Anyone who shops at Common Era will tell you two things: 1) We have unique clothing that gets hand picked and shipped to us in small quantities so that your style truly represents who you are. 2) We have AMAZING prices. Compared with a lot of the boutique-y clothing shops along Pearl or in Highlands, finding a dress at Common Era for $40 is like a sort of half-dream where you’re not sure if it’s real or not.
Because we ourselves (the ladies of Common Era) are addicted to clothing, it only makes sense that we would want the prices of our fashionable outfits, shoes and accessories to be accessible. How else would we be able to keep up?
This is why it is so exciting when we participate in an additional SALE- marking down our prices even further allows you to experiment more, take risks and discover how wonderful it can feel to give yourself a new look and still have money left over for a nice lunch.
Thus, our annual participation in the Downtown Boulder Sidewalk Sale. Businesses all along Pearl Street will be participating, so if you live in Denver, head on up for the day and enjoy a warm stroll along the foothills.
Our friendly staff is always available to make suggestions- how to wear a certain style, whether or not to use stockings, how to accessorize, etc. I once bought some turquoise flats from our $18 shoe bin. I still get compliments on them.
If that isn’t enough to entice you, 97.3 KBCO will be hosting a remote radio show promoting all the Sidewalk Sales on Saturday, August 7 from noon – 2 p.m. on the 1300 block. See you then!
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It’s time for another in-store event! We’ve had anniversary parties, A Taste of Pearl events and “Girl’s Night Out,” and to celebrate the warm weather we will be doing another Tips and Sips evening at Common Era in Boulder, 1500 D Pearl Street. This Wednesday, June 16th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Tips and Sips is a chance for you and your girlfriends to enjoy a fun-filled evening of tips and demonstrations given by a team of style experts (Worth While Style) all while shopping, sipping on wine and tasting sweet treats.
Learn how to look hot and stay cool this Summer and find clothing that works with your body type! Not everyone knows what colors or shapes flatter their body type or their skin color. That’s why Tina Gill will be there, along with our fashion expert and store owner, Debra Mazur, to help make you look your best. A personal shopper is usually a luxury that only the rich and famous can afford, but this Wednesday June 16th you will have access to all the expert advice you could ever need!
And don’t forget, just like last time you will get 20% off all purchases!! That’s pretty amazing.
*** Bring gently used handbags or dress shoes benefiting Dress for Success and receive additional entries into the drawing of your choice. The more you bring, the better your chances to win! (limit 5 entries per person)
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MetroMix recently put together a short television segment about shopping along the Pearl Street Mall and we were lucky enough to be included! Check out this video and see what you think- we’ve got our fabulous owner Debra Mazur talking into a mirror (?!) and some cute CU girls modeling our most amazing outfits.
AND- you know how sometime you can’t really trust what you see on TV? Well, just to let you know, after they finished shooting the segment they came back to the store to buy the very clothes they were talking about! That’s pretty cool, nothing fake here!
Tags: boulder, common era, metromix, tv
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Every so often, the Downtown Boulder Association puts on some great events. Last Summer Common Era participated in a series called “First Fridays” and now we have been chosen to participate in this month’s Taste of Pearl.
The idea behind the event is to expose and promote Boulder businesses- wineries, restaurants and merchants. On Sunday April 25th you can stroll down Pearl Street Mall visiting clothing stores, art galleries, book stores and more while tasting delicious wines and food from some of Boulder’s hottest chefs. This is a great community event, a wonderful way to meet people and support local businesses. And let’s be honest- it would probably make a great date night as well! So why not use it as an excuse to ask out that guy you’ve seen around the office? You could try on a few outfits at Common Era and see how he reacts! Isn’t that the funny montage they always show in romantic comedies? Then he tries some silly sunglasses and you walk out of here hand in hand! Mission accomplished!
The event takes place on a Sunday afternoon from 2pm – 6pm, which is plenty of time to drink up, eat up, and buy a few souvenirs to take home with you. The tickets are for sale through their website, Taste of Pearl and $52.80 is not a bad price when you consider the price of food and wine these days. Not to mention a portion of the proceeds go to the Emergency Family Assistance Association, a very good cuase.
And just to sweeten the deal (because Common Era cannot resist sweetening a deal) we will be offering a discount of 30% off anything and everything in the whole store to all Taste of Pearl ticket holders, all day long on Sunday April 25th from 12:00 – 6:00.
See you there!
Tags: discount, pearl street, taste of pearl, wine tasting
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What is DIY Open Studio? It’s the best way to have a fun and productive afternoon where you come away with an awesome, hand-made object, customized by you! I mean, we all totally respect that one creative friend who makes her own clothes, or jewelery or handbags, right? We at Common Era are always bragging about our one-of-a-kind earrings and necklaces and card cases and now our embellished sweaters for the winter… But who says you can’t do the same thing? Of course you can and we are here to help!
