Eclecticoiffeur Spring '09 Event Preview

ECLECTICOIFFEUR is busy planning for a number of spring fashion events, as well as updating our portfolio. Here's a preview of what's in the works for your favorite styling collective:

Feb. 28: Fashion Fight Night III at Uppercut Boxing Gym
Presented by METRO Magazine, the third annual event will feature six teams made up of a photographer, a hair stylist, a make-up artist, a fashion stylist, an assistant and a model that face off simultaneously in two rings. ECLECTICOIFFEUR has participated in the event every year with photographer Nic Marshall. Last year, we poured water onto our model. What antics do we have in store this year? Tickets are available in advance; visit METRO Magazine online for details.

April 9: Spring MNfashion Week '09 Preview
Open to press and sponsors only, this event will give a preview of the events to come during Spring MNfashion Week '09 (April 20-26). ECLECTICOIFFEUR will be styling local two-piece electro band Lookbook for a live set. Details to come at mnfashion.org.

Apr. 15: Voltage CD Listening Party at Transmission at Clubhouse Jager
ECLECTICOIFFEUR puts down their styling kits and hops into the DJ booth for our bi-annual DJ set at Jake Rudh's weekly dance night Transmission. Come celebrate the release of the Voltage CD and kick off Spring MNfashion Week '09 in style.

Apr. 21: Laura Fulk + mplsart.com runway show at the Lab Theater
ECLECTICOIFFEUR is honored to style this collaborative effort by fashion designer Laura Fulk and go-to arts calendar mplsart.com. Always the most theatrical element of Voltage every year since its inception, fashion designer Laura Fulk is breaking out on her own with her first solo show, an art-meets-fashion collaboration between Fulk and local artists.

Apr. 24: Voltage: Fashion Amplified 2009 at First Avenue
The annual fashion rock show is back for its fifth year at legendary rock club First Avenue, and ECLECTICOIFFEUR are returning as the show's Lead Stylists. Fashion designers include Max Lohrbach, Ivan Idland, Calpurnia Peach, Amanda Christine Designs, Maritza Ramirez, and more.

May 21: RetroRama at Minnesota History Center
Eclecticoiffeur return for the third installment of the annual RetroRama fashion event produced by the Minnesota Historical Society. The fashion show will feature locally-designed, retro-inspired looks by Max Lohrbach, Ivan Idland, Calpurnia Peach, and Sarah Holm, with each designer taking on one decade spanning the '20s to the '60s. There will also be a vintage boutique, cocktails from Town Talk, music from Night in the Box, and a retro DJ set from Transmission's Jake Rudh. The best part? The show will happen outdoors in a tent this year - just like a "real" fashion show!

Stay tuned to our blog for additional updates!

New Year's with EC, Past + Present

New Year's is always a time of celebration and styling for EC. This year, we partied and worked Vita.mn's Spirit of '09 party at the Loft. We styled up some go-go dancers for Vita.mn and Jahna, also a writer for Vita.mn, did video interviews with the night's DJs (Hercules + Love Affair, Le Castle Vania) and band (Solid Gold).

Last year, we rang in the New Year at the Vita.mn-sponsored, Mark Mallman-headlined Varsity Theater bash. We just came upon this video montage of the event by Chuck Olsen on MNstories, a Minnesota video-sharing community, for which we styled a vintage-inspired lingerie fashion show. That's us onstage at the end having "the time of our lives."



Happy New Year from Eclecticoiffeur!