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Thursday , September 25, 2008

The Spirit Animal House has officially closed up shop!

For the rest of 2008, at least. Let's all cross our fingers, hooves, wings and paws that it will open up its doors once more in a year's time, when we un-"leash" SPIRIT ANIMAL HOUSE PARTY II: THE PAJAMA JAM upon the world.

This is just a little note from your favorite fashion-blogging wolf, sea turtle and scrappy kitten-cat letting you know that we've decided to play Secret Santa on y'all- all raffle prizes are in the mail! Please drop us a line and tell us the story of that magical morning when you checked your mail and received some awesome raffle prize that you totally weren't expecting!

We are proud to announce that we raised almost SEVEN HUNDRED BONES for our charities; watch out for some serious Ed McMahon/giant check-style surprising in the coming weeks.

And last but not least, Thank you x a billion to everybody who bought a raffle ticket, donated to the raffle, came to Spirit Animal House, and helped us set it up. Without you, we would have died.

Tags: Spirit Animal House, Spirit Animal House Party 2: The Pajama Jam, THANK YOU

Saturday , September 20, 2008

In Pictures: Spirit Animal House!

Spirit Animal House lives! Just kidding, but we do have some lovely pics of our party to share with you, courtesy of photographer Martha Burzynski. We're surprised she even got these because it was super-dark in there. (Nothing like some bright lights to harsh on the swanky vibe!) If you want to take a gander at more Spirit Animal House coverage, Racked did a sweet little write-up of the party as well, and there are more photos of more pretty things there. Enjoy!

I made all these little origami animals. There were more! I can make an origami fox in my sleep now:

+ Continue reading "In Pictures: Spirit Animal House!"

Tags: parties, photos, pictures, Spirit Animal House

Wednesday , September 10, 2008

The Spirit Animals Have Gone Hibernatin'!

Spirit Animal House...what can we say? It was a damn good time! You missed me in my seasons-old Marc Jacobs dress, Liz in pigtails and cowboy boots and Laura Jane doing pretty much the best raffle emceeing on earth fueled on adrenaline and a shot of Absolut Pear. We debuted the products of our origami skills, people won lots of prizes and bought lots of pretty things at the mini-market, we gave out gift bags to lots of folks and raised a lot of money for our pet causes! We're still recovering from the party -- we're letting our spirit animals go into hiberation, and we ourselves are going on a little blog vacation -- but will be back to our regularly scheduled programming by next Monday, when we promise to go back to avant-wack attacks, musings on the curious state of Chuck Bass' hair and other assorted random pop culture obsessions.

Thanks again for all those who came by, bought something from all our gorgeous vendors, bought a ticket for our amazing , shambolic, completely nutty raffle, saw the bands, wandered in and had a good time!

And extra special thanks:

Our mini-market vendors: Clarabella, Dangerous Mathematicians, Sodafine, Artists & Fleas
Katie Rose and Paul, our DJs
Speck Mountain, who played a lovely set
Ver Sacrum
The staff at Pianos
All our friends who guarded over the raffle ticket bag when we asked them, held onto our wallets, helped us schlep, and were just generally darlings all around
All the designers, artists and businesses that donated goods for the raffle
Everyone who came
Everyone who came and said hi!
Everyone who bought a ticket to either of the raffles
Everyone in the world who is cool and inspiring and nice and fun to be around

xo Kat, Liz and Laura
nogoodforme.com bloggers and Spirit Animal Rescue League

PS - The nogoodforme.com signature cocktail is a TOO GOOD FOR YOU: a white wine spritzer with a shot of amaretto.

Tags: Spirit Animal House

Tuesday , September 9, 2008

It's Here: Spirit Animal House!!

Ladies and gents, we are really just beyondwordsexcitedandampedandpsyched: today is our party and we hope you can be there!

Need a little primer? Miss the last three weeks of nogoodforme.com? Here's the full slate of happenings tonight at Pianos in NYC, starting at 8pm!

MINI-MARKET
We have an amazing group of vendors (Charm School Design, Clarabella, Dangerous Mathematicians, Sodafine, and, squeaking in at the last minute, some peeps from Artists & Fleas) selling some small wares in the upstairs space as part of our Indie Fashion Lounge. Starting at 8pm.
----> WHO'S SELLING WHAT

EVENT-ONLY RAFFLE
It's $5 per entry ticket into our event-only raffle, where partygoers can win prizes from the likes of Mociun, Habitude, Laura Dawson, Feral Childe, Asli Filinta, Popomomo, and so, so much more. Everything will be on display upstairs at the Indie Fashion Lounge, but you can peruse beforehand via the Internerd:
----> SEE THE PRIZE BOOTY YOU COULD WIN

PERFORMANCES BY SPECK MOUNTAIN AND VER SACRUM
LJ's own Ver Sacrum takes the stage at 10:30pm with their special brand of torch folk, and then we are proud to present Chicago's very own Speck Mountain at 11:30pm, who will bring it all down with their beautiful, moody dream-pop.
----> SAMPLE Ver Sacrum
----> SAMPLE Speck Mountain