At our Boulder store on 16th and Pearl from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Sundays and from 3:00 – 5:00 pm on Mondays, you can come in and make either earrings, a card case or embellish a sweater for the same price as we sell it on the floor! Which means there is no paying for our help, our instruction or our materials.
Here’s an example: you and your pal have always thought we have cool card cases but have never found “the perfect one.” So you come in, you each get a “blank” one and you hang out in our studio using all the same materials we use to customize them. One of our staff will also be on hand to help instruct you and what kind of glue to use (transparent, spray glue, mod podge), whether or not to use tape as a protective layer on top, suggestions on themes, colors, layout, etc. You could make one with all birds, one with your name on it, one with images of all the same color…the possibilities are endless. And this is an awesome gift to make for a friend or relative- completely personalized!
- We sell a card case for $12-$18.
- We sell our sweaters from $36-$45.
- We sell our earrings for $10-$20.
But what about private parties?!?!?!
Don’t worry, we thought of that as well. You and 5 of your friends can reserve the workshop space to have a party- birthday, bachelorette, or simply a “ladies’ night out.”
Each party will be about making a specific item- it could be a sweater party, a card case party, or an earring or necklace party.
For a party of 6:
- sweater party $240
- card cases $96
- earrings $90
Every member of the party goes home with the knowledge of how to make our product as well as the product itself! And if that isn’t enough- what do you say to an additional discount? We’ll also give you a discount coupon to shop in the the store that day for 15% off.
It doesn’t get any better than that!
Don’t forget- OPEN STUDIO in our Boulder location every Sunday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and every Monday from 3:00 – 5:00pm!! Now go tell a friend.
Tags: activities, boulder, card cases, DIY, jewellery, mondays, Open studio, parties, sundays, sweaters
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WHAT: awesomeness
WHERE: Denver Common Era, 1543 Platte Street
WHEN: Thursday December 3rd, 2009 (5pm – 8pm)
Winter Toast! No, it is not another recipe of ours for some sort of hearty, bread based appetizer. Here, “toast” means to celebrate and on Thursday, December 3rd that’s exactly what we plan to do (and you’re invited!)
The Winter Toast is actually an annual event held for the past several years in which the businesses along Platte street in Denver host an afternoon (5pm – 8pm) of delight for their loyal customers. If you are not a customer, don’t worry, this event is for you as well- to get to know this charming neighborhood and all it has to offer.
Common Era will be participating, as usual, with our fabulous finger foods and fierce fashion advice from a professional expert, Tina Gill of worthwhile style. Tina was at the Denver Common Era for our Girl’s Night Out event last September, giving advice on flattering colors, styles, and dressing for your body type.
And while you browse our newest winter gear, you may also revel at our Winter Window Display. 303 magazine is documenting a project that will take place across all of Denver this holiday season (not just Platte Street) in which they showcase the amazing window displays that Denver’s creative geniuses put together. They will be at Common Era filming (we are told) so if you’d like to get in on the action be sure to dress cute (duh) and maybe stand in front of our window display with this sort of doe-eyed look and point one trembling finger while with your other gloved hand you cover your mouth as if to say “I’ve never seen anything quite so beautiful.” That’s sure to please. Then you can go around bragging about how you were in a documentary, something very few people will be able to trump.
Oh- and once you have eaten your fair share of crackers, cheese and fruit and after you have gotten advice from Tina and Deb about whether or not you can pull off 4 inch long earrings, you will pleased to know that there are also discounts. Discounts! At the register you can dip your hand into a magical jar and pull out an instant coupon of between 10% off and 30% off!! Could it get any better? Well, considering Rob Pattinson turned down our invite to join in on the fun, I guess the answer is no, it doesn’t get any better than this. That is, until December 4th, when we’ll do it all over again in Boulder, only with OPEN STUDIO CRAFT TIME!!!
Tags: 303 magazine, common era, denver, documentary, platte street, tina gill, window display, winter toast
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WHAT: awesomeness
WHERE: Boulder Common Era, 16th and Pearl
WHEN: Friday December 4th, 2009 (all day)
First Friday! While Boulder may not be the fashion capital of the world, (or even Colorado for that matter), you wouldn’t know it from walking into Common Era on 16th and Pearl. And to celebrate our dedication to fashion forward thinking, Friday, December 4th we’re having a party (and you’re invited!)
First Friday is actually a monthly walking tour of participating Boulder art galleries that has widened its scope to include shops along the East End of Pearl and any other local businesses who feel like hosting a monthly event.
