Steadfast Supply is back up at Navy Yard

Last year Steadfast Supply had a 3-month pop-up on the ground floor of the Arris residential building (Forest City). The locally-focused and small-batch shop is now up across the street. 

The team behind the project did a great job with the minimal build out, branding/typographic elements and initial brand selections. Programming yet to be seen/experienced!

Why'd they move?

There's a restaurant going into the original space.  The new space is smaller and creates a less cavernous and cozier environment for items meant for coveting. 

What can I find? 

My favorite local DC brands, and more. Because brands are selling on consignment, you'll probably see a larger variety of brands, items and more up-to-date styles than before.  

Why should I care? 

If you've ever wondered what the future of retail is going to be, this is good test. Can they pay rent that a landlord will be happy with and will these brands make enough sales to keep them coming back? How much foot traffic will this add to an already on-the-map steeet? What will their programming budget look like? In a wary retail environment, very much worth keeping an eye on.

Precedent: Tictail Market, a similar concept from Tictail (Tumblr-esque online shop tool for makers/designers) also started as a pop-up and has survived over a year in their Lower East Side location. 

Prediction: We will be seeing more globally-sourced, small-batch, curated concepts as long as small retail spaces are available or large boxes can be broken down to make such concepts possible. Especially as landlords become desperate and big box retail downsizes or closes shop. Focus will be on brands that also make sales online, which means spaces that can also accommodate for some back-of-the house storage might also fare well. Winners will include food/beverage concepts and irresistible programming. Already brands like H&M are testing this model just to stay alive and relevant. 

VISIT 

Steadfast Supply

300 Tingey Street #104 SE, Washington DC

W-Su 12-6 through December

Cherry Blossoms

I finally got around to posting the photos from this year's cherry blossom blooming. I hope you like them!

a room with a view.

Something I've always wondered about style bloggers: Who takes the photos? Are you setting up a tripod everyday? Do you just live with a tripod setup? Do you simply have a person that takes pictures of you on hand? No one has ever given me a good answer. Just something I thought about today. Then I took some photos. I love my room--it's small but has nice windows and light. Best for watching the snow outside, reading, sketching and thinking about how long my flowers will live. Here are some photos featuring my favorite things: my pearl ring I found at my favorite vintage store in San Pedro, Casio watch I got at Tortoise General Store in Venice, brass bracelet made in Cape Cod, which I never take off, warby parker glasses that I sometimes love and sometimes hate, the windows, muji notebooks that just make everything better, my lipgloss, picture of California that I acquired from my one-month stay in Columbia Heights, heels I can actually walk in for long periods of time, a necklace my best friend gave me at her wedding, tote and Canon.

Listen: Shelter by the Temples

tree, biker, sunset -- photos from first Saturday of Spring

Environmental Film Festival: our day by day picks

With crazy weather swings, yet another snow storm and some confused birds flying around, it's perfect timing for the 2014 Environmental Film Festival to give us some silver screen escapism featuring our good friends global warming, endangered indigenous cultures, disappearing animal species and vanishing tropical sanctuaries. Optimists take along your most pessimistic friends. Pessimists look on the bright side, we still have movies!

Our day by day picks for this year's Environmental Film Festival:

Tuesday 3/18 CARPE DIEM: A FISHY TALE // (Canada, 2013, 52 min.) Watch out Asian Carpe, we know what you did last summer. Narrated by David Suzuki. Directed by Scott Dobson. Produced by Charlotte Engel.

Embassy of Canada 501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 6:30 pm, free with registration

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Wednesday 3/19 ONCE UPON A FOREST (IL ÉTAIT UNE FORÊT) // (France, 2013, 78 min.) From the Director of March of the Penguins, Luc Jacquet dives into the tropical rainforest of the Peruvian Amazon and Gabon with ecologist/botanist Francis Hallé. In French with English subtitles. Directed by Luc Jacquet. Produced by Yves Darondeau, Christopher Lioud, and Emmanuel Priou.

Embassy of France 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW, Screening is currently booked, check site for updates

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Thursday 3/20 ANGEL AZUL // (USA, 2014, 72 min.) Explore the connection with the underwater eco-system through the documentation of life-like statues and the algae that overtakes their man-made reefs they spawn. Directed by Marcelina Cravat. Produced by Marcelina Cravat, Kath Delaney and Erik Johnson.

