Saturday, August 23, 2008

MERMAIRY


(L to R) AmiBeth, Gabryelle from Riverside, CA
AmiBeth and Gabryelle were dressed as a mermaid and a fairy. They were promised a chance to dance onstage with Family Force 5 in their outfits, too.

GREEN BOOTS


Lulu from Danville, CA
Lulu had a green theme - green contacts to match her neon green painted cowgirl boots. She's been in business buying cowgirl boots from thrift shops, painting them using acrylic paint, then selling them to friends.

DO-IT-YOURSELF EXTENSIONS


Katie from San Jose, CA
Katie had clipped on some colored hair extensions she bought at Claire's - a jewelry store that has inexpensive, trendy and fun accessories.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

PINK POOF


Sarah from Fresno, CA
Sarah had a pink "poof" in her hair - she called it a girl version of a pompadour. I also randomly spotted a second girl with the another poof... thought that was a big coincidence.

SUNHAWK


(L to R) Bailey, Gena from Sorrento, British Columbia
These girls wear what they call "fan hair" or "sunhawk" everyday to school - it takes them 30 minutes to do it up and their teachers have them sit in the back of the classroom so they don't block anyone's view.

MUD PIT


(L to R) Mark, Enzo, Evan, Chris
These guys were covered in mud from head to toe. The race track at Warped had a mud pit in Calgary. I didn't get to see all the mud wrestling but the guys filled me in on the good times by picking me up and getting me all muddy!

WELDER


Nick from Hanna Alberta, Canada
Nick was wearing welding goggles which he brought to ward off the dirt and dust in the air from the race track. He's a welder at a local powerplant welding parts for big industrial machines.

PURPLE DREADS


Christi from Red Dear Alberta, Canada
Christi was wearing purple dreads sewn into a wig she found online. She has great hair underneath that she usually mohawks but this time she wanted to change it up with something bizarro.

SUSPENDERS


Donna from Vancouver, British Columbia
Donna works at a vintage shop and her roommate and friends are all fashion designers (Love Deming is one). She was decked out with victory rolls, suspenders, and polka dots.

SNAKE HEAD


Band: Medium Troy

Jack, drummer
Jack was wearing what he calls a "weird snake hat" he found at a costume shop along with a huge VW car emblem he found in a junkyard.

YELLOW DOC'S


Luci from Seattle, WA
Luci was wearing a pair of yellow Doc Martens she got from a friend along with leggings and a top - very The Cure meets Cindy Lauper.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

FOUR YEAR STRONG


Band: Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong, a pop punk band from Massachusetts, are all wearing beards right now (I'm in the pic wearing the orange top). I found an article describing why they wear beards and how it's an ongoing joke now.

Friday, August 8, 2008

NATIVE APPAREL


Kit, production assistant
Kit alters all of his clothes by resewing pants/shirts and buys jewelry from flea markets. His buddies call him "Native American Apparel" - ironic because he doesn't buy anything from that store.

JACK LOVER

Tori from Choiceland, Saskatoon, Canada
Tori loves wearing the purple and black stripes of Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas - she says that's all she wears daily.

Monday, August 4, 2008

PANTS IN 2 PIECES


Kity from Moundesview, MN
Kity was wearing pants that she had cut into two pieces with nylons underneath. She added elastic and lace to the leg part of the pants so that they stay up on their own.

FRANKENSTEIN'S BRIDE


Amanda from New Lenox, IL
Amanda had shaved off her eyebrows so she could draw them back in with a high arch. She thought it looked weird so she added stitches to give it a Frankenstein's bride look, she explained.

FEATHER HAIR


Natashna from Louisville, KT
Natashna keeps with her Creole/French heritage by wearing a feather hair piece. 

CARDBOARD BAND


Matt from Asbury Park, NJ
Matt sells merch at the Shirts For a Cure (SSE) booth. While he was bored, Heather and Emily (with Against Me) started making instruments out of cardboard. Their band is dubbed "Spanish Handshake" - they made an entire drumset, microphone, guitar, bass, tamberine, etc....

MATCHING JUMPERS

(L to R) Kim, Jackie from Milwaukee, WI
Kim and Jackie were wearing homemade jumpers inspired by Hanna Beth - they call her a scene queen.

MINI VEST


Emma from Philly, IN
Emma had a cute look that included two big necklaces: a heart and a real cassette tape, with a mini vest. I've seen the mini vest over tanktop look on girls at Warped.

SKELETAL DRESSES


(L to R) Sarah, Beth
Sarah and Beth decided to recycle Halloween costumes they made last year using t-shirt fabric paint.

50's GLAMOUR


Lauren from NYC
Lauren felt like dressing up so she curled her hair and put together a beautiful vintage outfit. Along with the over-the-top petticoat, she looks like she's straight out of a movie.

GLORIOUS MC


Band: American Diary

Mikey from Baltimore, MD
I knew I'd see something more from American Diary again. This one had me laughing: he had a drawn on a mustache and carried a huge blowup mic in his hand. "The more ridiculous you look, the more CD's you sell," he says, and I'm sure he's right. AD is so much fun and creative this year.

TRUCK WEAR


Band: Pennywise

Taco from Longbeach, CA
Taco runs merch for Pennywise, and always wears tailgating outfits. This one he found at a truck stop and calls it "Get-'er-done."

BOOT COVERS


Zenobia from Washington, PA
Zenobia, a fashion designer, made her entire outfit and calls it "Japanese street fashion scene / candy raver."

Monday, July 28, 2008

THE A.K.A'S


Band: The A.K.A's

The A.K.A's are a punk rock band from Philadelphia on the Fueled by Ramen record label - we have been hanging out everyday at Warped Tour. I'm in the blue dress for those that wanted to see what I look like!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

THE BOUNCING SOULS


Band: The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls, a punk rock band from Jersey, played their last show on Warped Tour yesterday, giving cred to the punk rock scene. The pic is from the Warped stage in Camden, NJ.

TRIO


(L to R)
Lana Jade, Raquel Reed, Brett Ellis
Lana, a former member of the Trashy Crue, is as stylish as ever - she's acting in NYC now. Raquel is a model for Ugly NY Agency and a MAC artist. Brett is a hair stylist in NY and works at Maneater Productions as creative director: they just finished Four Year Strong's video, and also did the music video for Aiden.

RIBBON OUTFIT


Brian from Wildwood, NJ
Brian was wearing an original cat-walk worthy ribbon piece (not sure what to call it) that he had sewn together the night before Warped Tour.

SIX BARREL HOOLIGAN


Clothing: Six Barrel Hooligan

Henry from Los Angeles
Henry was walking around with a shirt display (pretty bold) for the clothing brand Six Barrel Hooligan. Their label is selling on the entire tour, so stop by their tent and see if you like their designs.

ALTOID BELT


Sean from Eggharbor Township, NJ
Sean made his Altoid belt using a dremel powertool - I thought that was pretty crafty.