GIFTBAGS!
It's not a party without swag and we have got some! The first 20 or so peeps for the music performances will get a deluxe gift bag featuring eco-booty from folks like Naturenvy, Lily Lambert Fragrances, Mixed Chick, Eco-Me and (cross your fingers that the stuff gets here ontime) John Masters Organics. The first 20 or so people who buy a raffle ticket will get a not-as-deluxe-but-still-nice gift bag! (Sorry, it's hard to explain!) Mucho thanks to the following for their kind donations on this front -- show them some love!
----> Naturenvy
----> Eco-Me
----> Lily Lambert Fragrances
----> Mixed Chicks
----> John Masters Organics

OUR SIGNATURE COCKTAIL!
Dudes, what other blog would take it upon themselves to create a fun new drink? Try a Too Good For You and kick up your dancing shoes! Want to know what it is? You'll have to wait till it's ready for its closeup at Spirit Animal House!

PLUS! We'll have snacks, candy and cake (free!), the music will be fabulous, the dudes will be cute and the ladies will be super-fine. Do you really need anything else? Ditch that lame Fashion Week afterparty with grumpy anorexics and failed models and come to Pianos tonight for a bubblin' good time! If you can't be there, send your spirit animal -- we'll take good care of it, we promise!

And remember, the whole shebang's a benefit for BARC, PAWS/LA and ARK II! And if you can't be there, you can still buy a raffle ticket for the Internet raffle, on sale via Paypal till the end of the night:

Tags: parties, soirees, Spirit Animal House, the best thing on Earth that ever existed, total excitement

Down to the Wire: The Spirit Animal House Raffle!

Okay, folks, Spirit Animal House is just about to drop and, yeah, you know the drill: get a raffle ticket soon! The deadline is Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at midnight Pacific time for the internet-only drawing, and tickets are only available through Paypal for that; the event-only raffle is, duh, event-only and you gotta get your fanny down to Pianos on Tuesday night to take part in the actual Spirit Animal House party, where those raffle tickets go for $5. Yeah, I know, we've been chattering about our prizes for what seems like ages now, but what can we say? Check out the full roster on our raffle prizes page (we've got a few more, believe it or not, straggling in), be visually stimulated by our prize collage below...and then buy a ticket! Last chance is today!

Amazingly and overwhelmingly, we gathered over 70 prizes for the Spirit Animal House raffle! We thank ALL the amazing designers, artists, authors, and business owners who donated a prize out of the kindness of their hearts and their tenderness towards animals -- after all, the proceeds from these little babies go to Brooklyn Animal Resource Center, PAWS/LA, and Animal Rights Kollective in Toronto. We look forward to helping some happy kitties, puppies and the people who love them, and to finding these lovely objects a beautiful new home:

Tags: raffle prizes, Spirit Animal House

Spirit Animal House's Eco-Fashion Superstars: Mociun, Popomomo, Habitude & Andira International

Because we're not satisfied just helping out the animals a bit, we Spirit Animal House-dwellers are also trying to do a little good for Mama Earth with our soon-to-go-down charity raffle. To that end, we've selected some serious eco-fashion superstars as four of our featured designers - going clockwise from top left there's Mociun, who works with sustainable fabrics and awesomely hand-designed textiles to produce gorgeousness such as this dress (as well as the 3 t-shirts Brooklyn designer/Bowie-lover Caitlin Mociun also donated to Spirit Animal House); Popomomo, creator of this to-die-for organic-cotton sundress that's very much like the sunshine-cupcake-yellow wonder Laura Jane modeled in our Sodafine Fantasy Shopping Spree a little while back; Andira International, a very special label that not only prints their tees on eco-friendly fabrics but also supports rainforest communities by donating a tree to a child involved in Kids Saving the Rain Forest for every item sold from their Rain Tee collection; and Habitude, who gave us this lovely kimono pieced top and produces all of its organic- and sustainable-fabric-based apparel domestically (and, FYI, I very nearly picked up Habitude's organic hemp/silk double-v tie-back dress to wear tonight at Spirit Animal House, but then I didn't, and now I'm still coveting it quite madly).

Don't forget: Today's the last day to buy your $2 raffle tickets online, soooooooo...hop to it!

Tags: Andira International, dresses, eco-fashion, Habitude, Mociun, organic cotton, Popomomo, Spirit Animal House, t-shirts

Monday , September 8, 2008

Love: Laura Dawson

Laura Dawson started off as a stylist in the music industry and began her Brooklyn-based line in 2002. Since then, she's been featured all over the place, including mentions in Lucky, NYLON and other cool places. It's easy to see why her work's been getting tons of attention: her dresses, tops and bottoms are all youthful, kicky and eye-catching -- and pretty much guaranteed to get you all sorts of "I love that dress!" refrains when you're out and about at night. I love how her designs have a lot of clever detailing and favor unusual shapes and silhouettes, but they're still on the urbanely clean tip, making them completely wearable and enduring beyond the current season. City girls will love Laura Dawson, but so will funky librarians, studious rock stars and other gloriously contradictory creatures -- she's very versatile, and it will be exciting to see her grow and expand as a designer. We're so psyched that she is kindly donating her zebra dress to our event-only raffle drawing at Spirit Animal House this Tuesday night at Pianos -- this would be one of the top prizes I'd choose for myself, personally, because it's really just the best thing ever. You can be there to fight me for it, or you can just buy a ticket for the internet raffle and avoid reckoning with me 'cause I'm super-tough and will throw down.

