FAMILY BAND

We went to see the Family Band play a couple times this week.

On the train to San Diego.

My cute boyfriend, the text master.

Jonny from the Family Band and Gia from Unearthen. Hannah and I have a new favorite band - It's called S.T.R.E.E.T.S.! It's Jonny's old band, and it stands for "Skateboarding Totally Rules and Everything Else Totally Sucks". The best band name I've heard in a while.
The next night we drove to LA to see them play, and I dressed Kim in the Lindsey Thornburg black widow dress and Aesa abracadabra pendant. She looked amazing! This band will put you in a trance.
What's more romantic than a husband and wife playing music together? Oh, probably when they play music together in the cabin that they BUILT TOGETHER.
Kim wore her own Bona Drag studded ballet slippers. The fringe of the dress just touched the floor, and looked so sweet with flats.
Our pile of jewelry in the hotel room the next morning. We had a day full of appointments with new designers in LA.... we're getting really excited for the future of Bona Drag.

CRUSHED VELVET

As promised, Hannah's renowned corset-fitting flare pants in black crushed velvet.
It's amazing how many emails we've received about these since we put them on facebook a couple weeks back! See them here.

SAMANTHA PLEET SPRING 2011

Your summer gear has arrived. Below is the lovely Victoria Legrand from Beach House wearing the Chart Dress. Read more about when Tiffany went to the presentation and watch the video made for this collection here.
See the whole collection here.

NOTES FROM THE (MAGAZINE) UNDERGROUND

You ever feel guilty about not reading classic novels? Me neither. But sometimes I get almost as much satisfaction from reading magazines. These are the best not-entirely-just-about-fashion-magazine-journal-type-things going on right now. I love them and you should, too. Here's three of my current favorites.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
All the guilty pleasure of a fashion magazine with smart articles and beautiful photographs, pared down and grown up. Charming and quirky, too. Features interviews with "international women to love and admire" like Yoko Ono and fashion photographer, Inez.
BEST THING IN THE CURRENT ISSUE: Eight pages spread on different varieties of apples. How sweet is that? Yeah, well, in all likelihood not sweeter than a Pink Lady variety from Australia. (I learned that.)
CABINET
Quarterly magazine that dedicates each issue to a single subject. Part scholarly journal, past issues have included subjects like Friendship, Maps, and Magic. The current issue is titled "Hair". This one has been a favorite of mine for years. I find that reading it helps to wash away the guilt I absorb from all the years of watching reality television.
BEST THING IN CURRENT ISSUE: Acrylic paintings by artist So Yoon Lym. Formerly a high school teacher in New Jersey, she photographed intricate hair patterns (aka cornrows) of her students and painted them.
LULA: Girl of my Dreams
A substantial version of a fashion magazine complete with flirty, dreamy photo shoots, cut-out doll parts, and interviews with artists, musicians, actors and filmmakers. Insightful articles with contributors like Miranda July, Rachel Antonoff, and Sophia Coppola.
BEST THING IN CURRENT ISSUE: Kim Gordon interview, talks about her music and her gorgeous watercolor paintings!

SOPHOMORE SPRING 2011

The collection is in! This one goes out to Randy and Julie.
Like fuck off, fer sure, like TOTALLY.

MADE HER THINK

We just added a new collection of rings by Made Her Think.
Here's the mesh chain gauntlet ring featured on Carolines Mode. MHT was the first to create this chain ring style. Although copied by many since, they still do it best. And yes, we will be restocking the double chain rings soon.
And the wrap talon ring worn on the thumb in this months Marie Claire.

BONA DRAG IN THE WILD

Pamela Love in the totem dress and the large tribal necklace. Photo by Skye Parrott.
Beck Diamond in a whole lot of Pamela Love
Tamiko from Garance Dore in that army Shakuhachi shirt dress. (I think we have two left?)
Rumi in the tortoise Karen Walker Round sunglasses (yes we will be restocking soon)
I think this is Rumi too? Don't remember. Wearing Pamela Love and Iosselliani.
Brit from Disarmingdarling wearing the Unearthen small prism ring
And, our girls went to Joshua Tree all Bona Drag'd out. The totem and the speakeasy. (maxi is sold out, but here's the mini).
Notice Suzanna wearing the rose crochet fishtail dress backwards, Jane Birkin style!

VELVET MOON BAGS

We just added some awesome little velvet drawstring pouch purses and velvet moon bags. Plus we restocked some of that ridiculous Mara Hoffman swimwear too. And finally received stock in that black lace tiered SHAKUHACHI dress!

OUR NYFW HIGHLIGHTS

The Pamela Love presentation comes first, of course. Bright whites and pastels never looked this perfect.
Made Her Think collaborated with Mandy Coon for her show. They made amazing little bug pins (see the big one on the black cape below). Pins are making a comeback.. I know this because Randi at Aesa gave us each a pin for Christmas, and she's really smart (she reads physics books when she can't sleep).
Lindsey Thornburg's oversized hoods.
And Lindsey's bushfire print.
And her collaboration with her bestie.. Anna Sheffield. Here are some of their collab pieces mixed with some of the Anna Sheffield collection that we couldn't live without.
The endlessly amazing soy lattes. Especially Gimme Coffee!!!
We found a much needed normalish bar.
The Like played at Rachel Antonoff's presentation. Our appts ran too late so we missed it.. but it was held in a high school gymnasium with a formal dance theme (even with spiked punch).
Hannah's new dress! I made her wear it to the Pamela Love show even though it was freezing. Our dinner with Carly and Matthew from All For The Mountain.. the new collection went really well with sake.
We learned some deep, dark secrets from our designers this visit. Carly from All For the Mountain hates water, Rachel Antonoff finds serious comfort in eating mall food for dinner, and Randi from Aesa gives her boyfriend crazy eyes during nyfw. Also, that asshole Pamela Love always looks a hundred times even more beautiful in person.