FICE , 12/20/08

Apparel with Underground Culture

           Heart Of The City

Urban Boutique

In my notebook on the page cover with notes on FICE I drew a heart with community written inside. 

FICE is a local clothing store located on 160 e 200 s. They are considered an Extreme Sport Boutique, but there is not a label that really does it justice. Their clothing is Fashion forward with a sense of athleticism and durability. Everything is meant for ruff and tough play while looking damn good! FICE also brags labels that have never been carried in the state. 

Women-

Nikita, WeSC, Insight, Upper Playground, Accomplice, 10D, Holden, Married to The Mob, Hells Bells, Dime Piece, Makell Maddox , etc...

Men- 

Holden, Insight, Krew, Accomplice, weSC, 10D, The Seventh Letter, Upper Playground, Alife, Death Wish, etc...

Shoes -

Keeper, Creative Recreation 

While speaking to the store's manager Carrie Elderidge, its easy to see that the store is much more than just a fantastic clothing boutique, it's a gallery, a venue, and a meeting ground. Their current show on display is the work of Trevor Graves. He is a photographer from Portland Oregon whose photos highlight the character and emotion of people while they do extreme sports. FICE is a business with definite heart. A place that wants to inspire and motivate creativity in all its forms for the local SLC dwellers. And it's perfectly suitable to be on the bottom floor of the old Guthrie Bldg. 

There are SO MANY! things I could say about FICE but I think its better if you just check out their sale going until the second week of January and talk to their amazing, lively, knowledgeable staff. 

SLCPOMP

Here we are.

Ah, so we are horrible. I know I said we would post again in October, but here it is weeks from Thanksgiving, and this page looks like Bonanza City before Kid Nation took over [mmm, pop culture].

It's like this: Frances and I have run out of steam on this project. We're finished for now. Maybe we'll come back to S.L.C. Pomp someday, but not now.

Of course, Frances isn't actually named Frances. Her name is Holly Leopardi. She's trying to graduate from high school a year early. She's applying to art schools, and running around with her City of Salt friends. She's recently aquired a pet cat. She's very grown up even if she acts like a snot sometimes. She looks like this:



Meanwhile, I am exploring Los Angeles. Celeb spotting,etc. I'm studying Russian and English Literature at Occidental College and running around the city doing all sorts of amazing things. I work at the college radio station on the promotions staff [and if you're bored one Friday, you can catch me on my radio show from 3-4 pm pacific, i.e. 4-5 s.l.c. time] and write the occasional freelance article. I spend a good portion of my day on Craigslist looking for an apartment, and I'm considering whether to study abroad in Prague next year.

Oh, yes, and my name is Kit Warchol. I look like this:



So you see, no mystery. We're just kids watching You Tube videos with aspirations of who-knows-what. We send each other facebook messages, and go to Panther shows. And we're beginning to grow up and away from Salt Lake. It's the place I go home to for Christmas, but you can't keep a street fashion blog running just on photos taken in the holiday season.

Holly and I have had some awesome times. We never expected this blog to blow up so fast. We haven't even done this for a year. It was just a project for us, and we liked it because it was fun to meet people around town and find out how their minds worked. But we're leaving on a high note. Maybe you'll see us around some day, and maybe we'll follow this up with something bigger and better. For now, though, we're just hangin' out.