Despite being a California girl through and through, my favorite season has always been fall. For us Angelenos, fall is more like a mild summer; outside of a 10 degree temperature drop and a slight breeze, not much changes.

The heat can be oppressive in July and August and occasionally, you might find it stifling your options for clothing. Often, in such dense heat, I cannot be bothered to be creative and simply throw on the first items that I happen to touch while rifling through my closet (more and more often, I find myself reaching for my mesh Dimepiece dress, which by itself leaves little to the imagination, but has proven over time to be the perfect lightweight article of clothing).

My advice for you frustrated fashionistas would be to save your adorable Jeffrey Campbell platform wedges and pair it with our sassy La Mode crop top over a hip-hugging mini after the sun goes down. That slight shift in weather will allow you to break out your warmer clothing and make odd, but fun wardrobe pairings such as cut-off shorts with sheer tights and our ironically appropriate ‘Satan is Waiting’ crop top finished off with a pair of ass-kicking military style boots. Summer nights have been reminiscent of autumn lately and your local bar or restaurant could be the perfect place to debut your personal fall collection. You might find yourself pleasantly surprised at the warm reception you receive.

A very special mixtape is dropping soon on our the Paradime site. Let’s just say it includes a beat making legend and a pink pirate song goddess. Keep posted, in the mean time check out our first mixtape cover “The Lipstick Diaries” circa summer 2007.

On the Street: The Annals of Outrageous Self-Invention, 1980-1990

“On the Street” is a collection of photographs by Amy Arbus; the photographs presented here were selected from Arbus’s original photo-column that ran in “The Village Voice” between 1980 and 1990, a page that documented New York City’s downtown area’s most vibrant, creative dressers and personalities.

Now that Manhattan is only habitable for the very rich, many New Yorkers love to reminiscently look back to the truly mad and crazy ‘80s, an era when the Bowery could be quite dangerous and apartments were still fairly affordable. Back in the original 1980s and 1990s, Amy Arbus found the subjects for her extremely unique photographs mostly by just wandering around the Village, looking for people who were wearing visually creative and unusual outfits, a lot of polka dots, or stripes, or everyone wearing hats in the summertime. At the time, there was nothing else like it. Until Arbus’s photographic work, there hadn’t been any kind of record of the East Village scene when it was comprised of this particularly promising, hopeful group of talented, interesting people.

Describing her pictures from this 1980s to 1990s collection, Arbus stated, “In terms of the clothes, I think they were fantastic and funny and outrageous and silly….There was no kind of judgment going on at the time. Everyone wanted to be noticed, no matter what it was for. That’s completely gone. Being noticed is irrelevant now. You have to make such waves to be a success at things now that dressing differently may make an impression, but it’s not going to get you a career.”

Madonna, St. Mark’s Place, 1983; Lesbian couple, 8th Street, 1981

Alan and Charles Rosenberg, Central Park, 1985; Fingernail Extensions, 23rd Street and 8th Avenue, 1988

Pia Guccione, 8th Street and University Place, 1988; Phoebe Lègére Accordion, 10th Street and Avenue B, 1987

Tongues Down, Rafael Araujo, 7th Street and 2nd Avenue, c. 1987-88; Jenny Gift-Wrapped, 59th Street, 1982

Susanne Bartsch, Houston Street and West Broadway, 1987; Miranda Pennell, Columbus Avenue, 1984

The Clash, Broadway, 1981

Jan Long, Cooper Union Square, 1982; Julio Q, Broome Street, 1985

My fav filipino fashion blogger Bryan Boy is currently jet setting around the globe with Henry from House of Holland. I wanted to post this video today because it’s such a cute clip! Watch these two on their way to Audi Fashion week in Singapore.

Check out his post when I visited him last year in the Philippines. Faboosh!
Laura from DimePiece

Pam Hogg during the mid eighties, still fueled by the excitement and freedom of Punk and “The Blitz”, she infiltrated the elitist ranks of the conventional fashion world with her self-taught wild brand of outrageous creations, establishing a highly respected fashion career and continued success with her internationally renowned shop in the heart of London’s Soho.
Her one man show at the the Kelvingrove Art Galleries in 1990 was the first fashion design exhibition to be held in the grand Glasgow Museum and claimed one of the highest public attendances.

Check out her Spring 2010 collection here

HANDS DOWN the best fashion outlet for individual style. Tokyo was goo-goo ga-ga (baby talk) to our eyes and the retail shopping made our mouthwater. Enjoy our random fashion pictures! Be inspired because we were heavily influenced. THANK YOU TOKYO!

We hit the Art speed dating at Super Deluxe in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. One of the artist was a fashion designer and started to drape different pieces of clothing on me as the art installation continued.

Authentic Vintage Clown shoes from a Circus

“I want to be so fresh that it offends people. I want people to feel a little disrespected when I show up…” -Ferrari Murakami

DIMEPIECE IS FUCKING BUSY! YES I SAID IT!

Completing samples, collaboration samples, and all other amazing events surrounding the brand. Plus we get to do fun shoots with our close friends and bullshit. Mostly because cause we’re still young at heart and strictly business women. Wink Wink*

Random clips of the week. Peep the Spring 2010 samples!