THE BONA DRAG MIX TAPE - volume seven

the next mixtape is finally done! It will start shipping with all orders placed today. detailed track list coming up.

there never really is a good time

i got a text yesterday, asking if i wanted two tickets to see dino jr that night. and i didn't even know they were playing!! hannah and i went and i can't believe how amazing it was. the original line up, and they all looked like they were having the best time playing. they opened with THUMB!! han and i both probably drank 4 jim beam and cokes during that song.. there's some kind of thirst mechanism that triggers when really great music happens.
i had the set list, and lost the set list, but luckily i remembered to take my new favorite shirt home with me. if you are somehow unfamiliar with this band (rachel??!), please do yourself a favor and start with Green Mind.
this night also gave me a realization. if i didn't have hannah, i wouldn't have had any other person in this town that would have wanted to go to this show. thank god she's not going back to australia any time soon. oh, and she's also working on three new WITH HEARTS IN MY EYES dresses for the holidays that YOU WILL DIE FOR.

georgia jagger

although lara stone is still my favorite gap-tooth model... georgia jagger is coming in hot.and she gets some serious awesome points for wearing an UNEARTHEN necklace below.

we're getting a brand new Unearthen shipment in next week.. including some brand new styles.

halloween

the best time of year. chad bartie as ziggy stardustme and hannah as lydia and beetlejuice.

i made the shrunken head dude to sit at the bar with us.

john mcguire as larry david.christina dupont as max
danny stemper as mr. keno

philippa rattray as frida kahloand john rattray as leon trotsky

milwaukee, at last

somehow john and i found a reason to go home to milwaukee about 12 times this year. this last visit was my favorite cause fall arrived, and i love weddings.
my little cousin angie got married.. the girl who can never make a normal face for photos.

no matter how hard she tries.

so i had to do my best to get some candid shots.. she wore all vintage and looked amazing. her dark green hat matched the vintage bridesmaids dresses.
i cut my hair and dyed it back to brown.. except i already chopped off this bob. i couldn't handle the cuteness factor of a bob.
when we arrived in town, we went straight to honey pie, sat with a drink and read the Onion.. to randomly find that my brother mike is in it!
the onion is a great paper, a milwaukee favorite: if you're not laughing now you're never gonna laugh.more about siblings, i just bought the new rufus cd/dvd, which is the live milwaukee show from his last tour, and my sister is all over the place in it! dancing in the croud (and on stage) like a drunk maniac. don't ever not go to see rufus play live. he's the best (besides for M)

this is just to prove how much i don't care about milwaukee. i wonder what john is telling me not to do?

the dancer

ILLEX KINNI lace up wedge boots.. arriving from australia in just a couple weeks. i LOVE the side lace up, and how low they sit on the ankle.
retail price should be $250, plus or minus a few dollars depending on how customs feels that day. email me if you want to reserve a pair... i think this first batch will disappear quickly.

**update** the first batch has all been reserved - but we should be getting another order in pretty quickly after the first. email me if you want to be on the next waiting list.

clover bracelets

were recently featured in Time Out New York magazine.. I love how they styled this with the four finger bracelet worn on both hands.

LOVE

ok, i really thought i was doing the responsible thing by booking our NY tickets AFTER the fashion shows and during the tradeshows... to be sure i'd have a liquor-free brain during appointments. but the images i keep seeing of the shows that we passed on proves that i'm not so smart after all. my favorite so far was garance dore's story about pamela love's presentation.
speaking of pamela, what about those pieces she worked on with SPIKE JONZE, influenced by WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE to be sold at opening ceremony??

don't even get me started on these limited claw cuffs (only 5!) she's making with derrick of black sheep & prodigal sons . PAMELA IS KILLING IT!

betsey johnson for opening ceremony

Betsey Johnson has finally released the archive collection: her very best pieces in history, as curated by Opening Ceremony. We asked Pia Arrobio to do a photo story of these pieces, which turned out to be a perfect match - as Betsey Johnson was Pia's very first favorite designer as a teenager. Pia styled, modeled and shot the photos herself in her bedroom and around her ny neighborhood.

more about pia here.

esther k.

i've been wanting to carry huge edie earrings for a long time now, but could never find the perfect pair. i decided to ask susan, the designer behind jewelry line Esther K., to make some exclusively for us. i can't tell you how excited i am with what she came up with! she took away the gaudy 60's vibe and added intricate gothic details. they are perfect and so exactly what i had in mind.

this is where the magic happens, at susan's studio in philadelphia. (recently featured on design sponge)

pizza is also a huge fan of the edie earrings.

see more esther k. jewelry at www.estherk.net