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Austin Vintage Style Fest May 11-13!
The bi-annual Austin Vintage Style Fest is coming up soon, May 11-13! This event is billed as “The South by Southwest of Vintage Clothing,” and includes free drinks/food, discounts, music, and much more. Vintage stores throughout Austin (including Blue Velvet, of course, and our very own North Loop District) are participating, as well as “pop-up” stores by out-of-town and online vendors. More info coming soon…
SXSW Tip!
If you are visiting Austin for the SXSW Festival, don’t forget to take a little time off to do some vintage shopping! Blue Velvet is a great place to find something unique and “Austin”-y to take home with you, and our shopping district on North Loop Boulevard is a great destination is hoppin’ with independent, locally-owned businesses. Right next door to us on one side is open-24-hours Epoch Coffee, and on the other side is all-vinyl Breakaway Records, and North Loop is home to lots of vintage, book, skateboard, and... Read The Rest →
Neato Media Blue Velvet Ad!
This video ad of Blue Velvet was shot a while back by Neato Media, who did a great job producing this spot! Local Austin Business – Blue Velvet from Neato Media on Vimeo.
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UT Video of Blue Velvet!
University of Texas student Stephanie Meza shot this great footage of Blue Velvet in October, and it gives you a sneak peak of what Blue Velvet is like. Awesome job, Stephanie!
Sunday Soiree Sale & Party Every Sunday at Blue Velvet!
Most every Sunday night we have a party and sale at Blue Velvet: Free cocktails, fun music, and 20% off all store merchandise! 7-9 pm Sundays.
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Photoshoot Benefit Raises Money and Awareness for SafePlace
Take a look at these great photos from the “Summer of ’69,” benefit for SafePlace, which was held at The Belmont. The event featured a photo booth with late ’60s fashions from Blue Velvet and was a big success and lots of fun–all for a great cause!
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Creating Vintage Zombies
Austin photographer Autumn Spadaro recently shot a series of awesome zombies-of-many-eras photos like this one, titled “Dead in The ’50s,” and much of the period clothing came from Blue Velvet. See the whole series at Autumn Sadaro’s “Dead Thru The Decades” photo set on Flickr.