Section: Inside Lip Service

Here are the requirements for being a Lip Service model:

• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• You must be in the Los Angeles area and available during the time-frame of the shoot.
• Women must be near a size 5 and be between 5 ft. 5 in. and 5 ft. 10 in. tall.
• Men must be approximately a size 32 in. pant and slim to medium size top.

Model Submission Form

1. Your Name(required)
2. Age (must be 18+)(required)
3. Location(required)
4. Sizes (tops, skirts/pants)(required)
5. Measurements (bust/waist/hips)(required)
6. Headshot(required)
7. Full Body Shot(required)
8. Additional Shot #1
9. Additional Shot #2
10. Additional Shot #3
11. Email(required)
12. Website
13. Message

 

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We donated partial proceeds from our October Sample Sale to the local spcaLA!

Why the spcaLA? Well, last year alone, the spcaLA prevented countless acts of animal cruelty by reaching more than 5,000 people through Humane Education services, violence prevention programs for at-risk adolescents and their Animal Assisted Therapy program. They also found new homes for 2,585 animals, reunited 205 pets with their families and fostered 528 animals in temporary homes. They also just opened a Specialty Spay/Neuter Center to help combat the pet overpopulation crisis in southern California.

We think the spcaLA rocks!

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When I see a really intriguing artist in the course of my web travels, my first thought is, “I must share this cool shit with everyone!” Well, when someone as talented as Jim Wayer (aka Wicked Illusions) falls right into my lap while I’m editing the webzine, that goes double!

You’ve seen Jim’s beautiful images in Nos’ Devil Inside features. From the pretty portraits to the dark undertones of the Used and Abused set and the creepy camp of the Transformation set that turned Nos into a hot, fur-encased werewolf, he has been a perfect visual foil for our resident gore whore’s thoughts. Once I started looking further into his work, I found not only some awesome creepiness, but also a selection of purely sexy imagery and portraits with personality and (refreshingly) just a bit of a whimsical eye. Below is a gallery with a taste of Jim’s Wicked Illusions. Visit his website WickedIllusions.com to see more and get information on how to book him (or click the logo).

A little background on Jim (from his website bio):
Wicked Illusions (a.k.a. Jim Wayer) is an award winning film maker who has taken his love for the visual dynamic into the realm of photography. A fairly new comer to the photography scene, he has already had his work published in Bizarre Magazine and Zivity, as well as here on the Lip Service webzine, and has been gaining the attention of many in the Alt/Fetish realm (which is where he feels the most at home).

Nothing shall stop him from bettering himself as an artist and experimenting into higher levels of insanity. So join his demented band of freaks or prepare yourself for battle! He also loves little puppies.

 

 
I had a chance to ask Jim a few questions and here’s what he had to say for himself …

Webmistress: How did you start getting interested in photography and who were your influences? I could ask the same about horror … and will … why dark themes and who influenced your style?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: Well my love for photography really spawned from my love of lighting. It all began with becoming a film maker and realizing how the lighting actually affected the mood that you felt when viewing the imagery. My main influences are filmmakers that expand the visual means of their films, which also is a reason I am attracted to horror, because you see this all the time in the genre. You get such beautiful imagery in films like Susperia and The Beyond, that you just don’t see in films like Big Momma’s House. Also, one of the many hats I wear is that of a Special FX artist, so I have a deep-rooted history and love with all things gory and scary!

 
WM: If you had to describe your work in a sentence or less, what would it be?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: The dark, sadistic side of beauty

 

WM: What is your process in creating images and where is the most crazy place you’ve gotten inspiration for a shoot?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: I have multiple processes for creating images. Sometimes, I know exactly what I want and spend hours of adjusting to capture that. Sometimes I have a broad idea of the feel that I want to go for, but let the shoot take on its own life. It’s very enjoyable for me when a shoot takes a turn that I didn’t expect and achieves a greater result! I get very bizarre inspirations from strange places. I tend to see the truths behind many things more than their face value. I see a flyer for a church picnic and what I see is a good marketing idea for the church to make some money. One of the recent bizarre inspirations came from seeing somebody drinking a tropical drink out of a coconut. Still have not planned that one out yet, but it’s coming!

 
WM: So, how dark are the recesses of your mind?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: Ha! I don’t know what you mean! The recesses of my mind are like bluebirds flying around in an open field…just sometimes they happen to land on a landmine.

 
WM: What would be a subject or scene you would not do, no matter what?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: I cannot say that there is a specific scene or image that I absolutely won’t do. There are certain subjects that I would never show in a certain light. For example, I would never show a child mutilated or abused simply to be shocking, however, if should that image was more about portraying the evilness of the person inflicting such pain on the kid, then I would be ok with it (of course all implied and not actually hurting a kid!).

