Today sees the start of a new feature on the blog called “We’re not lesbians but……”. This is one of our studio catch-phrases as everyone seems to think we’re a couple or maybe would like us to be a couple. The minute Kath got a Staff it was inevitable – we’re not girly girls so we knew there would be assumptions made with the geezer dog, two Mums, short hair situation, ability to put up shelves. I might get a teacup Chihuahua and some pink marabou in the office.
Anyway we’re not lesbians but ……we are constantly talking about how hot other chicks are so this feature is gonna be about hot girls and starting with Nenah Cherry who I’ve always kind of had glad eye for.
I watched Boyz in The Hood last night and I’ve come over all nineties today – high waited jeans big chunky belt. I was a little obsessed with Nenah Cherry when I was younger. I even had a little mustard quilted bomber jacket which I chucked out – bad move, bad move. We’ve even had some of our vintage 90’s gear used in her recent video but I haven’t got a link to that yet.
It’s a while since we’ve done an “In the Closet with…” feature but I can’t think of a better way to re-introduce than with a Stateside Bitchy friend Selah Says. I first encountered Say in her former life as Melly Shabazz, one half of a duo called the Agyators. The Agyators was probably the first actually the first blog I followed too and it sparked my interest in writing and photography, something that has continued to grow since.
A few weeks ago a friend introduced me to a man with a twiddly moustache and a not so twiddly cake habit. I have a really bad cake habit – if I lived in France i would most likely be morbidly obese – so this was sheer delight. The Curious Confectioner creates edible art cakes(and trust me they are) from all manner of unusual ingredients including popping candy, edible glitter, edible flowers and weird berries which he fed us the last time he visited our studio(I can’t remember what they were called but they had a great name that sounded slightly rude which obviously we love).
The Burgers and Chips cakes above – BURGERS AND CHIPS CAKES!!! – were created for the Hackney Wicked arts festival. The only thing better than burgers and chips is burgers and chips cakes don’t you think?
Way too Pink” popping candy biscuit Unicorn Cake – Of course!
I’ve been trying to persuade him to make cake tits for a while now, I’m not quite sure why . There’s something terribly cliche about cupcakes with cherries on top so maybe it’s more of a challenge. I believe the cake tits have been made and I shall be seeing them on Friday. Ha ha I’ve just had a text from him saying he needs to figure out how to transport his jelly. I leave the Destiny’s child cliche’s alone.
ZUUL. Human Hair Neckpiece – TWO WEEKS by bitchingandjunkfood.com
Today sees the lauch of Vicestyle.com VICE’s online fashion site aimed at the next generation of youth culture. For me VICE has always managed to tap into the “it’s wrong but it’s kinda right….am I weird” element of my brain so I was interested to see how they applied the same aesthetic to fashion.
Despite any pre-conceived ideas you might have about VICE, vicestyle.com is not just a Tits and Fan-fan fest(not that there’s anything wrong with that, we love tits and fan-fan).
I’ve taken some time out of our hectic keeping all the plates spinning schedule (they’re plastic though so if we drop one we’ll just dust it off and spin it again) to peruse the website and pick a few of my favorites. I guess I’ve chosen images that resonate with reality rather than shiny fashion, images that resonate with my reality too.
REAL WRESTLING GIRLS. Actually just round the corner from our last warehouse! Some tits, no fan-fan.
Just got delivery on some new shoes, we’ll be shooting and uploading next week. That’s the beauty of LDN – you can actually get away with wearing boots all Summer Long. Actually we’d probably be wearing them regardless of temperature – we just love our boots.
If you’re gonna be trussin up your toes we suggest getting laid back everywhere else…..just like Kath in her French Workwear pants, more of this look also coming soon.
We love LOOK. It’s our guilty pleasure – everyone we know reads it although some are still in the closet. Well we’re out and proud and all over “This Week we need….”
Don’t know how this escaped our attention – totally forgot about this shoot, filmed the end of last Summer but this(Hackney Wick) is where BITCHY began last year in a big dusty old warehouse. Pre Olympic development Armageddon, it was the place for any kind of shoot and Adidas’ above was no exception.
To be totally honest having Beckham round looking for tea and jaffa cakes every five minutes got a bit head wreckin – he’s not a great conversationalist and doesn’t know a thing about post-modernism. Snoop n his bitches were a bit distracting, all that batty – Noel can’t really sing but he was a good laugh. Goes without saying that everyone in Hackney Wick is that good looking and despite what you may have heard about squat parties, they actually all look this glamorous.
Thankfully Adidas left all the props on the streets for the local art scavengers – that’s our mate Jarris on the skateboard, he also helped us put up all the shelves in our studio.
Last Saturday we started a new market linked with our studio building. Generally we’re a bit allergic to the word market as we feel it de-values designers(luckily it didn’t in our case) but could think of worse things to do than sit in the sunshine with my mates drinking beers and having a laugh with the locals and taking pictures of cool people. Fashion reports to follow – fun reports below.
Me n Suzaaaay who I accidentally called Croydon the other day. For real.
Installation by Adelita
Inside of tree-house/shop/watering hole installation
Greg selling Mojitos and Moscow Mules
Kath n Suzaaaay drikin em - check out the boots, online soon, collaboration with Underground!
A smokin customer buying one of our hats and waistcoat
More of these feathered waistcoats on the way
Me and lil bitch Pepper
Kath takes on a shoplifter.
....and loses
Charlie Baker n his missus. Loving his double glasses action.
We’ll be doing this market every Saturday from now on so if there’s something you fancy from the website or just wanna come down, meet us and hang out in the sunshine, drop by say hi. If nothing else do it for the Mojitos, the treehouse and the East LDN eye candy.
As some of you know, bitchingandjunkfood.com is no longer headed-up by just me Marion, it’s now Kath too. Kath and I were both doing the own labels and increasingly crossing over so it made sense to join forces and build BITCHY together.
MAX VOLUME PLEASE…
Two Weeks label came about this AW10 in order to represent both our design aesthetics, my background in jewellery/accessories and Kath’s in clothing design. We’re loving menswear just as much as womens and both our own styles are kind of sporty(occasionally slutty but our remade label serves that purpose well) so we decided to do a Unisex collection – we also just wanted a pair of tracksuit bottoms we could throw on and still look cool(guess it’s a bit lifestyle).
We’ve been invited back to do an AW collection for Urban Outfitters and our meeting is today. I was just going through my inspiration pictures and found this one. According to BITCHY Kath, it’s “everything in my mind”. Human Hair, studs, sunglasses, black – what exactly this says about my mind I’m not sure but I love this picture. I don’t think our next range for Urban will be as dark at this but some inspiration might make its way into BITCHY.
Right, been a while since we’ve been blogging – something to do with our involvement in last night’s installation in Future Gallery for the launch of LIVE magazine, our Urban Outfitters collaboration delivering this week, our Mates Rates shopping evening and our prep for the Clothes Show Live. Not much going on then. We thought this was pretty blog-worthy though and if we weren’t furiously sewing we’d be making our own banners to project.
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