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!!

Last week, we let you know about the fabulous styling that M.I.S.S. Liz did for an editorial for Coutorture. The ladies of Coutorture sat down with Liz for some Q & A about what makes the busy lady tick and her love for vintage clothing. Read the full interview here!

For the summer 2008 collection Mama takes you back to the Roaring 20’s when smoke-filled speakeasys and jazz clubs were the place to get a cocktail during Prohibition.  A time when flappers were chopping their hair into bobs and hiking their skirts up and showing their ankles – so scandalous! Mama celebrates this exciting period and gives it a contemporary twist.  The Mama’s Joint Look Book is laid out like a silent film and was shot at Milk Bar in San Francisco to give it that “secret spot� feel. You can view the Look Book here.  Sit back, relax and turn the listen to all that jazz.  

More pics and credits after the jump . . .

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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!

Our very own “BusyLady”, M.I.S.S. Liz Baca was interviewed on Vintage Shopping Guide.  If you ever wondered what it is she does and how it all came about 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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Good things comes to those who wait…I’ve always liked to believe that’s true. And the much awaited and anticipated Holiday collection from everyone’s favorite Mama, Operation Saigon Sunset is out now! We can always expect a little trick up the sleeve from this brand and this time around it’s the Mama x New Era Military style beret! This style was made specifically for Mama…always pushing the boundries, whatchoutnow!!! I’m thinking these ladies are up to something…world domination?? Me thinks yes.

Photo Credit: Amanda Lopez

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Mama Clothing has just released the the first part of their Fall Collection called “Operation: Saigon Sunset.” Tee’s are available in stores now! The site has been up-dated with new images and music, too! Peep the picts from the look book photo shoot that happened last weekend…Whatda we want? PEACE! Whenda we want it? NOW!

Photos: Amanda Lopez, Styling: Liz Baca/The Goods!, Photo Re-Touch: Alex Valdez

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