I was about to write about how everyone who reads Looking Fly regularly should know that I love Crossroads. But I checked - I havn’t written a post about it yet! OMG.

But what better time than now, when they are sponsoring an important charity event - a Prom Dress Donation. The idea is that if you have a Prom Dress in good or better yet great condition from the last 6 years, you can bring it to Crossroads and they will in turn get your dress (or accessories) to the Princess Project. The Princess Project takes these dresses and gives them to young women who are part of families that cannot afford the expense of a Prom Dress. Crossroads insists that the dresses be in new or nearly new condition - after all, who wants a ratty old torn prom dress?!?!?!?

Crossroads is a used and new clothing store in the San Francisco Bay area - I think there are about 7 of them sprinkled here and there. They have THE BEST used clothes around, because they only take clothes that are currently in season and in style. They also carry various new items - for example, I got My WESC hat there. The new items they have hold to the same “very cool” standard that their used stuff is held to. I might even say that it is my favorite store in San Francisco, simply because it is my way of finding really stylish clothing that is actually affordable. I got my Lucky’s there for $30!

And then the Princess Project is a great idea because it is both discrete and discreet, local, and quickly effective. Here are the reactions of some of the participants, if you want to know what they think of it.

In short: Go to Crossroads. Donate your Prom Dresses. Be Fabulous.

My grandmother, no longer with me on this earth, wore her cap to bed every night. She also could read your cards and tell your fortune, and wrote songs where creating the rhyme took precedent over making sense of the verse. I have often worn wool hats inside the house which makes my mother sigh that I remind her of her mother and thus, I infer, she isn’t sure of what to think of my hat. She wouldn’t wear it in the house, I also get out of this. This weekend I went skiing (and did not fall once thank you), and so last Friday, tramping through the rain, I stopped at Crossroads and found myself a new hat.

Crossroads, as you may know, is one of the greatest stores in San Francisco. I haven’t written about it yet, so perhaps I will do so tomorrow - I am trying to keep focused from post to post. Basically, it is a mix of used and new clothing, always in style and always reasonably priced.

At Crossroads (The one in the Filmore District) I got this hat by WeSC. WeSC stands for “We Are The Superlative Conspiracy” and they are one of these new types of clothing brands/art/activist groups. They feature on their website a pretty cool image of a bunch of cool looking people hanging out in the park, combined with collage-ish cutouts. Their top level links get you to their Spring Summer Collection (Its January!) and a list of activists - actually a portfolio of skaters, artist, musicians, and other folks who I guess endorse WeSC.

You might be trying to figure out if I am on the side or against WeSC - well, that is kind of what their name makes you ask as well so I will leave you guessing. I will say that the hat wasn’t expensive, and besides Crossroads there are plenty of places to get a good deal on their stuff. But here are the pictures of my new favorite piece of clothing: my wool WeSC cap. Love you Grandma Katie.