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Pip, pip...cheerio and all that! In this week's Sfgirlbybay's Stylish Seven we're off to London Town! I found the airfares to the United Kingdom are quite affordable these days, so I'm in the midst of planning a May trip to London. So, in that spirit, I thought I'd share a bit of the brilliant and stylish Brits with you today.

Nib and crystal necklace by Tatty Devine
Photography courtesy of Eden & Eden

Back in the day when quill pens were modern tech, nibs were both necessary objects and admired accessories. Thanks to the London-based design duo behind Tatty Devine, nibs are back again. But this time, they’d rather hang around your neck than rendezvous with parchment paper.

12/05/084:43 pm

Interview with Dame Edna Everage

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The outspoken cross dresser on whipping boyfriends into shape, being a fashion icon and her encounter with Liza Minnelli.

The outspoken cross dresser on whipping boyfriends into shape, being a fashion icon and her encounter with Liza Minnelli.


Photo by Greg Gorman
04/10/0812:06 pm

Doug Washington Talks Anchor & Hope

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The dynamic trio behind Salt House and Town Hall (Doug Washington and Mitchell and Steve Rosenthal) are at it again. Their latest venture, Anchor & Hope, is an oyster and fish house with a San Francisco sensibility—it’s opening April 21 (83 Minna St., 415-501-9100). Here, Doug Washington (the front-of-the-house man) dishes on the new spot.

How did you come up with the name?
06/07/074:40 pm

Torso

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The Portland-based company, focusing on high-end vintage women’s wear from the 1890s to 1980, opened a pop-up shop here last year as a test run and then moved into a second, larger (but still temporary) space off Union Square.
05/17/0711:34 am

The Instructor

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A designer by training, Simon Ungless has directed the graduate fashion program at the Academy of Art University since 1996.

A designer by training, Simon Ungless has directed the graduate fashion program at the Academy of Art University since 1996.With more than two decades’ experience in the fashion industry, Simon Ungless, 40, has serious style cred. A designer by training, the UK-born Ungless has directed the graduate fashion program at the Academy of Art University since 1996, and continues to build a bigger name for the school nationally with his expertise and insider connections.
05/15/074:18 pm

The Poshest Spice

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On her hugely popular blog, Becks & Posh, Sam Breach chronicles her culinary adventures in SF.

On her hugely popular blog, Becks & Posh, Sam Breach chronicles her culinary adventures in SF.Of all the bloggers in town, Brit Sam Breach, 40, is one of the most widely read. On her hugely popular Becks & Posh, she chronicles her culinary adventures in SF, from restaurant visits to dinner parties, with her French partner, Fred Schmidt, by her side. Here are her favourites.