December 17, 2007

Grey Ant pop-up shop in Chinatown

On Saturday I swung by the first night party for avant-garde L.A. label Grey Ant's new collection at the New High (M)art, a pop-up shop in L.A.'s Chinatown. The New High (M)art originally opened up as a gallery space earlier this year, with my boyfriend Eric Layer and his ex-girlfriend, the very awesome Erica Garcia, in charge. The art world not being quite what they expected, they handed the space over to former magician and graphic designer T-Rik and his partner in fashion, style consultant Miho Ikeda, and thus the New High M(art) was born, providing designers with a temporary space in which to showcase their collections. The space launched a couple months ago with a collection by West Coast wünderkind Brian Lichtenberg, with Grey Ant's Grant Krajecki taking over on Saturday night. He had filled the store shelves with his signature high-waisted jeans, some one-of-a-kind Nike/high heel hybrids (inspired by the mass suicide of the infamous Heaven's Gate religious cult in 1997, who were all wearing Nike shoes at the time of their deaths) and t-shirts saying things like "I'm Not Fat". And in the corner was a mannequin with the biggest boobs I have ever seen.
T-Rik told me she was made by a company called Voluptuous that specializes in curvaceous clothes horses. I marveled at how with just a little weight gain, she had become instantly attractive. Added to that, she was wearing an Adidas bustier and, ahem, a large dildo. I cut it from the picture for modesty's sake, and am sure it will cause much wonderment among the elderly Chinese ladies who walk by the store during the day.

December 17, 2007 in LOS ANGELES | Permalink