Mexican Cultural Institute 2829 16th St., NW, Screening is currently booked, check site for updates

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Friday 3/21 WOVEN LIVES: CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES FROM ANCIENT OAXACAN TRADITIONS // (USA, 2011, 76 min.) Documentary about the development of woven textiles in Zapotec communities of Oaxaca, Mexico. Discussion with filmmaker after the screening. Written, directed and produced by Carolyn Kallenborn. The George Washington University, Marvin Center, Third Floor Amphitheater, 800 21st St., NW, 7pm, free

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Saturday 3/22 SLUMS: CITIES OF TOMORROW // (Canada, 2013, 82 min.) Explore the inspiring and tenacious individuals in slums from Mumbai, India to a tent city in New Jersey. In French, English, Arabic, and Hindi with English subtitles. Directed by Jean-Nicolas Orhon. Produced by Christine Falco.

Petworth Neighborhood Library 4200 Kansas Ave., NW, 2pm, free

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Sunday 3/23 FIRE AND ICE (USA, 2013, 57 min.) Part of a 4-part series Standing on Sacred Ground, shows how indigenous customs protect biodiversity despite being pushed out by religious groups and threatened by climate change. Directed by Christopher McLeoud.

National Museum of the American Indian Fourth St. & Jefferson Dr., SW, 3pm, free

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Monday 3/24 THE HADZA: THE LAST OF THE FIRST // (USA, 2014, 71 min.) One of the last remaining hunter-gather groups has lived in the Africa’s Rift Valley for over 50,000 years. Directed by Bill Benenson.

Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium 1530 P St., NW, 7pm, $10

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Tuesday 3/25

Urban Legacies, Rural Traditions Short film program from journalists showing the social and environmental consequenses of urban industries.

Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium 1530 P St., NW 6:30pm, free with registration

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Wednesday 3/26 THE BONOBO CONNECTION // (Congo / USA, 2012, 32 min.) One of our closes relatives can only be found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and may be first to go extinct. Narrated by Ashley Judd. Directed and produced by Irene Magafan.

Georgetown University, Edward B. Bunn Intercultural Center 37th & O Sts., NW, 7pm, free

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Thursday 3/27 HAPPINESS // (France / Finland, 2013, 80 min.) Winner Cinematography Award for World Cinema Documentary at 2014 Sundance Film Festival, this film shows what happens when eight-year-old monk buys a TV-st. Directed by Thomas Balmès and Nina Bernfeld.

E Street Cinema 555 11th St., NW, 7:30pm, $10

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Friday 3/28 STOP! RODANDO EL CAMBIO // (Spain, 2014, 70 min.) Follow the crew along the Spanish countryside, France and Portugal to experience those that have chosen to live a simpler life. In Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Alba González de Molina Soler and Blanca Ordóñez de Tena.

American University, Forman Theater 201 McKinley Building, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 6:45pm, free

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Saturday 3/29 NATUROPOLIS: NEW YORK, THE GREEN REVOLUTION // (France, 2013, 89 min.) How do mega-cities like New York incorporate nature and wildlife in urban settings? Directed by Bernard Guerrini.

National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater, 14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW, 2:30pm, free

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Sunday 3/30 CALLE LOPEZ // (Mexico, 2013, 80 min.) See daily life on Calle Lopez in downtown Mexico City through the eyes of two photographers, shot in black and white. In Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Gerardo Barroso Alcalá and Lisa Tillinger

AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, Md., 7:30pm, $12

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watch #NYFW from the comfort of your home (or the W)

Not in NY? Don't want to wait for Style.com to post the shows? Follow these steps for instant access to #NYFW:

1. Follow Leandra Medine. AKA the Man Repeller. She'll show you what she'd wear (which is kind of everything, but in the best way). Not only is she witty and smart, she has a sharp eye and does not hold back. @manrepeller

2. Follow your favorite designers that actually post things (other than glossy magazine ad shots) on Instagram, like Creatures of the Wind @creaturesofthewind  or Maison Martin Margiela @maisonmargiela or BCBG MAXAZRIA @bcbgmaxazria or Mara Hoffman @marahoffman.  Don't waste time searching for them on Instagram--just go here, click on the designer for profiles and official social links.

3. Follow Mercedes Benz Fashion Week @mbfashionweek because, well, they have a vested interested to show you everything.

4. Follow Solange Knowles @saintrecords  Just because.

5. Watch live streaming of four shows at the the W Washington D.C. Living Room starting tonight with Diane von Furstenberg! RSVP to wfashion@brandlinkdcrsvp.com and find show listings here.