Mitchell & Ness’ 17th Annual Winter Sale Begins!
With the Sixers’ and Flyers’ seasons in full gear and the Phillies’ spring training just a few months away, this is certainly an ideal time to stock up on some vintage-inspired team apparel (regardless of how likely it is their seasons will end on a bad note).
Starting today, the Philly-based sports brand is offering 50 percent off ALL their men’s and women’s apparel and headwear at their Center City flagship store (1201 Chestnut St.) We’re talking limited edition outerwear, t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, jerseys and hats now half the original price.
This incredible sale ends Saturday and the hometown gear is sure to sell out fast so you may want to consider stopping by the store on your way home from work today. As someone who owns two really awesome Mitchell & Ness shirts I can assure you this is one sale you do not want to miss.
Mitchell and Ness for Less Ends Today!
Just in time for the start of Phils season, Mitchell & Ness, purveyors of all that is sportswear will be offering 30 percent off everything in their store. The sale is part of their fan appreciation clearance and in celebration of the brand reaching 15,000 fans on Facebook. Enter code FB15k upon check out: this offer ends at midnight tonight, so get on it! Personally, we’ve got our eye on that vintage twill Phils baseball jacket.
The Phils Are in First! (And Some Poor Girl Got Her Boob Grabbed!)
h/t DMac
Which is worse? Molestation or the baby blue cap that fellow is wearing?
[via Philadelphia Will Do]
GaGa Phanatic
I’m not sure how a bunch of bloggers who have a clear obsession with Lady Gaga (love, hate or otherwise), in addition to loving all things Philadelphia, managed to miss this one last week… No matter, thanks to The Royal Blog for tipping us off on this one. I always love it when the guys on the field attempt to ignore the fact that a big green thing is harassing them.
Phillies VANS
12 Vans Phillies opening day packs (shoes + jersey) will be at Ubiq on Walnut St. as of 11am next Monday. Woo! Slightly confused as to why they’ll be in next Monday, as the Phillies already opened their season all over the Nationals two days ago (EDIT: Duh because it’s the home opener Monday, this is what you get for writing posts sleepy), but I’ll take it. These were made specifically for Ubiq, and they won’t be available anywhere else.
Phil-box hats
Show your allegiance with a hat that’s dapper.
The pillbox is an unconventional enough silhouette that it’s only available on New Era’s Japanese site, which of course leads to your standard crazy-ass incomprehensible Babelfish translation:
To 1985, it is the design which [pitsutsubagupairetsu] has worn with the tournament. Size is the same standard as the usual FITTED cap, but it turns out even at the same size by comparison with 59FIFTY from the form and/or with it becomes the fitting impression of doing.
It took like twenty minutes of thinking about something else entirely for my subconscious to equate “pitsutsubagupairetsu” with “Pittsburgh Pirates” and “kupazutaun” with “Cooperstown.” So with some googling (because despite my recent enthusiasm for the Phillies, I’m fundamentally sports-illiterate) I have determined that this pillbox-type shape is based on the style of the 1977-1986 Pittsburgh Pirates hats, which… I guess I had expected it to be more in the WW1 date range. When I imagine someone wearing a hat of that shape, they also have a waxed mustache and are sepia-toned. (If you’re interested in that sort of thing, btw, Bianca did a post on the evolution of the Phillies uniform a while back.)
The pillbox-esque hats (which are available for a few other teams, too) are ￥5,250, which is about… $57.50? Damn you, tanking exchange rates!
And one more Phillies-related thing today, from the dudes at chwuny, because god knows we have a thing for homemade-ass bootleg t-shirts and last night’s game was pretty awesome. This one’s for you, Chase Utley:
Yeah, that’s Giant Utley; in his spare time he enjoys throwing cars, telling people that he’s 15 feet… AROUND and complaining about this chick who’s kind of crazy but who’s the only one who really gets him, you know?
Phight Another Day
PhillyBurbs‘ tweets last night were pretty entertaining. Here’s a sample of some of what they had to say:
We like the one about A.J. Burnett having to pay his way back to the Bronx. Poor guy.
Here are some more Halloween recaps: the website focusing on the NYC social scene, Guest of a Guest listed some of their faves, as did tech blog Engadget. The blog as a post about two guys who dressed up like iPhones using massive LCD TV’s. The costumes are expensive and bulky but still pretty cool.
Philly.com’s Snapglow.tv points the way to coverage of a fashion show held at the Philadelphia Art Museum. The show was sponsored by Sak’s Fifth Avenue and featured designs honoring Tom Marotta, the late VP of Couture for the department store.
NBC10’s Lilliana Vazquez dishes out another serving of style recommendations, including over the knee boots. NBC also has pictures of stars who came out for Heidi Klum’s infamous costume party, as well as information on how sales of sheer pantyhose are down.
Some Splainin’ To Do
Fancy Lashes - Courtesy of Glamour.com
We’re feeling a little bad this morning about whoever had the job of pulling this ad from today’s Inquirer. Looks like they’re going to have some ’splainin’ to do.
One of our fave stores, Express hosted an event called the Hollywood Style Awards last month. There are also pictures on Pop Sugar’s website.
Halloween is a perfect time to try outrageous makeup, and that’s just what some ladies at Glamour did. They even learned some tips and tricks.
