Sew & Tell

On this week’s show, we explore the concept of “shopping without spending,” with Sari Azout and Sari Bibliowicz, the two co-founders of a trendy new swapping site, Bib + Tuck. In our conversation, Sari A. and Sari B. talk about how their friendship and shared love for fashion led to this pioneering project, the nuts and bolts of how Bib + Tuck functions as a swap site, what makes Bib + Tuck a unique clothes-share resource, and a few of their own memorable bibs (shares) and tucks (scores).

Plus, a playlist chock-full of awesome music, including new tunes from Gauntlet Hair, Pure Bathing Culture, Travis Bretzer and Grant Hart, as well as some not-new (but still beautiful) tracks from Loney Dear and Denison Witmer. All that’s coming your way this hour, so stay tuned to Sew & Tell on BTR!

Bib + Tuck, from Sari Azout and Sari Bibliowicz
(All photos courtesy of Bib + Tuck)

The Ladies of Bib + Tuck

Sari B. (left) and Sari A.

Showing off their signature summer styles

Fighting over a scarf? Or just simultaneously bib-ing and tuck-ing…?

Some (seriously stylish) picks from both Saris’ closets!

*I’m pretty convinced that black embroidered number is officially the best pair of shorts in the world. To gain access to those and other sweet deals, go to Bib + Tuck and enter the invite code: breakthruradio. And then start swapping! (While you’re there, be sure to visit their awesome blog & follow all their latest news, featured closets, and more on Facebook, Twitter, and Insta!)

(A few of) Sari A. & Sari B.’s favorite vintage & 2nd-hand shops

In NYC
*Ina Designer Consignment
*Fox and Fawn
*Resurrection
*Amarcord
*Screaming Mimi’s

Online
*Spanish Moss
*Nasty Gal

Odds & Ends from this week in fashion…
*A new TOMS shoes design, exclusively for Shark Week. Correct.
*Do you have summer shoes or sandals that are rubbing the s#&%t out of your feet & giving you blisters? I know I sure do. Fashionista schools us in how to deal with/avoid this annual problem…
*Karl Lagerfeld will be celebrating Oktoberfest in style.
*There have been a rash of articles lately about people wearing the same outfits, whether matchy-matchy with their spouse, swapping ensembles with their partners, or this dude, who just wore the same outfit for his yearbook photo… 40 years in a row.

Gauntlet Hair
(Photo courtesy of Dead Oceans)
July 19 – Schuba’s Tavern – Chicago, IL
July 26 – Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
July 30 – Black Cat – Washington, D.C.
July 31 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
Aug 1 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
Aug 2 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Aug 3 – Church of Boston – Boston, MA
Aug 5 – Drake Hotel Underground – Toronto, Ontario
Aug 9 – The Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
Oct 5 – L’Espace B – Paris, France
Oct 9 – BETA – Copenhagen, Denmark

Pure Bathing Culture
(Photo by Parker Fitzgerald)
July 27 – Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle, WA
July 28 – Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room – Seattle, WA
Aug 2 – 4 – Pendarvis Farm – Happy Valley, OR
Aug 27 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
Aug 28 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Aug 29 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
Sept 25 – The Waiting Room – London, United Kingdom
Oct 10 – The Cellar Door – Visalia, CA
Oct 14 – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ
Oct 15 – The Void – San Diego, CA
Oct 25 – Neurolux – Boise, ID
Nov 1 – The Loving Touch – Ferndale, MI
Nov 5 – T.T. The Bears – Cambridge, MA
Nov 8 – The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY

Denison Witmer
(Photo courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records)
Sept 7 – Love the Captive House Show – Fresno, CA
Sept 9 – Cafe du Nord – San Francisco, CA
Sept 10 – Bootleg Bar – Los Angeles, CA
Sept 14 – Last Exit Live – Phoenix, AZ
Sept 22 – The Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
Sept 23 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR