Zandra Rhodes

We had the pleasure of meeting the fabulous Zandra Rhodes at a trunk show she held at the Mingei Museum here in San Diego this past weekend. When we walked in at the final hour we immediately spotted her hot pink hair and blue eyeshadow shining bright. We followed her around like stalkers for about 10 minutes until we finally worked up the nerve to talk to her and even snagged a few signatures. Such a sweet lady!

Adorable paper doll book.

 

 Naturally, we favor her work from the 1970s.

Zandra, beyond fabulous at 82!

Picnic in the Park

Taking advantage of the beautiful weather here in San Diego, we decided to have ourselves a little picnic in the park. We made sangria, snacked on cheese and read tarot cards. 

Sunday Funday indeed!

 

 

 We pulled weirdly similar cards.

Fruity Sangria

You'll Need: 

2 bottles or 1 large bottle of your favorite red wine

4 or 5 cups of blueberry pomegranate juice

1 sliced apple

1 sliced orange

A few handfuls of sliced strawberries

 A few splashes of Blueberry Vodka (optional)

Pour all the ingredients in a large container. Stir and refrigerate over night. 

Enjoy!

The Ghost of Halloween's Past

Halloween is fast approaching, so we thought we'd give you all some inspiration by showing some of our past costume ideas. 

Enjoy!

Cleopatra - 2010

“I actually worked around my current haircut for this costume- it was perfect for Cleopatra!  I wore a white vintage maxi dress and paired it with a gold vintage belt.  I only had to buy the headpiece, gold collar and a snake armband which you can’t see in this picture.  It was really simple but came together really well!” -Sarah

Barbarella/60s Space Girl - 2008

"I made this costume myself. It was my first time ever constructing a garment. I took some liberties (I made the skirt longer and wore black over the knee boots and my own hair), so a couple Barbarella snobs were quick to point them out. Oh well, it was still a hit! However, bathroom breaks were not fun!" - Jenea

Frida Kahlo - 2011

“I actually threw this one together last minute to go out the weekend before Halloween.  The KISS costume was too involved to do twice in one week!  I had a Mexican peasant dress I pulled out of my bag of ‘to be repaired’ vintage pieces and used my own jewelry.  I used a little brown eye shadow for the uni-brow, bought some fake flowers from Michael’s and voila! “ –Frida, I mean Sarah

Mother Nature (2009)

"This was a pretty last minute costume. I wore a vintage dress I had in my closet and made a flower crown with birds and butterflies in it. I carried a basket as a purse. People kept asking if I was "a hippie". How cliche!" - Jenea

 

Princess Jasmine - 2009

“This is a costume I’d been wanting to wear for a long time.  I actually had a seamstress make it for me!  Well worth every penny!” –Sarah

Paul Stanley (Jenea) & Gene Simmons (Sarah) - 2011

"This was the most epic costume I've ever worn. We went for the 70s, early Kiss look. Vintage leather motorcycle jacket and my Jeffrey Campbell 'Stevie' boots. I attached silver stars to black spandex leggings. No one knew it was me under the wig. I love those kinds of costumes!" - Jenea

 “This has to be my favorite costume of all time as well.  So much work went into this one, the face painting took a steady hand & lots of concentration (and a few re-dos!)  I found a vintage corset tie top and made my own cape. The belt was from my own closet.  I had the silver platform boots from a 6^th grade school lip-sync which I dug up from my parent’s garage.  I had my mom do a ton of tiny braids throughout my hair the day before so I could achieve the perfect Gene hair…it fell flat before I went out!” –Sarah

Goddess of Power

  

We helped our friend Nicole Espina out on a self portrait shoot recently. She channeled the Hindu Goddess Parvati, the goddess of power. She is the one who gives life energy (or 'Shakti') to all beings and without her, all beings are inert. The goddess is Shakti herself, who actually lives in all beings in the form of power. And as women, we know that without power, we can do nothing. So this seemed like the perfect shoot to be apart of! We had a fun day and even learned how (after a few tries!) to wrap a sari.

 

The Finished Product!

Photographer & Model: Nicole Espina

Hair & Make Up: Jessica Ross

Wardrobe & Styling: Gypsy Stardust

It's All Happening

Sometimes there are moments in life that just fall beautifully into place. This is exactly what happened when we saw Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday night. We hadn't even got to our seats yet when the opportunity to get backstage was presented to us. We jumped at the chance and moments later we were whisked away and found ourselves where every groupie girl dreams of being, in the wings just steps away from our hero. It was an experience that we will never forget. An absolute DREAM COME TRUE.

Neil's custom airstream tour bus.  

 Elevator rides have never been so glamorous.

Yes, that's Neil right between us!

As we've pointed out before..we are Golden Girls, so we ended the night not with the after party on the bus but with giant slices of pizza in bed. Life does not suck.

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