Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Pink Monday

Monday September 28th





Found pink guitar & strawberry curtain fabric


pink guitar with marimekko dress


Charles the cat and lace pink shirt


pink fabric and white lace dress


oranges and blue dress


Sunset hour at my studio

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

change is coming

this is me looking reflective-this dress was in the shop but I put it on instead my husband said no more mu muus please
looking ready for walking-somewhere fast paced and cool

bag by willow dean pretty great piece (not meant to be worn with this dress)
me in costume national hat -needing a smaller head- but nice shot i think

Thursday, September 10, 2009

TAVIN will be at the RoseBowl this sunday SEPT 13 !!!
please visit me there and say hi!!



louis vuitton shoes very old and stuffed with newspaper

On Sunday September 13th
located Across from the Ladies Room( charming) Orange Section L1
I will be making an appearance with a ton of new great fall items.


So Fans of TAVIN...I hope to see you there!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Tavin is looking for an intern!


Enid, our first intern at Tavin. We miss you!

NEW HIP VINTAGE CLOTHING AND CONCEPT BOUTIQUE SEEKS INTERN

Have you ever thought of owning your own boutique? Well now is your chance to learn the ropes! Seasoned costume designer/stylist Erin Tavin recently launched “Tavin”- a shop that carries vintage, new designer and lifestyle items in trendy Echo Park.

Candidates must be able to commit to a minimum of three months and work 15 hours per week (preferably 2 days/week). You can receive college credit for the internship.

Though this is an unpaid position, there is definitely room for growth for the right candidate. This internship is also an excellent opportunity to work with leaders in the fashion community, meet many creative types in the fashion world and gain hands-on experience and make contacts in fashion, marketing, PR, design and retail/resale businesses.

We seek a candidate with a passion for fashion, PR and marketing. There will be room for creative exchanges and input.

We’re seeking a hard worker who is highly organized, punctual, yet laid back (you will be working in a creative studio in a yurt, as well as at the boutique, with artsy, interesting people from the design world -- not a corporate environment).

It is imperative that the candidate be VERY COMPUTER literate. We work on a MAC platform—Candidates MUST be familiar with social networking sites and web 2.0 applications like facebook, myspace, blogger, flickr etc.
If you are not comfortable with these applications, please to not apply.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL:

- Live near Echo Park, where the creative studio and the boutique are located.
- Have a flexible schedule.
- Have retail experience preferably in a clothing boutique
- Be computer and internet savvy and be very familiar with the MAC platform and web 2.0 (facebook, twitter, etsy etc.)
- Like to research fashion on the internet
- Have a car and valid drivers license
- Have a lot of energy
- Know how to write with proper spelling and grammar, including formatting letters and emails.
- Be VERY reliable
- Be a self-starter, who can launch into projects with little direction and oversight.

EXTRA POINTS IF YOU:
- Are familiar with any or all of the adobe creative suite especially- photoshop and acrobat,
- Have a good eye and moonlight as a photographer, graphic artist or visual merchandiser.



INTERNSHIP DUTIES
- PR and marketing (writing press releases, assembling press packets, sending newsletters, event planning, customer and press relations, maintaining social networking pages).
- Assistance at special events (For example, compensated work at the Rose Bowl Flea Market)
- Light office work, including entering receipts, etc.
- Running occasional errands.
- Help with creative brainstorming, trend and fashion research, sourcing research and branding analysis
- Organizing, steaming, photographing clothing

HOW TO APPLY
Please e-mail resume, cover letter, and any applicable work samples to the attention of
Erin lifebytavin@gmail.com

TAVIN IN BOHO MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER ISSUE!!!!!

a very pretty magazine it is !!
this was fun to see today perked my day up ! esp fashionista fantasy
more photos of tavins fashionista fantasy
life in a suitcase in the tavin shop
i remember wearing these in summer camp high up in the mountains campfires and all


a very very soft bag like eating a single delicious caramel in a desert

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

more fall thoughts on a broiling summer day

 this fabric is one hundred years old- how beautiful it would look on an old canopy bed and of course it is...blue
what more is their to say about this jacket? fall fall and spring mixed into one beautiful piece of  clothing
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lovely childrens barrettes- how very sweet they are -no cotton candy though here
kelly my friend just made these- if I had a baby she would wear this and look all pink and renoir like-with big chubby arms and all that pink