Okay, so if you made or you didn’t make it to the opening night of New York City’s latest and greatest in nightlife (HOUSE PARTY at WEBSTER HALL) – there are AMAZING facts you should know about the legendary nightclub…
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RANDOM: The History Of Webster Hall, The Not So-New-Home of Vashtie’s Weekly Party – 1992 (Facts & Photos via KeithYorkCity)
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INVITE: House Party x Just Blaze x Electric Punanny x Vashtie & More (4.3.14)
Webster Hall is presenting “House Party,” which is set to launch next Thursday, April 3rd. House Party will take over Webster Hall every week from 10PM to 4AM and showcase a different style on each of the 4 floors. Make…
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SUPPORT: Time Warner Cable x Charity Partners x Flagship Store
This past Tuesday, I DJ’ed for the opening of the Time Warner Cable Flagship Store and was able to be apart of their new project with various Charity Partners, here are the details: From March 18th through March 31,…
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INVITE: Duh. x Project 518 x DJ Set by Vashtie (2.28.14)
Come catch me spinning tomorrow for “Duh Fridays” at Project 518, underneath Hotel Americano on 518 West 27th street. Get the details below, see you there 😉 Friday, February 28th, 10PM to 4AM Presented by: Joe Grun, Alex Chapman, &…
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LIFE: Vashtie x 1992 x Toronto x Che Kothari & Wan Luv Party (2.21.14)
Last Friday I went to Toronto for my very first time to DJ for the Che Kothari & Wan Luv’s Launch alongside DJ Huggy Bear, DJ Mensa, DJ Lissa Monet & many more at Tattoo! Despite me being jet lagged…
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INVITE: Che Kothari & Wan Luv x Vashtie x 1992 x Toronto (2.21.14)
To all my Toronto peeps, I will be there this Friday for a 1992 Function featuring Vashtie x Huggy Bear x DJ Mensa x Lissa Monet. Get your TICKETS HERE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqrG9rOOVKM&feature=youtu.be
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LIFE: Day 1 – LFW14 – 24 Hours of a Travel Nightmare – Drinks & Party with Irene and Jon (2.14.14)
On Thursday morning as I reluctantly woke up for an early flight, I was greeted by the anticipated blizzard that meteorologists had predicted. I thought for sure, my flight would be canceled since countless others were…but it wasn’t. I literally…
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LIFE: NYFW – Hood By Air x DKNY x Third Floor Fall 2014 (2.9.14)
Sunday was a crazy (and cold) day packed with all types of shows and presentations. I first stopped by Hood By Air then made my way to the DKNY show and lastly, Third Floor’s Presentation. I always tell my friends…
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LIFE: Night Lights – Def Jam’s 30th Anniversary – Pre-Super Bowl Party (1.31.14)
On Friday night, I met up with the homie Josh Madden for a Def Jam & New Era party at one of my favorite venues…Hudson Hotel’s Good Units. The music was ill…provided by DJ MICK. The scene was full of…
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PRESS: Vashtie for The Coveteur
O. M. G. I’ve been Coveteured! After being a fan of the site for so long I have finally been featured on it. I mean, they have covered the best of the best…eh em, like Kate Moss! +++++ Â Â …
PRESS: Vashtie Feature in Snatch Magazine x Menilmontant, Eastern Paris x Photos By Louis Canadas (2013)
During my October trip to Paris, I was asked for to do a last minute interview and shoot by Snatch Magazine. It was freezing outside, and although I was reluctant – I did it. Well, it turned out pretty remarkable –…
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LIFE: DJ’ing for Patta & Stussy x Gilded Lily NYC x Angelo Baque, Neal Santos, Patta SoundSystem
Last night, it was a classic “Boys Night Out”, which basically means me and Elle having a lovely dinner, talking about emotions and then heading out to a party…only to leave after about an hour. #Lames. This time around, things…
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: NOW Foods
Special thanks to NOW Foods for sending my a nice gift package. After they read my piece in Ebony where I mentioned that I use their Almond Oil to keep my ashy skin in check, Alana Horinko of the company…
INVITE: Patta & Stussy Celebration x Neal Santos, Angelo Baque, Vashtie, Patta Soundsystem & More! (1.23.14)
So stoked to have my Patta friends from Amsterdam, come through and shut things down! I’m even more stoked about their Stussy collaboration. I needs me some pieces! Check out the Pop-up opening and or the party!
