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the
icons
issue
editor’s letter & Ethos
Hey ladies,
Welcome to the first ever issue of MissFit
magazine - the Icon’s Issue. Before I
launch in to exactly what we’re all about
here allow me to introduce myself....
well kind of....I’m going by my alias
Teddy Girl and there’s no picture of me
here as this publication isn’t about me
- it’s about YOU!!! (Although there’s
a sly pic of me in here somewhere cos
I’m
mischevious
like
that!)
Contributors
In no particular order and
whether it be photography,
font design, modelling,
hair, make up, art or
garms you contributed,
we’re eternally grateful!
This was a collaborative
success so thank you and
RESPECT to all of you!
Jordanna
Jarrett;
James
Clothier; Emz Long; Shane
Hawkins; ChewOne; Piadora
Reilly-Szostak;
Danny
Wainwright; Cheba; Rochelle
Dangerfield,
Lydia
Jose;
Elise Ngobi; Miss Rachelle;
Dora; Irtus; David DoraiRaj; Tarli Bond; Charlotte
Stagg; Alex Jones; Charlotte
Haggerty; Brett Le Bratt and
a big shout out to the boys
at Fifty Fifty, Weapon of
Choice and Donuts, all in
Bristol! MissFit got NUFF
love for all of you peeps! ♥
All writing, styling,
art direction, layouts,
editing by Amber Upton
We don’t know if you feel the same way as us
but as women we’re sick of being pigeonholed, catergorized and marginalized on
a daily basis! OK, so this is kind of
an urban fashion magazine but we feature
streetwear to high end, MANY kinds of music
AND showcase and sell art! We work in a
creative collaborative way with emerging
and established talent in all areas to
bring you the very best of everything!
We decided to do an icons issue as we’re
sick of the celebrity obsessed hype of
other mags who seem intent on praising
mediocrity and blindly following trends.
We don’t subscribe to that bullshiiit!
We’re here to give you a cheeky little
treat with a bite that gives you variety
and above all is fun! Basically we give
you the tools, you decide what to do with
them. SIMPLE. This magazine is dedicated
to all the strong, independent, creative
and above all individual gyals out there!
Our ethos is this:
ALWAYS LEAD
NEVER FOLLOW
BABY!
NO ROOM FOR WALLFLOWERS
here Sweetheart!
Enjoy! Teddy Girl OUT! X
Melody Ehsani Feature .....................................7
The Best Studded Leather Jackets Around! ...........................9
Retro Swimwear to swoon over! ..................................11
BlogSpot - Mr Danny Wainwright.....................13
We interview the amazing Caryn Franklin .............14 - 15
Block Party Street Wear Shoot
........................17 - 22
‘Ja’Dora’ we interview street artist Dora .....................24 - 25
‘Rebelle’ Lingerie Shoot
...........................................26 - 29
Music Emerging Talent - Interview with AMiTY .......................30
Music Icon - Interview with Gaye Advert................31
‘Black & Gold’ Shoot ....................................32
MissFit Art Gallery ...............................36
- 35
- 39
Vintage Hair Secrets ................................................41
Solid Gold Soul Street Style Section........................42
- 43
Milk Teeth Feature & Interview..........................44
- 45
Hater / Lover Column.........................................46
Stockist’s Page.................................................47
Accessories
At MissFit we’re currently OBSESSED
with designer Melody Ehsani’s amazing
accessories range. She’s keeping it real
for the ladies with the firm tongue in
cheek approach we appreciate so much!
From customized knuckle duster rings to
some seriously moody gold with perspex
and acrylic embellishments right through
to her bad ass heels, we’re plotting away
about how to have it ALL! And hey, if it’s
good enough for Rihanna and Erykah
Badu (pictured) then well, quite frankly,
it’s good enough for you!
Big gold hoops are always
good but big gold hoops
with Pop Art style detail?
POW indeed!
To the hottay at the bar with the
cool fade and sick high tops, we’re
pure love. To the idiot in Jack Wills
shouting in to his Blackberry, we’re
pure hate. No mixed messages with
these bad boys! Perfect.
Big platform, massive heel, perspex with
an Art Deco feel AND gold studs?! Oooh
Miss Ehsani, you are really spoiling us!
It’s hard to pick a favourite but
this knuckle duster ring with
gold ‘Fresh’ graffiti style script is
just sooo, well, FRESH, that it has
to be MissFit’s pick of the bunch!
This gun-toting, hot dahh-mn smoking
diamante pistol index finger ring is
truly drool-worthy . We want!
To drive yourself wild with consumer desire
as we did, visit www.melodyehsani.com
Leathers
‘Mohan’ Leather
Jacket - All Saints
OK, so we’re not going to bother insulting
your intelligence by telling you how ‘ontrend’ studded leather jackets are because
that’s not what MissFit are about! And
because that twee little phrase makes us
want to vom all over our heels - and that
just won’t do! We really don’t care about
subscribing to fads or telling you how to
look, what to wear or how to put it together
- there will be no ‘get the star look’ in our
pages! Just merely showing you the freshest
garms, sharpest threads and giving you
what you want! Which is why we have
compiled this spread of amazing studded
leather jackets that any self-respecting girl
with a brain and true steez knows (and has
known for some time) that studs and leather
ROCK! And who are too lazy to trawl the
vintage shops or get the stud gun out and
do a bit of D.I.Y for your bad selves. So from
the casual to the structured, the pretty to
the tough, the affordable to the ‘this could be
worth re-mortgaging my house for’, here are
some jackets for you to drool over ladies!
And yes, we are aware this is the Summer
issue but these cheeky bitches will be
worth sweating out for, not to mention also
looking the absolute shit over your new
seasonal little dresses.....
Grey leather
jacket with
pleating &
studs by Alice
Temperley
Cream studded leather
blazer - Miss Selfridge
Black leather studded
blazer by Balmain
Studded jacket with chains by
Balmain
You don’t need a blurb on how gorgeous all
these jackets are - they just are - WORD!
retro swimwear
We just lurrrve a bit of pin-up stlye
here at MissFit, especially when it
comes to tattoos, hair (more of that
later) and as Summer approaches,
swimwear. It instantly makes
us think of the early Andre De
Dienes series of Marilyn pictures,
featuring her frolicking carelessly
on a beach (before the Kennedys
got to her) or the legendary Bettie
Page with her ultimate pin up poise
(before Christianity got to her) and
subversive yet innocent sexuality.
That’s what we adore about this
style...classic, cute and sexy. We’ve
chosen a prime selection of some of
the best retro pin up swimwear there
is to offer for you, because well, we’re
just good like that . So perfect your
pout, pop those hips, wriggle those
be-hinds girls and give us a wink!
