Posted by Linda on January 25, 2012

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.

Posted by Linda on January 19, 2012

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.

Posted by Linda on January 15, 2012

Hayley Williams got this custom denim jacket as a Christmas present from her boyfriend Chad Gilbert, who owns a studded “Pop Punk’s Not Dead” jacket himself. The jacket was made by Michael Torres of Wartime Collective using patches from some of Hayley’s favorite bands.

The jacket itself is a classic Levi’s Trucker Jacket which you can buy at Urban Outfitters for $78.00. Visit studsandspikes.com for a huge selection of diy studs and tools. Hayley’s rounded conical studs are Punk English 77 Studs.

The three black bars on the back you should recognize as a symbol of Paramore’s current three-member incarnation. Hayley, Jeremy and Taylor all have matching tattoos of a rectangle with three bars, the symbol used on their Singles album cover.

On the front left (Hayley’s right) is a logo for Kid Dynamite, who Hayley’s other denim jacket also paid homage to, and on the right is Slick Shoes.  On the back is a patch from mewithoutYou with lyrics to their song “Leaf”: “However much I strut around, However loud I sing, The shining One inside me won’t say anything.”  There is an image of Black Flag singer Henry Rollins drawn by cartoonist Mitch Clem with “WWHRD?” (What Would Henry Rollins Do?). On the bottom left is the pink dove logo from the band Further Seems Forever.

If you’re going to customize your own jacket, you should of course use patches from bands you like. But since this is a blog about finding Hayley’s clothes, I tracked down all of her patches. You can get the Kid Dynamite Cat Logo patch for $1.50, Slick Shoes bear patch for $1.50, Henry Rollins patch for $1.00 or $1.75, and Further Seems Forever patch for $1.50. All of these patches are available at Interpunk, where you can find patches from loads of bands at good prices. The mewithoutYou patch is cut from their elephant t-shirt (£15.99). I believe the Paramore bars were custom made. You can cut rectangles out of black fabric or Singles Cub members can buy a Bars T-Shirt for $15.00.

Hayley photo by Heidi Jewell, jacket photos from Hayley’s tumblr

Posted by Linda on December 22, 2011

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.”

video: Avril explains the tee

Posted by Linda on November 23, 2011

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.

Posted by Linda on October 24, 2011

Alana Potocnik is wearing Sinner Clothing’s Sinner T-Shirt ($19.66) cut into a tank top.

Posted by Linda on October 15, 2011

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.

Posted by Linda on September 18, 2011

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.

Posted by Linda on September 14, 2011

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.

Posted by Linda on August 20, 2011

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.