Tags: Brooklyn girls, Laura Dawson, Spirit Animal House, zebra dresses

Imaginary Shopping Spree: Feral Childe, tons of killer t-shirts

Feral Childe brooch

I have this tendency to think anything with the word "feral" in the title is just about the coolest thing ever, so you should know that I am naturally predisposed to think the world of Feral Childe, the fashion label based in good ol' Brooklyn, NY, where their work is locally produced. Feral Childe was born out of a flourishing friendship between Alice Wu and Moriah Carlson, two hyper-creative, industrious people, and their work has developed a reputation for combining playful, whimsical details and motifs with spot-on silhouettes and tailoring. We are pleased, psyched, overjoyed and amped to be offering an artful brooch from Feral Childe as part of our event-only raffle at Spirit Animal House! This little charmer is not just a cool accessory, with a lovely stone animal festooned with shiny, happy ribbons, but it's practically a one-of-a-kind work of art. And if Lady Luck bestows upon you a winning ticket at our raffle on Tuesday, it could be all yours. (Kat)

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TEES PLEASE: The Raffle Edition!

I love t-shirts. They are perfect. I love t-shirts so much that I had to invent an entire Ultimate Fashion Challenge to stop myself from wearing them every single day of my life forever! But one day, the Ultimate Fashion Challenge will be over, and I can return to my happy and peaceful t-shirted existence of old. If you are the type of girl who loves to rock a t-shirt and/or a dude, you'll be really stoked to find out that we have about seven trillion of them in both our online and IRL raffles! The Quiet Life is the brainchild of ex-skate rat/skate brat Andy Mueller, and I'm personally hoping that Michael Showalter will show up to Spirit Animal House so that he'll win one of Andy's Ts and look really hot in it to me. I'm also hoping that Sho will attend for other reasons (to give me a hug?), but whatevy. We also have some really pretty organic t-shirts from eco-designer Alena Hennessey, whose designs are always whimsical, dreamy and totally animal-centric, which we obviously love. And lastly, Toronto, Ontario's own Ziliotto Designs have kindly donated two adorable chien t-shirts, which would especially rule to win if your very own spirit animal happened to be a petit chien! But mine isn't. Mine is a CHAT.

And, as ever:

Tags: Alena Hennessey, Feral Childe, Michael Showalter, raffle prizes, Spirit Animal House, tees please, The Quiet Life, Ziliotto

Sunday , September 7, 2008

Spotlight on StyleDetox.com (and a coupon code for readers!)

The indie online boutique Style Detox was started up by a former music industry publicist in San Francisco, and the link to music shows through its indie- and rockabilly-influenced inventory and jewelry selection. There are dresses that would make an early Gwen Stefani salivate (including a checker picnic print halter dress so cute that it makes me wish I could wear gingham without looking like a dork), and super-cute quirky jewelry selections. The site also carries a carefully selected collection of vintage items of all sorts, and best of all -- everything is super reasonably-priced! Which also means, I've noticed, that things sell out fast, so my advice is to pick up what you want when you can. There's no excuse not to, especially since Style Detox is offering a coupon code for 10% off for nogoodforme readers: just enter nogoodforme10 at checkout and let the magic happen. (By the way, this coupon won't expire, like, ever! Fire at will!) They also donated some adorable jewelry to our Spirit Animal House charity raffle, so clickety-click on the little button below to buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win these (and many, many other wonderful things!)

Tags: accessories, coupon codes, deals, jewelry, shopping, Spirit Animal House, Style Detox

Love: Asli Filinta

Asli Filinta is really our kind of lady and the type of designer we love to discover and support. She is from Turkey, which is the country that is third on my list of places I really, really am dying to go to. She loves music and art and lots of things D.I.Y.; her designs are beautifully fun and joyous and life-affirming and gleefully non-conformist; it's impossible not to wear her wonderful accessories and clothes and not be full of optimism and excitement and buoyancy. When I picked up our Asli Filinta prize from Dernier Cri for our Spirit Animal House party event-only raffle, I flipped my shizzit in the best way possible -- her hats and scarves are so beautifully made and insanely, beautifully quirky, you pretty much would freak yourself out in the best way possible just by wearing this. Take, for instance, this white straw fedora with a feather and an elephant applique, so outrageously adorable that it would put all the hats at the Kentucky Derby to shame. It's basically perfect for that girl whose inspired by equal parts Zelda Fitzgerald and Iris Apfel:

We also picked up two super-fly scarves that will make everyone on the street bow down at your cuteness, should be lucky enough to wear them:

Seriously, I kind of pass out from the fabulousness from it all. It just makes me happy to look at -- imagine how you'd feel wearing it! I envy the lucky winners who get to pick these babies out at our raffle drawing on Tuesday. Maybe it will be you? Lucky bastards...

Tags: Asli Filinta, Spirit Animal House, super-cuteness, Turkey

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