Black and red cherry
print bikini by Pin Up Girl
Clothing
Black and leopard print
bikini by Lolita Girl
White cherry print all in one
costume by Esther Williams
Blue and white Sailor Girl all in one
costume and bikini both by What Katie
Did
BLOG-spot
Every issue, MissFit will bring you a little blog
spot. Whether it be photography, painting or garms
featured, we will give you a heads up ladies and
show you the way!!! On our first issue, we think it's
only fair that we let the boys in on the action we're all about equality yo! Introducing the blog
of painting, photo-taking, British skateboarding
extraordinaire and the man himself, Mr Danny
Wainwright!
Hey dude! You’re the first boy to be featured in MissFit! So
firstly, getting this out of the way - 10 years on, you still
hold the record for the highest ollie (girls, if you don’t
know what we’re talking about we’re not going to tell you google it!) at a not too modest 44.5 inches - do you still
consider this an accomplishment or are you over talking
about it?
Well yeah, it’s been 10 years and they’ve gone pretty fast!
When I did it I never really thought I would be looking back
10 years later thinking, “Damn, that did last a long time!”
I always said if it lasted a decade I’d try and beat it
but that was a while ago so I think I’m over that idea! If
somebody else goes higher then cool, good for them!
You’ve skated for some pretty prolific teams including Powell
and you’re currently with Vans right?
I rode for Powell for 12 years and it was time for change.
I now ride for Clan, a new company. It’s gonna be a good
thing, we’re all friends and have the same ideas and goals.
It’s kinda hard riding for a huge American company and
trying to buy into their ideas. I never really liked their
image and graphics so that helped me to move on! I also rode
for Vans shoes for 13 years and I get involved in all other
aspects of the company not just sitting there as a proskater but designing shoes. Also Krew Clothing, an L.A based
company (who’re working their way into the footwear market)
Ricta wheels, Independent trucks, Swiss bearings and of
course, Fifty Fifty!
We already have a glorious painted piece of yours in our gallery this issue but your blog
focuses more on your photography. From skating to graffiti, your travels to your life, you
seem inspired by everything around you. What inspires you most?
My blog’s just a little something I started to put my photos somewhere. I’m always
travelling to new places and always have my camera with me. I am in no way a good
photographer, (Pffft...yeah whatevs mate)I just like taking photos! I’m really inspired
by everything around me - from cities to shop and street signs to people - colour is
everything! Travelling to a new city always inspires me and I come home with so many new
ideas! Japan, China, New York and San Francisco are among my faves!
You’re now based between Barcelona and Bristol, where your store Fifty fifty is based. Missfit
have shown a lot of love to Bristol this issue and it’s obviously been a massive part of
your life. It’s the city that spawned the trip hop and dub step genres but just what is
it about this city in the South West that has and continues to make it such a hot bed of
innovation for skating, graffiti, street-style and music in your opinion?
It’s just a cool little city; people are motivated and it’s pretty rich in many areas for
a small city. We have had Fifty Fifty for 13 years now and have seen scenes grow there for
sure! Almost everyone I know in Bristol is involved somehow in music, art, graffiti, streetwear, skateboarding or some kind of creative work, its great!
This is our ‘icons issue’ and after googling you and getting more than 3 million hits (!)
you’re considered an icon yourself, our favourite quote being, “the man’s a machine!” Does
this feel weird or is it all in a day’s work?
It is weird for sure! I just do my thing!
Finally,(just because you’re the owner of a penis, you’re not exempt) from doing the female
icons quick fire round yo! As you’re the
only boy we’ve even put it in a special
little box for you fella! Yep.
Because we’re like, WELL considerate
that. ♠
dannywainwrightblog.blogspot.com
Caryn
Franklin
OK, so she was our idol on the Clothes Show in the
80s and 90s when we were still wee girlies; she was
Fashion Editor at i-D magazine (we view it like a
kind of bible of cool at MissFit - especially the old
skool street style fanzine it used to be in it’s
inception); we lust her grey streak; we applaud her
ever subversive taste in threads and her ability
to not only wear a Gareth Pugh frock (pic on left)
aged 50 but to fucking rock it! The first time we met
her, when we enquired as to whether the ridiculously
amazing dress she was wearing was indeed by British
fashion design royalty Dame Vivienne Westwood,
her casual retort was, “Yes but I got in the sale
darling.” We basically fell in love with her just that
little bit more - an accomplished, moral, strong,
intelligent, inspirational AND stylish career woman
with her feet firmly on the ground who’s also a mother?
Caryn we basically want to be you when we grow up!
Firstly, MissFit would like to thank
you for taking the time to talk to us!
You’ve had such a prestigious and varied
career thus far from beat i-D magazine,
to presenting the Clothes Show on the
BBC; you’ve interviewed everyone from
Giorgio Armani to Yves Saint Laurent;
You’re a patron of BEAT (formally the
Eating Disorders Association) and a
co-chair of Fashion Targets Breast
Cancer; You run howtolookgood.com with
Jane Galpin and have produced 4 books
including a novel as well as creating 4
collections for Simply Be and consulted
for a variety of high street companies
and if that wasn’t enough, you’ve
now co-founded All Walks Beyond The
Catwalk with some fashion heavy weights
including Erin O’Connor. This may even
be an impossible question to answer
but we’re going to ask it anyway.....
what have been the biggest personal
highlights of your career so far?
Many and varied...driving through
mountains of Bosnia with headlights
turned off to avoid snipers while we
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delivered clothes to Serbian refugees.
Winning an award for the All Walks
Campaign, visiting women in their
one room tin huts the barrios in
the Dominican republic to discuss
their appalling working conditions,
and helping to take their case to
Government officials with Oxfam, Gareth
Pugh playing the Clothes Show theme
tune in one of his shows and telling
me he never missed it as a kid,
writing my first novel, I’ve had a more
diverse career than most!
Congratulations on your All Walks
project! With your website and e-books
demystifying fashion and instilling
confidence in women to be creative
with their style regardless of their
demographic, how do you think All
Walks can strengthen the work you’ve
already done?
We are talking to educationalists
next about the need to work with
fledging practitioners before they
get into the industry. Most colleges
don’t have tailors dummies any larger
than UK size 8 so the thinking is
not expansive or diverse right from
the start. We’ll do this at Graduate
Fashion Week in June.
choice of models, this is something I
will write about in the upcoming Bodies
Issue for i-D.
We at MissFit love a bit of genuine
female rebellion! What other steps
“Stop denigrating your own body...
can be taken by the individual woman
take responsibility for the
to reject conventional beauty ideals
negativity you are chanelling and
seemingly pedalled to women from every
change it. Stop seeking approval.”
angle and embrace a more individual,
celebratory stance on beauty and style?
