edge of urge

new spring 80%20 shoes just arrived… they’ll be up online sooooooon! yay!

update: the shoes are online now… we’ll be getting in more colors soon! check ‘em out here!

Our friend Matt Katz is collecting first kiss stories! From Matt:

"Send in a short poem or essay on your first kiss. This is for my
next project, I want to write songs based on love experiences. Its a
new little arty 8 song record i want to do called : Ultra-Romantic.
So dig it, gimmie your kisses. The best one gets a gift basket from
Edible arrangements on St. Marks PL. or a Sicillian Pie from Brooklyn’s
Famous Di’ Fara’s on AVe J and east 15th. SEnd all submission to fridaynites@gmail.com!!!!!"

Matt Katz: check him out! Our awesome NY dancin’ machine!
http://www.myspace.com/fridaynites1

Here’s an article on him in the January issue of H Magazine:

Edge of Urge has been voted Best Women’s Clothing for Encore’s Best of 2008! Thank you all so much, we mean it!!!!!

Our friends the Barnraisers (there’s a photo below of us up on stage with them) won best local band, check them out on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/barnraisers) or on their website, barnraisersmusic.com.

Here’s a few photos from the awards ceremony:

This article
from Star News mentions how fabulous folks looked this New Year’s Eve
with some great finds from Edge of Urge! A couple of similar
accessories you can find online are the Bruno the Bookie fedora and silk ties from Escarjoe (we’re going to be adding more of this wonderful ties to the online store very soon)!

Watch M.I.A.’s new video Paper Planes, and you’ll catch a glimpse of
her sexy yellow and black striped converse high tops. At 0:40, you can
see them! Click here to check these shoes out in our webstore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

Beer sweaters, currently sold in-store (coming to Edge of Urge online boutique very soon!):

HANDMADE BEER SWEATERS! ONLY $16!!!!

SAY GOODBYE TO WARM BEER AND COLD HANDS!

LESS FILLING!

THANKS SANTA! I LOVE IT!

It may be 80 degrees in Wilmington (thanks global warming), but
we’re trying to stir up some holiday spirit while we work with some new
holiday music on the ipod. Check out Baby Its Cold Outside, featuring our own Jessie Williams (Yeah, she can sew and sing, crazy multi-talented lady!)   at http://www.gordonmerrick.com or at http://myspace.com/gordonmerricks where you can download their songs for free to share and enjoy! Happy Holidays!

Last week, after a misplaced luggage incident at the airport,
R&B star M’ya had her stylist run to Edge of Urge to replenish her
wardrobe while she is in town to shoot a music video/movie. Handmade
items were definately a hit with the singer/actress for the shoot. M’ya
showed her appreciation for fashion and the arts when she bought a handknit shawl by Lea Williams’ Sick and Tired Productions as well as a one-of-a-kind Tillvaro
bag, designed and constructed by Wrightsville Beach native, Corie Beer.
Lea’s scarves, shawls and headbands are a staple at Edge of Urge, each
beautifully handknit out of the best fibers. Corie, the brains and
creativity behind Tillvaro bags, supplies us with guilt-free, gorgeous
clutches, handbags and hobo bags finely crafted from recycled materials
with beautifully modernized vintage touches. The airport may have lost
her luggage, but she left with some awesome finds.

So if you caught the story on the WECT TV6 evening news
or happened to watch MSNBC’s oddball report a few weeks ago you know
that Edge of Urge recently had a "fox incident". Sure, in retrospect it
was a cute little critter, but at the time, I swear to you it snarled
at us before rampaging through the store, eventually exiting the
premises in a very anticlimatic ending to the tale. Nevertheless we
ranked an interview on what must have been a slow news day. My theory
is she heard we had some really rad new pieces by Gentle Fawn (har har,
fox, fawn, get it?) and just had to come by the store. Personally the
brand is my latest addiction, with simple yet sweet separates like the optional jacket, the bisous blouse and the neighbor tee
. The attention to little details make the pieces super feminine
without a hint of fussiness. When thrown on with my favorite jeans I
might even say these clothes make me feel foxy…