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Posted by Linda on April 3, 2012
Steampunk Outfit

Ash Costello's photoshoot for Lip Service

The latest episode of Ash Costello “Rockonista” web series takes us shopping with her at Lip Service’s Los Angeles warehouse. Lip Service has lines catered to many different alternative subcultures including lolita, cyber, and industrial clothing; but most of Ash’s picks come from the “Black Steam” collection of Victorian steampunk-inspired clothes.

Ash explains this outfit:

It’s very steampunk-inspired. Steampunk has been around for a while kind of in the underground, and I feel like right now it’s just starting to make it into the mainstream. Lip Service has really found a creative way to take steampunk in everyday wear — something you could wear to school, or to clubs, concerts, DisneyLand like I would. And I love it. I love that [the skirt] has the key detail, it’s very steampunk, and the brown distressed leather. This is something that I would wear all the time. And to top it all off I have my Sideshow by the Sea necklace. I love bats and anything gothy and dark like that is just awesome to me. So it pulls the whole thing together.

What she’s wearing:
All of Ash’s clothes are from Lip Service. She wears the BlackList Black Lace Top ($41.50) with the Step in Time Underbust Top ($98.00) over it. Her skirt is the Step in Time Lace Layered Skirt ($65.00) and the tights are the Ripped Net Pantyhose ($9.00). Her bat necklace is the La Mia Bella Morte Necklace from Sideshow by the Sea ($35.00).

VIDEO: Shopping with Ash Costello

Posted by Linda on April 1, 2012

Hayley Williams in a photoshoot for Paramore's January 2012 Alternative Press cover

These Cheap Monday Moss Ice Narrow Skinny Denim Jeans from Hot Topic ($65.00) are really similar to the mustard-colored skinny jeans that Hayley Williams wore in Paramore’s January 2012 Alternative Press photoshoot. I believe that her exact pair is from Cheap Monday as well, but they are a higher-waisted style like these.

Hayley also wears the Sailor Girl Intarsia Cardigan from Betsey Johnson (sold out) and red Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Hi-Tops ($45.00).

Posted by Linda on March 24, 2012
Cher Lloyd Want U Back music video

Cher Lloyd in her 'Want U Back' music video

This outfit from Cher Lloyd’s “Want U Back” music video is all about the pops of color. She wears a Horace Unisex Jaguar T-shirt (sold out) which has been chopped up by her stylist Alexis Knox. The shirt’s pink and purple spots are matched with her pastel pink lips, purple eyeshadow, and hot pink Gloria Earrings from Girl Gang (£16.00). Her Arrow Necklace from Grace DuPrez (£34.00) already makes quite a statement, but it glows in the dark too! Underneath, she wears a simple black top, shorts and tights. I believe her top is the Cotton Spandex Jersey Short Sleeve T-Shirt Leotard from American Apparel ($28.00).

more photos of Cher Lloyd’s “Want U Back” makeup and clothing

Posted by Linda on March 23, 2012
Cher Lloyd SXSW

Cher Lloyd performs in Austin, TX on March 14, 2012 - photo by Bryan Mayadas for stealherstyle.net

Cher Lloyd performed her first show ever in America wearing red white and blue, the colors of both her native Great Britain and the United States. We asked Cher in our exclusive interview whether her outfit was meant to be pro-Britain or pro-America and she said that it was “a bit of both.” Though she’s carrying a Union Jack handkerchief in her pocket “to let everyone know I’m British,” her blue crop top and red shorts are definitely more on the American side as they come from made-in-the-USA brand American Apparel. You can buy her Cotton Spandex Jersey Crop Tee in Lapis for $25.00 and The Disco Short in Red for $52.00.