Miss Philippines, your welcoming comittee...

These boys are why I love styling for Miss California and Miss Teen California SOooOo MUCH. You have NO idea how exciting things get, but these four gentleman may give you a tiny idea. Now, imagine a whole auditorium full of this kind of excitement. It sends little beauty queen rushes through the glittery air and I f*king love it like I love gossip mags and coconut milk ice cream AND I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY IT!

CK Avatar

Here's a sneak peek at our favourite Avatar sweetheart, Neytiri, oherwise known as Zoe Saldana in a Calvin Klein Underwear commercial that will break on E! before the Emmy Awards on Sunday night:

This is very airy and ethereal, and so, I really am drawn to its quiet effectiveness; to be quite honest though, I really prefer the 90's CK commercials with heroin chic supermodels somehow selling clothes with no clothes on...but this is much nicer than the fall 2010 x-underwear commercial where Calvin resorted to having four hottie male models swearing up a storm about their packages for some sort of shock value that is not obtainable anymore (hellooooo, we have redtube now!!)

 RIP SHOCK VALUE IN AD CAMPAIGNS AUGUST 2005.

listning to: Emipire Records soundtrack
thinking about: how the 90's were exciting despite the grungy, doomsday undertones...
sipping on: yum lil' glass-o-Pinot

AMERICAN APPAREL IN HOT (pink) WATER

The hipster powerhouse, American Apparel is in HOT water financially.

The company’s debt load ballooned by $28.9 million to $120.3 million over the course of the second quarter ended June 30. It is anticipating operating losses of $5 million to $7 million during the quarter. Not the kinds of number chief executive officer Dov Charney is likely fond of. 

From the beginning, Charney bucked the fashion mainstream, catering to, and arguably sculpting, molding, & creating a very difficult and particular customer-the young hipster. By producing bright, label-less basics that were easy to wear, he grew the tiny pockets of hip young thangs, into little hipster armies, MIA nations of unkempt girls with BANGS wearing the same pants as their skinny boyfriends.

Unfortunately during this incubation and growth period, the company got a bit ahead of itself. Currently, their debt outweighs its growth by a d a u n t i n g margin.

Charney is blaming the dramatic downturn on difficulties at the firm’s LA factory, which dismissed workers who could not prove to federal authorities that they had the LEGAL right to work in the U.S. Said Charney: “Replacing the workers that we lost in [our] L.A. factory was far more difficult than I anticipated,”...“In addition, because the consumer is battered, having the right product at the right time at the right place is more important than ever. But we could not respond quickly enough because of our issues with the factory.”

HA! It turns out we need you for more than just your heavenly burritos, my illegal Mexican friends. American Apparel can not survive without you!

In order to save his empire, Charney has said that he wants to cut factory costs, increase its speed to market, and improve the in-store experience. He also wants to rebrand his company as an evolving brand-one that "now has a more sophisticated product..."

......innnnnnnterestinnnnnngggg........... is this new, more "sophisticated" product for an aging, more growed-up race of hipsters? Toss a pettycoat under that miniskirt Lola n' grab your PBR, we're goin' dancin'! YEWWWWWWW!!

N I C H O L E C O R D O V A

A sneak peek at what's to come; images of Nichole from Girlicious,  taken at my home away from home in West Hollywood, Le Petit Ermitage Hotel-where we sipped on absynth with beautiful girls & Bozo the Clown, listened to muffled conversations about changing the world and scandalous happenings, and chewed on flowers and other fun ideas....
Girlicious is a deliciously provocative girl group. 3 scoops of Pop you can eat up with a spoon.... Styling: AlicyaBlake.com MakeupGODESS: Leah Vautrot fotoMAGICIAN: Joshua Spencer xx

S O o o o G O O D .

AMAZING.

P A T R I O T I C P Y R O S

 

PYRO: Something that hundreds of kids call themselves. ThEy are NOT pyros. Pyromania is a mental illness where the person sets things on fire or explodes things for satisfaction. Like all manias, it acts as an addiction and pyromaniacs will feel uncomfortable and uneasy. Thay won't be able to sleep or stay calm. Just because you carry a lighter around that doesn't make you a pyro.
IE: "LOL, I'm SUCH a Pyro, I totally lit that coconut lime and verbena candle AND my nagchampa with ONE match Debbie!"