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For this fashion-crazed style blogger, 2010 was all about Giger-inspired prints, reach-for-the-sky strong shoulder accented silhouettes (Cyber Sniper, Das Bunker) and an excess of pinks (cotton candy, magenta, and neon-OH MY!)

As far as “the scene” is concerned, I believe pink became the new black sometime circa 1998, which not-so-oddly coincided with Marilyn Manson going through his Mechanical Animals phase. Outwardly ripping off David Bowie’s 70s glam-rock androgynous alien alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, seemed to produce an interesting trickledown effect. As if overnight, a new breed of “glam goth” surfaced, seemingly out of nowhere. You better believe that the very hordes of black-clad teens who’d scoff at the mere mention of pink just a month or so prior, declaring it unfit to wear for anyone who wasn’t a “prep”, started to sport fuchsia feather boas draped around their necks. The look was in no way complete without a heavy helping of good old-fashioned denial upon being questioned about the sudden change of heart (“Pink? I’ve been rocking that shit for years”). It goes without saying that just about every self professed “glam goth” would rather die than cite Marilyn Manson as a style influence. I know I’d publicly announce to anyone within earshot that “My look was heavily influenced by Switchblade Symphony” (Despite Switchblade Symphony’s signature ensembles being more “babydoll” than “glam”). Given the fact I’m turning 28 next month, it’s safe to say I am fully capable of looking back and finding endless amusement in the folly of my “gother-than-thou” youth. Oh, to be 16 again and think coupling pink with black was the ultimate fashion forefront.

“Glam Goths” came and went (it wasn’t long before the retina-hurting bright tribe of cybergoths filled the color void), Manson swelled with coke bloat, and yet the author’s love for this perky shade remained. Some things never change.

Nothing embodies the flamboyant essence of “glam goth” better than Nocturnal Rendezvous Ruffle Shrug in the black/magenta colorway. Princess-like puff sleeves, magenta PVC ruffles adorned with black lace overlay and ribbon detailing make for the most ultimate “Look-at-me-I’m-high-maintenance“ accompaniment to all those slinky New Year’s Eve Party gowns. Not exactly a garment built for comfort, but “glam goths” tend to attribute such things to those with more plebeian tastes. These vainglorious creatures are far more concerned with reeling in praise for their wardrobe choices :)

I love Space Age nostalgia. Yesterday’s tomorrow populated the collective minds of mid-century masses with visions of a high-tech utopia yet to materialize: Hover cars, colonizing the moon, traveling to far off galaxies and mating with hot space aliens. Not to mention the sex robots! Since NONE OF THIS will happen in my lifetime, I’ll have to settle for attiring myself in retro-futuristic pieces straight out of Judy Jetson’s closet, like this Cyber Sniper Skylab Zip Front Jacket in the black/neon pink colorway. Excuse me while my bubblegum hued pointy-shouldered jacket and I continue to long for “the future that never was”.

Adding a grimly dystopian touch to your casual get-ups without going full on Road Warrior is easier than you think. With their unmistakably Giger-esque flair, Erotomechanics Printed Leggings paired with a basic black or grey sweater dress make for a no-nonsense (yet still surprisingly high impact) day look.

Don’t let winter give you the cold shoulder! Stay stylishly warm indoors by layering the Erotomechanics Cropped Jacket over your favorite tank or tee. Swap your usual bulky sweatshirt for this sexy biomechanical wrapper and look just as hot watching Alien all cuddled up on the couch with your boy as you do tearing it up at the club when a good old school Hocico track comes on.

Action Shot:

My friend Lisa and I attired in our matching Erotomechanics Cropped Jackets at a Worms of the Earth show at Club Orpheus in Baltimore, MD. Since the photo is cut off at the waist, you can’t see that we wore matching Erotomechanics Printed Leggings and Oil Spill Skirts with Zip Front Garter and Pouch as well.

The Lolita Candy Snap Front Neck Collar in the black/pink colorway can really doll up an otherwise unnotable solid color button down, add a pinch of sweetness to a black lace blouse or freshen up a close-fitting spaghetti strap camisole. Or try it as a fun, fashionable alternative to a traditional scarf (though that’ll only work if your winters are more San Franciscan than Buffalonian).

