new project...

I have been working with a friend on her sportswear brand, a little late in the game, and now we are starting on redesigning her site and (a little refinement of) her brand.



She likes this the best of the initial concepts — and I like a number of things about it too, but I am looking for some suggestions on playing with the top and bottom of the site window. I want this to be a pretty wide site, the photos have lots of color, so I would rather keep all the navigation elements simple and clean. Also, I am looking for a good (alright, and maybe girly) script/handwriting font other than Smudger.

The current site is here