Common Era will be participating, as usual, with our fabulous finger foods and fierce fashion advice from a professional expert, Tina Gill of worthwhile style. Tina was at the Denver Common Era for our Girl’s Night Out event last September, giving advice on flattering colors, styles, and dressing for your body type. Unlike our Denver event the day before (Winter Toast) we will also be blessed with the presence of Sameera Ahmed, who will be offering makeup tips and touch ups.
And while you browse our newest winter gear, you may also revel at our Winter Window Display. 303 magazine is documenting a project that will take place across all of Denver this holiday season in which they showcase the amazing window displays that Denver’s creative geniuses put together. While this project does not involve Boulder, we at the Common Era Boulder store decided to participate anyways. I mean, come on! We have about 1000 feet of window space on a busy downtown corner. We’d be crazy not to take this opportunity to really wow all Boulder residents lucky enough to stroll by Pearl and 16th, not just our loyal customers.
But let’s not forget the most amazing thing about this day, and the main difference between our Boulder and Denver events- OPEN STUDIO. For those of you who know our Boulder store you may have noticed that this year we did some serious renovating! With a more open floor plan and decidedly more modern dark wood dressing rooms we are investing in our image and the customer experience. In fact- that’s why we’ve added a whole new section of the store which is used as a “workroom” of sorts. Complete with work tables, shelves full of knick-knacks, glue, sparkles, magazines, yarn for crocheting and sewing machines, the only thing you need to bring is your inspiration. The workshop will be open all day for you to make your own projects with our materials (for a nominal fee). From necklaces and earrings to card cases, pill boxes and appliques, we provide you with everything you need to walk out of Common Era with your own, unique, hand-made product.
Some come on in and give it a try! We will also have our OPEN STUDIO WORKSHOP every Monday for you to come back again and again. And just in case you need any more reason to show up: you will receive from 10% to 30% off of any purchases at the register when you reach into our magical jar. I’m just saying.
Tags: boulder, clothing, common era, deals, event, fahsion advice, first friday, open studio workshop, sameera ahmed, snacks, tina gill
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Halloween is just around the corner and if you don’t have a costume idea yet you’re going to regret it. What’s so great about Halloween is that you have an excuse to be creative and show another side of yourself. Often times that means dressing up as a sexier version of some more traditional character (witch, nurse, baseball player). But our favorite costumes are those that are more personalized- a person you look up to or admire or a scary character from your favorite horror movie. Even a character from a book can be a great costume- if people don’t understand right away they’ll be sure to ask you about it and then you find yourself having a conversation with someone you’ve never met before. It’s really a win-win.
Because of our roots as a vintage clothing store we were always a favorite choice when it came time to find a costume- from top hats to panty hoes, wigs, Elvis glasses, flapper skirts and capes of all sizes. While we have changed over the years to grow into a more far reaching but still unique new clothing store, our Halloween tradition continues to be a big part of who we are. In fact, the week leading up to Halloween all our employees are encouraged to dress up in a different costume every day!
Some of my past favorite costumes from the Common Era collection include Amy’s take on the “Queen of Hearts” from Alice in Wonderland and Katie’s take on “Natasha and Boris” from Rocky and Bullwinkle. So if you’ve been invited to a party and don’t have a thing to wear, come on down to Common Era where our creative staff will help you pick out the right costume for your event, whether it’s traditional, racy or something no one has even seen before. Happy Halloween from Common Era!
Tags: boulder, capes, costumes, denver, dress up, halloween, sunglasses, wigs
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Sometimes you just want to have a night with the girls- where you can talk about the things that are important to you, gush about clothes and accessories, try on lipsticks and shoes and pretty much just celebrate the gorgeous, smart, independent woman that you are. Oh- and what about delightful snacks? Yup, we got that covered.
Tips and Sips was a night of fun and fashion hosted at our Denver location at 1543 Platte Street, that not only gave our wonderful customers access to our clothes and the professional guidance from our own style guru Debra Mazur, but each girl was asked to bring a gently used handbag or pair of dress shoes to benefit Dress for Success. Dress for Success is an international non-profit that helps low-income women get and maintain jobs in order to be more self-sufficient.
The other experts who attended that night and helped so many girls with their hair, make-up and style choices are:
- Hair Stylist: Liz Mefford of Salon No Dice
- Personal Stylist: Tina Gill of worthwhile style
- Makeup Artist: Sameera Ahmed of Makeup by Sameera
- Photographer: Audrey Michel of Audrey Michel Photography (we should mention that the above photos were taken by her)
- Natural Food Chef: Angie Flechsig of Nourish Health Coaching
The night was a total success and everyone had a blast. Eyebrows were reshaped, the benefits of cream versus powder blush were discussed and ankle boots were tried on. Not that it was all fluff of course! The most delightful part of the evening was sharing a room with so many talented women from different backgrounds who have each made their own way in the world and had success by pursuing what they were most interested in. Creative women unite!
Tags: catered food, denver, fashion advice, girl's night out, make up
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