Just Maybe, We’re Gonna Make It

Posted on January 16, 2009 
Filed Under Fashion, Haight Ashbury, Mission, Shopping

While some people are finding the president-elect’s stimulus plans less than stimulating, I’m feeling pretty slick and happy myself. My past week’s vacation of sand, sun, and sensational food with a heavy side of wine notwithstanding, I simply can’t argue with Obama’s line of thinking: If we want to revive our standing, economically and globally speaking, we have to start making things again. And by making things,
my friends, the man does not mean a fuss.

Granted, one SF-based designer is making things that make me very much ado,
but only in the most adoring sense. Enter Liz Saintsing and her Vintage Untamed collection, which consists of vintage handbags and accessories that she rescues
and revives by hand. What’s more, each colorful piece features quirky yet lovely one-of-a-kind silk-screen prints inspired by Bay Area nature.

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Not only is Ms. Liz upcycling discarded trash into coveted treasures, she’s keeping the environment free of nasty chemicals like, y’know, cyanide, which we felt like taking during the Bush Administration but now, with Obama on deck and bags, gloves, etc., like these at our service, there’s plenty more having and living to be had.

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Liz Saintsing’s Vintage Untamed collection can be desired online and acquired at Candy Store, 3153 16th St., and Queen of the Meadow, 351 Divisadero,
in San Francisco.

— Kay

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One Response to “Just Maybe, We’re Gonna Make It”

  1. Tseggai on January 17th, 2009 9:14 pm

    what u mean by may be??????
    lets party soon, celebrating the birth of it!

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