Action Shot:

Photo by: Eye of Ra

I have made previous mention of indulging in mainstream fashion magazines on a rather regular basis. It’s no secret to consumers of women’s interest periodicals the content has the tendency to recycle itself fairly often. Statistically, there’s a very high probability of animal print being showcased in some form just about every year. Fishnet tends to make the rounds more infrequently, but it is known to make cyclical guest appearances every few seasons in fall fashion issues.

Let me note how much I do so love the borderline Puritan styling advice which usully accompanies either leopard print or fishnet (most glossy women’s rags hold the conviction only a lady who gets paid-by-the hour would dare to wear the two together) in the spreads featuring them. It’s always “For a classy take on this vixen staple, pair beige fishnets with long pants, leaving just a tiny flash of ‘netted ankle exposed” (thought this is fine advice for the corporate environment, but no fun for real life), “Fishnets and pumps are a surefire way to get mistaken for a streetwalker” and “To tone down the trampiness of leopard; limit the print to a sassy scarf or wild wrist candy coupled with understated separates in a neutral color palette”. I find it thoroughly hilarious.

I for one delight in the notion of taking trashy to the next level in my Lip Service Hosiery Leopard Fishnet Tights. Might even go the extra mile and don ‘em with my Trash Mini Skirt with Side Lacing and leopard print underbust corset. Rumor has it we tacky tramps have more fun ;)

I’m not going to tell you how incredibly exquisite the Blacklist Princess Tears Longsleeved Blouse is, because you can see it for yourself. What I will tell you is I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to properly categorize the sleeves as either Juliet or Leg o’ Mutton. After my research left me with inconclusive data and a question still unanswered, I have determined them to be hybrid Leg o’ Juliet sleeves. Obviously coming up with a new and ridiculous classification used exclusively to identify parts of garments I don’t even own yet is the only way my brain will attain some semblance of peace, thus granting me the ability to successfully move on to other parts of this blog :)

Circuit City Zip Front Hooded Jacket in the black/neon green colorway turns synthesized glamour into an art form. The circuitry’s connotations of exposed android entrails, sexiness through artifice and strategically exposed flesh are all the things which initially attracted me to cybergoth nearly 10 years ago. Before it mutated into a hot rave mess. Personally, I’d forego the mask and goggles.

Will definitely pack this for my annual Kinetik pilgrimage.

Just because you’ve had the misfortune of spotting them on select overdramatic 14-year old Emilie Autumn fangirls (and no, I don’t get the hype around EA either), don’t be so quick to dismiss bloomers as a whole. Let it be known Lolita Candy Elastic Pants with Ribbon Trim in the black/pink colorway make for some seriously yummy sleepwear.

Sharp-peaked shoulder silhouette, epaulets and silver piping give the Das Bunker Cap Sleeve Top in the black/gun metal colorway a decidedly futuristic militant flavor. Matter of fact, I wore it out this past Saturday night and my boyfriend pointed out my shirt was reminiscent of something “space police” would wear. Space police? I’ll RSVP to THAT party :)

I think I’m gonna need a fabulous black military wedge hat with reflective piping accents to complete the outfit.

And this concludes my personal Top 10 of 2010. I don’t know about you, but I’m already itching to see what Spring, Summer, Fall, and Holiday 2011 have to offer!

<3

Vanity Kills

So you want your parents to buy you some killer Lippy goodness, but you have your concerns. I can commiserate, having been young once myself. You can just imagine them surfing the site … the various thoughts that might well pop into their heads … thoughts that might stand between you and the receiving of that kick-ass gear you’re itching to find when you tear open the wrapped packages awaiting you this holiday season:
“Why do they have to use the ‘F’ word so much?”
“What sort of naughty, naughty people wear all those dirty, perverted fetish outfits?”
“My word! Those skirts are awfully short!”
“If our little __________ (insert your name here) wears these sorts of clothes, they might actually *GASP* do nasty, sexy things in them … we can’t have that!”

You get the picture.

So, being as we’re remarkably sensitive to your needs (and we kinda like to sell stuff, too *heh*), we’re here to help you in your quest to get some new Lip Service goodies from the people least likely to give you hot, sexy gear. Here, you’ll find photos with direct links you can forward, so they will have no need to navigate around to things we don’t want to trouble their worrying minds about.

You’re welcome.

Now, this means that a few of the tastier naughty styles need to come off the table. We must be realistic here. Bottom line: The purpose is to get them to kick in for gear, not frighten them, so we’ll keep to the bare essentials. The stuff that will still look hot but not freak out the grown-ups.

Point one … Keep it (seemingly) clean.
Parents love to see you in new clothes, just not ones they know will make members of the opposite sex think impure thoughts. So, the strategy is: Make it SEEM clean, but still have sexy appeal.

A few choice examples:

Bat Attack Cap Sleeve Dress

Black Diamond Dynasty Mini

Dark Desires Underbust Skirt

Perfume and Lace Mini Skirt

Note how all of these skirts SEEM just a hint longer than they really are, just long enough to pass parent muster. Yet, you will notice that the added length is an illusion. In most of the skirts, lace or tulle creates the FEEL of more inches while you get to still show lots of leg through that sheer non-cover. And the Dark Desires skirt can be adjusted to slide just a bit further up the thigh … once you’re safely out the door, that is!

Point two … Safe Lolita sexy
The next “safe” area is mostly easy, if you think strategically. YOU know that certain “little girl” looks are über-hot, yet your parents are blissfully unaware. You’d like to keep it that way, wouldn’t you? So, stay away from the bits of that look which will set off red flags in their minds (that means, sorry, no sexy schoolgirl on their dime). Pick your Lolita-inspired looks with care … they’ll think you’re just darling in them and, most importantly, you’ll get to rock the sexy.
A few good examples:

Gloomy Doom Broken Kitty Hoodie

Bat Attack Raw Edge Skirt

Bat Attack Tunic Length Top

War of the Roses Striped Dress

Note, in particular how the Gloomy Doom hoodie, in addition to its girlish goodness, is also cropped (YEA!). The Bat Attack skirt has the illusion of length, but that’s just tulle. Then, the tunic … don’t you just love being able to wear something your folks would NEVER approve as a dress, simply because it’s a “long shirt” worn with your best sexy, butt-hugging friend, legging? And, when looking at the War of the Roses dress, don’t forget to notice that lovely keyhole back opening, to add a little seemingly-safe skin to the lacy girlishness. Overall, I’d say it’s a big collection of parent-friendly-yet-sexy-as-hell WIN!

Point three … Give them “light” dark
Okay, you know you’re a creature of the night. But it freaks them out a little … or a lot. You don’t want to suggest styles that will make them head someplace else for *gack* bright colors and *wretch* festive patterns, do you? Of course not. If you give them something that FEELS like middle-ground to them, they’ll kinda feel like you’re coming out of this “phase” you’ve been in and … as parents are wont to do … encourage your emergence from the black darkling cocoon that so disturbs them. We can find a happy medium, particularly one that still gives you lots of gothy goodness, can be blacked up with other pieces, and -again, most importantly- will pass parent muster.
A few examples:

Bat Attack Cap Sleeve Dress

Tokyo Trix Evil to the Touch Jacket

Dark Desires blood-colored dress

Perfume and Lace Cap Sleeve Top

You’ll notice the Bat Attack Dress, when requested in the purple color, is a two-fer. Not only will you get bats and a still-rather-lovely dark color, you get a bit of length-based illusion as well. Epic win! And, while there are phrases which might be parental hot-spots in the Tokyo Trix jacket and Dark Desires dress, trust someone who’s been there (and heard, “Why do you have to wear black ALL the time?” more times than I care to recall). They’ll be so glad to see something on your list that’s not black, they’ll barely give a passing second thought to “evil” or “blood”. It’s color, so it’s all good. And, of course, you also get some girly-lacy Lolita-like goodness from the Perfume and Lace shirt. Not too bad for not-black, eh?

