This year, for our 2-year anniversary, we have (finally!) gotten a chance to team up with the ever-so-charming and always fashionable folks at V.O.D. Boutique to bring you a night filled with handmade crochet and lace dresses (Magda Berliner), custom cocktail fedoras (House of MacGregor), groovy ear candy (DJ Blake Ward), the sickest blog in Dallas (Helloooooo.com, obviously) and a dozen or so dancing circus midgets (we wish). And don’t forget the libations and photobooth!

……and a special special thanks to The Blake Wright for custom crafting this UNREAL invite…..

Model: Brigitte Buckholtz

MUA: Laura Kaululaau

Hair: Chenoh Yepa

Wardrobe: Nikki Cloud

Post Production: Carlos Seckler

]]> http://www.helloooooo.com/2010/01/pixie-market-surface-to-air/feed/ 0 http://www.helloooooo.com/2010/01/time-honored-gyration/ http://www.helloooooo.com/2010/01/time-honored-gyration/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:45:22 +0000 Mountblood http://www.helloooooo.com/?p=10483 Continue reading →]]> Justice. Enough said.

Everyone knows they have been running shit for so long now. Is anyone tired of it? I know I am not. Don’t lie to yourself. Justice has influenced your life in more ways than you know. Via making it acceptable to be a trash can and still clean house with the ladies. Not to mention the clothing. How much darker has your wardrobe gotten since 2007? Exactly. It will be a sad day when I can’t enjoy ed bangin my heart out to the Cross album. Someone break a bottle over my head. Having said that..Nothing much has been released after Planisphere, and of course the heavy anticipation of the upcoming album has left me starving for more.  I have no clue what the title is, but I am sure it is going to be a Juggernaut of a record. I am beyond stoked about this Birdy Nam Nam release though. I have yet to hear much from this project, but I will be keeping an eye and ear ( just one ) open to future releases. Watch the amazing video for the single release as well. FOR REAL THE VIDEO MAKES IT FOR ME. Director designer Steve Scott, and Illustrator Will Sweeney tag team this to create one hell of a video.

Birdy Nam Nam. Working with Justice. Legit. Check the jams this project is pumping out.

Birdy Nam Nam – The Parachute Ending (Produced by Justice)

Download Birdy Nam Nam– The Parachute Ending

Will Sweeney – Concept designer and Illustrator
Steve Scott – Director, Concept designer and compositor

It was a very happy birthday to HELLOOOOOO.COM at The ISH this week!!  But it wasn’t just HELLOOOOOO.COM’s Birthday, it was our very own Gilberto’s Birthday!!  I did the photobooth a little bit different for this special event — we even had people signing our backdrop which were gonna hopefully get up for everyone to see in the future.  From MOUNTBLOOD destroying the the turn tables to the fury that was unleashed when HOYOTOHO performed lived, the night could not be described as less than spectacularly amazing!  It was wall to wall non-stop dancing with such a fervor that even your mom couldn’t withstand the beat.  By far HELLOOOOOO’s 1st Birthday was The ISH’s best night, but don’t think we can’t top it! December 2nd HELLOOOOOO.COM in association with Ghostbar introduces STEVE AOKI with special guests SCHWASSANOVA!!! I mixed a little bit of vintage with chic black and white for the night, take a look at the rest of the photos HERE.

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On Saturday I went to see Mickey Avalon/Beardo perform and though I’ve never even seen Mickey Avalon before, I was definitely impressed by not only him but the whole show! Beardo opened up for him to start the show around midnight.  Never seen him before either, but he looks strangely similiar to the guy that was in that band with Cisco Adler before Swayze and they had a reality show on VH1 called The Rock Life, haha.  Mickey came on and that’s when it got crazy. I’ve never seen Ghostbar so full before. When I was behind Mickey a few times to take a shot, I’d look at the crowd and it was faces as far as I could see. The two women on stage with him were doing theatrical dancing with some amazing choreography — not to mention they were hot too!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

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My week in LA started on a Tuesday at Cinespace, I was in LA to do a Spring 2010 Shoot for a Huge company I’ll tell you guys about in the future. One of my favorite places on a Tuesday in L.A. is Cinespace, they have Dim Mak Tuesdays there which is Steve Aoki‘s dance party.

They ended up having bands playing in the back and I caught this group, just two people, one on a synth and another on violin and guitar, it was one of the coolest things I’ve seen in awhile!  I met up with my Friend Ivy Levan, who models in Los Angeles, that night.  Everytime Im there the energy and atmosphere is oh so good!  The Next day I felt it for sure, but breakfast at TART was just the trick to get me going. After an exhausting day on the shoot I headed back to the hotel and changed then headed to Hollywood for Club Moscow @ Boardners.

