What is the kulture recycling event "Inspiration"?
Buy and Sell "inspiration" ?!
The kulture recycling & vintage fashion event "Inspiration" will be hosted by Rin Tanaka, the author of the "My Freedamn!" book series. Under the big theme of his life, "vintage fashion," this event will be held at one of the coolest "event halls" in Los Angeles, "Barker Hanger," which is located inside Santa Monica Airport. As the photo on this page shows, this vintage-looking space is mostly used as vintage airplane storage for repair crews, but on February 12th and 13th, 2010, this huge indoor space (capacity: 3,000 people) will be filled with many vintage fashion fans from around the world!
During this two-day show, a total of 60 vendors and exhibitors will set up unique and very special booths displaying their own inspiration: 35 vintage fashion dealers, 10 designer & artist booths, 8 charity garage sales, and 7 special exhibitions. Their business concept in this vintage atmosphere is to "buy and sell inspiration." Actually, many "kulture recycling" products, mainly vintage American fashions manufactured in the 1910s-1980s, will be displayed everywhere in this hall. Vintage fans will get amazing opportunities to view so many vintage items. Most items will be "for sale," except for special exhibition decorations.
The main targets of this show are worldwide vintage fashion enthusiasts, not only from all 50 states but also from Japan, Canada, and other places worldwide!
The Inspiration office now estimates that there will be "1,500-2,000 visitors," mainly adult males aged 30-60 years old. You know, the next day will be the Rose Bowl Swapmeet Saturday. Lots of vintage fashion fans will fly into Los Angeles on the second weekend; February is always an especially big month for the vintage fashion industry.
Also, lots of fashion designers & buyers visit Los Angeles in 16 to 18 February 2010 in order to join the MAGIC show in Las Vegas. They will be other big targets for this event because nowadays fashion professionals have been paying big attention to all things "vintage" under the big replica boom. Fashion designers have also been big customers for the My Freedamn! book business. Thus, Rin Tanaka hopes that this event will be a crossing point allowing inspirational exchanges to take place between vintage fashion freaks and design professionals!
