Fashion Night Out 2011

Fashion night out was criminally crowded. The streets were packed, stores over flooded with the whos who of fashion. I almost didn't make it to the particular event I was heading to after seeing the throngs of people milling about the Soho streets like fashion zombies on the hunt for the next free/deal at X-Y-Z insert your choice of store. As luck would have it I made it to the MAC Cosmetics store on time, a first, and got to get in up front, with a glass of wine no less, to see Beth Ditto perform. And perform she did even if it was a four song set it still shook the foundation, pun intended.

 I ran into the lovely Tangerine Jones, burlesque performer extraordinaire, dress to the gills and ready to shimmy and shake to the bellows of Ms. Ditto.

 I can't even lie and say who I know he is, he's a talking head of MAC Cosmetics who announced Beth to the stage.

There she is the diva herself Beth Ditto in a rainbow lace dress.

After the show, and a few more drinks, I got to milling about and took a few parting shots.

 JD from Le Tigre showed up.

Fashion Night Out: At The Junkprints Junkyard

Its called the Junkyard, but full of junk, useless items castaway from the world, it is not. This Junkyard is the base of operations for designer Chanel Kennebrew and here line, Junkprints. Here she crafts, contemplates, and wax's and wain's her brand in the comfort of here own space.

- Chanel working tirelessly on a new product even as her event is about to begin.

It's been a great year for Chanel from moving into and renovating the Junkyard to her and the brand's exposure as apart of a feature in the New York Times business section, (pgs 13-16 of online article), now comes her first Fashion Night Out open studio event. Iwas just glad I could be there to take it all in and witness something of a Renaissance woman in her element.


- My favorite pieces are seen here: The Junkprints laptop/i-pad cases. Seen in a blue and white cassette motif and also in a woodgrain motif.


-Prints, and Bags in the Junkprints line. You never know when you have to store some "junk" so there are tons of shapes ans sizes of bags available.


- Junkprints in a mixture of old and new pieces hence the reworking of matchbox and hotwheel cars into "speed broaches".

- The early birds at they event trying to catch the Fashion savvy Junkprints worm.