This 1992 popped off like nobody’s business. I’m not quite sure where that analogy came from, but it was a GREAT party. At one point when reggae was playing I not only attempted to DUTTY WINE on my head for…
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recap: OSCAR AND VASHTIE WITH BIG FUN PRESENT – 1992 AT CV LOUNGE – DJ SOUL, KING SOLOMON & DADDY DOG
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life: CELEBRATING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH ORIGAMI WITH KEVIN SAER LEONG x HOSTED BY ANDRE HARRELL (2.2.11)
Last night I was invited to a celebration of the Chinese New Year with KEVIN SAER LEONG, his brand ORIGAMI and ANDRE HARRELL. It was my first formal Chinese New Year Celebration (The Year Of The Rabbit) and I was…
art show: THE SALT SPACE PRESENTS – THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART COLLECTIVE – “VISIONS OF A COMMUNITY†– OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 3RD
Opening night is Thursday, Feb. 3rd, from 6-10pm. There will be lots of amazing art from artists all over the city. Karston has created the AAAC, African American Art Collective in which African American artists from all over NY will…
invite: OSCAR AND VASHTIE WITH BIG FUN PRESENT – 1992 AT CV LOUNGE – DJ KING SOUL, KING SOLOMON & DADDY DOG (TONIGHT)
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life: 18 HOURS IN CINCINNATTI – VIOLETTE POPUP SHOP AT OTR & AFTERPARTY AT FB’S (1.30.11)
This trip was jam packed with fun, food, and absolutely no sleep. My flight there departed at 6am, so I didn’t sleep the night before nor did I get to sleep on the plane. When I arrived I was delirious,…
news: ORIGINAL THOUGHT REQUIRED x VIOLETTE POP-UP SHOP & AFTERPARTY x VASHTIE APPEARANCE IN CINCINNATI (1.30.11)
I’m going to be in THE NATI or THE CINCY, thanks to ORIGINAL THOUGHT REQUIRED! Until then, I’m researching this historical town and I want to see sights people!!! Let me know where I should go or better yet, come…
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foto: PARIS, JE’TAIME
I met you in 2004 and was blown away by your beauty. Then when I came back in 2007, it was as if you had grown even more irresistible. I miss you, you beautiful boughsie bitch. We’ll meet again in…
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invite: BIG FUN & 1992 – HOSTED BY OSCAR & VASHTIE – MUSIC BY DJ SOUL, ELI ESCOBAR & KING SOLOMON (1.26.11)
Come one, come all. 21 and up with NO COVER CHARGE…that means FREE.
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special delivery: BOX OF 25 LIMITED EDITION COHIBA x TEAM EPIPHANY CIGARS
Thanks to TEAM EPIPHANY for these. I just wish I could smoke one in the Dominican Republic, preferably in a hammock on a beach. *loved the note, JANE!
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special delivery: ZACK MOSRRISEY SHIRT BY JOSH MADDEN & DEER DANA
This is the most amazing “BEFORE & AFTER” (see WHEEL OF FORTUNE). As a fan of both ZACK MORRIS & MORRISSEY, this was like a hug for my teeny bopper past life that was lined with bouts of depression. Thanks…
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foto: 1 YEAR AGO AND 6 INCHES SHORTER
Va$htie figuring out her brand new MAC has a video component to PHOTOBOOTH…very first video post, might be last from va$htie on Vimeo. *OCTOBER 2009, finding out my MAC PHOTOBOOTH has a video component. The very first video post…
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news: PROHIBIT NYC LOOKBOOK x SPRING 2011 x FEATURING VASHTIE, CURTA@!N$, EMEKA and MORE
When CURT@!N$ told me he was creative directing the PROHIBIT LOOKBOOK, he asked if I would model. I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted to do it, because I was under the impression I’d have to be wearing girl clothes…
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foto: PORTRAITURE IN DIGITAL PRINTS
*BLACK COFFEE & PANCAKES. *LA NEGRA. *EL GATO. *BLACK… *…AND YELLOW. *KNOX *CAPPUCINO. *NUDES. *HOMELESS GOTH KID STEELO. *PAPER WEIGHT.
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interview: SNEAKER FREAKER x VASHTIE
Interview by MAFIA and Photos by PETER RAD. FULL INTERVIEW HERE!!! FULL INTERVIEW HERE!!! FULL INTERVIEW HERE!!!
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life: FRONT ROW COURTSIDE WITH THE NJ NETS & KUNLE (2007)
I scored a couple of perfect seats, sitting front row and courtside directly next to the NEW JERSEY NETS. It was a few days after KUNLE’S birthday and I decided he should be my date. I knew he would appreciate…
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interview: KARIN + RAOUL – ISSUE 3 “ADDICTION” – FEATURING VASHTIE
Photos by HASSAN KINLEY and Interview by MELISSA HENDERSON. Check out the entire magazine at KARIN + RAOUL FULL INTERVIEW & SPREAD HERE!!! FULL INTERVIEW & SPREAD HERE!!! FULL INTERVIEW & SPREAD HERE!!!
