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Dreadworx

lilah wild — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:00:24 +0000

Dread care and decor. They stock all the waxes, shampoos, conditioners, and tighteners needed for healthy maintenance, plus dyes and bleach, and special combs and anti-frizz tools to keep everything neat. Tams, wraps, wooden hairpins, and beads with little googly eyes make up the adornment section, and they’ve got some unusual specialty products to cut down on all the little frustrations that can come with knotting up your hair: microfibre towels to halve drying time, showercaps and sock hats for keeping all the locks out of the way while bathing or sleeping, rubber bands that won’t quickly snap to death. Also body polish, club toys, ear stretching kits, and a little hemp clothing.

Glow Authority

lilah wild — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:36:00 +0000

Dancefloor playthings to whirl through the dark, and lots of them: among the paints and wires and bike-brightening accessories, there are flashing evening bags and sunglasses, neon bracelets, blacklight bubbles, color-changing candles and LED roses, liquid-activated shotglasses, and glowsticks galore.

River’s Edge Dancewear

lilah wild — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Performance costumes that offer lots of clubwear potential. Flowing dresses, super-ruffled flamenco skirts, shiny ice-skating minis, romantic tutus, bellydance midriff tops and hip sparkles, watercolor prints, quite a bit of velvet, and the accessories pages feature satin streamers and other fun things to dance with. The underthings present some interesting lingerie alternatives with items both for camouflage and flaunting – and for more casual moments, leggings, legwarmers, and palazzo pants.

Extreme Largeness

lilah wild — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:53:00 +0000

An accessories shop reminiscent of 80’s cheap-sunglasses mall boutiques, with all the metalhead silver cobra rings and electro neon shoelaces mixing it up this time with tattoo-flash handbags and cyber UV bracelets. Body jewelry, gothic claws, obnoxious patches, hair stuff, bandannas, gloves, safety-pin dangle brooches, a little makeup, and poi, too.

Fairy Floss

lilah wild — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:45:00 +0000

The fae side of psy-trance, for men, women, and kids. Lots of earth tones, lots of jagged points, where blue jeans occasionally appear alongside yogawear. Hoodies and ponchos, fairy-’tocked underwear, wrap tanks and belled longsleevers, flared pants, and the wings, gemstone jewelry, and pocket belts to finish them off with. Also poi, fire sticks, and fluorescent body jewelry (which sound quite fun to coordinate together for an outfit that comes to life only in the dark). Thanks, Sara!

Light Up and Juggle

lilah wild — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:32:00 +0000

All sorts of glowing playthings, some of them rechargeable, and many built to melt the colors into each other so you don’t have to choose just one shade (unless you want to). Batons and staffs, devil sticks, hackysacks, juggling balls and rings, hula hoops, and poi things.

Zanbaka’s Designs

lilah wild — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:57:00 +0000

Bellydance accessorization, wonderful in particular for hair adornment. Ornate headdresses, hair sticks, tie-in glitter flowers, turbans, even falls braided with coins. The belts drip with tassels and fringe, the bindis sparkle, and there’s a page of chiffon scarves that unroll into streamer poi.

BeWild

lilah wild — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:38:00 +0000

A huge catalog of t-shirts and streetwear that veers into goth with Spiral Direct and Skulbone, flared jeans from Kikwear and Tripp, a page of wild tattoo-art designs, Tribal, Skin M, Ghast, lots of different flavors to browse through. Also hair dye, decor, and light-up toys.

Alternative Emporium

lilah wild — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:49:00 +0000

The first time we’ve seen the word bespoke used in terms of cyberwear. Neon abounds in bras and hotpants, pixie skirts that drip glowsticks, with a darker “reflektor” line and plenty of glowy accessorization for men and women. Thanks, Sara!

I Puke Glamour

lilah wild — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:43:00 +0000

One of the most arresting shop names to ever hit the Chateau’s inbox. Cyberlox and dreadfalls in fuzzy backcombed and skinny shiny, and kits to braid them into your own hair. And loads of accessories: goggles, chopsticks and sequinned headbands, lolita top hats and bowtied wrist cuffs, Hello Kitty buttons, dayglo bangles, spiked bracelets, glowsticks and LED pacifiers.

Raveworx

lilah wild — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:54:00 +0000

Things to make your body parts flash! Backpacks, tees, jewelry, glitter and body art, and plenty of lightup toys to take out dancing or decorate your room.

Luxotica

lilah wild — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:32:00 +0000

Canadian poi! All kinds of fire toys, from staffs and spinners to fire fans and contact torches, with loads of kevlar wicking and make-your-own bits. Also devil sticks and LED juggling balls for tamer glowiness.

CyberOptix

lilah wild — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 03:49:00 +0000

Silkscreened punk ties from the designer who did the costumes for Skinny Puppy’s 2004 world tour. Exhaust pipes, Victorian skeleton keys, “catstooth” check patterns, and “concealed weapon” designs with hidden designs in the back with plenty of extreme imagery to coordinate with a pinstriped suit.