Monday, September 10, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Never Nude
While plenty of designers list futurism as a source of inspiration, few manage to translate the concept as gracefully as Allison Press of Naked Label. For her latest collection, Cosmos, Press created necklaces that looked like they are adorned by tiny swirling planets, pendants that resemble alien vertebrae, and space-age laser-cut acrylic bangles. The pieces touch on the universe and the cosmos in an abstract manner, without ever getting too literal. My favorite group, which Allison kindly sent me, are a set of Connector bracelets and necklaces, made out of rubber tubing filled with tiny blue beads, and connected by three different sets of magnetic clasps that serve as industrial looking accents. I'm also obsessed with the UFO necklace, which I've been wearing non-stop.
-Tiffany
Monday, July 9, 2012
East Coast, West Coast, Sample Sale
Seasonal markdowns have begun, and temptation abounds. Nonetheless, I am resisting the urge to impulse purchase things I know I'll soon regret, and am instead trying to be adult and save my cash for the sales that count. I just received word of two good ones that are coming up, one for each coast. In New York, Mary Ping, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Mandarin & General, Emmanuelle, and Haerfest are teaming up for combined sample and inventory sale. In L.A., our friends at Blood is the New Black are having a massive sale which will include $5 shirts, and free beer, margaritas, and barbecue to sweeten the deal. If I were on the West Coast, I wouldn't want to miss it.
-Tiffany
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Dress Up Dress Down
All photos courtesy of V by Verlaine
The summer heat wave has rolled in with full force here in New York, and frankly it is just too sticky and humid out to wear anything nice, anything that's dry-clean only, anything that you can't toss into the wash after drenching it in sweat. Durable, machine-washable jersey is a good material of choice for this weather, and while I have many thin tees and tanks appropriate for the soaring temperatures, sometimes you want to put on something a bit nicer--something that doesn't make you look like you're permanently on your way to-and-from the gym. That's where V by Verlaine comes in. The Verlaine diffusion line maintains the same design principals and draping techniques that are trademarks of the main collection, but the clothes are all constructed in lightweight jersey, and priced between $150-$250. The result is effortless and easy without looking sloppy, which is just about as high-maintance as I can get in this heat.
-Tiffany
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Hot and Bothered
Zana modeling her own leather peplum, and a friend modeling one of her bondage style face masks
Yesterday night, I made a sweaty trek over to CATM Gallery with hundreds of other Zana Bayne enthusiasts to view her latest Fall/Winter 2012 collection of leather body-harnesses. Taking a beautifully orchestrated step away from the traditional fashion presentation, Zana chose to collaborate with three other artists and photographers to fully convey the sensual nature of her work. Char Alfonzo, Maxime Buchi, and Adrian Wilson used photography, video and installation to capture Zana's work on the human body, playing with the themes of power and submission that are integral to her bondage inspired pieces. The fetishistic and fantastic elements conveyed through the resulting work gave Zana's harnesses a life that could not be expressed in a simple presentation with models, and the gallery truly felt like a teasing peek into Zana's lush, leather-filled world. The exhibition is only up for one more day, so try to make it if you're in New York. Otherwise, keep an eye out for her new pieces to arrive--I personally can't wait to get my hands on the leather cone bra pictured in one of Adrian Wilson's photographs.
Zana's Leather skull installation
Leather bra photographed by Adrian Wilson
-Tiffany
Monday, June 11, 2012
Knitwits
All photos by Mark Fina, courtesy of Degen
After stumbling across Degen knitwear on various blogs and Tumblrs, I had the surprise pleasure of stumbling across the magical designer, Lindsay Degen, in real life, while visiting her studio mate. Lindsay shares an inspiring space in the sprawling Brooklyn Navy Yards with my friend Becca McCharen, the designer behind Chromat. It is not often that I come across exciting new knitwear designers, and it thrilled me to see Lindsay's work up close and personal, as it is truly one of a kind. Using a mix of hand knitting and crochet, as well as machine knit pieces made on looms in her studio, Lindsay creates colorful, tongue in cheek, and downright absurd attire using the most traditional and age-old techniques and methods. While your average knitwear designer's repertoire includes a range of sweaters, socks, scarves and mittens, Degen presents peculiar jersey shirts with boob holes, crochet nipple pasties, and underwear with wooly fake pubes stitched on the front. Even the Degen version of mittens are a slightly off creation: half mittens and half gloves.
