electroshock fashion show: pretty cheeky

Another fashion show! Lucky me. This time it was at a mustache party for my favorite local designer boutique, Cuffs Urban Apparel. Lacadia is the sweetest and most talented girl!
My hair was pretty insane at first, but thanks to the mercifully taming wind it ended up a tad bit more demure and went well with my awesome secretary outfit (with handpainted indianhead screenprint by Pretty Trashy). Later on in the evening, we all got accosted by an overzealous blush brush.

Photos by Eve and others:

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lac

basket weave hair

Photos by Nick Avey:

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It was a really fun night- the tunes were bumpy and the DRINKS WERE STIFF.
More cool shots and bar scene photos here.

SACRAMENTANS:
If you like things like, I dunno, dancing your face off and drinking bubbly and/or burny things which improve your dance moves, and if you are someone who is anyone, then you must attend HELL WEEK. It’s pretty much a citywide summer kick-off party which will melt your mind and it starts TODAY.
See you there.

June 10th, 2008 | Category: Fashion Shows, painfully popular, painfully scene, vintage | 9 glorious comments

M.I.A. gets her design on and considers quitting her day job

It’s been said before that M.I.A. has some irrepressible personal style. That fact cannot be denied…

mia style

So it’s totally effing awesome that she’s starting her own clothing line of bomber jackets, print leggings and T-shirts!
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But really? No more of this…??


A friend of mine says that the fact that she can’t dance worth a can of chickpeas is like the effect of a cooling tower on preventing a nuclear reaction of cool.

May 15th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: painfully scene | 9 glorious comments

check out the locals: second saturday street style

One of the best things about midtown is the Second Saturday Art Walk. Every 2nd Saturday of the month, independent businesses and galleries all over town put on art exhibitions with free wine and cheese, and feature craft fairs and fashion shows. Roving gaggles of locals who are high on springtime invade the streets, and everyone and their dog throws a kegger. It’s actually kind of ridiculous.

Anyway, I snapped a few well-dressed ladies all in the midst of (1) throwing an art party at a successful and very reasonably priced vintage boutique in a sailor-inspired backless 70′s jumpsuit, (2) belting a barefoot tune and brandishing redheaded bliss (both of which which would put Tori Amos to shame), and (3) buying a parking ticket in an elegant caftan-style mini dress.

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redhead

parking

May 12th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: painfully scene, Street Style | 5 glorious comments

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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group shot standing

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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.



May 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: check me out, Fashion Shows, painfully popular, painfully scene, vintage | 10 glorious comments

on the dancefloor: local scenesters

How can I in good conscience go dancing almost every week and not take some style photos of the fashionable regulars I hang out with? Also? I’ve recently discovered that HALF of my readers here are male. I best be gettin with some male fashion right quick. Expect a lot more man-candy as of today.


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eileen



May 6th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: men's fashion, painfully popular, painfully scene, Street Style | 16 glorious comments
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