BUST Blog http://www.bust.com/blog BUST Blog, the latest in girl culture, feminism, fashion, pop culture critique, music, women's interests, women's history Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:27:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 en Stylist’s Closet Success! http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/stylists-closet-success.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/stylists-closet-success.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:59:31 +0000 Susan General Style File /?p=1287 At the BUST Holiday Craftacular in New York on December 14th we held the first ever Stylist’s Closet and boy was it ever a hit! We packed one room chock full of designers like Aviator Nation , Boy Meets Girl , Dear Creatures , Spring and Clifton , BB Dakota , Queen Bee , Greta Cavazzoni , Priestess NYC , Osiris Shoes , London Underground , K.C. Malhan , TRKFLD , Roxoxox , Vine and Venetia , Angel Court , Hellkats L.A., Yak Pak, 80%20, Kitsch ‘n’ Kouture, Claw Money , Nikita Clothing, and Howell Jewelry ! Exclusive digs were donated to create an actual closet where ticket holders could gain entry and leave with one special item of their own. People lined up hours before just to get a peek at some designer gear! Read on and take a look at some pics from the most stylish Craftacular we’ve had to date.

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One of the most popular steals from the BUST Stylist’s Closet from Spring and Clifton.

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Mara Cates from BUST and Heliotrope models some Aviator Nation, and Priestess NYC digs.

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A happy shopper strikes a cheeky pose!

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Whitney from Boy Meets Girl and Tukie from BUST gather to show off some of the best gear in the closet!

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Some cute totes available only at the Stylist’s Closet!

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Pandemonium ensued! Eager ticket holders flooded the closet to be one of the lucky few to snag a designer item!

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So many shoes! So little time!

Did you score something at the BUST Stylist’s Closet? E-mail a pic of yourself in it to susan@bust.com and you might get featured on the BUST blog! xxx

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/stylists-closet-success.html/feed/ Nerd Girls’ Night Out http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/nerd-girls-night-out.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/nerd-girls-night-out.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:26:31 +0000 Emily General Music Stuff /?p=1285 Breakfast of Champions

Taking a book club and turning it into an all-girl, reading-inspired, song-fest? What will they think of next? Once I peeped these deets below on nonsense nyc , I was hooked (though it would be cool if they added some women writers to the mix in 2009, doncha think?):

Bushwick Book Club - Tuesday, Jan 6

Unparalleled songwriting nerdery. Local songwriters Phoebe Kreutz, Chloe Matheou, Liv Carrow, and Susan Hwang perform songs inspired by, and based on, Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions. Book-themed food and drink are served, and audience members are encouraged to give in to any Vonnegut-inspired impassioned outbursts.

The Bushwick Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at Goodbye Blue Monday to rejoice in book-inspired music from the most talented songwriters in the area. February: Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. March: Edwin Abbott’s Flatland.

Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
J,M,Z trains to Myrtle station
8-9p
718 453 6343
myspace.com/bushwickbookclub
bushwickbookofthemonth@gmail.com

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/nerd-girls-night-out.html/feed/ Did Steve tell you that? http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/did-steve-tell-you-that.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/did-steve-tell-you-that.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:22:00 +0000 Debbie Music Stuff Boob Tube /?p=1284 A while back, I posted about the weird youtube/FOC mashup phenom of people (mostly ladies) videotaping themselves lip-sychning to various Flight of the Conchords songs. Well, seems like the Conchs themselves have gotten wind of this weirdness, and so now HBO is running a Flight of the Conchords Lip Synch contest on their site , in order to promote the new season.

They’ve already posted a few entries; I’m not sure if these are real or faked as examples for further submissions, but anyway, they are fun to watch, and make me so excited for the new season I could almost scream.


]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/did-steve-tell-you-that.html/feed/ Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook! http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/1282.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/1282.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:27:19 +0000 Lisa General /?p=1282

Nadia G., my favorite bitch in the kitch has turned her awesome online cooking series (featured in our Feb/Mar issue) into a brand-new cookbook so you can whip up her dishes without the aid of your laptop. With a poptastic design and hilarious tips, Nadia G.’s Bitchin Kitchen Cookbook has all the cheek of her videos. Chapters include One-Night Stand Breakfasts, PMScapades, and Broke-Ass Dishes–this gal is speakin’ my language. Get a copy here and as Nadia G. says, rock your kitchen and let the boys clean up the mess. 

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/1282.html/feed/ Pour Your Body Out http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/pour-your-body-out.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/pour-your-body-out.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:24:46 +0000 Susan General Feminizzle Artsy /?p=1280 One of the best things about holidays and living in New York is finally having the time to check out the amazing resources the city has to offer. Last week on my days off I made it uptown to the MOMA and finally got around to seeing Pipilotti Rist’s installation ‘Pour Your Body Out’. I had huge hopes for it after seeing clips of it and pictures online weeks before. When I got there it was really crowded (I guess we all had the same intentions) and all the cozy spots in the center circle were taken! My first impression was totally let down, but then I found a corner spot and just sat there for a long time watching her projections float across the walls and the lights go from red to blue and all variations in between. The images were of roses, and succulent fruits being picked by hands reaching down at you. (see video here)
I quickly relaxed and began to really enjoy this installation. People were urged to remove their shoes and ‘make new friends’ upon entering the exhibit. Adding to the atmosphere were deep moaning sounds that intentionally imitated under-water noises, it was too blissful.

