Cincinnati Fashion Week | Mascara or Motoroil

trashbiscuit

I recently found out that one of my favorite designers from Cincinnati Fashion Week is going to be in the next season of Project Runway!! AJ Thouveno and Ryan Coyne are the creative force behind TrashBiscuit, a ‘glam and pop rock inspired label that is all about taffeta, spandex, and killer heels’ according to their website. The duo’s work obviously impressed Tim Gunn and the other interviewers, since AJ is IN! I really enjoyed their work when I saw the runway show in April- here are a few pictures from that show that I snagged from their Facebook page (hence the quality). EDIT: Since I posted this entry they have debuted their very own beautiful website!

latex stewardess

at CFW modeled by Ana Gilmore

You may recognize this button up from his bio video...

Kiki Lane rockin' that Trash Biscuit

The always stunning Jessica Cornetet

I think their pieces have a really great spirit about them, and have a serious soft spot for the trashy. I’m really interested to see what kind of garments that he’s going to have to make for the clients with more classic (read: boring) style. God I hope Nina doesn’t tear his stuff apart. She’s the one I always worry about….

Anyway, I want to extend a huge CONGRATULATIONS to both AJ and Ryan!!

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bathroom photo shoot

I have to say that I ashamed how I have been neglecting my blog lately, my life has been kind of a roller coaster lately. Anyway, enough excuses- only cool stuff from here on out.

After the fashion show, the ladies and I went drinking at this great dive gay bar downtown called The Subway. On our walk over we passed the House of Adam, a men’s clothing store that specializes in such things as blue zoot suits and tri color snakeskin shoes. So we had to pay some respect..

House of prayer

After much hiking around in our heels, we finally got to The Subway were lots of drinks and fun ensued. Sadly they had long since planned to shut down and closed their doors last week. Lucky for you we took lots of pictures in their super gross bathroom though! Maya and I started out in the ladies’ room because they allowed us to illegally smoke in there.

Once Dana and Melissa came to join us we migrated over to the men’s room. Good thing I’ve never seen more than 3 people in that bar at any time- not that I’m above peeing in a mens’ room to avoid a super long line at the ladies’ room. Anyway, I love how both of these came out.

Upsidana

Peep show!

Here’s what Maya and I wore:

We didn't even plan to pose the same way, it just happened!

We went to the finale of Fashion Week too, but all of my pictures came out horribly. The few that did come out were of some of the impeccably dressed ladies I saw, so I’m pretty happy about that. See who you recognize from the past few entries:

One of our fabulous cutomers, Shawna

My buddies!

Doesn't this girl and her adorable dress just make you happy?

We had a great time and were really glad to be involved all in all. Thanks to all the people who made Cincinnati’s first Fashion Week a huge success!

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mitchell’s hair show

Well I wish I had a good excuse for taking this long to get my Fashion Week posts up, however it really has more to do with me being a total procrastinator. We had a great time doing the Mitchell’s hair show at Blackfinn, and I have to give a shout out to the very sweet Ava from Mitchell’s who suggested Chicken Lays An Egg as the clothing suppliers. It was a great feeling to be included in the very first Fashion Week, and I got to help dress the models before the show which was a cool new experience for me! The theme was Marie Antoinette meets 80′s punk. Here’s a shot of some of the models back stage before the show:

Dana, Maya, myself, and Melissa just before the show

There was a lot of running around at the last minute before the show (amazingly no one had a safety pin!), but it all worked out perfectly in the end. I wish I had gotten more but my camera was delaying a bunch between pictures.

Dana once wore this dress in someone's wedding

1980's Halston dress

Some of the models and the founder of Fashion Week, Nathan Hurst.

It was fantastic to see some of our stuff in action and I can’t wait for the shows we have coming up. Mayday, one of my favorite local bars has asked us to clothe their Do’s, Brews, and Tattoos later this month and we are also taking part in Eco-A-Go-Go show in June! I will definitely make sure to post more info about those as I get it. After the show we got drinks and did a mini photo shoot so I’ll do a separate post for that, but here’s what I wore to the show that night.

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inspired by anne

Last Wednesday, local graphic design firm Landor held Inspired By Anne, an event to honor Cincinnati fashion illustrator Anne Wainscott. Anne worked for many years for the Cincinnati department store Shilitos, which later became Lazarus and was then bought by Macy’s. (Thank you to Tamia for reminding me of this!) I was invited by Micah Paladino, who’s firm PB&J did all the public relations for Cincinnati Fashion Week, and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy! It was an open event, but this was the very first invitation that I got to cover something for the blog. I took my lovely business partner/roommate Maya with me and we just had the best time talking to everyone there! Here are some of Anne’s illustrations that they had hanging around the room:

I also got my first opportunity to meet another style blogger in person! I try not to bore my non-blogging friend with the intricacies, so I don’t really get to talk about any of it very often. Tamia of The Style Sample sent me an email earlier that day that she was going to be there, so I was really happy that I didn’t miss her. She was such a sweetheart and her magazine is really incredible- plus she gets extra points because she rode her bike there in her great outfit!

Tamia of The Style Sample

She also took a very cute picture of Maya and I which was great since both of us forgot to get any pictures of ourselves!

Taken by Tamia

Anne Wainscott, looking incredible at 93!

I got a chance to chat with Anne for a moment and she was so humble, especially for how incredibly talented she is! When we told her how beautiful all of her work was she seemed so surprised you would have thought it was the first time she’d ever heard it. Landor did a really great job with the space they had, they set up a small recreation of her studio and had models as live mannequins! It was neat to see the final product that came from her sketches too.

The small reproduction of Anne's studio

And as you would expect at such a fabulous event, there were some superb outfits! Now that I have the blog and the shop I don’t feel so shy about telling people how great they look and that has led to some great conversations. I met so many remarkable women that night, it feels like Cincinnati is growing with us more and more.

This girl looked so funky and awesome! I wish you could see more of her cool hair and glasses.

We kept seeing these smoking hot ladies at all the events. Can you guess which ones are mother and daughter?

Sorry that some of these pictures are not so stellar on my end, my camera began acting funky this night and continued all through fashion week so I apologize for that.

Since Landor resides the original Shilito’s building they still have the original giant art deco windows on every side so big part of the evening was unveiling the Inspired By Anne window displays.