r.i.p. amy winehouse

...Ms. Sid Winehouse...

Punk Is Dead Again. She did say she did not want to go to rehab, no, no, no...

Amy Winehouse Style.
Punk Is Not Dead.

disco dancing and stayin' alive

Gosh! I saw 'Stayin' Alive' the other day on TV and was spell bound :) John Travolta was embarrassing but - hey - it was the 80's, so we have got to forgive him for that... The disco soundtrack is impeccable and you can't find any two things more in tune than those Travolta bouncing hips when he is walking to the Bee Gees 'Stain Alive' tune! He just said good bye to both the chicks BTW (in the movie)... It's a feel good moment.

And while it feels good, and I know you all are hanging out at the roof top parties and the art openings (at least I do), let me show you this new ABBA dress I designed... I think it's hot, frankly, I am already imagining someone hot wearing it and shaking their sweet curvatious booty to a disco beat - Aaaah! - those where the days weren't they?!

ABBA Gold Foil Disco Cocktail Party Mini Strap Dress by IdilViceFashionRocks!
Photo by Carl Posey.

Listen, enjoy the Summer and don't forget to check in once in a while for some hip fashion tips :)

lady gaga raw

After her performance last night at the AMA, Lady Gaga has my vote. When I first heard of this glam rock lady who got her name from the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga", I thought she was a new talent from England, judging by the techno dance music she was known for. Little did I know that she's a New York kid! Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, from Upstate NY.

While I simply adore her produced persona, I thought it was interesting to show this performance from NYU, years back.

Lady Gaga Raw. Great voice. She looks nothing like the produced persona that she is now, but if I may point out that she is barefoot on the piano, that may give away a little bit of where she would head later down the road. Great!

...lady gaga performs at bazaar restaurant at an early stage in her career...

celebrating madonna

The Meat Packing District in New York City is known for many things since it's not simply known for what its name suggests anymore. High fashion, yes and good food, contemporary hotel accommodation, lavish parties, exclusive clubs as well as fast cars, etc. and it is always a distinct pleasure to watch the stiletto strapped fashion models make their crooked way over the original cobblestone pavement! Yes, I've spent many nights in this neighborhood and I have discovered something else besides all this.

I always find the most compelling wall art here... murals, tags, advertising... Usually they don't last very long and if you like something, you better snap a picture right then and there, because it may be gone tomorrow and if it's still on that same exact corner you think you spotted it that last night, it will most likely be destroyed, tagged over beyond recognition... ooohhh! Ahh! That is right and guess what: I LOVE IT! I love that these spots are there for a minute, an hour perhaps and then they are gone forever! Hah!

The photo that graced my last promo postcard was taken in front of Meatpacking wall art. And so where a few other images...

... idilvice in front of wall art in the meatpacking district, nyc, photos/digital art carl posey...

These artworks have always inspired me and when Carl recently brought home the photo of this Madonna wall art/advertising (It was used to spotlight her new album "Celebration", although the portrait is obviously from the 80's and taken by photographer Herb Ritts), I nearly fainted! Wowwah!


The shock came because I currently work on some new designs for the Fashion Rocks Collection and this Madonna print makes me a bit crazy... in a very good way if you know what I mean...



Well, sorry for this "Madonna-same-photo" overdose, but I just couldn't decide so quickly which ones to post and so I posted them all. They rock! Yes, so I work with these prints and I can't wait to show off some of what I can come up with! Since - as I said - these walls exist only temporarily, we went back there one night and had a little fun with some models in front of the Madonna mural.... these images will be posted shortly, so if Madonna makes you a little bit crazy too, YOU gotta come back here soon!

wave-gotik treffen in deutschland

...a participant of the annual wave-gotik treffen festival in leipzig, eastern germany...

As a reader of this blog you may be bored to be told - yet again - about goth style in past and present posts (goth patches, did I say goth?, dark glamour, black, blythe rocks). Then again, this may be why you are reading this blog... in any case: Of course I have got more goth for you! This time from Leipzig, Eastern Germany. Check out this participant at the annual Wave-Gotik Treffen. More than 20'000 fans of gothic art, metal music enjoy concert, theater, cinema, exhibitions, readings and parties.

mtvmusic.com

Music has always been an inspiration to me in my life (needless to say in my profession too) and the visuals of a song are almost as important as the music itself... You will be thrilled like me to find out that MTV has just launched a web site where you can watch just about any video ever made - yeah, ever made!

