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Kinky Valentine Charm Bracelet

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$45.00
If you love leather, black silk scarves, skyscraper stilettos and long ruby nails, this Valentine's Day charm bracelet has you lock stock and smoking barrel.

Three charms: a lock, a pair of handcuffs and a heart inscribed with the words "from the bottom of my heart" and a cutout heart that looks very like... a bottom. Plus clusters of garnet-colored glass beads like drops of blood, hanging from a modern stainless steel chain. Wicked, whether your sweetheart is a top...or a bottom.

Brooklyn Cowboy

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$20.00
Iconic symbols of 2 places very dear to my heart: New York City and Texas. To some people, these 2 probably couldn't seem farther apart, and in some ways that's true. But they both share an outsized-ness, a super-distinctive style and even a similar quarter redesign. NYC and Texas are places where characters abound, incredibly odd things happen and there's plenty of room, whether vertical or horizontal, for all kinds of experiments and discoveries.

Putting the old-time cowboy on the Brooklyn Bridge and showering them with stars seemed like a pretty good tribute.

Hand-dyed 100% cotton American Apparel* Tshirt. Shown in size small, also available in women's medium and large and men's small, medium and large.

* I'm attempting to move away from using American Apparel Tshirts, they are just too sleazy. Still trying to perfect a custom T I can make at home out of bamboo- stay tuned for a coming debut.

La Bombilla Tshirt

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$22.00
I know incandescent light bulbs are on their last legs, but hey, I love metaphorical objects. The light bulb represents inspiration, ideas, creativity, and the word bombilla! To me, "little bomb" is the perfect girly mix of feminine and powerful (not literal littleness- to me, Beth Ditto is an awesome example of a little bomb!).

Be a bombilla and shake up your world!

Hand-dyed 100% cotton American Apparel* Tshirt shown in size small. Medium and large women's shirts and men's shirts sized small, medium and large are also available, if the men would like to celebrate/attract some bombillas themselves.

Design is permanent but may fade over time. For best results, wash in cold water.

* I'm attempting to move away from using American Apparel Tshirts, they are just too sleazy. Still trying to perfect a custom T I can make at home out of bamboo- stay tuned for a coming debut.

Old Skool Tshirt

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$24.00
I'm not usually much of a one for creative mispellings, but this just seemed to fit so well... Vintage nude contemplates boombox. I find the ladies in these old photos to be endlessly fascinating, daring and desperate- there weren't a lot of ways for women to make a living without a husband or family to support her. I also find it interesting that commercial erotica was one of the first uses of the camera when it was invented in the 19th century. Look for the next in a series of nudes juxtaposed with various ephemera, coming soon...

Hand-dyed 100% cotton American Apparel* Tshirt. Can also be custom-ordered with more or fewer boomboxes (add or subtract $1 for 3 boomboxes). Size shown is small, can also be ordered in medium or large, or on a guy's shirt in small, medium or large.

* I'm attempting to move away from using American Apparel Tshirts, they are just too sleazy. Still trying to perfect a custom T I can make at home out of bamboo- stay tuned for a coming debut.

Allegra Rocks Charm Bracelet

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$60.00
She was the loveliest, cooliest rock'n'roll chica in a neighborhood reknowned for gorgeous, angry, dramatic guitar-slinging women. She played a Les Paul slung down to there. She had spunk, smarts and beaucoup style (and still does to this day, I know.) She loved thunder bolts and knives. This one's for her. If you are the style queen rockstar ingenue of your crowd, it just might be for you, too.

Bracelet is 8" long, and adjustable. Closes with a lobster claspe.

Hanging Kicks Tshirt

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$50.00
When I was a little kid and I saw a pair of sneakers hanging over a lamppost, I assumed that this was something bullies do: steal other kids' kicks and then throw them up there so the kid couldn't get them back.

I never actually saw this happen, but the hanging kicks were an ever-present part of the urban landscape.

Now I understand that the hanging kicks may actually be a street code for "Drugs Sold on This Block". However this interpretation has not been verified, apparently.

Weeds growing up through the sidewalk cracks is another omnipresent urban environmental element. When we turn our backs for a second, nature encroaches in even the unlikeliest places.

I think that's very cool.

Handembroidery on 100% cotton American Apparel Tshirt. Size small. Also available in medium and large, or on a men's shirt by special order.

Diamond Lil

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$20.00
Continuing my series of reappropriated ladies.

Nudity, guitars and giant diamonds- why isn't real life more like this?

Vintage-look wintergreen print on 100% cotton white American Apparel Tshirt*. Size shown is S; also available in women's M & L or men's S, M, L & XL. Shirt is preshrunk.

*Still working on a good Tshirt solution. Stay tuned.

Models

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:44 -0500

$90.00
I know models are supposed to be the bane of our existence, but I really like the shapes of the ladyposes, as America's-3rd-To-Next-Top Model Elyse Sewell calls them.

So, okay, you may never be model-shaped but you can still wear their shapes via this hand-embroidered 100% cotton T shirt. 11 models cavort in multicolored style around your body, their provocative shapes entwining, abstracting and realigning, voguing you to fashion Nirvana.

Or so I hope.

Handwash in cold water and line dry to preserve the tightness of the stitching. Contact me to order more or fewer models (price adjusts accordingly). Size shown is S, American Apparel Sheer Jersey 2-Sided Tshirt*. Also available in M & L. Can be worn with the low side or the high side in front.

* Soon these AA shirts will be history. Stay tuned for my new styles, coming as soon as these suckers sell out.

Owl

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:43 -0500

$20.00
Owls... I just love 'em. Symbol of wisdom to the Greeks and Romans, harbinger of prosperity in Hindu culture, and omen of death in many others- they are stealthy, nocturnal or crepuscular (isn't that an awesome word?), help control rodent populations and have 135 degree rotation in their necks. And they look awesome.

Handprinted owl on hand dyed 100% cotton American Apparel* Tshirt. Size shown is M, also available in women's S & L and men's S, M, L & XL. If you'd like a size not listed, contact me and I will make it happen.

*American Apparel kind of sux, I'm looking for other choices, including makiing custom shirts. Until I work it out and sell the shirts I already have, I'll continue to use AA...reluctantly.