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life: BILLECART-SALMON CHAMPAGNE, A CAT NAMED TOFU & BASKETBALL GAMES IN THE LES
Wednesday night after KARL took ELLE out for a belated birthday dinner, we went to his new place and drank some bubbly to toast to all things good in 2011. *TOFU only drinks the best. *I had to dig these…
foto: I HATE CUTE IRONIC PHOTOS LIKE THESE AND APPARENTLY I TOOK ONE IN 2008
I’m sure I was just trying to cover up my 5 o’clock shadow.
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life: NEGATIVE-ASS STEPHEN aka HUGGIE BEAR DJ’ING AT ACE HOTEL
I am so proud of my brother STEPHEN BARR, spinning on the 1’s and 2’s at ACE HOTEL this past SATURDAY. In my fever-flu haze I made it over after ELLE’s soiree, I couldn’t not support… *HOT TODDY.
life: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLE (FUN AT BROOKLYN BOWL)
Happy birthday to my homie and my ace, ELLE…an amazing and bright little lady from the South who came up North and brought laughter to everyone she met! Our friendship seemed like an unlikely one, but before I knew you…
foto: IT TAKES THE FLU FOR MY A-HOLE KITTY TO SHOW ME SOME LOVE…
I don’t jetset on weekends anymore, now-a-days I apparently just get the flu on weekends. The worst part was feeling fine, just maybe a little sick and then suddenly…PAINFUL ACHES and BONE-CHILLING CHILLS. This a-hole kitty rarely shows me love,…
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life: TEA WITH TWO ENGLISHMEN – ACYDE & REGGIE YATES
Always nice catching up with ACYDE on various topics regarding our worlds. It was also nice to meet REG (nothing like Mr. Cannon, but the joke was hilarious) and COBI. I look forward to partying with you gentlemen in LONDONTOWN…
news: KARIN + RAOUL | ISSUE NO.3 | ADDICTION | VASHTIE
Can’t wait for you to see the amazing shoot I had with HASSAN KINLEY! Actually, I can’t wait to see either – I have no idea what they’ll look like, but I know they will be amazing because HASSAN is…
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life: FULL CIRCLE WITH NATHAN AT MAX FISH (2010)
I hadn’t seen or heard from NATHAN in 7 years. He was a good friend from Albany, who (last I heard) had moved to SYRACUSE. I spent many after school hours and weekends kicking it with him and the rest…
press: COMPLEX.COM x 25 HOTTEST GIRLS OF 2010 x VASHTIE #19
Wow. First of all, the fact that COMPLEX MAGAZINE pays me any mind is glorious. First, I get named in their “BEST OF THE 2000’s x THE TOP 10 WOMENS STYLE TRENDS” under the category VINTAGE JEAN CUT OFF SHORTS…
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life: CHRIS PISS GETS ENGAGED… (12.17.10)
But before he popped the big question to KATIE, I got a message from him that read… “…You gotta keep this SUPER under wraps, but I’m going to be asking Katie if she’ll be MRS. PISS in a couple weeks.…
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life: THE CONFORMIST AND AN EVENING AT LOVELY DAY WITH ANGELO (12.22.10)
to ME, YOU and NEW YORK CITY…BITTER OLD TIMERS! 2011 is ours…
life: DINING AND CONVERSING DAVID DUKE, JACK & JILL AND OTHER ANOMALIES WITH ELLE AND JANELL (12.21.10)
*ELLE and JANELL. Fun times. Thanks JANELL for a fun evening that ended with the epic line of a famous singer telling two eager female fans they were, “THE TWO MOST UNLAYABLE GIRLS IN NYC”. Ha! I was the only…
news: MAX FISH IS CLOSING – IS NEW YORK CITY A FADING MEMORY? (UNBREAK MY HEART)
*ASHTRAY & 6k (aka VASHTIE & NATHAN) at MAX FISH CIRCA 2002 ++++++++++ As I think about the state of our New York City and the obscene raising of rents, it’s hard not to wonder about the fate of so…
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life: LAMBRUSCO WISHES & PIZZA DREAMS – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY (12.18.10)
*KARL JUSTIN’S FAMOUS (and equally deadly) ARTICHOKE DIP…putting diets to bed on the regular. *this is a cake in the form of a mountain and famous climbing peak. BOBBY is a climber. it’s his birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY. *BOBBY, NICK…
behind the scenes: MAKING OF THE CRS VIDEO FOR “US PLACERS” (2007)
++++++++++ ++++++++++ photos below by KREG HOLT:
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life: CURT@!N$ KILLER LISTENING PARTY (12.14.10)
*CURT@!N$ *LUKE FLYNN *FERRIS BUELLER en mask and MOI en braidage au natural (no yaki need apply). *KEITH and WILLIAM YAN – click to find their superb blogs.
life: MAESTRO + SHAYAN AFSHAR RELEASE BLACK INFINITY PIECE AT REED SPACE NYC (12.12.10)
via MAESTROKNOWS.COM Levi Maestro’s “Infinity Piece” ATL & NYC release from levi maestro on Vimeo. I began this design with the intention to communicate that when I give my heart & my word to something, then my energy, my love,…