Check out this one! Video Killed The Radio Star, literally! One of the very first videos MTV played...

The Buggles |MTV Music

Sure go ahead, leave this site and have fun! MTV Music.

hottest mc in tha game

Best Rock Star Alive, Best MC, Man Of The Year, you name it! Lil Wayne has been called it all. That's right! This talented, although worry some cough syrup mixed with Hawaiian punch instead of regular water favoring individual, is hot!! And he is not afraid to die. Oh, get over it! Which 25 year old is...?



When I first laid my ears on his rap I must have completely lost it because, every time after time it was played on the radio (and he's played a lot - still not enough for me - here on the East Coast), I turned up that volume and just could not believe my ears! The words come out of his mouth like I never heard it in my hip hop adoring years since the life altering appearance of Ice T's O.G. in the early 90's (Original Gangster, for the pitty'd one's who are ignorant) and later Body Count of course.

Ice-T's LP above and ja,me, a true Rock 'N' Roll Punk babe,
just around the time I discovered Rap (as we know it today) in 1991..? It was also probably when my
obsession with prints on clothing started...

...and here a few years later wearing yet another one of my favorite rappers.... Snoop Dog, in print!

There may have been only one other rapper (or maybe 2, no, there are more) who I've found untouchably striking in the same way which is ODB (Old Dirty Bastard, you uneducated MF's) and I love Method Man.

Meth, courtesy of Carl Posey Photography

Now you got to go and hear for yourself 'cause there ain't no way for me to explain this voice, rap style and lyrics, without making a foul of myself (I tried to imitate :-0). But don't tell me later, I did not make you aware of this lil' (by no means little in talent) genius from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Lil Wayne doin' his good thing

amy winehouse style

Hey -just thought you'd appreciate this fashion spread in the February Edition of French Vogue, Amy-Style modeled by Isabelli Fontana.

photo credit French Vogue

just saw jimi on channel 13

I am checking in, despite no time to spare. I've been busy filling orders - I thought our economy was slugging!! Not for me - knock on wood - I am busy as ever filling orders for my various clients from all over the world... great!!

I wanted to fill everyone in on that Marc Jacobs has paid the scarf designer who's scarf design he stole...

I also had a dream where me and Marc were chilling and actually got along real well... I can't remember the details or at least I do not want to reveal... it's all good though..we all got to make a living....it must be hate love.

I just saw a show on Jimi Hendrix live in Monterey.... you all know: he is one of my absolute biggest heroes!!! I L.O.V.E. him!

And watching him playing guitar on the back of his head (must have sounded reeeeaaall good) and working those strings with his teeth... grinding his hips at the amplifier(!!), finally burning the instrument with lighter fluid... and looking at the shocked faces in the audience (cannot imagine that today - no one would really give a sh**) but then at that specific time, it just made it clear to me that, yes, my heroes are real and they do matter a lot!

I L.O.V.E. Jimi! He is the epitome of revolution and he is sadly gone too soon! I am not prouder of any other item more than my jimi hoodie and dress. They soooo rock! And I'll wear them forever.

I love to be able t to pay tribute to someone like this and will NOT stop. I know you all out there love it too and please don't make me feel guilty for making a bit of money with this but I work hard for it and I think it is necessary - quiet frankly I can't believe that I am the only one doing it!!!! What is wrong with all the people??? Anyway, I believe we make history.

Here a couple of new images:

The Jimi hoodie!

Blondie skirt and Elvis (not necessarily my hero) scarf/wrap.

Betty Boop Fairy tube dress.

Kiss skirt and Slash (Guns 'N' Roses) skirt.

Jazz multi hoodie. Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie,
Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, etc., etc.

MY ONLINE SHOP IS IN THE WORKS!!! Please don't quit on me and hang in there, it will open soon and all of the pieces will be available for the best price anywhere, so sit tight, right here you peops. You will be rewarded.