One of the more horrifying subjects that I see is that of animal abuse and torture. I am a huge dog lover and seeing such subject matter always pisses me off. However, I also push myself in that way too. If I come across something that frightens me, I confront it and overcome my fear of it. Sometimes the way to overcome a fear of heights is to simply stand on a ledge 5 stories in the air. So there isn’t anything that I would absolutely never show, because I think all taboo subject matter can be shown in certain aspects, where it actually conveys an appropriate message.

 

WM: What is the most challenging subject you’ve done so far?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: The most challenging subject that I have come across is having to shoot sets that are, as I call them, “Normal photos”. I like shooting fashion photos, as long as I can have my visual feel to it. There are many places that I have come across that immediately dismiss photos because, god forbid, there are shadows!

I don’t care too much for the photos that are all soft and flat. I have a recent love for soft light, but still want to create a more three dimensional feel to a photo in regards of the subject and the scene around them.

 
WM: If logistics and budget were no object, what would your Holy Grail photo shoot be?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: Well, equipment wise, I’d have about three 27’ grip trucks packed to the brim. However, location wise, I would love to have free run of an abandoned, underground military base. I also would love to recreate the test towns that the government set up for nuclear bomb tests and have a whole mess of models, dressed up, and charred, posing as the mannequins.

 
WM: On a similar vein, if you could do a portrait of anyone, who would it be and how would you present them?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: It would definitely be Masuimi Max. She has a look that would make a priest have to say 10 Hail Mary’s! I would either present her in a 70’s exploitation style battered victim way, or as a deranged psychopath. Seeing her in a ripped up straightjacket, splattered with blood and holding some form of blunt object.

 
WM: Beside photography, what are your creative passions?

WICKED ILLUSIONS: The two main artistic releases I have besides photography would be web/graphic design and film making. I find a strange pleasure in typing like a madman in this bizarre coding language and having it turn out all pretty like! A few recent examples of this are My Website, and the new Wicked Pixel Cinema webstore.

On the filmmaking front, I love being on set and simply being a part of such magnificent display of organized chaos! My first major film that I ever worked on was DEADWOOD PARK, where I was Key Grip. That movie also sucked me into joining Wicked Pixel Cinema. That’s when I declared that no matter what, I will be an artist for the rest of my life. Since then I wore many hats through the insane production of Eric Stanze’s current movie RATLINE and manage day to day operations at our studio. I also am happy to say that in two days I leave for New York to work in the Grip/Electric department on Jim Mickle’s film STAKE LAND!

Photo/credit information is as follows:

row 1 (left to right): “Used and Abused”  / Model: Nos; “Ugly America” (Merch Shot for Ugly Shyla’s T-Shirt)”  / Model: Nos; “Eating Pussy” (Original title) aka “Sweet Kitty” (Censored title)  /  Model: Nos; “Shut up and Listen!”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide

row 2 (left to right): “Sexy Domestic (Zivity Set Preview)”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide; “Infidelity”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide; “Gossip”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide; “Ghostly Seduction”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide

row 3 (left to right): “Flesheater”  /  Model: Pandora Genocide; portrait of filmmaker Eric Stanze of Wicked Pixel Cinema; “Elegant”  /  Model: Nos; “BUBBLE (Zivity Set Preview)” / Model: Kaila Marie

row 4 (left to right): “Breezy and Beautiful”  /  Model: Nos; “Vintage Beard”  /  Model: Jason Christ; Voyeur’s Delight”  /  Model: Sarah Swofford; Merch shot for Wicked Pixel Cinema’s Logo T-Shirt  /  Model: Pandora Genocide

We’re looking for some sexy, busty, slim and curvy Playboy-type models to rock our new line of Halloween costumes! Think you fit the bill? Then check out the details and get in touch!

Photo shoot dates are still to be determined, and pay is negotiable.

Here are the requirements:

1- You must be at least 18 years of age.
2- You must be in the Los Angeles area and available during the time-frame of the shoot.
3- Women must be near a size 5 and be between 5 ft. 5 in. and 5 ft. 10 in. tall

IMPORTANT: You MUST provide your age, measurements and attach recent photos (at least one headshot and one full figure) of yourself for your e-mail submission to be considered!

Interested? Then please send your information and photos to model_search@lip-service.com

We’re compiling the history of 25 years of Lip Service and need your help to do it. On our Wanted page, you will see photos of some of the very first members of the Original Cult: models, friends, staff, and even the first employee of the Lip Service store on Melrose. We would love to have their input and memories for our upcoming book but, sadly, we can’t track down their contact information. In a few cases, we don’t even have a name, just a photo, to work with in finding them. That’s where you come in.

Please take a look through the photos and, if you think you know the person shown, click the email us button beneath their photo. That will open an email with the right identification information in the subject line. Then, if you can tell us how to contact them, that would totally rock!

New photos will be added regularly as we organize our massive archives, so check back!

Thanks to all of you for your help in writing the history of our first 25 years!

