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Billboard Music Awards Blue Carpet: The Best, Some Honorable Mentions, and a couple WTF’s

On the evening of Sunday, May 19, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted the Billboard Music Awards with appearances and performances from music’s biggest stars.

Check out who I deemed Best Dressed of the night, and who I felt should receive Honorable Mentions. It’s really hot this morning and I’m feeling a little sassy, so I also threw in a couple WTF’s as well, just for fun. All Tea, no Shade!

Props to the awards themselves for changing up the normal red carpet theme and going with a gorgeous cobalt blue instead!

I do have one overall critique…NOT ENOUGH GLITZ, GLAM, AND DRAG! Some of these stars really turned out some pretty looks, don’t get me wrong. But come on: you’re in Las Vegas, it’s the beginning of summer, and it’s the Billboard Music Awards. If there was ever an opportunity to give a little show girl moment, now would be the time.

All photos courtesy of startraksphotos.com

BEST:

Selena Gomez in Atelier Versace, accessorized with Neil Lane jewelry and Jimmy Choo heels.

She wins for best overall hands down. Perfectly summery, age-appropriate, and glamorous with just the right amount of pop and sizzle the occasion called for. Also, her hair and makeup look gorgeous. Nicely done, girl.

Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad

When JLo wants to go diva drag, watch out bitches, cause nobody else can touch her. She looks absolutely stunning here. I like that the straight hair doesn’t take away from the dress. A little more va-va-voom with the makeup and this would have been perfect. Also, Miss Lopez performed her new song “Live It Up” with Pitbull in The Blonds, friends of the House of Field. Take a second to also get into THAT look!

Miley Cirus in Balmain

Now THIS is how you werq a jumpsuit. Thank you, Miss Miley. I love the contrast of the black and white diamond pattern with the white lace. She’s really been bringing her A-game to the red carpet lately.

Shania Twain in Pavoni by Mikael D

The country pop diva goddess is back, bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylor Swift in Zuhair Murad

My only criticism is that, for a girl who is all about being “22” right now, this dress kind of ages her a bit. It’s a great color, though, and is lovely for her figure. Not crazy about the hair or dark eye. But hey, Taylor was definitely the girl of the night- with 11 nominations, two wins (including the coveted Artist of the Year), and the most exciting and unique performance, in my opinion.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Andy Allo

Love that she went for something completely different. It’s got some really interesting detailing, including the arm netting. But, girl, this dress makes you look thirty years older and kind of reminds me of drapes.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Sassy, fun, and age-appropraite!

Nicki Minaj

I’m loving Nicki’s makeunder lately. See girl, you can still be glamorous and beautiful with your real hair and a normal dress! I think she looks positively radiant.

Z Lala

I mean…

Ya gotta hand it to the girl, she really went for it!!! Give us that club kid, space ship, next dimension, bat shit crazy realness. Thank God someone did.

However…

You’re not Lady Gaga.

Boop!

Wiz Khalifa in BOY London

Props simply for the BOY London hat! Werq!

WTF’s:

Ke$ha in Givenchy

Girl, I appreciate you trying something new instead of your usual dirty, grunge, glitter, unicorn realness. But, I’m sorry, I just can’t sign off on this. The shoes, the ass, the lack of make up. The dress is pretty, minus the ass slit. Homegirl tried it, but missed the mark. Still love ya, girl. Can’t wait for your next album!

Nayer

Honey, bringing your dog as a date? Really?

Well, he is kind of cute…

And you are kind of werqing that hooded jumpsuit…

But, no…I’m sorry….WTF!?

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Pat From Monday-Sunday

Patricia Field Style Monday Through Sunday

This is our new column on the Patricia Field blog.

We want to share Pat and her various outfits from Monday through Sunday.

More Monday through Sunday’s coming soon….

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House of Field Designer Spotlight: Scooter Laforge

Welcome to the first installment of the newest addition to the Patricia Field blog series- the House of Field Designer Spotlight. Here I want to take our readers behind the scenes to meet the people whom without, our boutique would be a much less stimulating experience.

Introducing, Scooter Laforge: Artist turned fashion designer, and one of the most beloved and unique designers of the House of Field. Curious to get to know more about howScooter began his career in fashion and what brought him to Patricia Field, I sat down with Scooter on a warm April morning for a little chat.

