New proof from the totally awesome Crafting Community weekend retreat for familes hosted by L.A. based installation artist Karen Kimmel. We were lucky to be there, but in case you missed the Kimmel Kids and The Art of Exchange action we have a very special, wait for it,  * gift bag * from the event that we'll be giving away to a lucky reader! Stay tuned for deets.

These are some recent snapshots of friends from fashion photographer Terry Richardson. I love them. Though there is some current controversy as to where Terry falls on the ethical favorites list, he remains known as a crusader of cool and totes some serious hipster cred. He may arguably be the reason for the resurgence of plaid.... 

Spotted this beautiful family mid sunny Saturday morning outing at Oddfellows in Seattle's Capitol Hill hood.  Thanks to them for participating in some Proof street cred pre coffee and cupcakes!

A recent Street Carnage article brought the smackdown on Hipsters w/KIDS -

"[Hipster parents] isn’t exactly a recent phenomenon; I’ve seen the NY Mag article on “the Grups” and another on “hip parenting” in TIME Magazine. My problem is, this has been more of an analysis than an outright INDICTMENT against this sort of behavior...  I’m hoping to God that down the line the parents just drop the fashionable power couple shtick and become old and boring like the rest of the civilized world."

Well. Don't knock it till you've tried it. Case in point, what a cute family photo (!) one I immediately added to the PROOF section. AND, looks like some "hipster parents" are readers of Street Carnage as the retaliation is in the comments (warning: among other various lewd, crude and really funny comments)

WOOOHOOOO thanks Seattle Metropolitan and the lovely Style Editor Laura Cassidy, who has her own radical blog BTW Wear What When . Link here to see this Style Counsel and others.