On Halloween, we all have the opportunity to be someone else. From nostalgic retro-nurses to bruised and battered zombies, almost everyone will be dressed up for a spooky night of fun, fright and candy. The Sacramento Press rounded up various local costume shops to help you find your perfect Halloween fit. B-Bop Costumes 1931 L St. 443-2234 Hours: Monday through Friday 10 a.m - 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed Sundays Hours will be extended as Halloween nears Rentals: Yes Sales: Yes Located in what owner Larry Slaybaugh called “one of the older and more iconic houses in Sacramento,” B-Bop costumes provides customers with an intimate costume-shopping experience. Racks of authent

Looking for retro prints, vintage dresses, concert tees, tailored suits, fedoras, one-of-a-kind jewelry or even a hand-sewn dress from the 1900s? The search can be satisfied right in the heart of Midtown and downtown Sacramento. Vintage shops and boutiques pepper the city, and shop owners are constantly on the lookout for interesting, in-style and hard-to-find secondhand or even generations-old pieces to reintroduce to the public. The Sacramento Press searched the streets of Midtown and downtown to round up some of the vintage stores offering unique, vintage goods and fashions. Crimson and Clover 1617 16th St. 442-1800 Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday noon - 8 p.

The 2nd annual Vélo & Vintage Fashion Show was held at Hot Italian Saturday night in Sacramento.  The show is as much about bicycles as fashion. Lorena Beightler of Sac Cycle Chic founded the event to highlight "urban cycling as a smart, stylish and fashionable mode of transport." Kari Shipman of Juniper James organized the event with Beightler. Models attired in vintage clothing sourced from local boutiques rode a variety of vintage and newer bicycles into the restaurant and onto the runway. Each of the ten models showed three different looks ranging from "daytime" to "night" and ending with a "crazy" look that included a wild mishmash of styles, smeared makeup, and plenty of attitude.

Want to renew your wardrobe on a budget? You can, this Saturday, at the second annual Stitch Swap. People will gather to swap clothes, shoes, purses, and accessories at The Urban Hive on 20th and H streets. Event coordinator Liz Franco participated in her first Stitch Swap in Boulder, Colo. and decided it would be perfect to start doing in Sacramento. “It’s a fun way to recycle your closet while at the same time giving to a good cause,” Franco said. “People should participate in order to help out people in our community who don’t have the means to buy new clothes or go shopping. Stitch Swap makes that happen.” Franco and her two co-hostesses, bloggers Ashlee Gadd and Shawnee Kim, have

A festive, county fair sort of atmosphere prevailed as people milled around with frames yoked over their shoulders, talking bikes, and revving their engines Sunday at the Vintage Bicycle and Motorcycle Swap Meet. A line of eager cycle enthusiasts stretching a quarter mile waited for the gates to open as early as 7 a.m. Sunday morning where Sacramento 6 Drive-in hosted the Vintage Bicycle and Motorcycle Swap Meet. Up to 1,000 people showed up to the event, which Marshall Topping of Topping Events, Inc. called “the world’s largest motorcycle garage sale.” “There was a guy here today who ran into the man he bought his first bike from,” Topping said, pointing excitedly. “They haven’t seen ea

You’d look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two. Or any bike for that matter.   Hobbyists, collectors and vendors alike will be gathering in tandem at the Sacramento 6 Drive-in from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12. for the Sacramento Cycle Swap Meet.   A huge variety of new, used and vintage motorcycle and bicycle parts and accessories will be available for sale at low prices. The Bike Corral will be open for riders to show off their own bikes and for browsing through the vendors’ wares, including spare parts, tools and other bike-related paraphernalia.   The event is at the Sacramento 6 Drive-in at 9616 Oates Drive. For more information or to reserve a vendor space, contact Topp

The second annual LAUNCH showcase hit the Artisan Building Saturday for a night full of music, design, art and fashion. Artists and designers from Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco flocked to LAUNCH to show off their stuff, and the turnout looks even more promising for next year. Designers of clothes and jewelry hung out in the outside venue, presenting handcrafted jewelry, buttons and clothing. Most vendors had mainly vintage jewelry and clothes, some more unique than others. The outdoors also contained several booths from locals who handcraft jewelry and trinkets and sold vintage clothing, as well as live music. “Launch really seemed like a good vibe,” jewelry artist

Imagine a young Patti Smith, an alive Kurt Cobain & Joan Jett all in a three-way. Now imagine that they had a baby, and that the baby was a vintage boutique in Sacramento. Meet Crimson & Clover, an eclectic shop set in an old Victorian on 16th street, smack-dab across from Fremont Park and rubbing elbows with Hot Italian. Crimson & Clover was born November 1st, 2009, from the ashes of Atelier, the quirky, nearly legendary space that specialized in re-made & hand-made fashions. Two of the artists involved in the cooperative, Kara Perez & Nicole Honeyeater, took the space over when Atelier’s doors finally closed for good. Nicole & Kara’s aim was “to create a space that was sweet & romantic