Lastly, MTV re-aired an episode of True Life last night, which we love. This episode was good. Maybe they weren’t the most cuddly characters, but the girls featured in True Life: I’m a Compulsive Shopper were really interesting,
What To Do This Weekend
First things first: Congrats Phillies and Phillies fans! No matter what you read, we all know that red is the official color this fall. Need we say more? You all know that this has been quite the week in the City Of Brotherly Love– so we hope you wrap it up with some more great local events. Enjoy!
Jenya Kurtsman Trunk Show @ Art Star As you know, we’re ArtStar fans at PWstyle. Those fine people will be hosting Jenya Kurtsman, the artist/ designer behind EvaForeva and forEvaMore! If you don’t know about Jenya…
Jenya is a Philadelphia based artist who focuses on unique and original designs that are done using free form technique. Her forEvaMore handmade clothing line features one-of-a-kind pieces made with natural materials and EvaForeva is full of hand knitted winter accessories.
A trunk show will be happening and all of her dresses, skirts, tops, and accessories will be up at discounted prices. There will be mimosas for everyone and custom appliques being made! The event happens on Saturday the 24th from 11-6pm and Sunday from 12-5pm. More deets on the Art Star website or online invite.
Party like it’s 1994 @ Johnny Brenda’s I’m just gonna call this event what I think it should be called: “I love Blind Melon and look like Daria.” Wait, what?
Ready, set, yes or no!: No, my editor didn’t know this was going to pop up in here. Yes, this is a music event. No, this isn’t a trunk show. Yes, it’s at Johnny Brenda’s. No, there won’t be any models, but if this isn’t an opp to bust out your combat boots, Nirvana tee and that ripped denim jacket you’ve got tucked in your closet ”for the right occasion,” I don’t know what is. Details here. Enjoy some brew and don’t disappoint us with your duds: PWstyle is watching.
All Hallow’s Eve Costume Benefit Ball @ Brandywine River Museum Costumes for this event are usually somethin’ else, if you can make it out of the city. Tickets are a bit pricey, but all proceeds benefit the Brandywine Conservancy. Details here!
The All Hallows’ Eve Costume Ball is the Young Friends’ of the Brandywine Conservancy’s annual gala fundraiser. Don’t miss this eerie night for sipping cocktails; walking through the Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins exhibition; competing in the hotly contested costume contest and dancing to the sounds of Burnt Sienna. All proceeds benefit the Brandywine Conservancy.
Shopping in Paris @ the PMA Attention! This awesome exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be closing in two weekends. We know you’ll be partyin’ for Halloween soon, so be sure to get your butt over there. The exhibition explores the American experience abroad between 1850 and 1925.
Such luxurious designs as the House of Worth and the classic elegance of Lanvin are being paired with American fashions based on these Parisian prototypes. Featuring nearly twenty-five garments from the Museum’s collection—many of which are rarely (or have never been) displayed—these outfits are accompanied by an exciting array of accessories. Photographs and film clips from the early twentieth century will be on view, giving audiences a sense of the storyline around each garment and the woman who would have worn it.
Phanatical
This kid in this picture isn’t me, but I super dig his retro Phillies uniform!
Before Tuesday, the last Phillies game I attended was at the Veteran’s Field in 6th grade. My parents, two of my hometown team’s softball coaches, took me and some friends from the team up to the game in a 12-seater van. I clearly remember silently cringing in pre-teen embarrassment as my mom put her terrycloth visor on her mane of curly hair and pulled out her super gigantic ziploc bag– the maternal version of the barney bag –of protective UV blocking gear and cosmetics, insisting we all wear it. We all ate hot dogs and I proudly wore my black leather glove in hopes of catching a stray foul ball.
This was also the same game that the adorable little girls in their phillies caps witnessed a pitcher being nailed in the face by a hard pitch from the man up at bat, and was wheeled off the field on a stretcher. I’m next to positive he was in a short-term coma. Needless to say, I didn’t play softball that next season.
My Phillies cap from that game is tucked away in a drawer, dusty with nostalgia, somewhere in my parents house, as is my kids Phanatic shirt and little Phillies bat. As someone who has only since held a baseball in required gym classes post pitcher-coma-trauma, none of those souvenirs made it into my post-college apartment. (Not like that Phanatic shirt would fit, anyway)
As a gal who only wears dresses in the summertime, I was in quite a whirl as what to wear to a game. What do people wear to Phillies games?!, I tweeted. I seriously think my mom was picking out my outfits the last time I saw them place. After pacing around my room (and grumbling about wearing pants in the heat) I finally settled on cargo capris and flip flops. I have bright auburn hair, and as a result of clashing, own very few red shirts. I settled on a royal blue shirt, and deemed it patriotic enough for a Philadelphia home game and complimentary to my red hair.
Unfortunately, the Phillies were playing the Chicago Cubs… whose away uniforms pretty much entirely matched my outfit. Oops. Whatever, they have the better uniforms anyway!
…or do they?
After getting a little playful grief from my friend Colin for wearing the “wrong team color”, I decided I would do some investigative uniform research. The Phillies are apparently one the oldest established teams in the national league, and have been around since 1883! The uniforms have changed a lot in 126 years, as you can imagine. This is what I found:
Lookin’ studly… and kind of like a chef in 1899.
No red in town in 1938! The official colors were blue and yellow.
I love these uniforms from 1948. Dig the socks!
Retro fabulous: 1982 with the old logo on the cap!
The uniform I grew up knowing from the early 90s
A more recent training uniform.
2009: The current away game uniform!