Ladies Lotto invited M.I.S.S. founders, Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee and Liz Baca, to speak tonight at the San Francisco chapter meeting from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. The meeting will be hosted by Ver Unica, a woman-owned vintage shop on Hayes Street. If you’ve never been, this is an excellent time to check out the vintage lovelies housed here. Bring your friends and come say hi!

DON’T FORGET TO RSVP: rsvpsf@ladieslotto.com

Thursday October 23, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Ver Unica at 437 Hayes Street suite B.

Food and drinks provided.
Save by pre-paying!
Cost: $10/pre-pay, $12/day-of
Pre-Pay: http://llsf10-08.notlong.com

Ladies Lotto invited M.I.S.S. founders, Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee and Liz Baca, to speak at this week’s San Francisco chapter meeting this Thursday, October 23rd, from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. The meeting will be hosted by Ver Unica, a woman-owned vintage shop on Hayes Street. If you’ve never been, this is an excellent time to check out the vintage lovelies housed here. Bring your friends and come say hi!

Thursday October 23, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Ver Unica at 437 Hayes Street suite B.

Food and drinks provided.
Save by pre-paying!
Cost: $10/pre-pay, $12/day-of
Pre-Pay: http://llsf10-08.notlong.com

Introducing the first of many more to come…An original editorial spread featuring the works of INSA. The most recent drop from INSA’s land, the “Hackney”, “Lewisham” and “Chelsea” are a series of heels not for the weak or faint of heart. We tied them up, locked them up and lubed up the latex for this series of shots exploring the world of “Le Rétifisme d’Insa” or The Shoe Fetish of INSA! View the entire spread here!

Shot in Oakland, CA by New York’s Shannon Sinclair. Modeled by Kimi of Lilofee. Hair by Merria Dearman and make-up by Chastity. Original concept by M.I.S.S. Styling by Liz Baca and produced by Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee. Heals are available at INSA-Heels, all hosiery by Agent Provocateur and all bondage accessories from Madame S.

Look out for an intimate chat with INSA tomorrow as we get personal with the man behind it all!!

Tara from Trash Bag Aesthetics sat down with Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee from Mama to talk about all things Mama from it’s origins, collaborations and future projects.  Read the interview here.

M.I.S.S. Crew/Mama’s own Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee was recently featured in the latest copy of Sneaker Freaker in a piece about vintage kicks. Check out her collection of LA Gears - many sourced for her by The Goods! and Rock-It-Retro.

And, to get a glimpse into upcoming collections, check out a feature The Label Lab just published which includes sneaky peak photos, write-up and video interview.  View it all here.

Label Networks posted an interview with Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee of Mama on LNTV. Check it for sneaky peaks of what’s to come!

M.I.S.S. Crew’s very own Catzie Vilayphonh has a column on two.one.five Magazine called Catz Out The Bag, where she interviews people and the current feature is on M.I.S.S. Crew founders Liz Baca and Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee. Read the full interview here!

Ladies, we’ve come to the final day of our Women Making History series. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading about the outstanding ladies who are “making history� in their respective fields, as much as we’ve enjoyed featuring them.

We couldn’t think of a better way to end the series than to have our founding members, Liz “Busy Lady� Baca and Gabriella “Mama� Davi-Khorasanee share their stories of how M.I.S.S. Crew came about!

Gabriella’s up first:

“Though Mama’s International Secret Society started in 2006, I had been playing around with the idea for about a year before the thoughts came to fruition. I had been in the industry for about four years and I was frustrated with how much of a “boys club� it was. I knew there were plenty of women in the biz, but that they weren’t getting the shine that the boys were. I wanted to create a forum for the ladies to get together and share experiences and ideas and also create a media outlet to give women’s product the attention that it was not getting on men’s-focused online platforms. The ladies often get hit with a bad sterotype of tearing each other down and I wanted to prove that sterotype wrong. Strength in numbers! I knew that M.I.S.S. was a large undertaking, and if done right, would be bigger than I could handle so I asked Liz Baca, of The Goods!, if it was something that she wanted to work on with me. When I told her the idea she was down from the start.�

After the jump, Gabriella concludes her back-story on M.I.S.S. Crew and shares a little about herself. Liz follows this with her story, along with pictures to share! JUMP!

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