As if the Renaissance Festival and High Heel Race weren’t enough fantasy, Friday night finally kicked off Halloween weekend for real.  Reaction to the Night of the Living Zoo from its full-time residents, especially in the Great Ape House, is perhaps one of confusion, but the giant tortoises in the Reptile House didn’t seem to mind. [...]

Whether you’ve got tickets for the Halloween party at the National Zoo, Hirshhorn After Hours (today’s photos are from the last After Hours in July) or plan on checking out what appears to be a massive photography opening at Civilian, you can’t miss the Cult of Frank Van Riper’s bonanza exhibition.  CULT takes place tonight [...]

Steampunk is everywhere at Maryland’s Renaissance Festival, especially on the Day of Wrong.  It’s like stepping onto the set of a Rocketeer sequel or Sweeney Todd casting call.  Originally coined by author K.W. Jeter in the 1980s, “steampunk” is classified as a subgenre of “cyberpunk,” which is a combination of science fiction and “a degree of [...]

The Worn team is aflutter with fashion and arts events in the final days of October and through November. Find us at these parties and events: fashion:district, 10.28.10 at Stroga: The venerable ReadySetDC’s spectacular on the state of fashion in the District. Interested in seeing a live runway show? This is the place.  Pop-up shops, [...]

The 2010 Maryland Renaissance Festival began August 28 and concluded Sunday with the “Day of Wrong.”  On this day, methinks participants purposely wear something that does NOT have to do with your typical Rennfest theme.  Knights and maidens are replaced with the Mad Hatter, Darth Vader, Batman, Recycle Man or perhaps, as seen above and below, Silk [...]

When Nicole told me we were doing a women’s fashion spread with the Washington Humane Society, I asked if we could get Scoop involved.  Scoop is a large white fluffy canine that’s often seen in parades or events near Dupont Circle and reminds us to, “Keep our sidewalks and parks clean by scooping the poop of our dogs!” [...]

Got it yet?  TBD’s Erik Wemple does, but did he give it fuego or frio?  Copies of Worn Magazine’s second issue are available at 14 locations across Washington, including Ginger Roots on U Street (Google map).  As Nicole wrote in our story on Erin (below left) and Kristen (right), these midwestern transplants have become the “go-to sew-ettes for DC’s [...]

On Saturday evening, the people behind Worn Magazine came out to show off  issue 2 and pat each other on the back for months of coordinated work, late nights, sleep and food deprivation, and finally, success. We all worked so hard and so did many others for free to make this happen. Therefore, we all [...]

I did some freelance work recently for BLTWY.com, a new website by MSNBC and BermanBraun that’s a digital wall of photography focused on the “celebrity of politics.”  The assignment involved two days of multi-partisan style hunting.  First I worked the waiting line outside DAR Constitution Hall for a Democratic fundraiser event (above) and next I [...]

Worn Magazine Issue 2 is coming. See it Tues. Oct 19 at U Street Music Hall. Dance to 12 DJs at the Issue 2 Launch Party. Collect all 10 trading cards below scattered across DC. Check out the article The New Spin Crowd in Worn Magazine Issue 2. Click the link on your right for [...]