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I know that I retired “WARDROBE STYLING”…….

But that doesn’t mean that I cannot share with you the following:

How to survive the weekend with one outfit and still get compliments

(without anyone knowing it’s the same outfit).

Model: Makeup Artist / 90’s Survivor, “Nellie Kim”.

*Side Note, check out her band “Law & Order” they are killing it (www.myspace.com/thelaworder)

–brooke

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Big kisses to you from the desert.

Although I am not really the “festival” type, Prince killed it and I am forever grateful that I had the pleasure of watching his godlike self on stage.

He was punk, he was sex, he was metal, he was rock and and he was dance all in one. I can go home now a fullfilled “coachella girl”.

Morris Day and the Time joined him and I fell to my knees; Shelia E played on the drums and I danced like a banshee’ when Prince’s girls sang it made me feel as if I was at the gates of heaven;s choir……

And the and only PRINCE turned the whole thing in to a “religious music experience”…….I JUST COULDN’T take how impossibly perfect and unwordly his show was.  Basically, PRINCE rules and I am forever grateful to Coachella for turning me in to a “festival girl” after all.

Now look at my pics while I take a nap.

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Over the past four years, I have hosted a secret “friends only” acoustic show at my store which falls on a random, star filled Sunday evening.

It’s a night where friends gather around to watch other friends play music. I transform the store in to a beautifully candle lit, den type atmosphere where we sit indian style and cheer our friends on as they take their popular rock songs and tune them down “unplugged or acoustic” style.

Everyone from Maroon Five, Phantom Planet’s “Alex Greenwald”, ” Z Berg” from The Like, Ben Lee, Nightmare Of You, Justin of “She Want’s Revenge” to Los Angeles up and comers like our residents “Whisper Town” and “Michael Runion” (currently touring with Rilo Kiley) have played.It’s been one of my favorite “lifestyle” companions to my jewelry designs and up until now, I have never made it open to more than a gathering of best friends. However, I did ask you to be my “b.b.f.f” (best blog friend forever) so it would be rude of me not to invite you to this wouldn’t it? Not to mention, this is also the first time EVER that I am allowing someone else to book it (thank you Sam “Cold Sweat Records”)!  This Sunday, the lineup is so killer, your going to be stoked! Anders and Woods, the girls (and Davey) of “Warpaint” and Imaad Wasif (latest member of “The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s) are gracing our presence. Side note, I haven’t been able to take Imaad’s cd out of my stereo for three entire weeks, I am not lying when I tell you that I have had it on repeat. I promise you’re going to fall “head over heels” for his music as well!I will post the flyer with times later in the week, in the meanwhile, save the date, (April 20th)!’

Happy Tuesday — Brooke!

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If your in to Dee Lite or Bat For Lashes, I’m highly recommending checking out Chris Curtis and Stefanie King Warfield’s band, The Parallelograms!

I went to see them down town at Bordello where it was Serge Gainsbourg Cover Night, and they were awesome. I wanted more than the teasing two-song set (one being my favorite song “Contact” ), but alas, two Serge cover songs by them is better than none!

Singer Stefanie has the type of stage presence that makes you feel like a deer caught in headlights, with us being the deer due to the way she mesmerized the audience with her precious, melodic voice and cool style.

I guarantee you will be hearing more of this psychedelic duo by word of mouth from your friends.

You can check out their music here.  And the beat goes on……and the beat goes on….

xobrooke!

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COME OUT TONIGHT IF YOU LIVE IN LOS ANGELES!

Alot of your favorite Bands will be supporting a great cause!

BANDS:
Mellowdrone
Dawes
Totally Radd!!!
Io Echo
Something For Rockets

With DJs
She Wants Revenge
Tim from OK Go
Zach Rosencrantz
$15 at the door gets you 5 great bands and amazing DJs. And the money will go a long way to helping our friend in his fight.
Come out for fun and make a difference in one mans life.

