BEVERLY HAMES
Best and Worst Style Moments of 2011
When someone grabs an All That Jazz dress and squeals, "This is my favorite line," I die a little inside.
Getting Dressed with Clowns About Town
"I kinda want to take my boobs out," says Miss Sticky Buns, and out they come. Carefully, she paints each breast white in front of the mirror.
Planet of the Crocs
Allison Press is probably the only person I have ever met who left a band because they got signed. She left it for her jewelry line.
Ass Rules in Court
I don't wear pants that aren't denim, and while I'm a jeans girl, I'm like the pickiest jeans girl in the world. And I'm such a nerd for Court Denim that I feel a little creepy talking about it.
Sneaky Peeks with Pamela Love
Despite her CFDA nominations and mainstream success, she's still the same goofy neurotic punk drummer chick in ripped jeans and an XL band T-shirt trying to clean up her nails, eternally dirty from making jewelry.
NYFW - Sparkle Hangover with the Blonds
I have a secret: Of all the shows I was given to cover, I was most looking forward to the Blonds. And it wasn't because of the clothes--I was more excited because of the place in pop-culture their clothes occupy.
NYFW - Threeasfour's Protection Spells
Having been in New York long enough to remember the pre-meltdown days when Threeasfour was still As Four, I've always had trouble taking the line seriously. The cultish crew in spiral-seamed pants and circle bags has never been my scene.
NYFW - Nomia's Badlands
Nomia was the first and only show that actually brought me to the supposed epicenter of NYFW, Lincoln Center. I never dug going to mainstream runway shows too much--the prance down the runway, the turn left/turn right, you know the drill.
NYFW - A Quantum Leap with Samantha Pleet
The last time I checked in with Samantha Pleet she was an optimistic up-and-comer who made adorable party dresses and trademark rompers that "looked good with bad tattoos."
NYFW - Erin Fetherston Was Nice
Usually fashion followers either love something and want it, or hate it and want to burn it. Occasionally, however, it's a little more complicated than that.
Robynn Europe - Skinbyrd Turned Bodybuilder
In the summer of 2001 I was sitting on a couch at ABC No Rio minding my own business when an angry black skinbyrd came charging down the stairs. "Who the fuck is Beverly?" she asked. Terrified, I raised my hand.
Sneaky Peeks with Mary Meyer
Girls love Mary Meyer because Mary Meyer is the type of gal who will navigate a Bushwick block party in a bikini top while brandishing a bullhorn before volunteering for the dunk tank.