EZ Bake Coven Weekend of Magic!

 The Savannah chapter of the EZ Bake Coven, had a great weekend. Our very first Naughty Nautical Nite with Dame Darcy went over so well I cant even begin to explain my satisfaction with how it all turned out.
Everyone came dressed up! Everyone had such a great time! Also, we're starting to get alot of attention, so anticipation for the halloween show is already starting to mount.
 We even got up the next day and went to Pagan Pride Day bright and early at Emmet Park on Bay Street.
There we sold hand made and D.I.Y. arts and crafts. We even managed to hold off the rain long enough for Darcy to perform around 7pm, later on in the early evening. We gathered more email contacts for those interested in joining our mailing list which is also very exciting. Next step for the EZ Bake Coven, we're planning a lolita tea party! Gosh, what am I going to wear?...
 If you, or anyone you may know would like to join the EZ Bake Coven Savannah just email me at Anitanevent@gmail.com and I'll be glad to send over more info to you.

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Kindergoth<< Kinderwhore<< Gothic Lolita:The Origin of Doll-Like Fashion

   Lolita fashion for the most part seems to be a Japanese youth subculture, but what are the origins of this look and where did it start? This topic has been debated by many. Some say it all started with  Angelic Pretty, Formerly "Milk and Pretty". A Japanese fashion house that started in the 1970's. Victorian influenced,their focus was on modesty, designing knee length skirts and dresses with a "cupcake" shape. Surely the Japanese weren't the only ones on this new curve of fashion. Other designers such as Bib, Chloé, and Ossie Clark created their own take on the soft, feminine, and romantic style in the 70's. So who are the children of this era that were inspired by the look only to take it to the next level. Jared Gold born in 72,started creating fashion since 92, surely had to have infused these images with inspiration of where he grew up in Idaho. Prairiesque? Victorian? get it? ok its conjecture on my part but he also grew up with Dame Darcy. For me in my mind its all coming together now. Dame Darcy known worldwide as an illustrator, writer, fine artist, musician, cabaret mermaid, and lolita fashion plate. She told me that she began "dressing like a doll" when she was a youth and a teenager. In love with the prettiness of dolls and the many different ways you could dress them in their doll clothes. Darcy said she wasn't allowed to have Barbies, but was encouraged by her mother to instead make her own dolls and doll clothes. Ok I'm getting it now, we have Jared Gold pushing this look beginning in the 90's and Dame Darcy who has been published by Fantagraphics since the 90's. We have the Fashion Designer, and the Artist, the other component to this equation is the Musician, the other important influence on any trend or fashion wave of its time. Its always been a pop culture tradition to look to musicians as a fashion influence. In the early to mid 90's the "Kinderwhore" wave began to crest, and before you knew it Lolita like looks were being worn by almost every young girl and young woman, influenced by its new riot girl roots. The Kinderwhore look consisted of "baby doll" dresses or nighties, heavy eye makeup, boots or mary- janes. Courtney Love of Hole says she was the first to popularize it. Others argue that it was actually Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland. Although one thing is for sure, these two both loved vintage baby doll dresses from the 70's, and they also met and grew up in the same music scene together. So was Japan so enamored by our music and its female images of that time,that that is how they began evolving this into what became Gothic Lolita?  Well in the 1990's in the Kansai region of northern Japan young women there too started wearing their own take on this doll-like fashion craze. Many say that their influence actually came from the band Malice Mizer. Their early musical themes were said to be characterized by strong classical and french themes, thus the victorian costumery they wore. Ok, I think its coming full circle now...their look was also known as "Visual kei". Which is a music genre, or a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its own particular sound, related to glam rock, punk and metal. Their are also many stateside fans of Visual kei, and many of their representation of Visual kei fashion has also be referred to as Kindergoth.I guess well, there you have it. My results of tracing the origins of doll-like fashion. Debate away if you must and I'm sure some of you will, which is fine by me. In the meantime I have dresses to press and crinolines to starch.


  Jared Gold Designs

Dame Darcy

Courtney Love

Kat Bjelland

Malice Mizer

Gothic Lolita

Sweet Lolita

Kindergoth

Ossie Clark Design

Fall is Upon Us..and Here is My Wishlist!

Fall is one of my favorite seasons... in the deep south this means relief from the muggy and unbearable summer heat.

Here are a few things from a few designers for fall 2011. I think some Lolitas may enjoy, these high fashion looks.

Naeem Khan Fall 2011

Betsy Johnson Fall 2011

and honestly I could go on for days posting the Betsy Johnson fall collection but you should peep the rest of it here...................Betsy Johnson Fall 2011

Dior Fall 2011

Dame Darcy and Savannah!

My good friend Dame Darcy landed in Savannah about 6 months ago.
Here is an example of some of her recent work and and current performance art project Naughty Nautical Night Savannah


^v^ ART ^v^
New Nautical and Halloween dolls in the store!


pirate jean-baptiste

www.damedarcy.etsy.com

lovely marina ocean

www.damedarcy.etsy.com


^v^ EVENTS ^v^

Naughty Nautical Nite Cabaret
Friday September 23rd 9:00PM
@Tantra: 8 East Broughton
Savannah, Georgia 31401

Featuring Burlesque Queen Melodie Gore, DJ Kiah and MC Motion,
The Sassafrass Dancers, Belfire fire performers, banjo sea shanties with Mermaid Dame Darcy and much more!
$5 at the door $3 if you come dressed in nautical theme and/or dressed up.

NAUTICAL CASTING CALL FOR SAILOR RECRUITS
Now is the chance for you to live your dreams as a pirate or sailor. Hot guys of any type accepted. Duties include: performing in any aspect you want, mermaid hoisting and just looking hot.

If you or anyone you know fits this description and are in the Savannah area contact Anita the recruiting officer for details. http://www.facebook.com/anita.narcisse

Our cast crew party is on Sunday August 28th so we can all meet with the other cast/crew of NNN.

^v^ Hand book for Hot Witches ^v^

I've lived in Savannah GA for six months now and I have to say life here just gets batter and better every day. It's like a magical vortex of freaks and anything I wish for comes true! Lately I've befriended other surreal writers and this has helped me put things into perspective. I believe that Savannah is like an onion skin, the more you peel the more weirdness is revealed and this is a place where the characters in my life range in all ages, races and religions and also from the spirit realm. I feel a wave swelling, and I think that Savannah may be to the children of the apocalypse, to what San Francisco was to the Flower Children of the 60's.

Love Dame Darcy