Weekend update:

Here are some pictures from “The Start” show the other night! It was lead singer “Echo’s” birthday so I threw her a surprise party before the show! We had so much fun. Lots of friends, music and celebrating was had.
Echo had the crowd dancing with delight and singing back all the words to her like she was their very own “rock angel, pied piper”. Watching Chelsea on drums was unbelievable because she makes it look too easy. She kind of reminds me of Samantha from Hole. The show was so good it made me forget how tired I was from my own birthday activities the night before! I can’t leave out my favorite part though! Just like the “changing of rock guards”, the encore was a surprise reunion show of HWP (Echo’s first band)! It was Scott Ellis on drums (he’s currently in She Wants Revenge) and Jeff Schartoff (who now plays with Peter Murphy when he tours) and Mike Tempesta (of Powerman 5000). The night ruled see for yourself!

*Any Vegas Nylon Lovers can go to their show tonight at “The Beauty Bar”.

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Hello! Hello! Hello!

So seeing that “White Trash Charms” has always felt like my “moonlighting gig” to my decade of being a “wardrobe stylist”, I have a rather emotional announcement to make. I have decided to switch things up in my life and make “WTC” my sole job and you my pretty things, get to benefit from it!

Throughout my amazing career of styling, I have always prided myself on my “KIT”. I have a entire basement filled with clothes to prove it. I’m the girl that always went out of pocket to make my job the best of the best when producers wanted top quality on minimal budget. I would ease my guilt of going out of pocket by telling myself that at least my “kit” would be worthy of dressing any movie job that ever came my way. You have no idea how many times my “kit” has saved the day for me and all my stylist friends. Well, the day has come, I AM RETIRING. I have said this for over a year, yet I always get the call for a job that lures me back. It is so hard to say no to a styling job because I have a true passion for it.
Alas, I have put my converse down, I am concentrating solely on WTC. After all, the styling baton has been passed, I kind of have no choice. I was lucky and fortunate to have been Andrea Lieberman’s assistant for years, and she gave me my stylist baton and I passed it to one of my best friend’s who I trained, “Miss Simone Harouche”. Simone is holding the baton and is currently running the styling game. She is the one who took Christina Aguileria to be the fashion icon she is today and she styled those insane old school Guess ads you are seeing everywhere right now, not to mention she also dresses Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Richie and Panic At The Disco …..

Well here’s where you come in!

Me and Simone are having a Yard sale this sunday in La. I am getting rid of my ENTIRE kit and Simone is recycling hers. I couldn’t even begin to explain what is going to be there, because it’s amazing! So come join us and I will show you how that weird 70’s dress is straight out of “Eyes Of Laura Mars” hot!

The KIT SALE is this Sunday in LA. It will have lots of cool stuff, including a few custom things I made for Gwen Stefani.  It will be emotional for me, great for you! Let’s have fun!

8 am to 1 pm

8150 West 4th Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90048

PS: See more of my styling shots here.

Dear NYLON Readers,

So much to talk about, but so little time, because today is my birthday and I promised myself I would not be on a computer all day. So forgive me if I am cheating , but you kind of need to know the following:

Tomorrow night is going to be so insane and heavenly because one of LA’s best kept secrets is playing their final night at their resident at “Crash Mansion” downtown. If you like Siouxsie, Goldfrapp, The Gossip or The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s well your definitely going to J’adore “The Start”.

Hope to see you there! xo

(and yes, you can click through for a bigger flier image to print out…)

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Hellooo Nylon Readers:

This is Brooke from Los Feliz. Perhaps you know me from my jewelry company, White Trash Charms?

My NYLON blog is going to be about Pop culture from a Los Angeles lens.  From the East side to the West Side, I am about to give you the low down on music, fashion, friends, pop art and anything and everything that makes up this “lifestyle” as I have come to know it.

Hoping we will be B.B.F.F (best blog friends forever),

Brooke