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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Fashion New Store on the Horizon: Stand Up Comedy

Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Wed, Apr 11 at 4:00 PM

Another new neighbor is moving into 811 E Burnside, this one at Suite 119: Stand Up Comedy.

They’re planning (hoping) for an opening on June 1st, but in the meantime, here’s what SUC’s Diana and Rachel have to say about the venture:

we’ll carry a combination of mens/womens/unisex apparel, along with printed matter, art objects, and whatever other interesting product comes our way. The focus of the apparel is mostly on cult labels, international lines, and designers with a sensibility that leans toward the surrealistic, experimental, architectural. We like things that play with archetypal notions of art, fashion, and design. That all sounds very high-falutin’, but we also love jokes and eccentricity, hence the name of the shop. The aim was to express the idea of complex simplicity - the basis of genuine, performative humor. Some of our labels include Cerre bags, Dittos denim, Staerk, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Karen Walker, Rhus Ovata, Pleaure Principle, Rachel Comey, Patrik Rzepski…print like Purple Fashion/Journal, Dot Dot Dot, Here and There, Cosmic Wonder…and stuff like Occtone distortion pedals and Bast jewelry. We’ve also got a couple of store exclusive collaborations and art projects in the works.

Sounds good to me. Stay tuned…

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