The Water Street Project

Outside The Water Street Project the temperature was 68 degrees, inside was another story. Yes the crowds added copious body heat to the venue, but it felt like the energy and optimism of the night added a few extra degrees. Growing up in the Washington DC area, events like this simply did not exist. We plan on never taking them for granted!

If you missed the grand opening last night don’t worry: the Water Street Project has another full lineup of bands tonight from 8PM to 2AM. See the schedule HERE. - UPDATE: The events tonight (4/21) have sadly been cancelled.

Our photos:

Love Brandon Hill’s Moxie - wish it existed in necklace form:

One of our favorite pieces, by Drew Storm Graham:

Our enthusiasm for Kelly Towles’ work is well documented:

That’s the work of James Kerns of Corehaus DC on the center support:

Great color in this piece by Tariq Tucker:

De*Nada Autumn & Winter 2011 Lookbook

These De*Nada lookbook shots are much more than pretty pictures to us. They represent a major milestone in the creative development of The President Wears Prada. Not only were we responsible for the photography and styling of the shoot, the TPWP photographer also renovated and decorated the house within which the shoot took place. So what you see here is not just another photo shoot in a pretty place, but the culmination of more than a year of work! 

We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed making them. Plus you should click your way over to De*Nada design’s online store and place an order for one (or a dozen) of their fantastic handmade scarves, by doing so you will be supporting one of the most creative families in Washington DC!

Models (in order of appearance) - Stephanie McArthur, Mason O’Sullivan, and Marina Petrenko:

The principal of De*Nada design (and DC resident) Virginia Arrisueño and her husband Kelly Towles have become great friends and working with them on this endeavor has been an amazing creative experience.

In the coming days we will be posting more images from this shoot, so stay tuned!

Submerge

Submerge is an art show produced by No Kings Collective, who we last covered at Activation 440. We love the current trend in DC of using vacant characterful semi-derelict spaces as venues for events. This phenomenon is due to organizations such as verdeHOUSE who help facilitate the use of these spaces. If you are reading this before Sunday the 25th of September, make sure you visit the show (there’s new exhibits unveiled daily) - details HERE.

We were inspired by the vibe of the space and felt the energy of the art, attendees and music - here are our images:

We are definitely biased since he is a good friend, but we absolutely loved this mural by Kelly Towles. His color choices and abstract background inspired us. Can we make an outfit out of this?:

An electric tribute to DC’s Cool Disco Dan by Juan Pineda:

We desperately wanted to take these robot figures by Peter Chang home:

Closeup detail of a sculpture by James Kerns:

Another work by Peter Chang:

The ever stylish Eric Brewer, who we have photographed before:

A view of Submerge, a section of a mural by Tim Conlon can be seen in the background:

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I know Scott Schuman doesn’t think we’re a fashionable city, but he might have been persuaded to think otherwise if he had been at Redeem’s 3-year anniversary party last night. It was really fun to see some of DC’s most creative people involved in the same party - artist Kelly Towles, designer Virginia Arrisueño, DJ Cassidy, and of course the owners and staff of Redeem.

Here are some pictures we took at the party: