The New Gypsies.*

in the heat of the summer, each day has been driven by a relentless momentum, and it's wonderful. one day last week, one of my closest and oldest friends came to visit from new york on one of her cross-country gypsy adventures. we went to a bookstore and i stumbled upon this photographer, ian mckell and his book the new gypsies, which documents nomadic tribes of people at stonehenge during summer solstice. they are breathtaking and make me just want to pack up and go. plans for the future, where time stands still....*

Witchsters and Gypsters.*

it's like malcom gladwell's idea of the tipping point: all of the sudden, things become wildly popular and everyone is into the same trends. in a way, it's cool to see the things i've loved since puberty finally being appreciated, but it's also annoying that things get so appropriated. so it is with all things goth at this moment: everyone is a tarot reader or a gypsy (or, as i recently heard, a "gypster," or a "witchster" ha!), everyone wears black lace and capes and witch boots and loves upside-down crosses and stones and chains and cats and owls...i was talking with my fellow OG goth homegurl on friday night and we were lamenting over this recent aesthetic appreciation of our ever-cherished subculture and the neverending phenomenon of co-opting subcultures for popular culture. there's more to it than black lipstick, dudes (even though we know it does look realllllly cool).*


Givency, Fall 2008


Sisters of the Black Moon




Dash Snow




"Pagan Chic" by Luella Bartley




Gareth Pugh; Gemma Slack


Alexander McQueen photographed by Terry Richardson


Raquel Zimmermann by Terry Richardson

Skate Witches!*

this was the intro post to my old wordpress site. i guess now it's really popular and "they" even make "skate witches" jackets? i'd rock one.*

The High Priestess of Rock N' Roll.*

speaking of influential sorceresses, i just felt the need to pay homage to my favorite one in history, stevie herself. talk about a fashion icon! from her youth to her peak and even now, this woman was edgy, vampy, and still soft and classic somehow. i wish i had my own white owl familiar to perch upon my blessed hand....*

The Craft.*

while re-eading my occult and esoteric books from my youth, i find that they still resonate with me now more than ever and i am finally at a point to committ deeply to the practice. my new pendant is providing strength and protection already, made of bloodstone and rainbow moonstone. and please tell me you all remember the most influential movie of my 13th year....you bet your ass i had this movie poster up in my bedroom and watched it like 5 times a week. here are some top new age/ magick stores in los angeles. check them out and you too could have an awesome setup like these. btw, fairuza balk herself owns panpipes, and it is the oldest magick and occult store in los angeles (since 1961). oh, and don't forget to note the awesome 90's sketchers these witchy bitches rocked.*
panpipes magickal marketplace
bodhi tree
cauldron kitty
alexandria II