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Ryz

lilah wild — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:11:55 +0000

A vote-on-the-best-graphic catalog where the usual call for t-shirt submissions gets the rare treatment of shoe design. It’s mostly skate-style canvas slip-ons and a couple of thick-soled low-tops for now – disappointingly, the high-tops section is empty at the time of this review – but good for tastes that run towards the spacey and scientific, splashed with a little pop art. And if you *must* submit a tee image, they do those, too.

panties.com

lilah wild — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:59 +0000

This shop promises to “uplift a woman’s spirits like jewelry does” through an exhaustive array of fancy underwear. Sheers! Crotchlesses! Microthongs! Silk! A Butterfly collection that actually riffs around quite prettily on tattoo art! There are pages of bustier tops, open-front playsuits and fluttery little nighties if you wish to build things into a full bedroom outfit, they do plus sizes, and of course a site like this wouldn’t be complete without a Panty of the Month club.

Shirt Fight

lilah wild — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:47:31 +0000

A t-shirt catalog that appears at first glance to be crowdsourced, with two shirts pitted against each other for design supremacy, but clicking through reveals all items are purchasable, not just the winners. Which doesn’t really matter, if you’re a fan of artsy full-frontal nouveau-cartoon-street art printed up in men’s and women’s fits.

Swimsuits For All

lilah wild — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:47:48 +0000

Bathing costumes for sizes 8 through 34. A good range of styles, from fiery flowers bursting across a tank suit, to classic fatale black that takes bust support into consideration. Also coverups that make for cute little hoodies, sheer drawstring pants, and plenty of dresses for strolling along the beach.

Spraygraphic

lilah wild — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:23:00 +0000

The retail arm of a creative community for art/design/video.music/writing-minded people. Most of the site is devoted to social networking through bands and coffee shops and art galleries and such, but they do have some tees, tanks, longsleever, and polo dresses decorated with art of the street-pop variety: grenade brains, bright sprouts of dandelions, a lone lightning bolt striking from a crowd of clouds, a great place to pick up a hoodie that frames the cleavage in monkey wrenches.

BTC Elements

lilah wild — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:45:12 +0000

Organic, ethically-sourced fashion that works well with a diverse array of looks, from belted elvishness to tight corsetted pencil wiggle. Cowl necks, wide-legged pants, ruffled blouses, dresses that run the gamut from family get-togethers to hot dates, trenchy little coats, bathing suits, and hoodies of course. Much of the jewelry captures the natural patterns of feathers and leaves in recycled gold and silver, and the bags tend towards the bright and flowery.

Sydney’s Closet

lilah wild — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:42:09 +0000

Formalwear in plus sizes, for prom and cocktail parties and weddings and whatever other occasions demand unrestrained plumage. Ruched skirts, draped ruffles, bootcut hems, mermaid silhouettes, bellsleeves, starlet straplessness, swingy knee-length dresses, lots of things that can be turned goth or retro with compatible accessorization. They’ve also got crinoline slips for volumizing, all kinds of metallic evening bags and sandals, and there’s a section for fancy maternity dress.

Tanga Fine Lingerie

lilah wild — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:22:44 +0000

A gathering of sweet nothings from Fruit de la Passion, Aubade, Lise Charmel, Ravage, Chantelle, and a bunch of other European brands. The selection is all over the map and has something for every mood, whether romantic and lacy in nighties from Rossella, or for those more femme-fatale evenings, Rien’s medical-laced Scorpion collection. Also stockings from Gerbe and Stocking Girl, and swimwear.

TattooBrite

lilah wild — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:25:18 +0000

This “cosmeceutical” tattoo aftercare product purports to brighten the colors of subdermal ink while protecting against long-term fading. The SPF 20 certainly doesn’t hurt against the damage of sunlight, and the two formulas include a gentler p.h. for sensitive skin and, ahem, delicate areas. While I haven’t personally tried this product, it sounds like a decent possibility for skin art that’s gone dull, especially when the price tag isn’t too bad for giving it a trial run.

Kiyonna

lilah wild — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:06:14 +0000

A catalog of plus size fashion, modern and basic-minded for maximum versatility. But prod a little deeper and there’s some dressup potential in gothable maxi dresses and pencil skirts that can easily glide into a retro ensemble. And, some lacy wedding dresses.

YesStyle

lilah wild — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:29:10 +0000

This site gathers together a bunch of brands and designers across Asia and presents an enormous catalog – 293 pages of dresses, at this writing – with worldwide shipping. It’s the standard casuals-and-partywear stuff of the trendy modern wardrobe, but a patient perusal reveals the distinctive splashes of lolita style shining through in flowery leggings, tiered miniskirts, ruffled bloomer shorts, satin-bowed blouses, double-breasted coats, lacy capelets, and general pastel sweetness. There are also sections for swimwear and intimates, plus sizes, maternity, and accessories.

Finroo

lilah wild — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:31:40 +0000

A crowdsourced catalog of arty tees, full of graffiti-surf-skate imagery with dedicated pages for the skulls and guns. It’s a pretty mixed bag, the elegant and evil and insane printed on organic bamboo and limited to runs of 200 each. It’s almost all white backgrounds for now – other colors, hopefully black among them, are on the way.

SativaBags.com

lilah wild — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:12:14 +0000

A catalog that takes the trendy, hardware-loaded shoulder bags of mainstream fashion and does them over in hemp. The shiny
O-rings, the cargo pockets, the buckle-over-zip fastenings – all present, as well as cute satchels and laptop bags. Also hoodies and tees, baby clothes, and bath and body goods that bring hemp into the realm of spa pampering.