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Community│Recap: Tomboy Style x Vere Verto x Shelter Half

Photographs by: Lorenzo Diggins Jr.

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Commerce│Vere Verto

The name of this bag is the "Mox", and it can be a worn as clutch, cross-body, or even a hip-bag.  It is handmade here in Los Angeles of the most beautiful spanish vegetable tanned cowhide.  And it is offered in a brown and black color.  It's the perfect everyday bag, and the leather will age beautifully! 

For more Information on Vere Verto, click here.

A special thank you to Lauren and Lili for helping us model the bags.

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Community│Recap: "Freedom, Love, & Nina"

Claude Hall on Nina Simone

What originally drew you to Nina Simone? Her strength is what drew me to her. And as I delved into her story, I began to discover her sassiness. You did not want to mess with Nina! After all, she did go after a person who was pirating her music and shot at him because he wouldn't pay her the royalties she'd earned. What surprised you and what touched you about Nina? What surprised me about Nina is her vulnerability and how she let it show up in interviews. A question about her dad or her desire to be a classical pianist could turn the tide of the interview and bring the tears up to well in her eyes. She wasn't afraid to show that side of herself. What touched me about Nina is how what she wanted the most, towards the end of her life, was to be loved. To have a man that loved and cherished her. To not go home to an empty house. What do you find relevant about her message today? Though Nina's message was geared towards the black youth of her day, I find that it crosses all boundaries of skin color and race. She sang of love. For if our interactions with others were laced with love, many of the injustices we see, or hear of, or experience, would not exist.

Photographs by: Lorenzo Diggins Jr.

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Join us next Thursday, October 24th, as we explore Nina Simone in love with our good friend and accomplished vocalist, Claude Hall. There will be live music, stories, and drinks throughout the evening. RSVP at info@shelterhalf.com and bring a friend! 

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Argonaut Cycles at Shelter Half

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This past April, Aether co-founders Jonah Smith and Palmer West set out to chase winter. Joined by Shelter Half's own Davide Berruto and Raphael Bertolus of Rawhyde, the crew packed up their motorcycles (BMW GS's) with ski and snowboard gear in tow and set out. Putting both Aether's technical motorcycle and winter apparel and their BMW's to the ultimate test, they set out from Telluride, Colorado and rode to Jackson Hole, Wyoming while enjoying every major ski resort along their way. Figuring out a way to combine motorcycling and winter sports is not every person's first curiosity but Aether both questioned and defined the possibilities. 

Read more about Chasing Winter at Ride Apart.

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Birdcalls? (at Shelter Half)

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Student Of America

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) captured moments of everyday American life in the postwar era, producing an expansive picture of a nation rich with possibility yet threatening to spin out of control.

When he died suddenly at age 56, Winogrand left behind thousands of rolls of exposed but undeveloped film and unedited contact sheets — some 250,000 frames in total. Nearly 100 of these pictures have been printed for the first time for this long-awaited retrospective of his work. 

Gary Winogrand

SFMOMA

March 9 - June 2

www.sfmoma.org

  Pick up a copy of the out of production title The Man In The Crowd here at Shelter Half for $225.

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WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY: IMAGES OF ARMED CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH

MARCH 23, 2013 - JUNE 2, 2013

WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY encompasses over 150 images going as far back as 1887 through present-day and is arranged by themes presenting both the military and civilian point of view including the advent of war, daily routines, the fight itself, the aftermath, medical care, prisoners of war, refugees, executions, memorials, remembrance and more. 

Find out more about this very intimate exhibition here.

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Richard Prince: Cowboys

February 21 - April 6, 2013 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills

Over the last thirty years, the American cowboy has given rise to some of Prince's most celebrated works. Dividing into several phases between the early 1980s and the present, his rephotographing of verité images inspired by cowboy Westerns and produced for the advertising industry, reveals as much about his shifting relationship to an American icon and its construction by the mass media as his use of evolving reprographic technologies.

Find out more information here.

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What the hell's wrong with freedom, man? That's what it's all about. 

Oh yeah, that's right. That's what it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it - that's two different things.

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Recently, Ben Masters of Scout-Seattle made the trek from Seattle, WA all the way down to Shelter Half, here in Los Angeles. Ben's outdoors-inspired company has a great and refreshing point-of-view and it was our pleasure to have him help us set up here in the store. Our favorite item here at Shelter Half, and what may be Scout's biggest accomplishment, is the Single Pole Tent. Come check it out in person here at Shelter Half. Thank you once again to Ben Masters and Wes Sumner for all their effort.

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Coming soon to Shelter Half.

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New RTH goods in store here at Shelter Half!