I was there to visit my friend Keith Wilson who’s the promoter for the club and DJs there all the time, he also acts & models around Los Angeles.  I stayed there until about 1 a.m. and then headed over to this new spot called Bardot over on Vine up From Hollywood Blvd.  From what I heard about it from a few friends I saw at Moscow, it’s the hot spot on Wednesdays in Hollywood, celebrities are spotted there all the time.  It’s dark on the inside, and almost seems like a maze with it’s numerous hallways and low lighting — in other words I loved it.  My sister Natalie met up with me there and the rest of the night was just hectic electricity to say the least.

I got done early around 6 p.m. Thursday with shooting, which was amazing because earlier that day my friends in Neon Indian/Vega flew into L.A. for a show with Crystal Castles at the Siren Studio on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. When I got to the venue there was a line around the corner and the venue was already to capacity, 300 people.  Thank god I was on the list!  I walked in and straight into the dressing room to see Ronnie, Jason, Allen, & Leanne.  Crystal Castles shared the same dressing room with them, we basically all hung out and drank until they went on.  Once they started the electricity in the room was like a god damn transformer blew for a 10 block radius around us.  I saw more feet moving and heads swinging then a kiss concert on ecstasy, L.A. showed their dancing addiction that night.  I happen to get a bunch of really good shots of them but after the second song the venue made all of the photographers stop taking photos, too bad I got the ones I wanted!  I also happen to see a hamster cage device holding about 100 running hamsters on stage left, weirdest stage prop ever?!

When Crystal Castles finally took the stage after some quick drinkin’ and last minute shots the room was so noisy you had to literally yell into someone’s ear next to you ear talk.  They had a few strobe lights littered across the stage and drum set, and as soon as the music started the lead singer Alice Glass grabbed one of them near her, jammed it up her shirt, and started screaming the night away.  It was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in awhile, really, the energy was fire.  After the show we all hung out in the dressing room drinking and such until me and my friend Marisol decided we would head to my friends studio’s party going on downtown, Boxeight Studios.  Saosin, Eye Alaska, P.O.S., and InnerPartySystem and a few other bands were kicking off the Pacsun Tour there.  When we got there, the bands had already played but my friend Dirk Mai, a local photographer in L.A. that’s amazing, was still there, along with some of the bands and a huge crowd.  I actually got to take a pic of hang out with some of the guys from Saosin while I was there.  Sonny Moore or ‘Skrillex’, formally of From First To Last was there DJing, he’s currently working on a lot of solo stuff you all should definitely check out!

Photos By:  Dustin Hollywood

Ran into Jane last week from SeaofShoes.com at The Cavern. Dagnushka snapped a picture of her sporting my legendary hat outside the Vega and Hoyotoho show. The shows as always were killer with non-stop energy. Hoyotoho released a few new songs that night that will be debuted on their upcoming album. Write-ups from the show and clips coming soon.

Cool new website my friend started. The concept is to interview and capture unique individuals who are forward thinking with their style and to find out what inspires them.  Look out because yours truly might be on there soon. Stylelikeu.com

Below is an image taken straight off the runway from the Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2009 collection. And though the bird-suit above may not be the best example of the reality of fashion here in the 21st century, it is certainly a bit more practical than some of the getups in this 1930′s video about — you guessed it — the future of fashion. (And if you have YouTube-ADD like me, don’t worry, the clip is only 1:40 long)…

I first heard of PEGLEG NYC from my friend Phil over at Centre about a year ago and have since become a big fan. Below are some items from their Spring ’09 and Summer ’08 collections. You can find me wearing my favorite item, my “212″ tank, everywhere in the summer. More pics of their collection after the jump… Peglegnyc.com

Found this on LIFE magazine’s online archive. This picture was taken in 1967 of fashion model Donyale Luna standing on stage and modeling thigh-high lace-up leather boots during a fashion show in Sydney, Australia. (more pictures after the jump)

Oh Karl, you are such a silly boy! Mr. Lagerfeld unveiled the new Chanel line this past week, which by all accounts is mostly….get this….are you ready….black! Yup, shocking indeed. One new and amazing product that was showcased is this: The Chanel Perspex Briefcase. A modern take on a classic must. Take a closer look, it’s pretty wild: slots for Chanel glasses, Chanel lipstick, Chanel purse, iPod, Chanel perfume. And the best part? It’s super-practical. Naturally. (Image via thecoolhunter.net)

Posted after the jump are some of my favorite ensembles

The guys at Public School have been killing it since their debut earlier this year. A couple of items have been added to their most recent fall/winter collection, including this evil cardi above. This piece in a word….FRESH! I’m probably an XL to anyone out there that cares. More school after the jump.