HELLZ BELLZ

New York fashion label Hellz Bellz created by Lanie and Bam (no not me, different designer) in 2005. They are subtly sticking two fingers up at the false glamour young women are told to aspire to. And I quote...
"Hellz aims to reintroduce strength, individuality and sexual empowerment with a sassy balls to the walls approach. Kill that cutesey, helpless, damsel in distress noise; the bad girls, bookworms and divas alike are represented."
Good blog aswell...here

Just a bit more Paris jabber...

The Palais De Tokyo plastic bag is also tasty...

French Label - Le Mont St Michel

While in Paris I found this label in the Palais De Tokyo BlackBlock shop, which is so hot on design it makes me go silly with the bank card. I have trawled through so many google pages to try and find the fine knit jumpers I saw in there that had brilliant geometric patterns but no luck. I found some items on Urban Outfitters along with this description...

"Dating all the way back to 1913, French brand Le Mont St. Michel has been able to mix its tradition with a modern sensibility to produce alluring feminine clothes with edge. At the helm of the brand is Alexandre Milan who counts Britain as an influence for its culture of knitted fabrics, as well as Japan for its modernity and easy style. It is through these observations - places, eras, and genres of music that Alexandre Milan has created a brand whose look embodies both its traditional background and French style in a modern way."

And found out the range I was looking for is actually a collaboration with Das Pop, amazing, these are some of the press images:

































































































































Also check out the Das Pop blog...here

This is the rather unexiting Le Mont Saint Michel website...here

PHOTO: Parisian Patterns

On what was the biggest trek of my life, I wondered around Paris for two days absorbing the culture like a spongy magnet, found lots of geometric patterns and shapes. Here are a few of the images...

Mini-Vid: Chasing La Tour Eiffel

This is a very rough edit of a short video I am working on, needs a lot of tweaking but I though I would post this version before too much time passes while I work on it. Enjoy.

Tina Kalivas: Polyrhythms A/W '09

Yum. My cup of tea. See more on the website...here

Folk Clothing A/W '09

See more of their stock on the website...here

Odeur Menswear A/W '09

Really simple website, just click through a series of fantastic images, great clothes and great photography...here

Jotta Boutique

I have a couple of products for sale in the Jotta boutique which you can visit here

Set List

For those that missed it, this is the selection of tunes I played last night:

1. Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison

2. Cameo - Candy

3. Boyz II Men - Motown Philly

4. Kris Kross - Jump

5. Brand Nubian - Try to Do Me

6. De La Soul Feat. Chaka Khan - All Good

7. OutKast - So Fresh, So Clean

8. A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour

9. Illa J - R U Listenin'

10. Grand Puba - I Like It

11. Kenny Lynch - Half The Day's Gone And We Haven't Earned A Penny

12. Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You

13. Turn the Music Up - The Players Association

14. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night

DJ set tonight

Tonight I will be masquerading as Rambo Ambo to bring some light funkadelics to the attendees of the Design Derby at Sun and Doves on Coldharbour Lane.

Vintage Smocking Pattern Book Covers