Last, but certainly not least …
Point four … Look for skin that’s not “being exposed”
Let’s face it, there are a lot of ways to do skin … and your parents are really only mainly concerned with one or two ways of you showing it. So, take advantage of that by showing them styles that are low on rack-baring cleavage but still high on the sexy skin meter. You’ll still look hot and they’ll think you’re demure or something. It’s nice when they delude themselves like that, isn’t it?
Here are a few choice examples:

Gangsta Pranksta Lace-up Bodice

Desensitized Drop-sleeve Jacket

Synthetic Machine - Machine vs PVC Hoodie

Webutante Returns Unisex Hoodie

See what I mean … skin, but not what will register to Mom and Dad as “skin”. Take the Gangsta Pranksta bodice, for example. It’s not a dramatically scooping neckline like the padlock-collar shirt in that group, yet is still low enough for some sexy. It has that little bit of back peeking through the ribbon lacing (which you can always replace later with slimmer stuff after your folks see it with more coverage – like the site photo which is also parent-friendly). best yet, it is made of yummily body-hugging bengaline and, with the backless silhouette, is not bra-friendly. SKIN WIN! The Desensitized jacket speaks for itself. Clingy, stretchy with little hooks which can be undone lower once safely out of the house plus panels of sheer netting that don’t look sheer at first glance, but are tastefully skin-forward. And, well duh, the super-sheer of fishnet and spiderweb lace. “Why, of course, I’ll ALWAYS wear a tank or shell under it, Mom!” *HA!*

One of the wonderful things about most parents of teens … they tend to hear what they want hear and try not to think about what you’re really up to when you’re not at home. Hopefully these links to seemingly “nice” Lippy will get you the stuff you really want to get … not the awful, “good girl” crap they’d get you without a gentle guiding hand toward the Lippy they’d consider buying. Let them feel like they won in this. Let them enjoy their serenity, thinking they have gotten you nice, appropriate clothing instead of all that “trashy” stuff you really wanted.

Then go out, smile, and style it the way you rock it best!

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Fashist Fishnet Total Package

Want to see as much of her as possible?
We’ve got you (but not her) covered!
Want to give her a total package look but your wallet is a little light?
We’ve got that handled, too!
Check out the Fash-ist Fishnet Tease Me Easy Cami Top paired with the Super Sexy Mini Skirt, which probably doesn’t REALLY qualify as a skirt if you’re judging coverage, but that’s a very good thing, right? She’ll feel super-naughty and want to be very, very nice in this smoking hot barely-there outfit. Bonus über-sexy points for the garter straps so she can hook on her slinkiest stockings and be ready to play Sexy Santa and the Hedonistic Helper!
48-152 Tease Me Easy Cami Top $15.00
———with———
48-155 Ultra Sexy Mini Skirt $21.00
TOTAL PACKAGE: $36

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Patent Vinyl Total Package
She likes the schoolgirl look
But prefers to go a bit more badass.
You really don’t mind
so long as there is lots of leg showing
and a good possibility of more.
She wants to look naughty
and you think that’s very, very nice.
You want her to feel spoiled and showered with prezzies
but your budget is not as flexible as you hope she’ll be.
Pair our gunmetal Itty Biity Micro Mini with the black and gunmetal Schoolgirl Shirt and you have a winning combination. She’ll feel pampered and, most importantly, like the sexy temptress she is and you’ll have a few bucks left to take her somewhere where you can explore that naughty side in earnest!
38-401 Itty Bitty Micro Mini $24.00 – $28.00
———with———–
38-260 Chicks Collar Shirt W/ Tie $34.00 – $39.00
TOTAL PACKAGE (as shown): $58

