Weezer & Nike

So what's the deal with Weezer and Nike? Is music a new sport or something? It looks like Weezer is sponsored by Nike considering the whole band was wearing white Nike tracksuits at their recent Palladium performance (above).

More Daisy Fashion

A lot of visitors come here looking for the Tarina Tarantino necklace worn by Daisy de la Hoya. By popular demand, I will now feature Daisy's puffy hoodie which is available at sycfuk.com (street youth couture from unwanted kids).

Tyson Ritter for Penguin

I'll take whatever he's selling...

Street Fashion

We saw some great Japanese fashion at Guitar Center Walk of Fame on Sunset.    It appeared to be a tour bus full of awesomely dressed Japanese music students.  We loved their amazing style. Unfortunately, all I had on me was my camera phone.  What we saw:

• Trendy black boots on both guys and girls
• Black tights on girls under dresses and jean shorts
  
• Jeans/pants tucked into boots on guys
• Some really great hairstyles that can only be described in photos which unfortunately I couldn't get 
• Half scarves sewn onto sweaters.

Here is the only decent picture I was able to get with my camera phone:

Trend Watch

I have been seeing a lot of studded jeans in fall collections. What do you think? Thumbs up or been done too many times?

Studded Jeans

available at Mango.com

Bunny Ears

Madonna was recently seen wearing a bunny ear headband to a Met Gala. Animal prints have long been popular, but animal ears? The Louis Vuitton animal headband is available for about $400.

Lilly Allen also wore animal ears to a concert.

So if you are wondering where else you can get a pair of animal ears try:

MaryKaiser on Etsy. This headband looks almost identical to the Louis Vuitton one and is less than 1/4 the price!

Silk Couture Bunny Ears headband

She has them available in multiple colors too!

SSMF: Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1989!

We’ve all heard the stories about how exciting and hip the Sunset Strip used to be in the late 60s to 80s.  For those of us who were not around then to experience it for ourselves, stories of bands like Guns N Roses, Poison, The Doors, and The Byrds ruling the strip are mere legends of an era passed.  Somehow rock n roll’s golden Sunset Strip lost its luster and became the stomping ground of tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of rock history, but often disappointed by its emptiness and lack of local popularity.  If they are lucky they might stumble upon the Strip on one of those happening nights when an amazing band is playing, but that isn’t every night. Lately, the Strip has seen many talented but unknown bands play to an undeserved empty room.

Last Saturday, however, was one of those days where the strip was what it is born to be.   Ten thousand music fans crowded the street for the 2^nd annual Sunset Strip Music Festival to watch more than 40 bands, including Ozzy Osbourne, KORN, Pepper, The Donnas, Shiny Toy Guns, Unwritten Law, The Ringers, LMFAO, and many others. It was the first time the famous Sunset Strip was closed to traffic for an event like this.  The festival was unlike other Southern California outdoor fests because not only were performances on two outdoor stages, but at the venues as well.  Concertgoers rushed from Whisky to Cat Club to Roxy to Key Club to hear the great variety of music the festival offered.  Whether your preference was metal, punk, indie, pop, or hip-hop there were options for just about every musical taste.

With such a large concentration of music lovers, the Sunset Strip became the ideal people watching location for checking out rock and roll inspired fashion.  This included tons of animal prints, wild hairstyles, plaid, metal accessories, black, and black.  Did I mention black because it must be the official color of rock and roll?  When it comes to rockstar fashion black is the new black.

Lots of Plaid, Animal Prints, and Black