Posts Tagged ‘Green Day’

Hey Fashion Freaks, it has been a minute since I stopped the ride long enough to type some thoughts for my sometimes weekly column but, lo and behold, here I am doing just that!

In Lippy news:
The chaos leading up to our biannual market trip to debut our new lines has come and gone and we survived the trip to Las Vegas yet again. Long, hard days working the trade show and talking with hundreds of customers plus fierce party nights with all the fabulous friends from the fashion industry can definitely leave you exhausted and in need of a vacation but, after the show and brief weekend, we are back to work as usual. The Magic convention (Men’s Apparel Guild In California), founded in 1933, is one of the largest fashion/garment industry shows in the world and to witness it first hand is more than overwhelming!  This was my 8th time attending, so the novelty may have worn off but the wonders never fail to amaze me. There is clothing in an intense array of styles, from beautiful, artistic and inspirational to ridiculously tacky and overdone. We featured our new Steam Punk influenced booth and wrote orders as fast as we could throughout the 3 day show. Our friends at Pin Up Girl clothing threw a great party at the Tiki Bar, and the center circle bar at the Hard Rock is always a good place to meet and mingle with industry peeps.

If you have not gotten a chance to see our last couple catalogs Bryn Thomas our in house stylist and east coast sales rep, has been doing an amazing job coordinating the models, styling outfits, and  working closely with the graphic artists to put together what most agree are our best catalogs in years!! Kudos Bryn you rock!!

In Lippy-spotting news:
We floated free clothes to Lady Gaga and her crew when they came through town and they put us on their VIP list for the show! We have been sent pictures of Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day sporting our skinny bright red junkie fit jeans while crowd surfing on tour. And our friends from LA hotspot Miss Kitty’s Friday night club have been making regular appearances at LS headquarters to pick outfits for themselves and crew. Last week’s Circus themed event was not to be missed!! You have to check out Miss Kitty’s for a good time!!!

Yesterday I got to work with costume designer Stacy Ellen Rich, who is currently working on costuming/styling for a movie called the Hounds of Hell, which will be featuring some LS styles! And the band Paramore will be wearing LS at this year’s  MTV VMAs.

And what’s up with me?
My Psycho band the Cold Blue Rebels have inked our deal with Horror High records, our official disc release date slotted for 1/11/2011, so we are working on meeting our recording and artwork deadlines while still playing shows around the west coast. FYI, our record release party will tentatively be taking place at Bar Sinister in January and our next local stop will be at the Cat Club (Sunset Blvd.) on 10/22, so mark your calendars.

Well back to work for me, until next time keep your closet full and your wardrobe fresh and remember………
Fashion+Music=Life!!!
Mickey Finn

Check out the July issue of Spin Magazine for a 2 page spread with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong in his cherry red Stretch Fuck’n Jeans, crowd surfing during a gig with his side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs. Dig it!

…..and then we woke up and brushed off the all the dirt. Zurich was killer. It turned out that we were staying in the same hotel as the Jonas Brothers. I was a little bummed to find out that the 100 girls waiting in the rain weren’t there for Prima D, but we signed autographs for them anyway.

Italy Italy Italy! What can I say? It’s heaven on earth. Pizza & Peroni all the way. I’d go back tomorrow if I could.

Now about the last show…Green Day has a tradition of pranking the opening band. We got it pretty good! The details are a little blurry. Before we went on, they filled all of our water bottles with vodka, so I was already hammered before the 2nd song. Let’s just say that by the end of our set, the stage was covered (and I do mean COVERED) in toilet paper, vodka, shaving cream, tequila, confetti, feathers and Gold Bond powder. To get revenge, we ran up on stage in matching track suits during their set and flashed some mangina to the band. It was pretty nasty!

**note from the Webmistress … We have some evidence and photos coming soon. In the meanwhile, we have a taste of the Prima Donna and Green Day prank madness in this crazy bit of video**

Green Day is the absolute best band to go on tour with! I wish I could do it all again!
=Kevin Preston=

Both 02 shows were rad! We heard there were 20,000 people at each one. People were even fainting during our set. When we got to Sheffield, they were having a giant Halloween party. We didn’t dress up this year, so we just told everybody that we were the Jonas Brothers.

Manchester was insane. We checked out some of the nite spots on our day off and saw a couple of street fights. They were pretty gnarly. Those kids like to headbutt! The concerts in Manchester were some of the best for sure. I love all the rock & roll kids out there!

After Manchester we got on the road back to London. After our show at Wembley, I strapped on my guitar to play with Foxboro Hot Tubs for a small club gig at 2am. It was wild! Pure Lushotology! If you don’t know about the Tubs, look us up…stat! The drink of choice is usually Pabst Blue Ribbon, but since we couldn’t find any, we drank anything and everything we could find. The flight to Munich that night was a bonafide puke party…..and you know those are always the best!

We checked out the legendary Hofbrauhaus in Munich for some hair of the dog. We ran into some really drunk Aussie kids and ended up hanging with them until we passed the fuck out…

xoxoKevin Preston