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Starfucker Fishnet Total Package
She loves shiny things. You love giving her what she likes but don’t have a lot of cash to spare. Never fear, the batwing hoodie is here! Slinky, sexy, shiny, and (FTW!) see-through! Paired with our Itty Bitty Micro Mini, that’s an epic gifting win! Want to really make her eyes sparkle? Add some killer vinyl gloves from 4 on the Floor Vinyl or our brand new vinyl O-ring bra. And, if you really want to give her the gift that will keep on giving (in lots of naughty thanks to you) give her the huge package! (And maybe give her another package later that night!)
48-159 Galaxy Of Foil Batwing Hoodie $29.00
——–with——–
38-401 Itty Bitty Micro Mini $35.00
TOTAL PACKAGE:$64
———– for bonus generosity points – add——–
38-614 D-ring Gloves $29.00
TOTAL PACKAGE:$93
or
38-586 Vinyl Bra With O-ring Details $43.00
TOTAL PACKAGE: $107
GET THE HUGE PACKAGE: $136

Gangsta Pranksta Total Package
She’s got a straight-up bad-girl style with just a touch of vixen thrown in for good measure. Her favorites hug her curves and reveal just the right amount of skin, a little of her knock-out legs. You want to give her the perfect outfit to make her smile, but there’s a gap between her fashionista sensibility and your budget.

We’ve got just the thing to make you both smile!

Now that we’re going back to basics in our Gangsta Pranksta group, there are kick-ass tasty colors available at budget-friendly discounts.
Pair our back-baring Gangsta Pranksta bodice with sexy criss-cross lacing with curve-hugging bad-girl boy shorts in our red color to suit the discerning tastes of your fashion siren and the realities of your bank balance.

And get ready to find traces of matching red lipstick in the wildest places!
53-161 Lace Up Bodice (select colors)$41.00
———with———
53-162 Boy Shorts$26.00
TOTAL PACKAGE (as shown): $67

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Dem Bones Total Package
He’s a bad, bad boy and you love him that way.
But you’re over the droopy, worn-out jeans and oversized t-shirts already.
You’d love to see him in something a little sexier.
Maybe something that shows a bit more of those tasty muscles.
Something that hugs his awesome butt and looks deadly with a pair of killer boots.
You want to give him an outfit that screams, “Look at how fucking hot I am!”
Can’t you just see him in the Dem Bones Muscle Shirt, his biceps rippling
(and you drooling).
Pair it up with our new Dagger stitched Junkie fit stretch twill in basoc black
for a total package look he’ll be comfortable in and you’ll enjoy year ’round.
Bonus gawker points for the Lippy dagger on the back pocket to give you another excuse to look at that great ass!
M56-021 Bad To The Bone Sleeveless Top$33.00
——-with——–
M62-075 Junkie fit Dagger Stitch Pocket Stretch Twill$39.00
TOTAL PACKAGE: $72

Trash and Dagger Total Package
He has a body that makes you overheat.
You want to be able to check out those biceps and pecs and (sigh)
that awesome six-pack no matter where you are.
He’s got an adventurous, sexy style and you love that.
He’s not afraid to pull out the stops and show off
the killer fashion sense with bad-boy flair.
Give him a pair he’ll love and you’ll love seeing him in
without maxing your plastic!
Match the Fash-ist Fishnet O-Ring Shirt with some killer Dagger junkie fit stretch twill and you’ll have a gift he’ll love and you’ll love seeing him in. It’s a win-win, really!
M48-004 Sleeveless O-ring Top$30.00
———-with———
M28-114 Old School Junkie Fit Pants (Dagger print shown)$58.00
TOTAL PACKAGE: $88

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Bat Attack Total Package
She is a sexy creature of the night.
Her style is a touch dark, but light on the goth drama.
You want to give her the outfit that will give her her style and give you something yummy to look at.
And bats … it needs to have bats.
Yep, we’ve got that, too!
Give her a casual, yet super-hot, look that will make her giddy with bat-loving glee while you get a girlfriend rocking curve-hugging stretch twill. And, best of all, it’s all within your budget!
Then, go enjoy the dark together!

16-499 Detachable Sleeve Hoodie$45.00
—————with————-
28-219 Junkie fit Stockings Print Stretch Twill$45.00
TOTAL PACKAGE: $90