Tribeza Style Week: Shear Style Hair Show

Although I was mildly disappointed to not see a boat or a birdcage on top of anyone's head, the Shear Style Hair Show last week was a fun and interesting show nonetheless.  While Ron King Salon showed off some stellar everyday type of hair styles, it was the high fashion looks from Propaganda Hair Group that stole the show.

Jose Luis Salon

Upcoming Event: Vintage Glamporium

Are y'all ready for a new fall wardrobe?  Let's all pretend that it will get cooler soon and do some shopping because this Saturday and Sunday is the first ever Vintage Gamporium.  Founded by Masha Harmeier Co-owner of Feathers Boutique and Angie Ferrer Domecq Owner of Angelica DeBiase online boutique, Vintage Glamporium lets you shop vintage clothing from some of the best vintage retailers in Austin (including Feathers and Laced with Romance) PLUS vintage retailers from Dallas, Waco, and even Tulsa all in ONE place.  Happy vintage shopping!

Tribeza Style Week: Rock and Runway Show

Men's fashion shows are few and far between in Austin, so I was pleasantly surprised that one of 3 fashion shows of Tribeza Style Week was the all men's Rock and Runway Show.  The venue of the American Legion house combined with the abnormal amount of men at a fashion event made me feel like I was back in college hanging out at a frat house.  But luckily the fashions provided by By George, Allens Boots, and Service Menswear were not reminiscent of frat boy style.  I thought Service Menswear had a great collection at this show and provided the most variety of style with their looks which included some particularly cute nerdy chic outfits with a vintage vibe.  UT Fashion Show winner, Colton Gerard, showed off his impressive toggle coats once again which were responsible for his Best Collection win earlier this year.  And By George brought the most sophisticated looks to the show making the models look put together and dapper.

Service Menswear

Style Watch: Gagarazzi

Austin's monsters put their paws up and wore their best Gaga inspired outfits all in the support of Equality Texas last night.  Austin's first ever Gagarazzi was a glittery gaga-licious night full of creativity, debauchery, and those in favor of equality for all.

Check out the awesome costumes that showed up at The Highball for Gagarazzi:

Style Watch: ACL 2011

Austin is always a great city to people watch, but ACL has to be the absolute best time to people watch in Austin.  I had a blast listening and dancing to great live music this weekend, but when I wasn't shakin it, I was scouting interesting style and capturing photos of people in the wild of Zilker Park.

This year ACL had a few standout trends:

-The "I'm pretending to be Native American" look

-Lace

-The "Hey, my boyfriend has on a striped shirt"

-Retro Hats
-Hippie headbands

-Neon

-Unicorns

-Cropped shirts

-Cutout dresses

As far as the fashion choices of the performers went, I give it up to Santigold for her and her backup girls having THREE costume changes (I totally support multiple costume changes during shows)!  But, the best dress award goes to Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire.  Her dress was pretty and sparkly and magical, just like their performance.

 "The Fallen Hipster"

Upcoming Event: Gagarazzi

Get ready for the best excuse to not wear pants in public, to learn how to make a hair bow, to wear a dress made of meat, to dress up in drag (guys as girls or girls as guys would both work!), or to glue a bunch of stuffed animals together and wear it with pride.  It's almost time for Gagarazzi!  I expect there to be some awesomely weird outfits at the Highball on September 30th for this special Lady Gaga event benefitting Equality Texas.

What you can experience at Gagarazzi:

-Pre-show at 9pm with music videos, Gaga karaoke, and more
-Photobooth
-Costume Contest with prizes for Best Gaga, Most Creative, and Most Original
-Show at 10pm with performances by: The Jigglewatts, Dolls From The Crypt, Black Widow Burlesque, Austin City Showgirls, Oh Baby Burlesque, Stars & Garters and more
-Dance Party til 2am
-Gaga themed raffle prizes donated by local artists and businesses including a $50 gift card to Strut, a private party at Underwear worth $500, a gift certificate to Million Tattoos of $150 and more!

Tickets: $7 at the Door, $5 with costume (why would you NOT come in costume to this event?)

For some costume inspiration, check out this promo video Homespun Horror made for the event: