift store did you find them at? “Village Thrift in Bladensburg, which is next door to the Rolling Pin Bakery. While everyone is in there buying cakes, I’m next door buying all the good stuff!”
This week’s Sidewalk Style subject mixed up his preppy weekend basics with exotic accessories.
Brandon Dunn, 22 Paralegal, Department of Justice
What he’s wearing: J. Crew shorts and shoes, Gap T-shirt, and H&M blazer. The glasses are Ray-Ban. The necklace is from a friend’s trip to Kenya; the silver bracelet is from a trip Brandon took to Agadir, Morocco.
Tell us about your style. “I like to go for relaxed looks, but I also like to turn heads. I like to have people think, ‘Oh, I never would have thought to do that.’ ”
So your first day at the Justice Department is Monday. It’s going to be a bit conservative, right? “I just bought a few new suits from Jones New York. I think I’ll wear a patterned shirt and a solid tie. I recently bought a red Longchamp case. I’m trying to decide if I can use it.”
“Being a student has definitely made me up amp up the thriftiness,” says Hannah Geyer, a law student at George Washington University who’s interning at the American Bar Association this summer. “I look at fashion magazines and then look for way cheaper versions at thrift stores.” Her outfit is a mix of thrift-store finds and goods from chain stores such as T.J. Maxx. The dress, which she found at a Salvation Army store, has a fun, colorful print that was impossible for our cameras to miss. “Bright and irritating, I guess,” she says self-deprecatingly of her style. Bright? Yes. Irritating? Hardly, Hannah. Check out our video to find out what she has to say about the style scene in Washington compared to Detroit, her hometown.