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On top of all this, Pipilotti Rist not only changed my experience and mood, but she also turned the austere, white, masculine interior of the MOMA into a dark red, warm womb. Absolutely necessary on a frightfully cold day, and pretty incredible when you think about the majority of museum shows. Exhibition runs until February 2nd, it is not to be missed.

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/pour-your-body-out.html/feed/ Liz Renay event this Sunday http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/liz-renay-event-this-sunday.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/liz-renay-event-this-sunday.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:34 +0000 Laurie General Artsy /?p=1278 liz renay ]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/liz-renay-event-this-sunday.html/feed/ Fun party happening at Santos Monday night! http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/fun-party-happening-at-santos-monday-night.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/fun-party-happening-at-santos-monday-night.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:25:54 +0000 Dawn Music Stuff /?p=1276 5 points
Five Points Band

Times is hard. Fun is not. If you’re in NYC Monday night, pack up your sins and unburden yourself at ‘Gutless and Guilty’ , a night of music and comedy happening at Santos Party House!
The night will include:

Bread and Puppet Theater’s production of ‘Dirt Cheap Opera’, a bawdy, 45 minute adaptation of the famous Brecht/Weill ‘Three Penny Opera’ - a story of the gangster Mac the Knife and his brand new wife Polly newly mixed and freshly rebaked.

Then music by:

Lily and the Baby - Americana country from the 20’s to 50’s with a humorous twist;
May Lane - Country never looked so good while making you blush in your beer;
Chainsaw Trio - A fusion of punk, blues and country that’s downright dirty;
Five Points Band -Rock with spooky Americana undertones;
And special guest star Cherie Lily - electronic music with kickboxing, she will get us pumped to dance the rest of the night away!

The night will also include home made brownies, pulled pork bbq from Brooklyn Laundry, and DJs till 4 a.m.!

All for a lucky 13 dollars, see you there!

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/05/fun-party-happening-at-santos-monday-night.html/feed/ French Women Don’t Get Flack http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/04/french-women-dont-get-flack.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/04/french-women-dont-get-flack.html#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:57:50 +0000 Debbie General Feminizzle /?p=1275 Rachida Dati. Photo: Pierre-Philippe, Getty Images

Rachida Dati. Photo: Pierre-Philippe, Getty Images

Simone de Beauvoir would be proud. Not only does France have a female foreign minister, but she’s 43, Muslim, unmarried, and recently gave birth while refusing to name the father of her child (While the Uk Telegraph reports ‘Possible candidates include a French millionaire and hotel and casino baron, and the former prime minister of another European country,’ I smell sperm bank and IVF. It’s not easy to get preggers at 43, especially a first pregnancy, and isn’t often done without fertility treatments. Anyway, good for her). But that’s not even why she’s in the news lately. Instead, it’s because she’s not taking any maternity leave - she’s just getting out of bed and going right back to work. Which I think is interesting, because for all the crap that Palin got for doing the same while governor, it seems to me that if you are a woman entrusted with such a position of power, taking maternity leave might not really be a reasonable option. I mean, would it be acceptable for a president to take a 3 month leave of absence? A Vice President? A Secretary of State? It’s something to think about, especially as women of a variety of ages come into more powerful positions all over the world.

]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/04/french-women-dont-get-flack.html/feed/ A Very Bust-y Wedding Expo http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/01/a-very-bust-y-wedding-expo.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/01/a-very-bust-y-wedding-expo.html#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:49:45 +0000 Sarah J. General Crafty /?p=1274

If you’re getting married soon, or know someone who is, and you’re in or around Philadelphia on January 10, you should check out the Unbridaled Wedding Expo. 
 
Unbridaled focuses on the alternative, the handcrafted, the creative, fun, and offbeat. Cosponsored by the Philly Roller Girls, the expo features local, eco-friendly vendors to make a wedding unique. 

Last year’s event featured a fashion show with roller girls as models, a pole-dancing demonstration, and free samples of vegan wedding cakes, cupcakes, and beer provided by Philly’s Memphis Taproom. Jewelry and fashion designers, tattoo artists, fire spinners, florists, photographers, corset-makers, and printers are there to show off their wares and give you ideas for your wedding. (Full vendor list here.)

Even if you aren’t getting married (I’m certainly not) anytime soon, the fashion show, snacks, and music are worth checking out.

 
]]> http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/01/01/a-very-bust-y-wedding-expo.html/feed/ Thanks Ru! http://www.bust.com/blog/2008/12/31/thanks-ru.html http://www.bust.com/blog/2008/12/31/thanks-ru.html#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:41:26 +0000 Callie General Boob Tube /?p=1273 rupaul!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ru’s new show RuPaul’s Drag Race premieres Feb 2nd on Logo! I can’t wait!
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