Looking for the coolest kicks, music or outfit? Puffer Red’s is the kind of place I wonder if I’m hip enough to hit.  But once I’m in the door, the staff always makes me feel like I deserve my own entourage.  They have been around for 30 years and founder Eric Williams along with wife Tandra still know what the sneakerheads want and Puffer Red’s is the only place to get them.  The Puffer Red’s name comes from a childhood nickname for owner Eric …a slightly chubby kid who turned red when mad.  He can certainly kick his kicks at the neighborhood kids now.  Strongly connected to the community Puffer Red’s often hosts meet and greets for the biggest names in music and sports.  Adidas and Nike are also paying attention.  Adidas asked them to design an Adidas Forum 25th Anniversary shoe in 2008 and Nike gave them the nod to be one of the 17 stores nationwide to carry their exclusive lines.  Take notice… right here in Ypsi we have one of the hippest music, shoe and clothing storefronts in Michigan and arguably the world!

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I came across The Getup by way of cocktail hour.  A friend showed up to a party awhile ago in a great vintage suit and when I inquired where it came from he responded “The Getup”!  Fast forward a few months and I am at a sushi place for happy hour and a different friend shows-up in a pearl-button western style shirt (my favorite) and I ask the same question …and received the same answer “The Getup”.  That cemented my visit to this boutique-style vintage store.  Kelly McLeod and her husband Paul own and run the place and cover everything from 1940′s glamour to 80′s rock.  You can find cool attire and accessories for both men and women ranging from t-shirts to one-of-a-kind belt buckles or gorgeous evening wear pieces.  Kelly buys a lot of her stock from collectors who are selling portions of or entire collections.  When asked what flights her fancy lately Kelly responded, “I’m obsessed with Crinoline.”

We decided to make The Getup our first piece in our Hip Holiday Shopping …locally series after I walked in with no thoughts of the holidays what-so-ever and left with a handful of presents for under the tree.  Could this mean I won’t be out scrambling on Christmas Eve Day?  Impossible!

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