LIFE: My Paris Trip x DJ’ing Ronnie Fieg’s Party at Silencio With #BeenTrill (1.13 – 1.17)
I am the luckiest lass! This is my 4th trip to Paris in the past year and it has been all for work. Woo hoo. This time around, I was asked to DJ for Ronnie Fieg’s Pop-Up Shop After-Party alongside…
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PRESS: ASOS – Style Up Summer Prints With Winter Boots – Featuring Vashtie
Say what?! I love ASOS and they just featured me in their STYLE SECTION from my visit to the Kenzo Pre-Fall Show in New York this week. It was freezing, but somehow I managed to make it the grand presentation…half…
INTERIEW: Ebony Mag x Beauty 101 x Vashtie Kola Spills Her Eco-Friendly Beauty Secrets (Jan. 2014)
Seriously, Ebony Magazine has given a girl more love in the last year than she could ever have wished for during a lifetime. Special thanks to Ebony Mag and Writer Damonica Boone for supporting a fellow sistren (again). Peep all…
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LIFE: New Year’s Eve Dinner at The Odeon x Party at Westway x DJ Brenmar, SureShot & Huggy Bear
Brenmar & Vashtie (The Westway NYC, NYE ’14) New Year’s Eve in New York City is always dreaded yet welcomed for me. The start of a new year is always amazing, it represents a new year to get it right…
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LIFE: Heineken Friends & Family Holiday Dinner x Hosted by Vashtie x #HKNFF (12.19.13)
Special thanks to Heineken and Team Epiphany for giving me a fancy shmancy 50 person dinner at the W Hotel in Union Square. Music was provided by DJ Clark Kent and Photography was taken by Mel D. Cole. It was…
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LIFE: NYC Moet Rose Lounge x Performance by Future x The Box NYC (12.17.13)
Man, you’d think work would be quieting down as we near the holidays – but, absolutely not. Keep in mind that there are Holiday Dinners and Holiday Parties galore (which is work in itself to get dressed for, etc). But,…
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LIFE: DJ’ing The Chloe Store x Wynn Las Vegas (12.14.13)
Last weekend was Miami with the Revolt TV family and this previous weekend was Las Vegas with my Chloe Family. So much traveling in such a short time has left me in a whirlwind, but I cannot complain…in fact I’m…
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LIFE: Directing A Video For Porsche Design Blackberry 9982 x Fellow Artists Baron Von Fancy & More x Performance by Chairlift
A month ago, I was asked by the lovely folks at Karla Otto to direct a video using only the video/editing component of the sleek Porsche Deign Blackberry 9982. The video would be projected at fun event hosted at the…
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LIFE: Art Basel 2013 – Hanging With Revolt TV & Party At The Frank 151/Pigalle/Stussy Mansion (12.6/12.7)
About a month or so ago I got a phone call…and not an ordinary phone call – it was a phone call from  Sean Combs aka “Puff” aka “Diddy” aka “You Pick Up The Damn Phone When This Man Calls”.…
Posted in BLOG, LIFE Tagged with: alex sossah, Alice, art basel, ben detrick, brad clark, charaf tajer, Chelsea Leyland, Colette, dj mirandom, dkny, edgar rojas, Ericka Malbon, faile, felipe delerme, Friends With You, Hami Delimi, Hannah Bronfman, Hannah Rad, hood by air, Ian Bradley, jasmine solano, Julian Consuegra, kevin lyons, Liz Olko, Lucas Walters, miranda maxwell, mykki blanco, obesity + speed, pain o chokolat, perrier, puff, Raekwon, Rahman Dukes, Revolt TV, Shayne Oliver, slick rick, soyoung park, stray rats, Tabatha McGurr, telfar clemons, Theophilus, vashtie, zak ching
WATCH: VashtieMade x Theophilus London “Flying Overseas” Visual (Circa 2010)
I made this video in April 2010 for my friend Theophilus London’s performance at my birthday party. I just realized now that I never put this out… xo, va$htie. vashtiemade: “FLYING OVE-ROUGE” for THEOPHILUS LONDON from va$htie on Vimeo.