MissFit think the
Stop buying magazines that
ethos behind All
promote female insecurity,
Walks to expand
complain to the ASA when
upon the ubiquitous
digital manipulation or false
fashion imagery and
claims need to be challenged.
representation of
Stop denigrating your own
women with regards
body. Educate yourself about
to size, shape and
your history...Christianity
ethnicity is an
has a lot to answer for
amazingly positive
’Women’s History of the
step for all us
World,’ by Rosalind Miles
females and the
is a crucial read for every
fashion industry
women who seeks the answer.
but for such a
Take responsibility for the
usually progressive
negativity you are chanelling
and contemporary
and change it. Stop seeking
industry, why do you
approval. Work out what you
think such change
want your contribution to be.
seems so radical,
As a fashion journalist in an
Above: Caryn during her time at i-D
when in reality, the
uber competitive industry, is
fashion world is perhaps trailing
it hard to retain your integrity within
behind other industries in terms of
your work and how do you achieve this?
equality?
No it’s not hard. I don’t do anything
The fashion industry is not politicised that doesn’t come from the heart.
or thoughtful and enquiring about the
In an interview you gave with Elle last
way fashion imagery impacts on women.
Autumn celebrating 25 years of London
I DON’T KNOW WHY! This is something we
Fashion Week and reminiscing about the
will ask educationalists to address
fashion industry during 1980s, you
with their students when we debate
described what seemed an incredibly
in June. But I do believe that every
creative, organic and ultimately
designer sees thin as a short cut to
revolutionary period for British
edgy.
fashion. Can you tell us just what it
In i-D’s 2009 ‘Pretty Young Things’
is that you think makes British fashion
issue, ethnic beauty was both praised
so special and sets us apart from the
and celebrated with four current
rest? Diversity and melting pot of
prominent black models including
ideas, people, and politics. We filter
Jourdan Dunn and Chanel Iman featured,
things differently We don’t stick to the
who both spoke about the industry being rules...we make new ones.
either more competitive for models of
At MissFit we aim not to focus so much on
an ethnic background or having to work
temporary trends and subscribe to current
twice as hard as the average model
celebrity worship but to celebrate
to stay both current and successful.
the individual, inspirational figures
Years after models such as Tyra Banks
and genuine, iconic women. Who do you
and Naomi Campbell have both become
consider to be your ultimate style icons
icons for millions of women worldwide
and why? Tilda Swinton is a woman who
both black and white, why do you think
has grace and gravitas. Her ability to
ethnicity is even still an issue within look spectacular in a McQueen gown is far
the fashion world?
outweighed by her talent, her spirit and
Beauty companies who sponsor shows may
her wisdom. Check our stockist’s page for
full details on the All Walks project.
well have something to do with the
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Block
Party
Phototgraphy:
James Clothier
Model: Elise Ngobi
Art Direction
& Styling: Amber Upton
Shot on location (at
the old Po-lice C.I.D.
building don’tcha know)
MissFit show our
love to the city of
Bristol......
Paying homage to
late 80’s/early
90’s hip hop style,
we’re chanelling the
essence of ultimate
B-Girl steez with a
contemporary edge....
think Salt N Pepa
meets Santogold with
a whole heap of moody
gold and a healthy dose
of raw British street
style, all delivered
with that cheeky
attitude we do so
well.....
As the Beastie Boys
put it so aptly....
“Work that frrrresh
attire!”
Cazal glasses - Weapon of
Choice, Bristol, Earrings -H&M,
Rope chain necklace - American
Apparel, Biggie ‘Relax’ sweater
- Seven7, Bristol, Tights Topshop, Shoes - some ubiquitous
shop up the dodgy end of
Tottenham Court Road, London.
Hoody - American Apparel, Hoop earrings
and dollar sign necklace - stylist’s
own, Chanel stud earring - Selfridges,
Studded faux leather jacket - Miss
Selfridge, Mock Chanel drip T-shirt
- Seven7, Bristol, Nike SB trainers Fifty Fifty, Bristol.
This page: Cazal glasses - as before,
Hoop earrings and Chanel stud earring
- as before, Anchor pendant - Mama San,
Brighton, Jeacket - American Apparel,
Dress - Miss Selfridge.
Paste up piece in background by Unknown
Opposite Page: New Era cap and A.IN.T
T-shirt - Donuts, Bristol, Hoop
earrings, Chanel stud and Dollar sign
necklace - as before, Headphones - Wesc,
Leggings - All Saints.
Earrings - model’s own, Necklace
- one of the many wholesalers
in Soho, London, TooMuchPosse
T-shirt - Donuts, Bristol, BMX
riding gloves - stylist’s own,
Jeans - Topshop, Nike Dunk hi-top
trainers - Footlocker
Ja’Dora!
The title of this interview aint no
joke!! MissFit truly, truly do ja’dor
Dora - so much so that we invented the
term Ja’Dora just for her! Representing
for the girls in such a male dominated
arena, Bristol based Dora is one
of the few successful female faces
amongst the ever-evolving urban art
scene. Encompassing a use of a wide
variety of materials and influences, her work
has been featured in Selfridges, on the streets
of Berlin, ‘Mu-tate Britain’ (London) and
‘Crimes of Passion’ (Bristol) to name a few
and her collaborations include Paris, Milk and
K148 plus many more! Dora is also part of the
female collective ‘Great Birds of the British
Isles’(check them out on both Facebook and
Myspace ladies) and with all this ging on she
still found the time to talk to us about her
work, the evolution of graffiti, what it’s like
being at the centre of a mostly boys club and
all manner of things really....
Hey girrrl! Firstly, how did you end
up getting involved in the graffiti
scene?
Britney had Lynne Spears. My Mum
gaffer taped a spray can to my hand
before I could walk, and said, “If
you wanna make it in life, tag it.”
Seriously, I fell into spray-painting
quite late, but I guess now I’m not necessarily known for the graffiti
aspect of my work. This doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy doing it, for me I got
through phases, which can naturally lead in other directions.
MissFit love the way your
illustration/painting style is both
bold and graphic but still retains
a real sense of femininity. You list
many different influences such as art
nouveau, graffiti, tattoos and both
Japanese and pin up styles. What or
who else inspires you?
It can be anything, a tablecloth, a
photograph to an old piece of crockery
or a piece of music. My friends also
have had a big influence, I used to
share a flat 6/7 Years ago with fellow
artist and good friend ‘Milk’, we used
to talk about all the things we wanted
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to do, It’s
a good feeling went you suddenly stop
and see yourself finally doing stuff
you dreamed about doing.
With street artists such a Banksy
becoming such a bankable commodity,
graffiti seems to be finally getting the
recognition it deserves as a valid art
form. Do you think this gives artists
like yourself an advantage or does
it make it even more competitive than
ever before?
I think If you truly love doing
something you adore you wouldn’t worry
or be influenced by trends, many people
will jump on the band wagon because
its fashionable or they think they
can make a quick buck but they’re the
one’s who will fall by the way side
when the current commotion is all
over.