     Gary Schiff and Danyelle Petersen, of Schiff’s Estate Sale Building and Schiff's Estate Services, are coordinating the first annual Urban Flea Market on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 from 9am-3pm. After much urban renewal of the Estate Sale Building itself, as well as North Sacramento’s Del Paso Boulevard’s shopping district, the lot next to Schiff’s Building will be temporarily renewed with Antiques, Collectible, Furniture, Arts & Crafts, Unique and Desirable Items of all Kinds. The event benefits the rebuilding of The Iceland Skating Rink on Del Paso Blvd. The Skating Rink was destroyed by an arson fire in March. Through donations they are looking to rebuild by their 70th birthday in N

Sacramento defintiely has it's own unique fashion sense, and the local fashion scene lately has really been coming into it's own. More and more people are making due with less money, and second-hand and re-purposed clothing have become a popular option on adding flavor to one's wardrobe without too much strain on the pocketbook. Thrift shopping seems to have become a local custom, and local business are sprouting up everywhere catering to those who prefer funky, one-of-a-kind "pre-loved," second-hand clothing to the bland, blend-in-the-crowd, mass produced options found at the nearest mall. Artists and designers have been getting in on the action too, re-making new fashions out of old vint

The California Automobile Museum’s newest exhibit features cars that were created in California but have been celebrated in movies, songs and popular culture across the country and around the world for a half-century. The exhibit, Drive Fast, Take Chances: Birth of the Hot Rod is sponsored by So-Cal Speed Shop, Sacramento and runs now through July 5. It explores the hot rod culture that grew out of the dry lake beds of California in the post-World War II years and ultimately spread to drag strips and back roads, as well as burger drive-ins and street cruises, such as the annual car cruise hosted by the California Automobile Museum which will commence on the streets of Downtown Sacramento

Saturday, the vintage boutique Bows and Arrows is hosting returning Sacramento native artist Kevin Best. Known for his comic book-influenced pop-art and unorthodox choice of canvas, Best will be showcasing and selling some of his artwork and clothing. Best currently lives in Los Angeles and commands a style that capitalizes on the current high-speed world. Inspired by tabloid media and harnessing the power of the Internet, he has attempted to upload himself in the public eye, "taking the last six months very seriously to expose my art," Best explained. Celebrity gossiper Perez Hilton and "Californication" creator Tom Kapinos are two art owners who have caught on to Best's work. He connec

Contributed by Jenn Walker At age 19 and 20, Sacramento City College students Diana Byrd and Elena Gallegos are discovering the business world firsthand with the growth of their online business Meshugga Chic. Meshugga Chic, casually referred to as just Meshugga (not to be confused with the Swedish death metal band Meshuggah), is the duo's online vintage clothing store, catering to men and women with a unique fashion sense around the world. Their merchandise is an array of color, fun and the unusual. Items like high-waist purple parachute pants, a billowy bright pink and purple windbreaker or an acid wash jumper scream '80s. Anything funky goes. The two launched their site around a year

One of the true gems of Launch, a Vchle Magazine event that took place Saturday, was the innovative stylings of both the fashion designers and those in attendance. The event, dedicated to Sacramento's fashion and design talent, explored the question: What is Sac style? "Who knows?" Mel Eligon, store manager of Cuffs, asked. "Style has everything to do with the individual, and there are a plethora of individualities here. This sounds generic, but the D.I.Y. thing, seeking out unique pieces, is really big. In big cities like L.A. and San Francisco, certain things are put in your face for what is fashionable. But because we are a small town, it's easy for us to make an extra effort to look

                                                                                               I do...........again                                                               Clarence and Madeline Rich share a laugh while they renewed their wedding vows. Residents of Aegis Living in Carmichael, they decided to tie the knot again during the Aegis-sponsored Vintage Bridal Show. Clarence, 88 and Madeline, 87 have two daughters, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter. No honeymoon is planned. They have been married 68 years. Photo | Kati Garner

Trisha Rhomberg and Olivia Coelho, owners of the Bows & Arrows Boutique, held their second Sellout Buyout Art & Fashion Bazaar of the year during June's Second Saturday Art Walk. Bows & Arrows is a vintage store that buys, sells and trades all fashion trends. It is located at 1712 L Street in midtown Sacramento. The Sellout Buyout event allows local Sacramento artists and designers to have a place to sell some of their creations and to network with other designers. “My partner Olivia and I wanted to showcase local talent and have people own clothes and accessories from Sacramento designers,” said Rhomberg. “It’s a great opportunity for them to get all the profit from the sales without go

Driving through midtown, there’s always been one store front that has stood out to me. As someone with slight type-A tendencies, the sign outside of Buff Castle has always driven me nuts! I wasn’t ever sure if it was even a currently open store, or if some kids had just spray painted the outside of the building. Since I was meandering, I decided to finally check it out. If you’re looking for reasonably priced retro (80’s and back) clothes / costumes, they have them. The store isn’t packed to the brim, but what they do have is affordable. According to Liz, the owner, pretty much everything is under $20. Sweet! Although they don’t do consignment straight across, they do pride themselves on

My wife and I spent our Saturday afternoon cleaning out the shed in our back yard. During this process I discovered the sticker collection she got while attending concerts in Sacramento in the middle to late 1980's. I really enjoyed seeing the dated graphic design and trying to guess what music these stations might have played. KZAP  info FM 102  info KROY 97 wikipedia KPOP info More on Sacramento radio at http://www.playlistresearch.com/sacramentoradio.htm Do you remember any of these stations? What staions are missing that were huge during the 80's in Sacramento?