Rock, music, bands, fashion and beer all in benefit of the Step Right Up after school program of NYC.

Bands include:
Necking
The Nasties
The Brass Cups
AND DJ Jon Santos
Fashion and Art for auction include pieces by:
Costalots Sunglasses,
Round Designs,
H Fredrickson,
Uluru
Covet
Christian Beaujean
Cheek-ie
Mary Meyer
Fox & Fawn
& Jeremy Davies

Hosted by The Parlour Brooklyn, a new salon, and sample sale designers including: Costalot Sunglasses, Round Designs and Mary Meyer, a special guest from the west coast, Facade Vintage, which is curated vintage at west coast prices and performances by Mirror Mirror and Patrick Thomas.

FREE BBQ provided by Jonny Meyer of The Yard. The produce was sourced locally at the Greenpoint Rooftop Farm
and FREE bang trims by Ms Cally Martin herself!
The sample sale will have Spring 09 and Men’s!

THE PARLOUR BROOKLYN
72 GREENPOINT AVE, BROOKLYN/ FRANKLIN
Greenpoint Stop off the G train.
July 18th 12 to 8pm

Dresses by Nature Vs. Future

So I’ve been hearing about this designer shopping event called Shop NYC for the past couple of years, and really wanted to check it out. Thanks to Bijules, I got a comp ticket to enter and see what it was going on. And this is when I admit my mistakes and tell you that I messed up. I should have told you guys about this earlier.

Gen Art is an arts and entertainment organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago, that is dedicated to showcasing emerging fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians and visual artists. They produce over 100 events a year, and Shop NYC is just one of them. Utilizing designers featured in Gen Art runway shows, as well as some of New York’s top emerging fashion and accesory lines, Shop NYC allows fashionistas to purchase current run pieces, samples, one-offs, and pre-release products directly from designers at discounts of up to 70% off. In addition they also had a beauty area with free makeup applications, hair touch ups, and brow shaping.

I saw a lot of clothes and jewelry from brands that we at M.I.S.S. will likely be reporting on individually in the near future, but you can get a taste in the photo gallery. My personal favorites were the dresses by Sonia Rykiel that were stashed in the mashup designer dress section. So cute! And cute’s not even my thing! I also loved the cotton and jersey pieces by Mary Meyer. I was smart to not bring a wad of cash, cuz I would have dropped it on her Spine Leggings in an instant. I don’t condone stealing…but I can’t lie! I thought it for a split second!  I also, for the first time every in my many year’d life got my face totally done up by the makeup people at Dex New York. I’m a mascara, lip gloss, and that’s it kind of girl, and just have to say it felt totally weird to get the sponge with wet foundation all over my face. But when my makeup artist was all done, the combination of their mineral based products looked really good, lessening my under eye circles, and highlighting my cheekbones in a pretty natural way.

In all, I think the cost of a $15 ticket to the event was probably worth it when you combine the steals and deals to be had, the beer and wine bar, and use of the beauty section.  So next time New Yorkers, I promise I’ll tell you ahead of time when this event is going down (psssst…. it’s in November, date TBA) and for the ladies in Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco – keep your eyes peeled for SHOP events in your cities. The next one will be in Miami on June 18th. Everyone everywhere else, check out the Gen Art boutique of Yoox.com for some exquisite fashion choices.

M.I.S.S. hearts lots of things, but one of our most favorite things is sweatpants.  When we’re not in our fancy pants, we’re undoubtedly in our sweat pants.  No M.I.S.S. or Mama photoshoot would not be official without me and Liz running around in our favorite pair of sweats.  We’re not the ones in front of the camera – we’re too busy making sure everyone else looks good.  So, we were very excited to see several lines offering their take on sweat pants.  What follows are our favorites . . . Baby French Terry Pants by In4mation

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Mary Meyer is a woman’s-woman designer – she always knows how to cut clothing to accentuate a woman’s best features, while at the same time always making sure the clothing is comfortable. She uses the softest cotton that feels wonderful against the skin. For her Spring 2009 collection, Mary (pictured below) was inspired by her time spent in a bungalow at Rockaway Beach in Queens, NY. Her prints and color palette are reminiscent of the sand and coral of the beach, while the prints were inspired by African prints. Check out more sneak peaks of her Spring Collection after the jump.

Mary Meyer wearing her own clothes with her adjustable necklace that can be worn many ways.

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