I like to think I’m gonna be someone
who will come out the other side, I’m
always going to create and make new
work whether people like it or not.
Do you think the increasing number of
graffiti shows in galleries detracts
from the rawer, more organic street
contemporary or do they enhance one
of us in the past. No doubt there has
another? Swoon has been quoted as
been positive and negative sides;
saying, ”One wouldn’t matter half so
the positive being people wanna see
much without the other.” What are your
what you do, perhaps from a female
feelings on this?
perspective - a different take on
Following your dream shouldn’t detract
things. The majority of lads I’ve
from your art. Anyone who can make a
painted with or have met through the
living from creating stuff should be
scene have generally been really
very proud of themselves. Art
encouraging and like having
is art, just because you
“It would
the females involved. I also
make something people like
be fair to say
seem to have avoided arrest
looking at it, doesn’t
I think being a
twice! I think both times
mean you shouldn’t be
female in this boy
this has been because
paid for it. I think
heavy scene has opened
of my gender for some
both are equally
a few doors... I also
reason…. hear me, I’m not
important. People who
seem to have avoided
complaining. The negative
paint the streets
arrest twice! I think
side of it is that
will always paint the
both times this has been people are quick to make
streets, I don’t think
because of my gender
judgements, mainly because
that will ever die out
for some reason….
of your gender or because
but if they can exhibit
hear me, I’m not
you’re not ‘graffiti graffiti’
and get paid for their
complaining.”
enough in what you do, or you
art too, that only can be
may get asked to do something
a positive thing, making the
because they need a token girl.
whole thing sustainable, perhaps
I like to think I’m around and will
propelling it further.
continue being around because people
Graffiti has always been viewed as a
like my art - not not just because I’m
more male dominated scene as the risks
a girl.
that go with it, such as possible
At MissFit we’re more about
arrest and scaling fences/train tracks
individuality and real icons rather
alone at night aren’t particularly
than temporary trends and current
safe. There does seem to be a rise
‘stars’. Who are your ultimate female
in female street art (I recently
icons and why?
attended a Miss Van show in London
Music wise, Nina Simone makes me melt,
and her pieces were going for as much
Peaches, Le Tigre, Karen O and the
as £20k a piece) but would you prefer
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s kick ass,‘It’s Blitz’
it to remain about the art and not
is a faultless, stunning album, along
the gender, or is this recognition
with The xx, their album and their
something you feel pleased about?
remix of ‘you’ve got the love’ by
It would be fair to say I think being
Florence and the Machine puts a smile
a female in this boy heavy scene has
on my face and a shake in my bootie
opened a few doors. There has been a
for sure. I love my records, quite an
demand for what the girls put out,
eclectic mix of old hip hop, northern
since there have only been a handful
soul, girl glam rock punk and Prince.
Icons being, Marilyn Monroe and Grace
Jones. I love both their looks.
Is there anyone who really pisses you
off?
Paris Hilton wrapped and packaged in
a box marked Lindsey Lohan posted to
Katy Perry! (MissFit kinda like Li-Lo
the train wreck she is bless her but
Perry and Hilton can FUCK RIGHT OFF!)
Finally, how would you describe your
persona steez?
I guess its like Judy Garland meeting
Flash Dance…♥
www.myspace.com/greatbirds/Facebook or
www.okdora.com
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MissFit
Here at
, we love a bit of genuine female rebellion, which we feel
is something currently missing in abundance in most current mainstream female
‘icons’, despite many reports to the contrary! In our lingerie shoot we pay
homage to two of our favourite artists - the contemporary, delicious Miss
Van and the late, great J.H.Lynch. Both depict women with the great air of
mystery we posess and the power we have the potential to wield, highlighting
our many intracies and complexities. We are both hard and soft, raw but
polished and dark yet light....all delivered with dreamy, sultry looks, much
pouting and a swoon-worthy subversive and rebellious attitude we adore! Plus
ladies love looking at other ladies - FACT. So here you go! Let’s hear it for
the girls who consider themselves ‘rebelles’....
Photography:
Shane Hawkins
Models:
Piadora Reilly-Szostak
Rochelle Dangerfield
Art Director & Stylist:
Amber Upton
Hair & Make Up:
Tarli Bond & Charlotte
Stagg
This Page:
Hooded cardigan All Saints, Nipple
pasties and knickers
- Charlotte Haggerty,
Stockings - stylists
own
Opposite Page:
Nipple pasties &
Dress - Charlotte
Haggerty
This page:
Leopard print mac
- Beyond Retro,
Bra - La Senza,
Ruffled knickers
with suspenders Ann Summers, Seamed
Stockings - She Said,
Brighton
Opposite Page:
Jacket - Charlotte
Haggerty, Knickers &
stockings as before
Music - emerging talent
we like to showcase emerging talent as much
as as those who are established already, so
every issue MissFit promises to bring you
an emerging musical talent so ridiculously
good, that you’ll be so ashamed of yourself
for not having been aware of their existence
previously, you’ll pretty much be hitting up
their Myspace instantly.
This issue we bring you a one woman band
hailing from Wolverhampton with a distinctive
and refreshing style; she can’t do cartwheels,
loves kebab meat and she never got fixed
by Jimmy Saville but her personal lyrics
and intimate stage presence will leave you
mesmerized, falling in love with her a little
bit and desperate to know more…..I spy with
my little ‘i’, something beginning with....
AMiTY
You describe yourself as ‘the love child
of Nick Cave and a happy PJ Harvey.’ I
think that PJ’s album from 2000 ‘Stories
from the City, Stories From The Sea’ was
so obviously her ‘happy’ album, kind of
distancing herself from her previous more
angsty, Patty Smith-esque releases. By
your own admission, your music has got
happier. How integral are your emotions
or current situations to your song
writing? And does drama make for better
song writing?
Past, present and future going on’s play
a HUGE part when it comes to me spending
some quality time with my notebook and
pen. Instead of dealing with situations
at the time I do my very best to pretend
that they’re not really happening and
repress them to the back of my already
over crowded mind. But then...when you
throw in the emotions of your average
woman, all song writing hell breaks
loose! I think my lyrics are as honest
I am. I mean I’ve never been a good liar
so don’t always hide behind clever plays
on words to get the meaning across. I
think that when you listen to my songs my
feelings are heard loud and clear and my
heart is not only worn but tattooed on my
sleeve. As for drama! Its makes for good
songs as it does television, they just go
hand in hand. I think we’re all a sucker
for a bit of drama.
Your lyrics are so autobiographical. Some
of my favourite lyrics of yours are “Now
the girl I love has left me all dazed
and confused, I hide in my bedroom she
hides behind her tattoos, take a chance
on me, I mean what do you have to lose?
