Ross wearing Negro Disaster.

I bought a few Negro Disaster shirts when I was in Mexico this last June. I thought I bought them for myself but it turns out none of them really fit me and what better way to enjoy something you cant wear than to be able to at least see it on someone you see every day? I found the shirts at a store that was basically the equivalent of Hot Topic but a million times better. It was still in a huge mall in Mexico City but it was pretty much all goth and metal clothing – no fringey silly junk or swag for the latest teen movie, really cool timeless stuff. I bought 3 Negro Disaster shirts, 3 Indio shirts, which are basically Ed Hardy copies, some Negro Disaster earrings, a Marca del Diablo shirt for me and hoodie for my friend Lisa. I scored basically. That was just about all I bought in Mexico besides some slouch boots I had spent months looking for. I ended up finding them in the middle of Mexico at a rest stop off the freeway in a little makeshift shoe mall – in a rain storm. Gotta love Mexico!

In this photo Ross is standing in front of our RV in Catalina State park outside of Tucson AZ. If some of you don’t know why we are in an RV in Arizona, I’ll recap. We are traveling the country at our own pace, working from the internet – till we are good and through. Whole story..no, really.

bye!
Katya

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Feather earrings have been pretty popular for a while now and although I liked them. sort of, I haven’t been really interested in the new-hippie, boho-chic thing and the browns greens and other neutral tones the feathers come in. Why don’t they use parrot or other brightly colored feathers? Well one reason is because they don’t always acquire the feathers by friendly means and there aren’t any parrot farms to raid the nests of.

Although the majority of feather products, headbands, earrings, pins, whatever, are in a boho/hippie style I finally found, during my trip to Mexico, several pairs of earrings that are not along those lines. They dont really run with a style per say, but if I had to make one up id say southwestern punk or culturally aware mexipunk. Only because I associate feathers with my childhood living on reservations in Arizona and my parents owning a southwest/ american indian art store. In reality the feathers from the britghers sets of my earrings are from chickens and the others are probably from a dove – no hawk feathers here. The company who uses chicken feathers, dyed of course, claims to have gotten them by peaceful means while I have no idea about the dove’s; though what do people use doves for besides pets? Either way, feathers generally creep me out but having them in crazy neon colors has proved to be an awesome addition to my outfits lately. I bought black, pink and turquoise in the dove style and well, neons in the others.

I only really mention what they are made of to point out how simple they are to make and why they should NOT cost up to $90 like some designers are asking. Shame on them. That much for feathers? really? do you have to buy a peacock for every pair? doubtful.. it’s FEATHERS!!! Anyway. Here are the photos of my finds!

by negro disaster (mexico)

By Aysha (Mexico)

Some I have found online that are pretty great:

Blackbird Earrings at ModCloth only $7.99! Thats what im talking about!’
Shake Your Hair Feather Barrette in Pink from ModCloth $11.99.
Feather Earrings on Etsy! Handmade Awesome!

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Danny Bee, originally uploaded by Gino Caballero.

I thought these photos were of particular awesomeness. Each one uses several photography techniques to accentuate the greatness of the model and the fashion. Gino is a member of the flickr group from Mexico and is becoming a popular one at that.
You can find him on flickr by clicking on a photo above or here on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ginocorleone

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