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check me out: Schizo night on J St.

Here it is, hands down our most colorful post to date…

I got to do another fashion show for a neon-themed party at Momo Lounge on Thursday night. The clothes were provided by a rad vintage shop called Bows & Arrows (L &17th) and included the most kitsch late 80’s / early 90’s flourescent confections I’d ever laid eyes on. The outfits were styled by the Trisha Rhomberg- designer of local reconstructed vintage line, the amazing Pretty Trashy (15% discount with code PAINFULLYHIP). Our hair and makeup was donated by GS Hair and was inspired by early 90’s rave. We looked a bit crazygonuts and the blacklights made us all glowy.

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final walk


Afterwards, the ferocious HOTTUB brought things to a nice rolling boil:
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chain gang

photo credits: Nick Avey

However, I missed them this time because I had tickets to see one of my favorite folk rock bands, Vetiver, right downstairs from the party- where things were rather sedate but also equally mesmerizing albeit in a much more subtle, close your eyes and soak up the ridiculous acoustics kinda way. So even though there were all of 40 people in attendance, the stunning melodies were not wasted on us. Wow, what a show…

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harlows

Which made for an incredibly schizophrenic night all in all, but at least I got to show Andy Cabic (um, starstruck! that VOICE) what a crazy person looks like!


… And then proceed to go back upstairs to dance my face off… or try to anyway; I think turpentine finally did the trick with all that makeup.

Attention! Attention! Sacramentonians:

Andy Cunningham has a gallery opening this Second Saturday at the Inferno Gallery at 1109 22nd Street. Much of his work reminds us of a gigantic, colorful, and chaotic system, perhaps the one we might happen to live in. And as we drunkenly dance the night away, and marvel at the jumble of our own universes, we are constantly enthralled by his work. Do yourself a favor and check it out this Second Saturday.

*We have reason to believe that this blog is represented by the teal rectangular prism left-center*

Some people take themselves way too seriously

…but not Marc Jacobs!

He dressed up as a camel toe for his own Arabian Nights-themed holiday party. I love it! Must’ve been tough trying to go to the bathroom in that thing, maybe there’s a built-in toilet? HA! Ooh, sorry.

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BTW, sorry about the sporadic postings lately! We’re working on some big changes for Painfully Hip (finally a new masthead!) which will hopefully be up sometime next week!
Have a bitchin’ weekend!

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Everyday is Halloween: the most outrageous street style on the web

You all know how we love audacity here at Painfully Hip. And how dressing up is our favorite pasttime? We totally covet the balls on these kids for making their clothes their art, and pulling them off every day with unrepentant flair. I like to call them “couldntgiveafuckwhatshipsters.”
Hats off to the most outrageous personal style for making the world a more interesting place. Good on ye!

First off, Helsinki…
plaidrockmullet

neon pink dreads
floralguy
scarfy
greendreads
candy girls
lolita

how inspiring! if it weren’t for the interwebs, this girl probably wouldn’t even have heard of a japanese gothic lolita.

Beautiful Copenhagen (Phil: if you’re reading this, we miss you!)…
90s fro dude
90s pattern cocoon

London and Reykjavik (via facehunter)…
london
bowtie

she’s obviously a fan of Klaus Nomi!

and then there’s Berlin…
egg
tights
titman
sneer

My new mantra: “When in doubt, SNEER.”

Have a Painfully Hip HALLOWEEN all y’all!

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