I’m in love with your eyes, your smile,
even your bad moods.” Ruffled any feathers
with your candid lyrics? Haha! I’ve
ruffled feathers like a childhood pillow
fight! I use humour as some kind of
defence mechanism to try to make light
of uncomfortable situations, which I
must admit hasn’t always been taken as
intended.
Do you find the process of song writing
therapeutic?
Sometimes therapeutic, sometimes
annoying and sometimes down right
impossible. My song writing is at
its best when I’m locked away in my
old room at my parents surrounded
by anything that makes a noise with
a bottle of Jack at hand. Now thats
therapeutic. When I know I’ve written
something worth repeating, the buzz is
undescribable. When I’ve got a mental
block, its best to leave me be.
Who are your ultimate female icons?
Nina Simone, Annie Lennox for her style
and for the music, Helen Mirren because
anyone who eats a McDonalds at the
Oscars is an icon of mine and finally
Lana McDee of The Layanas.
Female Icons Quickfire:
Bettie Rubble or Judy Jetson?
Betty Rubble
Ari Up or Siouxie Sioux? Siouxie Sioux
Erykah Badu or Jill Scott? Jill Scott
Dita Von Teese or Immodesty Blaze?
Dita Von Teese
Juliette Lewis or Chloe Sevigny?
Juliette Lewis
Amity is also up for Glastonbury’s
Emerging Talent Award, on the shortlist
to play at the Great Escape Festival
Brighton 2010 as well as playing here,
there and everywhere. Check her out!
http://www.myspace.com/iamamity
http://www.youtube.com/AMiAMiTY
http://twitter.com/AMiAMiTY
Music - icon
Gaye Advert
When Brody Dalle was still in nappies and still
spoke (or rather gurgled) with an Aussie accent,
there was Gaye Advert. With her striking looks,
jet black hair, leather jacket and black eyeliner
layered on in abundance, she pretty much set the
mould for the ubiquitous punk girl’s aesthetic
that holds firm to this day. One of the first women
to emerge from the British Punk movement and
hailed as THE punk pin-up; rubbing shoulders with
the likes of the Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Joan
Jett, The Slits and The Damned to name a few,
MissFit talks to one of our biggest icons – the
original punk femme fatale, to pick her brain
about then, now and the stuff in between.
Hey Gaye! What an exciting and organic
time the birth of punk must have been!
When you look back, what are the moments
that you treasure or remember most
from this period and your time in The
Adverts?
Supporting Iggy on the British Lust for
Life tour was the highlight, it was
great playing a gig and then getting to
watch an Iggy gig every night.
You’re hailed as being one of the most
influential women from the original Punk
scene. Other than The Distillers Brody
or F- Minus’ Erica, MissFit feel that
there’s a massive space for more female
front women in Punk. Just why exactly
do you think it’s still such a maledominated genre?
I think the music scene in general
will always be male dominated, it’s a
tradition that’s hard to break. Record
company personnel as well as musicians
tend to be male. When the punk movement
started there were quite a few female
singers and musicians who did things
on their terms and didn’t conform to
the ‘girly’ image that was previously
expected, and although there are some
contemporary female musicians and front
women who have a mind of their own,
there are too many identikit scantily
clad bland singers out there, being told
what to do and what to wear by their
record companies and stylists. There
were no stylists when punk started,
people put their own looks together from
charity shops, and mainstream fashion
was influenced by THEM, not the other way
around.
With the UK in a similar economic
and political state as those of the
Punk era, MissFit feel that whilst
the internet is obviously amazing
for certain things, the instant
accessibility of mass media and the
subsequent rapid proliferation of
practically everything, subculture
has been watered down somewhat and the
possible reactionary or revolutionary
potential audiences within youth culture
are more apathetic than ever. How do you
feel about this and how does the present
day compare with the past?
Nowadays it is so easy to check out bands
and trends on the internet without even
going outside your door, there is almost
too much choice. New phenomenons like
bands becoming famous for having vast
fanbases on sites like myspace, rather
than having slogged around the country,
playing in horrible little venues, means
that youth culture can more easlly be
hyped into following bands that do not
merit it.
We’ve heard that you had a pair of vinyl
trousers from Westwood’s now prolific store
‘Sex’ that disintegrated due to being spat
on so much at gigs! Gross but pretty punk
rock if you ask us! What was your most
‘punk rock moment’ in your eyes?
Most punk rock moment, well, worst
moment probably, was when we played at
Lancaster Uni on the Damned tour. The
audience was spitting more than usual,
but intermittently, then I looked behind
me and there were Rat Scabies and Captain
Sensible holding up a sign saying ‘gob
now’. Actually that whole tour was a punk
rock moment…
Who are your ultimate female icons
and why? I don’t have any particular
heroines, I do admire and respect a lot
of groundbreaking female artists who have
developed their own style of painting,
graffiti etc.
Female Icons Quick Fire:
Marilyn Monroe or Bettie Page?
Bettie Page I guess
Patti Smith or Chrissie Hynde?
Patti Smith AND Chrissie Hynde
Photography: James Clothier
Model: Jordanna Jarrett
Make Up: Tarli Bond
Art Direction & Styling: Amber Upton
There is no denying the striking
and luxurious effect that
the colours gold and black
have when put together.....
slick with a definite
feeling of decadence! We’re
not the type of magazine
to give you the generic
white and pastels that
other publications do just
because it’s our Summer
issue and nudes are just
sooo de rigueur right
now darrrrling (puke)
and because we’re both
socially contrary and
original like that!
So, whatever the
season, whatever the
reason, black and
gold is where it’s
at!
For this shoot, we
took inspiration from
many different iconic
women...kind of an
Aaliyah as Queen of the
Damned, (R.I.P. beautiful
layday - we miss you always ♥ ) Grace Jones
and Pam Grier as ‘Coffy’
style mash up....we bring
you the sharpest dresses,
skirts, accessories and
shoes to obsess over,
also revealing our love
of Vivienne Westwood
simultaneously.
Read it (well look
actually) and weep
(with desire)
girlies...
This page: Leopard
print headscarf and
earrings - stylist’s own,
Black & gold bikini top - H&M,
Dress worn as top - American
Apparel, skirt - All Saints
Opposite page: Bespoke dress
with ruffled neckline by Charlotte
Haggerty, Orb pendant - Vivienne
Westwood
This page: Dress by
Charlotte Haggerty as
before, Gold chain headbands
- Topshop, Black patent and
leopard print shoes - Dune
Opposite page: Bespoke
vintage black & gold bow
and gold lurex boob tube
- both made to order by
Brett Le Bratt, Texturized
ruffled jacket - bespoke by
Charlotte Haggerty, Skirt as
before, Sling back peep-toe
heels with tortoise shell
bows by Melissa for Vivienne
Westwood Anglomania
You don’t need us to tell you what this is - like that Ronson sealing
shit or whatever the fuck it is - this section does exactly what it says
on the tin! Well, page actually but ya catch our drift! We aim to deliver
you some of the freshest graffiti, street art and illustration around showcasing both recognised and emerging talent - and you can even buy it! We
know, we know, we’re amazing - garms, music AND art in a magazine! For our
first issue, it’s purely a British thang! We’ve sort of put it together
in a mish-mash kiddie scrap-book kind of way beacuse a) we’re fairly
immature like that and b) it was muchos fun! We hope you enjoy getting your
perv well and truly ONNN over some seriously sick art as much as we did!
