6 Black-Owned Shops To Get Your Roots Picnic Fit
Roots Picnic is mere days away and you can already feel the excitement throughout the city. Right now, folks are getting their plans together and that includes a good fit. While Roots is well known for great music, the music festival is also known for its unique fashion.
Roots Picnic is mere days away and you can already feel the excitement throughout the city. Right now, folks are getting their plans together and that includes a good fit. While Roots is well known for great music, the music festival is also known for its unique fashion.
Unlike other music festivals, you’re not going to find the typical appropriated and cheapened “tribal” nonsense folks slap on and parade around in as “festival fashion”. Folks here in Philly are some of the definers of urban music festival fashion, often pairing culturally significant elements with modern touches layered over pieces that speak to their own personality to create festival fashion that makes those folks dancing out in some desert in cheap appropriated headdresses gag.
If you haven’t figured out what you want to wear yet for Philly’s biggest music festival, don’t stress. Here are 6 great Black-owned spots to grab pieces for your unique Roots Picnic fit.
Fri - Sun: 12PM-5PM located at 3605 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA
Retro Rewind Vintage and Thrift:
Tue to Sat 11AM-7PM located at 2804 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA
Tue-Sat 11AM-6PM/ Sun 11AM-5PM located at 725 S 4th St, Philadelphia, PA
Wed | Fri | Sat 12PM-6PM Sun 11AM-3PM located at 1609 South St, Philadelphia, PA
Mon-Fri 12PM-7PM/Sat 1PM-8PM located at 6376 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Whitney Roberts
Whitney Roberts is a Philadelphia writer, podcaster, and content creator featured by the NAACP, Wired, NBC, and more. She contributes to outlets like TheRoot and NPR, amplifying diverse voices and stories.
