from Christina Grimmie's cover video of "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz
Christina Grimmie is wearing the red and gray Doe Metal Soul Raglan Tee from PacSun ($12.99). She has cut the sleeves to be shorter. The shirt has a drawing of a lightning bolt with wings and the words “Metal Soul” written in a font inspired by metal band Iron Maiden’s iconic logo.
Ariel Bloomer of Icon for Hire performs at Cornerstone in 2009 - photo by twidream10
I’ve gotten a few requests to post Ariel For Hire, so here goes. Ariel has a really crazy and fun style, if that wasn’t obvious from her neon hair. She loves hot pink and other bright colors as well as black and white. She’s extremely creative with her style and makes a lot of her own clothes — she actually sells custom pieces through an Etsy store which has tutus for $25.00 and hooded scarves for $38.00.
A typical outfit for her is a reconstructed tee with a tutu or other short skirt worn over ripped jeans. She likes wearing wrist cuffs piled over fingerless gloves. Her footwear choices are combat boots and super-tall high top sneakers.
This look is one that she wore back in 2009, so even though I’ve tracked down some of her exact pieces, it’s unfortunately sold out now. You might recognize her boots as Dr. Martens. They are the 1B99 in Pink Patent Leather and if you’re not a size 11 you can try classic 1460 in hot pink or Ariel’s taller style in Ruby Jewel. You can get slashed up jeans like hers for $75.00 from Current/Elliott, but I recommend you save yourself some cash and cut up a pair of your own.
Her top is a custom piece which she made from sewing Iron Fist’s Wishbone T-shirt together with black, pink, and striped fabrics and cool trims. This exact tee is sold out, but it’s available in other color combos – including hot pink – on Amazon and eBay.
Her exact belt is the Volcom Chester Belt, which is sold out, but you can get another very similar belt from Volcom or other similar belts from LRG and Empyre. Also pictured above are fingerless gloves for $22.00 from Etsy and a pink and black striped top for $14.80 from Forever 21.
Ash Costello's "Rockonista" web series for Hollywood Waste
New Years Day’s record label Hollywood Waste have started a web series called “Rockonista” where singer Ashley Costello takes you inside her world of goth style. In this episode, Ash goes to a thrift store and shows how – with a little creativity – you can make fun and unique clothes for cheap. “Don’t be afraid to go and rummage through, you can find some really amazing stuff,” she says. “Even though I had to go through a lot of Nos, it was worth it to find a few Yeses. You never know what cool stuff you’ll find at a thrift store.”
Using only scissors and safety pins, she transforms overalls into shorts and a simple floor-length dress into an amazing bustle dress. “I really love safety pins on the outside,” she explains. “There’s something really cool and punk and DIY about showing safety pins.” Part of the thrift store game is being able to see potential in items that you might not wear as-is. “When you go thrift shopping you have to have a vision, and see what you can do with what you find,” Ash says.
Ash explains that she also shops in the Halloween costume section. “They could end up being really cool, you never know. If you have the courage to wear them, I think it’s awesome.” Ash definitely has that courage — she wore a zombie bride costume and gory prosthetic wounds throughout New Years Day’s recent tour with Blood On The Dance Floor.
photo from Avril's twitter
Avril Lavigne and her band are wearing the ‘R.O.C.K.S.’ Tee ($24.95) in support of The Avril Lavigne Foundation. Avril started the foundation in 2010 to supports children and youth living with a serious illness or disability. ‘R.O.C.K.S.’ is an acronym for the foundation’s mission of Respect, Opportunity, Choices, Knowledge, and Strength.
The shirt was sold on the Black Star Tour in Canada and online in Avril’s merch store, with 100% of the net proceeds going to The Avril Lavigne Foundation. Avril says: “I’m pretty excited about these because they look cool. We made it into a tank top for me for my stage outfit, and my band are gonna wear them. There’s a lot of t-shirts and cool stuff being sold in merch, but I definitely wanted to make one key piece that was for my foundation.”
The Pretty Reckless live at Ritual Nightclub in Ottawa, Canada on October 26, 2011. Photo from Taylor-Momsen.net
Taylor Momsen is wearing a tee from horror movie The Devil’s Rejects. True to Taylor’s rock and roll persona, the film is written and directed by rock legend Rob Zombie. This “Hell Doesn’t Want Them” graphic is available on a juniors tee ($16.95), but Taylor is of course wearing an oversized mens tee ($18.80) with the sleeves cut off.
Alana Potocnik of Winds Of Plague live at Warped Tour 2011
Alana Potocnik is wearing Sinner Clothing’s Sinner T-Shirt ($19.66) cut into a tank top.
Ellie Goulding performs at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal on July 31, 2011. Photo from elliegoulding.com
Ellie Goulding is wearing the pink-on-pink Neon Heartbeat Crop Top from Wildfox Couture. She has cut the sleeves off, leaving the tee open on the sides. The tee sells for $42.95 at Karmaloop, $67.00 at Unica Melrose, £55.00 at Yogo Ego, or £65.00 at Selfridges.
Anissa Rodriguez of Eyes Set To Kill live in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 8, 2011. Photo courtesy of Andika Permadi
Anissa is wearing a t-shirt from the band D.R.U.G.S. (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows), fronted by former Chiodos singer Craig Owens. Eyes Set To Kill toured with D.R.U.G.S. on their Rise From The Ashes Tour in December 2010.
Sierra Kusterbeck at Warped Tour 2011 in Orlando, FL. Photo courtesy of Chris Martin
Who knew Sierra Kusterbeck was a rap fan? Her t-shirt comes from Tyler, The Creator’s rap collective OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All aka Odd Future). It is their Black Cross Tee which she has cut the sleeves and collar off of.
DEV modeling for Fly Society
DEV is wearing Fly Society’s LBC T-Shirt ($26.50 at PacSun). The phrase “So Much Drama in the LBC” is a line from the Snoop Dogg song “Gin and Juice.” Fly Society writes:
The famous rap promo tee. Way before downloading destroyed promo, record labels’ budget for rap albums always included promo tees with a hook or catchphrase in bold white letters from the album they were promoting. These things were rampant in the streets all the way up until recent times. They have now gone the way of the dinosaur kinda like Pen & Pixel album covers…
Take it back to ’94, and grab this t-shirt and more exclusively at PacSun.
