Essential Guide to All Things Emo, Everybody Hurts, Now Out!
Do you like eyeliner, feeling sad, looking at your feet, wearing hoodies, and Manic Panic? Do you adore AAR, FOB, TAI…, GCH, P!@TD, or AFI? Do you have any idea what any of those abbreviations mean? If so, you HAVE to check out Leslie Simon (managing editor of Alternative Press) and Trevor Kelley’s new book, Everybody Hurts, a light-humored take on the emo culture.
I had a chance to read it a few months ago and it is HIL-arious! There’s this one illustration of Pete Wentz wearing a Clandestine Industries sweatshirt, giving the diamond sign. That alone is worth the $12-14 sticker price. Trust me, you will loves.
Oh! And if you be in NYC on May 3rd, stop by the Everybody Hurts party at the Annex. Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack, Kenny Vasoli from the Starting Line, and Zolof The Rock ‘N’ Roll Destroyer are all playing.
Take a Look: Pete Wentz for DKNY Jeans
Um, I couldn’t get past the first picture with the GINORMOUS illustration of Pete Wentz in the background, so I have no idea what the rest of this Fashionista post says about Pete Wentz’s new collection for DKNY. Ok ok… I did manage to stop ROTFL enough to see that Hemingway is featured on a tshirt.
Hey, at least it’s a step up from Clandestine. Dare I say some of it looks rather cute?
Back to your regularly scheduled LOLing.
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New Shiz on the Clandestine Industries Web Site
You probably know by now, but in case you didn’t… Pete Wentz’s “fashion” label, Clandestine Industries has unleashed a new website–complete with a video intro featuring Pete’s dog, Hemingway. (What a proud papa.)
What are some of the illustrious items you can now clothe yourself in? A kinda ugly blue shirt (Overcast Kids only!) with a totally useless upside down pocket. Uh… that’s right, AN UPSIDE DOWN POCKET. I’m not sure what you’d do with an upside down pocket, other than lose a LOT of change, but whatevs.
There’s a black on black Clandestine logo hat, a toxic lime green “brain” hoodie (the inside of the zip hood looks like a pink brain), and my favorite–a “Richie Rich” gray and red hoodie witih the words “Fancy Kid” written on the hood. On the site is is modeled by (and I’m quoting exactly as it is on the site) “Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)”.
OH REALLY? IS THAT REALLY PATRICK STUMP (FALL OUT BOY)? Do you know of anyone else but a Fall Out Boy fan who would be so inclined enough to go to the Clandestine Industries website? Nope, me neither. Hahaha. “Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)” makes me crack up.
The Stay Gold Hoodie Goes Presale
Extra! Extra! Pre-order your Clandestine Industries “Stay Gold” hoodie RIGHT NOW.
You’ve seen it on Pete Wentz and Gabe Saporta, now get youself golden.
They ship October 11.
Pete Wentz’s Clandestine Industries Does Up NY Fashion Week
Hi guys. Just got back from the joint Clandestine Industries/ Yellow Fever fashion show at Capital here in NYC for Fashion Week. I’d never been to a fashion show before, so it was kinda exciting.
[WATCH THE VIDEO: Clandestine Industries fashion show highlights]
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz showed wears from his Clandestine fashion label…
What I didn’t realize about fashion shows is that they are worse than concerts. They start NO WHERE on time. They started letting people in around 8pm, but they didn’t start the show until 10:30 or so. It might have had something to do with the fact that none of the models were there around 8:30. I wanted to kill myself a little. Things got so desperate that I even found myself drinking free Red Bull and vodka, which is the world’s most disgusting tasting drink.
The show was being held at Capital, which is this fancy former bank on the Bowery in NYC. There was a runway set up and about 4 rows of chairs on either side. When people were getting seated, I saw this blonde girl looked like she got Mary-Kate’s hand-me-downs by wearing an oversized white shirt that was belted (a look I rocked when I was 10 years old) and I asked Jeff “Who the hell is that?” He didn’t know at first and then he was like, “OH! That’s Heidi!” I was like, “Who’s Heidi?” Then Jeff proceeded to point out that “Laguna Beach” alumn LC (Lauren Conrad) was there and that blonde girl was Heidi, the sorta annoying roomate of LC from MTV’s “The Hills”.
Then I noticed that LC and Heidi had cute matching blue and white striped bags that looked like they were designed by 31 Corn Lane. (As you may remember, 31 Corn Lane did a colaboration with Clandestine for a cute bag that will be sold later this year.) Then I noticed that some dude wearing a black hat was sitting next to them. Then I realized that dude was former Ashlee Simpson boy toy, Ryan Cabrera.
Jeff was using my little point-and-shoot cam, and I just went through the photos now and found this gem: a hysterical picture of Ryan Cabrera glaring right into the camera making a big frowny face. He’s got red eye so he looks really evil. Hahah.
Other noteable folks in the audience included Russell Simmons, Petra Nemcova, Lydia Hearst, the fake Paris Hilton, Natalie Reed, and Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects–who looked ridiculously HOT in the John Bartlett show the day before. Yowzah!
The Clandestine fashion show didn’t really show off any new designs. Most of the stuff I’d seen before, some of it is not even available anymore, like the infamous gray and purple hoodie. Some of the highlights of the show was when Gabe Saporta of Midtown/ Cobra Starship walked out during “Staying Alive” by the Bee-Gees wearing the “Stay Gold” hoodie, and then when Liam McMullan started busting out flips:
Um…why was this boy so ridiculously pretty? Like lady-pretty. Geez.