To quote Biggie (R.I.P. Big Poppa), “As we proceed, to give what you need....”
‘WHY?’ by Cheba
This has to be one of the sickest things we’ve seen in a while! Pop Art
AND graffiti?!! HUBBA HUBBA. MissFit loves Lichtenstein but this take on his
work by one of Bristol’s finest graff artists in our humble opinion - Cheba,
literally makes us dribble! “Why can’t my boyfriend be a street artist?”
Homes, we’ve been asking ourselves the same thing for quite some time!
‘Savage Passion’ by Irtus
OK, soooo a bad boy writing style AND our favourite girl crush Eva
Mendez TOGETHER? Say whaaattt?! HAWWWT is what WE say actually. Irtus
- we salute you!!! Currently one of the freshest up and coming talents
in Brighton, we await sightings of your new pieces with baited breath!
‘Untitled’ by Danny Wainwright
We’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Mr Danny Wainwright’s work
(see our blogspot yo!) here at MissFit - his impressive and both
technical ability and style makes our heart beat that little
bit faster and guarantees that our envy of his skills reach
collossal heights. Boi!!! You’ve outdone yo’self this time!
'Double Cream’ by Dora
We couldn’t just let the boys have
all the fun and not to make an
issue out of gender or anything
- there’s enough of that in the
street art scene and in everyday
life thanks very much - this
page is dedicated to the females
representing for their kind with
their fine art! AND because they
just look so darn purrrty together!
Here is a delight from Dora with
her instantly recognisable style.
(Check our interview with the
lady herself!) Always featuring
some hottay or another, we lust
her work! And this offering is
no exception. We love a bit of
symmetry and this piece is quite
frankly what we commonly refer to
at MissFit as BOOMMMM TIINNG!!
We didn’t want to limit our
gallery to just graffiti
and street artists because
well, that just wouldn’t
be right! So we bring you
this fine piece of fashion
illustration to satisfy those
eyes from our Welsh home
gyal Miss Rachelle. Using
a variety of materials, she
always manages to deliver
something equally beautiful
and eerie....how every real
women should be really! We
LOVE LOVE LOVE this piece
which is comprised of pencil,
ink and collage and we expect
to see a lot more of her
badass work published in
other publications in the not
too distant future. We think
big tings gonna gwan for Miss
Rachelle....
'Il Dottore’ by Miss Rachelle
For all enquiries about these pieces
email: [email protected]
Vintage Hair Secrets
As mentioned in our retro swimwear feature,
MissFit lust a 40s/50s do. What we don’t lust
is just quite how pretentious the Rockabilly
scene has become (not all of y’all but
definately SOME of y’all) and as every girl
who rocks vintage hair knows, rockabilly girls
are more secretive about their ardous hair
techniques and skills than politicians are
about the BARE liberties they’ve been taking
with their ‘living expenses.’ So, because
we’re generous (and mischevious beyyyatches)
every issue we will, in a similar fashion to
the amazing Mary J Blige, ‘give you the 411’
on how to achieve these bad boy styles to
cut out and collect - BOO YAH! What with this
being our virgin issue ‘n’ all, we’re gonna
kick off with one of our fave vintage styles
- the roll! We ♥ how VV Brown rocks it out not enough sisters do the retro thang - and
they totally should, as you can see with our
Hair: Alex Jones
bonafide hottay of a model Lydia. Hawwt diggity
Make Up: Tarli Bond Model: Lydia Jose
dahh-mn!!
So to get from
this...to THIS,
follow our step
by step rules yo!
1 Firstly, it’ best to attempt
➡
➡
this a day or two after you last
washed your hair otherwise your
locks will be a bitch - FACT.
Apply a smoothing lotion on to
your hair, we used Tigi’s After
Party - it kicks those fly away
hair’s arses in to touch! You
will need a bun mesh accessory for
the roll available from Boots.
2. With a tail comb, part off
a square section from either
side of your forehead to just
above your crown. Twist it
round to keep it out of the
way and secure with a clip.
3. Brush the remaining hair
in to a ponytail - we’ve
done it on the crown of
Lydia’s head and kept it
straight but rock it which
way you like, at the nape
of your neck or curled if
you so choose. Give all your
hair other than the secured
clipped up section a thorough
spritzing of hairspray (we
favour
Tresemme’s
Freeze
Hold - it will endure serious
weather
conditions)
and
smooth back any fly away hairs
with the comb. It needs to
be slicker than my man Rick!
4. Unclip the the sectioned of
hair, give it a brush and pull
forward over your face.Unclip
the bun accessory so it’s a
roll. Secure the end of your
hair to the middle of the mesh
roll with two bobby pins and
roll it up slowly until your
hair is wrapped as tightly as
it can be. Secure the mesh
roll at either side of
your head with bobby pins.
5. Then use the comb to
equally cover the corners
of the mesh and begin
tucking in and securing all
the messy bits with bobby
pins underneath the roll
all the way along,working
from the corners in towards
the middle.When its tidy
and smooth enough for your
liking give it a massive
spray of hair spay and
voila! There you have it! ♥
MissFit
Here at
we appreciate the individual’s take on style
and salute the bold! However, you may be looking correct
and wearing the freshest garms but are you wearing them with
soul? In this street style section we’ll be hitting the mean
streets and club nights of various cities - for our first
issue it’s good old Brighton - looking for ladies rocking a
steez that screams solid gold soul yo!
Just like one our favourite fictional style icons Alabama
Worley, you gotta have a lot of heart kid! The layday with the
style we love most each issue, will win a black zip-up hoody
with the schweeet logo above, lovingly embroidered by the very
talented Miss Emz Long, stencil master - sewing extraordinaire
and self confessed Queen of Bristyle that she is! ♥
Firstly, yeah we are aware that this
section of the mag’s s’posed to be all
about the ladies but Shane’s basically
pretty enough to be a girl and his New Era
cap baring ‘Smell Ya Later’ on the peak
is just such an amazing mix of Suicidal
Tendencies (the band NOT our monthly
depressive episodes ya div!) and Fresh
Prince steez that he HAD to be included!
Plus his home girl April is rocking the
shit out of that Janet Jackson tee! Not
an obvious choice which just makes it
even better in our eyes. AND she kind
of has a Wile-Kit from Thundercats
thang goin on with her elfin looks and
her red do - nostalgic chic - RAD!
