Shopping Spree

Fashion > Forward

by Felicia D'Ambrosio

Urban Outfitters' Build-Your-Own-Bike Shop

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In addition to picking up pre-distressed throwback Jordache skinnies, Kmart-inspired canvas bobos and apartment décor at local fashion monster Urban Outfitters, hipsters can now choose their color-coordinated trip to the emergency room, too. Shoppers can build a flip-flop hub fixed-gear bike, selecting their own frame size and personalized colorway for saddle, grips, wheels, tires, frame and the critical painted chain. Thank God the cycle comes equipped with brakes — but pedestrians beware, anyway. $399, urbanoutfitters.com.

Peep more than 1,500 pairs of limited-edition, vintage, celebrity-signed and artist-collaborated kicks at the word's largest touring sneaker exhibition. Sneakerheads can buy, sell and trade their collectibles while less-obsessed friends check out the live street art installation, skateboarding demos, basketball competitions and performances from Clipse and Stalley. Just don't step on anyone's toes. Sat., Aug. 8, 8 p.m., $18, Starlight Ballroom, 460 N. Ninth St., 215-769-1530, sneakerpimps.net.

Philly Makes! is a group blog featuring an impressive range of handmade projects, from an interfaith coloring book to fiber-optic fairy wings. Some are linked for purchase on etsy.com, while others are pure inspiration, like Jeanne Lombardo's Born in the U.S.A. album-cover jigsaw coaster set. phillymakes.blogspot.com.

The secondhand shop with a mission takes its wares outdoors on occasional Saturdays in the edgiest park of them all. Pick over an infinite range of household goods, furniture, clothing and objets d'art you didn't know you needed. Sat., Aug. 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Clark Park, 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, 215-387-0919, uhurufleamarket.blogspot.com.

(feliciadambrosio@citypaper.net)