Pleasant Plains Workshop

Join us a for an evening of slide presentations presented by local fashion intelligentsia. We’ll be in the basement of Looking Glass Lounge set up with a projector and our own cash bar starting from 8-11pm..drop in and get schooled! check out the lineup below: (no cover for admission / cash bar)

Join us at Looking Glass Lounge (3634 Georgia Ave) for an evening  short presentations on a variety of fashion topics, given by local fashion experts, analysts, stylists and artists.

panelists include:

• Annie Strother, writer and production assistant at PBS News Hour, presents: “Kate in Slacks:  Katharine Hepburn on the middle road.”
• Lauren Friedman, freelance fashion illustrator, stylist, and photographer, creator of the website My Closet in Sketches and regular contributor for Lucky Magazine, present: “How to turn your passion into your vocation”
  
• Molly Finegan, freelance writer, presents: “The Uniform”
  
• Trash Cat’s own Anna Wonson on the history of dressing cats!

and more!…

Sunday, February 12, 11am-3pm

Pleasant Plains Workshop, Trash Cat Collective, and Mama Chuy DC present a Valentine’s Day Brunch Fashion Show!

The Deets:
Get your brunch on from 11AM to 3PM at Mama Chuy DC (2620 Georgia Ave) featuring Mama Chuy’s take on traditional home-style Mexican breakfast fare.  A special brunch cocktail menu will feature Mexmosas, Flor de Fresa & Mama’s Mary.

The fashion show starts at 1:00pm and will be visible from inside and outside the restaurant. So, whether you get are seated or not at 1pm, you will be able to see the show along the sidewalk or from inside the restaurant.

The Trash Cat boutique at Pleasant Plains Workshop will be open until 5pm so there is plenty of time after the fashion show for shopping and swapping! Get a cute outfit for yourself, or a gift for your special valentine(s)
Click here for the facebook invite>>

I can’t help but ‘leak’ a few shots of how the shop is looking! The trashkittens really worked some magic in the space…Join us for the big reveal this Saturday from 4-8pm!

Pleasant Plains Workshop is partnering with Artspace DC (located in the Shaw Neighborhood) to present a group exhibition and community dialogue surrounding ideas of gentrificiation. ‘In Our Hood’ will be a month-long event with visual art exhibitions at PPW and Artspace DC matched with programming, performances, talks,  and screenings at other venues in the community.

We are pleased to announce an open call to artists in all media to participate. The Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 5, 2012.

For more information and submission guidelines, click here>>

There is one weekend left to shop what’s in stock for the holidays here at the shop. We’ll be serving hot cider and snacks all weekend long! Our weekend hours are: Friday 2-7pm, Saturday 1-6pm, Sunday noon-5pm

And for one last goodbye to the show (and for your LAST MINUTE shopping needs) we are hosting a Final Day event here on Tuesday, December 20th from 6:30-9pm.

We’ll have refreshments, special discounts, and as an added bonus, sample menu items from our new neighbors, Mama Chuy DC!

Daily Candy recently visited the shop and came up with a roundup of their fave items… click the image below to read:

Of course, they just scratched the surface of what we have to offer for holiday gifts..for a full list of artists we are stocking for the holidays, click here>>