Taking a bow to a Cobra Starship song…
After the final walk of the Clandestine show, we ended up backstage and I took the above shot of Pete and this photo of Gabe still sportin’ the Clandestine gear:
During the Yellow Fever fashion show, the song “Mr. Brightside” by the Killers was playing. I started singing along to it, and looked to my right and low-and-behold, I spied Pete Wentz ALSO singing along to the song. Apparently the Killers vs. Fall Out Boy hatefest seems to really be over …for now.
The Yellow Fever show litterally ended with a bang–as yellow and pink confetti were shot out of cannons from all corners of the stage, models brandishing silver automatic weapons came out with Yellow Fever designer Jamison Ernest with a bag over his head and they proceeded pretended to shoot him down. It certainly got my attention, and it was kinda awesome. Bang bang!
More photos…
Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects sat in the front row and listened to “Move Along” being played during the show…
Uber-model (and possible James Blunt main squeeze) Petra Nemcova buddied up with Russell Simmons…
and Ryan Cabrera kicked back and enjoyed the show sitting next to Heidi and LC from MTV’s “The Hills”.
I also ran into Trent from Pink Is the New Blog…who mentioned that I should check out MisShapes because Kelis was making an apperance…which she did, but I got there a little too late to witness it. That’s what happens when you eat dinner at 1am. I did get to see her, after her two gigantic bodyguards allowed for some photos to be taken.
More peeps…
Josh Ingber from The Upwelling mentioned to me that the last time he was on one of my sites he was wearing a backpack. I would like us all to take a moment to remember that JOSH WORE A BACKPACK out to a nightclub. Thank you. Next time, fannypack.
Um, have you guys read the hilarious camp note that Midtown’s Rob Hitt wrote to his mom in 1993? If you haven’t, you must read it now.
Tyson Ritter: Fashion Model for Fashion Week
According to the Imaginary Socialite, All-American Rejects lead singer (and VMA winner for Group Video) Tyson Ritter will walk his pretty little self down the runway of an unnamed designer showing at Bryant Park during the upcoming New York Fashion Week. Waaaahooo!
Related link: AAR at VMA Kick Off Concert
Cute Stuff Alert: Clandestine + 31 Corn Lane Collaboration
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this cheeky little mirror that was a design collaboration between Pete Wentz’s Clandestine Industries and Brooklyn-based 31 Corn Lane. It reminds me of a mirror I adored when I was a kid, but the icing on the cake is the inscription of “Young and Impressionable”. I can’t wait to stock up on this cute find and dole them out to my girlfriends to use in the presence of cute boys.
The co-branded gear will be available on Clandestine Industries’s site…soonish? In the meantime, check out 31 Corn Lane’s “Holly” bag. It’s adorable.
Lessons In Marketing: What Is The Black Parade?
My Chemical Romance fans are stratching their heads due to some confusing conflicting reports about something called “The Black Parade“.
It was first reported that music video auteur Sam Bayer (who recently did The Strokes’ “You Only Live Once” video) is slated to direct the new vid for a My Chemical Romance song called “The Black Parade”. Brilliant, totally makes sense.
But then news gossipy sites like Absolute Punk and Mammoth Press reported that “The Black Parade” had been signed to Riot Squad Records, which is owned by Brian Schechter who manages MCR via his Riot Squad management company, and that “the band’s site will fully launch soon.”
TheBlackParade.com web site was registered only in June of this year by Riot Squad: A Management Company and is currently being used to hawk TBP tshirts for 7.99 bucks. And guess who’s handling your transaction? None other than Warner Brothers Records, home of bands like Head Automatica and…My Chemical Romance.
In addition to this, TBP packages have been sent out to MCRmy soldiers with a TBP sticker with “October 2006″ written on the back, with a poster and wrapped in a piece of paper that has, “XoXoXo, MCR”, scrawled on it.
And Detroit was recently snipped with TBP posters:
…and other major cities like Chicago and Philly have gotten the same treatment. Some concert-going kids are getting TBP stickers at Warped Tour.
Yet Warner Brothers Web site lists The Black Parade as one of the “bands” you can sign up for their email list.
SO WHAT IS THE BLACK PARADE? Some guesses are: MCR’s new album, MCR’s new single, a MCR side project, a musical supergroup containing members of MCR, some kind of special MCR fanclub…
Thoughs?
RELATED LINKS: Want to spy some more on TBP…no matter what is is? Check out what looks like might be the official Myspace page, their blank Purevolume page. Also check out the TBP LJ community.
I Have Had It with These Motherf—ing Snakes on My Motherf—ing Necklace!
If I had 3,900 USD to blow, I would totally spend it on purchasing one of these ridiculous gold and diamond Kathie Takowsky necklaces inspired by Snakes on a Plane!!!
[Buy it at trendy LA boutique Intuition]
Unfortunately I don’t have that kind of disposable income, but if you want to become my sugar daddy/mommy and send one to me, PLEASE DO SO! I’ll even take the 350 USD silver version. Sure it’s less flashy, but it’s really the thought that counts, right?
Fall Out Boy “Dolls” at Comic Con
Yes yes, I know…
Pete Wentz has taken the “anti-Gerard Way defense” and insisted that they are not “action figures” but “dolls”. Ok Pete, whatever. But please tell me why Patrick is dressed like he’s ready to defect to My Chemical Romance in his all-black with red sash outfit!!
As it just so happens, Patrick recently made a comment about his “action figure”-type face. Said Stump to Kerrang!: “I have one of those faces that’s like the basecoat for action figures. I’m what it looks like before you up the paint on. If you put a different hat on me, I look like a different guy.”
I dunno Patrick, something tells me if I took your action figure and painted over it, it would never get the Wentzface that appears on Pete’s.
