SOPHOMORE, FADED BLACK

Two new styles by Sophomore in a great faded black fabric. This dress is really flattering.. I wore it the other night and all the creeps thought I got a boob job.

DENIM HAS ARRIVED

We finally found a denim company worth carrying. The ladies at COURT know the value of a clean, classic 5 pocket high waist style with stretch - and no kooky stitching, blasting or whiskers. Plus they made these two bell styles exclusively for us!
Meet our new model Brooke, photographed by Ryan Allan.

PAMELA LOVE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

To celebrate the arrival of Pamela Love's amazing Pre-Fall 2011 Collection, Bona Drag's Tiffany Harker held an interview with Pamela Love herself. Read the exclusive interview here.

All photos taken by Adrian Gaut.

LOVER

I'm delighted to introduce LOVER to Bona Drag. I'm always amazed at the fine quality of Lover pieces, and the styles from previous collections never seem to grow old. Below is a film that was created to celebrate the new spring collection, which is called "A Dance For One". The film features the Muse dress and the Arabesque shorts.
See all styles here.

BODKIN SPRING 2011

Eviana continues to capture unexpected silhouettes in the most ethereal sustainable fabrics in her new collection. We realized a somewhat similar aesthetic in our friend Mikaylah Bowman's nature and photographs, so we asked her to interpret the collection as she sees it. We love what she came up with. She styled and photographed herself. Click on the images to enlarge.
Mikaylah:
"I meditated a little bit once I got the clothes and felt like there was this sort of "urban nature" aura to them. Materials that are delicate, beautiful, natural but cut in an almost urban-warrior-girl kind of way. I wanted to find spaces in Austin that spoke to that, abandoned couches on the side of the road, textured brambles littered with plastic bags, this kind of comforting juxtaposition.

I canoed for two hours to get to an off-limits island right next to the big dam in Austin, there are turtles, vultures, swans and herons everywhere surrounding the algae rocks but the backdrop is this eerily beautiful dam! I've always wanted to get over there and finally did. I broke both my cameras paddling away from cops with megaphones but had already put the film rolls in three layers of plastic bags, so they were safe!"

EDITH A. MILLER

We're so excited to introduce our good friend Jennifer Murray's new collection of striped thermal knits, called Edith A. Miller. By far the best striped knits out. Made in America, at the same century old family-run knitting mill that made the historic Robert P. Miller military thermals. Jennifer and co-designer Nancy Gibson worked with the mill to create Edith A. Miller, using the same idea as those amazing original military thermals with a slightly updated fit and lighter hand for ladies. They all have that perfect vintage-like rib, and are super comfortable.

Edith is featured in this months Vogue! Here's co-designer Nancy Gibson, model Chantal Stafford-Abbott, and Jennifer Murray all in Edith stripes.

VENISON

This video should be called GO VEGAN OR GET FUCKED. I never thought a baby deer could make me so happy.
Maybe it's a baby elk. Who cares, it's awesome.

THE REFORMATION

Just when you thought you had everything you need. Let me introduce you to your new favorite dress: The peony floral Drama dress by The Reformation. Yael really romanticized the 90's and created flattering, flowy shapes with ethereal silks in THE BEST timeless floral prints. These dresses will stay in your (and my) closet for life. This is another shipment where Hannah and I couldn't help but take one of each for ourselves..

The super silky lavender tea rose Petra dress.

Have enough dresses? Here's a silk top, cropped at the back to wear with some high waist cut off jean shorts.

Find The Reformation collection here.

REVE

A few pieces of MANIAMANIA's newest collection, 'Reve' has arrived, including the much anticipated IMMORTAL RINGS in three different stones.
I love how Tamila and Melanie of MANIAMANIA are so particular about siting their inspirations by giving comprehensive, specific explanations to illustrate their entire thought process. It makes each piece that much more special. This collection was inspired by Vali Myers, which I found particularly interesting.. it's definitely worth reading below.
It is the season of the witch at MANIAMANIA, with ‘Rêve’, their latest collection of wearable whims, derives inspiration from the enigmatic vagabond artist, Vali Myers, who ceaselessly roamed the world rousing those she met with her authenticity and fire.
Dancing, painting, writing poetry and playing muse to luminary artists and musicians Patti Smith, Marianne Faithful, Donovan (for whom Myers danced as he performed ‘Season of the Witch’ at Albert Hall in London), Andy Warhol and Salvidor Dali among many others, the free-spirited and ‘phantom-like’ Vali traversed cities from Sydney and Melbourne to Paris, New York and Positano, dauntlessly living in the moment and leaving the future to chance.

It is the mood and spirit of this fearless woman, for whom art and life were inexorably linked, that informs MANIAMANIA’s striking and savage jewels for the season ahead. Vali’s ‘war-paint’ – intricate facial tattoos of her own creation – that inspired a young Patti Smith to have the artist imprint a small lightning bolt on her knee in New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel, now takes concrete form in the ‘Patti’ ring; while the ‘Il Porto’ rings allude to Vali’s dreamlike residence in Positano, Italy, where she set up a wildlife sanctuary. The powerful ‘Vagabond’ necklace and cuff draw on Vali’s gypsy-like nature, and the ‘Love on the Left Bank’ rings, pendant and bangle reference Ed van der Elsken’s cult photo-book of 1956, filled with romantic images of a young Vali while she lived, in all her penniless bohemian grandeur, on the streets of post-war Paris.
MANIAMANIA’s rock’n’roll aesthetic combines with the wild, winsome spirit of Vali Myers in an earthy and electric new collection, Rêve. Vali’s love of nature and wildlife (particularly foxes with which she felt an affinity), nomadic temperament and uninhibited lust
for life inspire a collection conceived in Bronze, Sterling Silver and striking crystal stones, Amazonite and Smoky Quartz. A duo tone metal plating effect has been artfully applied to the pieces, each which are encased and presented in a soft earthy grey suede pouch.
More pieces of the Reve collection will arrive in August.

THE MAGIC OF BEING A KID

Introducing Rachel Antonoff Spring 2011. This collection is full of child-like nostalga with pastel colors, oversized collars, hearts and matching sets. Reminiscent of fairy tales, slumber parties and lollipops, but still very wearable even if you're old enough to remember Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley High.
Here's Rachel cuddling one of her favorite passions: kittens