There are so many things to love about
Shauna’s outfit. Firstly her ability to carry
off a skin tight pair of tartan leggings
without looking like a) a grebo or b) a
skeezy punk wannabe is most impressive.
Secondly we love a good faux fur jacket.
Paired with geek glasses, DM shoes a
lace bodysuit AND the very same Vivienne
Westwood pendant featured in our Black &
Gold shoot, this is a look that shouldn’t
work and couldn’t work on most ladies. But
it sure as shit works on Shauna! She’s
this issue’s winner! We said we salute
the brave and hey, the gyal’s wearing
a lace bodysuit with no bra! Brrraaap!
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OK we all know the 90’s have made a comeback
but this outfit could be sooo tragically tryhard on most girls that we’re totally loving
the fact that Lydia’s working this look
better than Alice Dellal herself! With the
part shaved head, graphic jumper, acid wash
shorts, brothel creepers and bomber jacket
it could be a horrific flashback to a time when
people still referred to speed as ‘whizz’ and
said bad things like “Choon!” But it doesn’t.
Lydia looks like Courtney Love met Ari Up and
then they stumbled in to TLC along the way
and somehow created this beaut of a style
amalgamation. So yeah, pretty good really.
Last but not least, we found Vic. What we love
about her most is her nonchalance - not in a wanky
Nathan Barley-esque ‘I live in Shoreditch, when
no actually you live Dagenham’ kind of way but
a genuine, ‘yeah this is what was on the floor,
I put it on and I blatantly still look better
than you’ kind of way. Effortless. Also rocking
out DM’s but this time the boot variety, it just
proves that there really are some items you
can always rely on. But best of all, as MissFit
are always a sucker for a hefty bit of moody
gold, this beast Vic’s wearing would be enough
to make Flava Flav say, “Yeeeeaahhh boiiii!!!”
And basically, that’s a mightily desirable
trait in our magpie eyes and is something
we pretty much strive for on a daily basis.
For this, our first and original issue,
MissFit went out and about in Brighton to
hit up our increasingly favourite ‘club
night crush’, Milk Teeth at Audio as they
host a dubstep extravaganza featuring Tomb
Crew amongst others. A bi-monthly night
comprising of anything from bashment to
dubstep and grime to bassline , this is a
night to get your (milk)teeth in to proper!
But first, we talk to its inceptor, creator
and all round instigator Laura May Coope,
(who also works for 1Xtra and writes a blog
as well as doing her freelance journalist
thang dontcha know?!) to pick her brain
about what’s gone, what’s on and what’s
coming up....and other important things
such as what she’ll be wearing. But one
thing’s for sure, best put your freshest
garms on and whatever your demeanour,
whether it be pout or screw-face, you
what’s next – I’m really determined to
best roll out with your swagger on!
Whaddup Laura! Firstly, how was Milk
Teeth conceived? Well I spent plenty of
my teenage times obsessing over UK Garage,
which before the internet made things
so accessible, was pretty difficult as a
15 year old in a tiny village outside of
Coventry. As garage grew up and grime
was in its infancy my obsession continued
to develop with scrappy mixtapes I stole
from my dodgy DJ mates in Birmingham and
listening to an unhealthy amount of radio –
The Dreem Team, Trevor Nelson and Westwood
all had a big imprint. After DJ’ing in some
underground cult London clubs, I always
felt there was a gap in Brighton waiting
to be filled by something deep, dark and
really fucking fun. Guys like Angry Dance
Party were, and still are, doing an amazing
job at bringing new genres to the seaside
(like soca, juke, jerk and bashment) but I
wanted to bring the big names I listen to
every day down to Brighton to debut some
really forward thinking sounds – basically
a really distinctive, branded club night
with a big editorial back up for people to
get a detailed view of what it’s all about.
The name Milk Teeth was mine and Katie’s
idea – we wanted something that sounded
both creepy and dark (loose teeth ain’t
pretty are they) but that also suggested
new growth and exciting times. Pretty deep
yeah.
MissFit have been attending your night on
and off for a year or so now. You already
appear to have acquired a cult following
and with new faces popping up at every
night, you seem to be really gaining
momentum. What’s next for Milk Teeth?
Erm, continuing to bring new sound and
crucial names down here is important to
bring a lot more grime and new garage
down here, which is a slow and sticky
process. But with people like Terror
Danjah and Butterz behind us, things
are looking nice. I’d like to bring some
really exciting MC’s down too, we have
Illaman with Tomb Crew which will be
fizzing all over the place and I’ve got
my eyes on some dancehall ladies for a
big summer party. There’s also a massive
influx of DJ’s doing special things in the
new genres dubstep and garage have helped
to produce – guys like Kingdom, Mosca,
Cooly G, Greena and Ikonika are expanding
faster than microwave popcorn.
You also work at 1Xtra....must be good
for your contacts....any upcoming lineups to brag about? And if that’s too
hush hush then please feel free to feed
our dirty little minds with any gossip feuding, sightings, news....anyyyything
you’d care to share?
Of course! We’ve got SBTRKT coming up
in April with Urban Nerds – that SBTRKT
remix of Tinie Tempah’s Pass Out, has
been one of the biggest club blends this
year. Looking forward to seeing him bring
some really dark and eerie bass to Audio,
hopefully with his tribal mask sat behind
the decks. We’ve also got a massive
booking in a few months – Greenmoney are
coming to bring a lot of fun.
As for work gossip – this ain’t exactly
hot news, but last week Justin Bieber
(yeah I know) was in doing a freestyle
session on Westwood (gag) and there were
about 400 teenage girls waiting for 5
hours outside the doors, screaming at
every passing car and giving the security
heart attacks. I got mobbed when I popped
out for a cherry coke by some angry
tweenager who was determined I knew where
Bieber was. Tough luck sister.
All of the nights we’ve attended at Milk
Teeth have been really varied which is a
rarity! Who have been your favourite DJ’s
or acts to play thus far?
Well Micachu played our launch night
which was a challenging set-up to say
the least. We only had cdjays and she
arrived post-gig with a bag full of
vinyl. I had to send somebody back to
my house to pick up the needles from
my decks, rush back and have an awful 3
minutes of silence whilst we changed the
plugs. Somehow Micachu managed to play
an amazing vintage r’n’b/grime/soul set
with a scratched up Ja Rule CD single
and one turntable. More recently Terror
Danjah played his debut set in Brighton
and listening to his trademark gremlin
cackles live was a big thing. I’ve got
so much time for everyone we’ve booked
– it’s like going to the pick and mix
“I got mobbed
when I popped out
for a cherry coke
by some angry
tweenager who
was determined I
knew where Bieber
was.Tough luck
sister.”
counter – you only choose your favourites
right? We had quite a small scale party
last year with Manara from Night Slugs –
my favourite club night in the UK – and
she was pure fire.