It’s time for the change of seasons once again. As Fall makes way for Winter, even if the weather might not be something to get happy about, there is one bright spot to add a smile to a cloudy day. New Lip Service styles are arriving for the Holiday season!

So, say goodbye to the styles of Summer and greet the impending cold and snows by heating things up in killer new looks from Oil Spill, Ghost Town, Caged, Furminator, Vaudeville Vamps, Black Diamond Dynasty and top it off with our new To Hell in a Handbag and Sock It To Me accessories!

And, of course, you’ll want your computer to have the latest styles, too!

To download, just select the appropriate size and open, and right click to save.
Sizes are (left to right) 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024.

Caged

Furminator

Ghost Town

Oil Spill

*update*
Kynt & Vyxsin, rocking Lip Service, were named the Cutest Couple at the Spike TV Scream Awards. We utterly agree! Follow the link to check out the full coverage and killer photo.

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We found some more really groovy photos of K & V at the blog Blizzard Celebs. We’ve included them in a gallery below, but if you want to see the photos in all their big, juicy, colorful glory, click the link for the originals.

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Kynt and Vyxsin came by Lip Service HQ to rock our latest Spring 2010 styles. Check out our video of the day in shorter or longer version to see them in action and get a killer preview of what you’ll be looking hot in next year!

PS. PreOrders for these styles coming to the website soon!

The shorter version

The full video

Are you near LA and want to enjoy a fun night of kick-ass zombie-inspired art and never before seen photos of the legendary Vampira (Maila Nurmi)? Well, then we’ve got just the thing! Lip Service is sponsoring “The Totally Bitchin’ Night of the Dead 2″ at Exhibit A gallery. Check out some killer art, kick it with some friends to All-80s music by DJ Keith Morris (of Black Flag and Circle Jerks), and meet Scout Taylor-Compton, star of Rob Zombie’s Halloween.

October 24th
7-12 pm

To RSVP, go to Exhibit A’s RSVP page. You MUST RSVP to get in, so don’t forget!

Ah 2001! It was a strange year, but it did bring us some offerings of wonderfulness. Like Sex in thr Saddle! I remember going shopping for outfits to wear for our wedding, stopping into Jimmy Star, a fun, funky local shop. There, hanging on the rack, was the coolest fucking outfit I’d ever seen. How can you beat silver pleather with stitching spelling out “S-E-X” all over the jacket, I ask you? You CAN’T!

Since then, I’ve seen the yummy pieces from Sex in the Saddle here and there. Some of them I was able to find photos of, some not. (For example, the hilarious Christopher Guest movie, “Best In Show”.)

How can one resist a gif animation of Liz Hurley looking all sorts of hot in her Sex pants? They can’t … well, at least, I can’t. If you’ve seen the movie Bedazzled, you’ll know that virtually the only redeeming feature of the limp remake is Elizabeth Hurley in a succession of hot, sexy outfits, the Sex in the Saddle pants with a “Bad” t-shirt among them. So you can watch the incredible original (with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook) instead of this sad, awful excuse of a movie, I figured I’d give you the high point, which pretty much is Liz’ ass in Lip Service.

You’re welcome.

I was also able to find a couple more tasty pics of Sex in the Saddle out there in the Inter-nets. First, there is Cristina Sabbia of Lacuna Coil, rocking the skirt. Then a still of Liz. And we also have a photo compliments of one of our favorite places to check out lots and lots of great pics of current and classic Lippy styles, Lippy Photos. Check out John from the GooGoo Dolls in his Sex in the Saddle. Mmmmmm!

It’s always seemed a little funny to me, that one of the most quirky, unusual, and kick-ass cool stylegroups Lip Service has made over he years is one you see very seldom out there in the world. It seems a shame. We all know it’s out there somewhere … at least the photos are. There’s no way you could have these styles and NOT take a picture at some point.

Inspired by Slam X, the tireless and awesome owner of Lippy Photos, I’d like to see how many photos of Sex in the Saddle we can turn up out there. And I’ll start the ball rolling. I wasn’t bullshitting about Sex in the Saddle at our wedding. Here is the WebMaster and I in a gondola just after the ceremony. Where did you wear your Sex in the Saddle?

Either email your photos or just submit them with your story through the webzine.

If you have a company as fucking awesome as Lip Service and are approaching your 25th year, you’re gonna take a few minutes here and there to take a look back at some of the kick-ass moments over the quarter-century.

Speaking of kick-ass, our flashback this week features ass-kicking babe Angelna Jolie growling and … well … kicking ass as Tomb Raider Lara Croft in Korn’s Did My Time video. And whose is the wicked vinyl hugging every curve of Angie’s wicked bod? Well, ours, of course. (You’re welcome.)

Enjoy!

 

Oh, and speaking of Lara Croft, R.H. Stavis, who is also a kick-ass babe and the writer who created Lara’s story, just had a photo shoot in Lip Service gear. We’ll have those awesome photos for you in next week’s webzine.