High fashion
The Slope, 202 Elk Ave., Crested Butte; 970-349-6890
Samples and resales.
Dressed-to-sweat Front Rangers sometimes find themselves needing another layer to ward off evening chills when they visit Crested Butte (elevation: 8,908 feet) and other high-country towns that often wake up to summer-morning frost. Bargain-minded offerings include Fair Isle-style sweaters, downy-soft pile jackets and deep discounts on snow suits. The best deals? At the yard-sale clothes racks outside.
TKO Guaranteed
Life-sized pair of Carrera marble boxing gloves sculpted by Robin Antar, MARBLE/marble Symposium, Marble; and
Velvet hand, marble glove.
Among the art being coaxed out of rock this month: Robin Antar’s planned life-sized pair of boxing gloves, carved from white marble and then dyed red. The annual marble-sculpting symposium is open to professionals and neophytes alike, who are provided with marble, power tools and advice.
Basket Case
Basket Africa/ The Overseas Connection, Ltd., 6901 W. 117th Ave., No. 10, Broomfield; 303-465-9585, basket
Fair Trade carryalls.
Sturdy, tough, colorful and expansive (from 16 to 18 inches in diameter), these Fair Trade handmade Ghanan imports are showing up at farmers markets and other venues. Each costs about $33, and proceeds help provide health care, education and community services for approximately 1,000 weavers in remote African villages. Look for them at weekend farmers markets in Boulder, Cherry Creek North and Golden.