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LIFE: Mexican Morrissey Night at Lit Lounge x DJ’ing with Angelo, Jeremiah and Fernando! (11.6.13)
Ever since Sway Lounge ended its long-running and  legendary Morrissey Night, Mexican Morrissey has been the answer to our prayers…specifically us ethnic kids and our prayers! It’s amazing to know that you’re not the only brown or ethnic kid who cries…
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WATCH: CASIO Baby-G x Dir. Vashtie x Starring Brandee Brown, Jasmine Solano & Zoe Astr x “Be Strong”
DOVER, NJ, October 29, 2013 — Casio Baby-G has teamed up with New York’s downtown sweetheart, Vashtie, for an off-the-rack video snapshot featuring its newest line of BA110 watches. The Baby-G video collaboration zeros in on a day in the…
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INVITE: Mexican Morrissey x Wednesday 11/6 x Lit Lounge x Music By Vashtie, Angelo, Jeremiah and Fernando
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LIFE: Naleye’s Birthday Party at The Box x Illuminati AMS, DJ Huggy Bear, Domo Genesis, Mellow High & More! (10.23.13)
It was my Dutch friend Naleye’s birthday and he asked me to come through to The Box and play some tunes. I was definitely down and honestly had no idea that venue was still around because I haven’t been there…
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: Surface To Air – Fall 2013 Collection – Photographed by Amanda Lopez
Special thanks to my Parisian friends Valentina and the rest of the Surface To Air crew for hooking their New York Sister up. I hate the Fall, yes I hate it. I only like Summer and warm weather, but these…
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: PlayCloths x “Everything Is Pusha-T” T-Shirt
Woop Woop! So excited about this shirt and even more excited for my dear old friend Pusha-T for continually killing the game and evolving more and more into the rapping beast he is! I love him and I am extremely…
LIFE: #LoveForLeni Silent Art Auction Benefit at Reed Space NYC (10.8.13)
On Tuesday night, we all gathered at Reed Space in the Lower East Side of Manhattan to raise money for 5 month old Baby Leni. Baby Leni was born with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AML-M7), a rare form of pediatric bone marrow…
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INVITE: WAH Presents ” Downtown Girls Worldwide” x Vashtie & The Wah Crew x London October 15th
Bloody hell! Here I come, London! You ready?
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NEWS: Oi! After 10 Years, I’m Coming Back To London (And Paris For The 3rd Time This Year!)
Hey  Boo’s and Babes. So, in the last few posts – you may have read that last year I put it into the universe that I wanted to travel more and here it is. As you know, I’ve already been…
FOTO: Vashtie As “Mr. Wrong” Photographed By Angelo Baque
Earlier this year my friend Angelo Baque (who has been shooting me since I was 18) asked to do a shoot with me in a suit. You know me, any excuse to get in drag and I was bout it…
WATCH: 1 Minute With Vashtie feat. Dee & Ricky x NYLON TV x Ep. 1
So, my friends at NYLON GUYS MAGAZINE had funny (and maybe terrible) idea of giving me my own interview show titled “1 MINUTE WITH VASHTIE”. On it, I interview friends and all kinds of interesting folks and ask them thought…
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LIFE: DJ’ing For The Chloe Store In Paris x Vogue’s Paris Fashion Night Out x Party At Andy Wahloo
If I had to live anywhere outside of my beloved New York City, it would undoubtedly be Paris! I first experienced and fell in love with the city in 2003 and was reunited with it again in 2007 when Oscar…
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LIFE: Vashtie & Oscar In Paris & Amsterdam x 1992 & Pain O’Chokolat (October 2007)
For some of you who may remember and those of you who don’t know – I started blogging in 2006 for a community blog site called RIOTTT.COM. In about 2007 when the site became defunct, I switched over to my…
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: Supreme FW 2013 Collection x “Tomboy Supremacy” Photographed by Amanda Lopez
Special thanks to the Supreme Team for always keeping their favorite ladyboy laced (I like to believe I am their favorite). Anyways, here are some items from their FALL WINTER 2013 COLLECTION as modeled by your favorite little dude, Me,…
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INTERVIEW: Elle Magazine x The Coveteur x “The Influentials” (October 2013 Issue)
I’m super excited about The Covetuer’s Feature of me and other rad babes like Mia Moretti and Sarah Howard in the October issue of ELLE MAGAZINE! You can watch my “Personal Style” Video right here and pick up the October…
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INTERVIEW: VFILES x TMI x “Vashtie & Oscar’s Social Boundaries” (VIDEO)
So excited to finally be featured in a VFILES x TMI INTERVIEW. Peep me and Oscar discussing “Social Boundaries” and “Bikini Pics”.