Correct us if we’re wrong but you seemed
to have moved away from hip hop a bit.
Any plans for a hip hop night?
Well hip hop was always in the background
of Milk Teeth – I listen to a lot of it,
blog a fair amount and most of our acts
drop some hip hop tracks into their sets
– its too big to ignore ain’t it? I don’t
want to run any pure hip hop nights,
because there’s a lot of that in Brighton
already. My heart beats for 90s female
focused R’n’B – Monica, Aaliyah, Toni
Braxton, En Vogue, TLC… and vintage bitch
rappers like Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Remy Ma
and cheesy shit like 3LW. I’m sure we’ll
see a summer special focused on that
kinda sound.
We’re presuming you have something most
bashy lined up to strut in....care to
give us the heads up?!
You mean garms? Yes of course! I’ve got a
hefty pair of black sequin pants to debut
– by the time this is published no doubt
I’ll be regretting that decision, but
right now my magpie eyes couldn’t leave
them on the shelf. Also a HUGE oversized
Jeremy Scott/Adidas logo t-shirt which is
like wearing a duvet.
Lastly, MissFit is all about looking at
female icons this issue. Who are your
ultimate icons and why?
First and always – Lil Kim – she’s been
my idol since I was thumbing through
R’N’B magazines in WHSmith when I was
a 14 year old plastic with sun-in hair
and an eyebrow piercing. Her lyrics are
the best thing that has ever sprang out
of rap for me - “Got the camcord layin’
in the drawer where he can’t see, can’t
wait to show my girls he sucked the piss
out my pussy.” Ms Dynamite – I’m so glad
she’s been well received this year – Wile
Out suits her heavy, heavy dancehall
vocals and blows everything else away.Bad
Gyal was my walk-to-work anthem last year
too. Also Nicki Minaj, Lady Chann, Mary
Anne Hobbs and one of my best friends in
the world, Romy Madely Croft from The xx.
Clockwise from
left: Laura
rockin out the
Jeremy Scott
Adidas tee - we
want! Also with
her Tomb Crew
tee in hand!
Tomb Crew DJ’ing
Tomb Crew
backstage with
MC Illaman
Some serious getting
down and shaking
of yo’ shit was
witnessed and had by
all!
Female Icons Quickfire:
Eve or Jean Grae? Eve
She-Rah or Cheetara? She-Rah
Tina Turner or Chaka Khan? TINA!
MissFit’s verdict on Tomb Crew at Milk
Teeth: This was the best night we’ve
been to so far this year and of all Milk
Teeth’s nights we’ve attended! Audio was
rammed, the vibe was RIGHT and everyone
came out to play in their freshest garms.
Tomb Crew span dubstep duttier than Pete
Doherty’s fingernails - the highlight
being both Mobb Deep’s ‘Shook Ones’
and Dead Prez’s ‘Hip Hop’ being played
intermittently through the filth - like
finding a pair of brand new kicks in your
local chazza for £3 - unexpected but
amazing! Follow Milk Teeth and Laura on:
twitter: laura_milkteeth
http://milkteef.wordpress.com/
hater
“ Lady Gaga is
totally straight, she
isn’t a rebel. I can
see straight through
her, she is business.”
Ari Up of The Slits
lover
Every issue we have our anonymous columnist who’s quite
frankly like a split personality. She will deliver opinions
and verdicts on people with other much love....or much
hatred....she’s like a professional hater and lover baby!
Nobody will escape her wrath....or her accolades....she
doesn’t follow popular opinion and she certainly doesn’t
care what you or anyone else thinks. You’ve been warned!
For our first issue, it’s Lady Gaga that get’s a verbal punch
to the side of her head.....BAAAMMMM!!! KNOCK OUT!!!
Ok, so am I like, the only one NOT
currently buying in to this Lady
Gag Gag, sorry, Gaga BULLSHIT?!!
She’s hailed as being this edgy,
subversive and weird ‘icon’ and
has been heard be-moaning about
her ‘years of struggle’ to make it.
Firstly, Gaga, you’re 23! AND you
went to school with Paris Hilton,
so WOW, 5 years of such HARD
conditions must have been so so
tough for you. You don’t realise
that whilst many people actually
struggle to survive, your quest for
success was merely just that - a
fight for FAME. And as for you
being hailed as an innovative
style icon - beyyatch, purrrlease!
Yes you do wear some amazing
costumes but you’re not original,
just merely ripping off artists like
Lee Bowery, Alex Box and also
what many club kids have been
doing for years - albeit with a
bigger budget. And the lobster hat?
Isabella Blow you fucking aint! As
This issue I’d very much like to pay homage to the great,
now late, Alexander McQueen. I was thoroughly depressed
when I heard about your departure from this sometimes
unbearable world and genuinely shed a tear or twenty over
my frock. You were a truly inspirational innovator with a
dynamic vision and a wicked sense of humour. You weren’t
afraid to ruffle feathers with your politicised creations and
subversive chic (and cheek), one of my favourite moments
being the controversy you caused by calling your A/W ‘95
collection ‘Highland Rape.’ Interpreted by some (small
minded retards ) as a misogynistic and inappropriate take
on violence and violation of women (you sent your models
down the catwalk looking bruised and battered) you were
all, “Errrm noooo dickheads, actually commenting on the
brutal treatment of the Scottish highlanders at the hands
of the British” or something to that effect. Genius. I may not
like the amount of fur you sometimes used but you were a
prime example of just how amazing British fashion design
can be...Gareth Pugh has big shoes to fill. I even forgive
you for letting Gaga defile your creations. I can only hope
that you and your bezzie Isabella Blow are wreaking havoc
together in the heavens, making the next life a far more
beautiful, stylish and ultimately fun place to be.
McQueen, the glorious rebel that you were and always will
be in my mind, I love you and I miss you. Always. Mwah X.
for your over-hyped new video
with Beyonce (I’m disappointed in
you B - the song is SHIT) - which
has more product placement in it
than an actual advert - THANKS
for bastardising the much beloved
Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill - and
your pseudo-lesbo kiss? Not
shocking or edgy but just a blatant
marketing ploy, exactly like the
rest of your phoney, and quite
frankly transparent persona
that you’ve obviously created
not because you’re eccentric
but actually, because you’re just
devoid of any real personality
or originality. I think Ari Up of
The Slits (a true, rebellious icon)
summed it up best, “Lady Gaga is
totally straight, she isn’t a rebel.
I can see straight through her,
she is business.” Word on that!
So yeah, I basically hate you and
can’t wait for your demise you
souless, hollow, fake cunt. Yes, I
did say the c-word. And I mean it.
R.I.P.
Lee
Alexander
McQueen
1969 - 2010
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