Anyway, the inspiration behind the Fall 2012 Degen collection, Ask Tell, is explained in the lookbook, which I've posted in full here--something I rarely do, but I truly love each and every piece. What I'm most excited for is not even knit at all; Lindsay is collaborating with Converse on a line of platform sneakers, which you can get a peek at here.
-Tiffany
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Instagram Diaries
Jonathan's Birthday Cake
In the midst of my entire apartment falling apart (windows, lights, and plumbing somehow all simultaneously must be fixed), my camera also decided to give up on me this week, leaving me with nothing more than my iPhone to document everything I've been up to and everyone I've been visiting. Seeing as it's my last free week before I start my new job, I've been running around town getting all my errands done, and catching up with some of my favorite friends and local designers. Better photos of said designers are on the way, but in the meantime, here's my past week via Instagram.
Floral bouquets at the opening of the new Bijules flagship store at 355 Bowery
Jules presenting the latest collection of her jewelry at the Media Seance at her new shop
Hearts on fire at the Bijules flagship store
Becca custom fitting my Chromat bikini at her new studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yards
The Chromat inspiration board
Degen Knitwear mood board
Anne Koch's installation at Allegra LaViola Gallery
Carved tree stumps at Figment on Governor's Island
Figment
Stilt walking musicians at Figment
Victoria on the Statue of Liberty installation at Figment
A puppet from the Children's Museum of Art's stop motion animation program at Figment
-Tiffany
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Etsy, Instagram, Etc...
Single Buckle Rings in Gunmetal, Silver, and Gold-plated brass, available individually or as a set
Following Christina's longstanding obsession with Etsy, we've decided to launch a Six Six Sick Etsy shop featuring smaller pieces of jewelry inspired by our main line, Triskaidekaphobia. The capsule collection embodies the same sense of strange beauty, and exploration of the fantastic encompassed in the main collection, while also touching on a sense of nostalgia and a loss of innocence. Prices start at $30 for a single buckle ring, and nothing on the site will be over $100.
In other news, I also recently got addicted to Instagram. Yes, for better or for worse (actually most definitely for worse--while my husband's been away I've taken to eating meals in front of my computer) we officially spend 95% of our waking lives online. Follow us at @sixsixsickgirls.
Sterling Silver Nostalgia rings, sold individually or as a set
Gold Vermeil Nostalgia Rings, sold individually or as a set
Silver plated brass Bicuspid Necklace
-Tiffany
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Nails, Cocktails, and the Gang at Hester Street
I've spent the last two bright beautiful Saturdays hanging out with Annie, Christina, Sofia, and Riza while they worked at their new booth at Hester Street Fair. After months of laboriously mixing colors, experimenting with glitters, and probably breathing in tons of fumes, Annie has finally launched her brand of nailpolishes, Cirque. Her first collection, Dark Horse, features a dozen shimmer, glitter, and sparkle based colors in shades that you won't find in any drugstore beauty isle. She gave me a few of her favorite colors to take home, and I've been playing around and mixing them with my own nailpolishes all week. It's hard deciding a favorite, but Epoch, a holographic bluish-green that's the shade of a beetle wing, is what I'm wearing right now, and I never want to take it off. I also love how well all of the colors work so well together, and seem to look the best when layered or paired with one another.
Christina has also been hard at work with Shelter, a line of candles she's been making Sofia and Riza. In addition to their line of beeswax candles shaped like bottles and twigs, they've moved on to making scented candles now (finally!), and are planning on coming up with new scents every season. My personal favorite is Pink Moon, which has a lovely scent of lavender, citrus, sandalwood and berries.
On both of my visits to Hester Street, I only meant to stop by to say hi, but ended up staying to hang out with my favorite lady friends, taste a sampling of the delectable selection of food from local vendors, sip on secretly spiked drinks, and of course, paint my nails with Cirque. I even switched my energy from corporate windpower to cheaper, non-corporate windpower. So productive! Anyway, both Cirque and Shelter will be at Hester Street Market every other Saturday this summer, so make sure to pay the girls a visit if you're in the city.
-Tiffany
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