Originally from New Mexico, Scooter told me about an early dream of his. He first wanted to come to New York City to become a professional dancer. “I would dance in the clubs and all of that stuff. I did want to be a real dancer, but I never did it.”

Sometimes Patricia Field seems like a dance club…music pumping, kiki’s happening, Kweens twerkin it all over the place.

Scooter: “I love coming to the store. I almost feel like I work here. Every time I come, I stay for a long time.”

Andy: “Yes, we all WERQ here! There’s such a good energy in the store and I think everybody feels that.”

Besides dancing, his creativity really showed at a young age through his artwork. “I would use paint and oil on canvas. Then I went to art school. I won a scholarship to Cooper School right here in the East Village. It’s a really great school. And after that, I decided that I really wanted to devote my life to art and painting. That was maybe seven years ago.”

A: “So you are primarily an artist. How did you then transition into fashion?”

S: “Money!”

(Hey, at least he’s honest!)

“About five or six years ago, I really needed to make some money. I wasn’t selling a lot of paintings, and I was really broke. And then I just got this idea to bring the paintings to t-shirts. I tried selling those and they did very well. I used to sell them at a tiny little store in the meatpacking district.”

A: “Oh, Meatpacking. That area is very different from here in the East Village.”

S: “Oh yeah, and the t-shirts were really different, too. They were not as evolved as these now.”

A: “How do you mean, evolved?”

S: “Well, I used to paint one little thing on them. Now I over-dye them. I alter them. I put studs on them. I silk screen on them. That kind of stuff.”

Through photos, you can definitely see an evolution in Scooter’s work over the years. But, his overall aesthetic and themes have remained the same. There is always a raw, gritty, sort of sexiness to his garments.

Some early work of Scooter’s…

S: “Oh! And guess what? I actually got asked to design the official Gay Pride T-shirt this year. It’s going to be sold at the Gay Pride parade, the pier dance, and on the New York City Gay Pride website.”

He has one of these t-shirts with him today to show me. I feel like one of the lucky few to first get a glimpse at these. Unlike most of Scooter’s pieces, which are all hand-painted, these shirts are factory made, to allow for mass production. (But still his original painted design).

I just had to ask about his obsession with Pop-Eye, which is a reoccurring image in a lot of his work.

“My sister and I used to watch cartoons when we were little, and that was my favorite one. And I stuck with it.” He smiles and shows me one of his many tattoos, this one a clear favorite on his forearm (also of Pop-Eye).

Interestingly enough, one of Scooter’s favorite collaborators (and how he was first introduced to the House of Field) is the uber-sexy fashionista and Patricia Field graphic designer, Miss Reiko. Scooter recounts about first meeting Reiko in a Brooklyn nightclub called, ironically, Spank. Spank? The sex appeal is never ending…

S: “I was silk-screening to order (right in the club). I had my screens and people would come up. I would silk screen for them and they would take a t-shirt. She (Reiko) asked me if I’d be interested in carrying it (my t-shirts) in the store (Patricia Field) and I said, ‘Yeah!’ That’s how it started.”

When talking about his friendship and working relationship with Reiko, you can definitely sense the excited energy coming from Scooter. It’s clear that the two inspire each other in amazing ways. Eager to know more, I continued into this topic…

A: “I’ve seen some of your paintings of Reiko. They are gorgeous! What inspires you about her?”

S: “Well, I think she is stunning. The way she presents herself is unlike anyone I’ve ever met in my life. I think she’s a total style icon. I think in twenty years, there are going to be iconic pictures of her that mark this time. Like, have you heard of this woman named Soo Catwoman? (I hadn’t.)

Soo Catwoman

“She’s from the Sex Pistols phase. When you look back at that era of the Sex Pistols, and in London from the late 70s to early 80s, it’s always her. So I feel that sometime down the line, people are going to see iconic pictures of Reiko and say, ‘Oh look at that girl! She was so cool! She was in the scene. I heard she was amazing!’”

Reiko Lauper by Scooter Laforge

I definitely have to agree with Scooter. I try and find the words to express my love for her style, but Scooter helps me out by interjecting one all-encompassing word:

“Done.”

“…From head to toe. And she doesn’t even have to try. It’s engrained in her. People either have it or they don’t. And she has it. Nothing seems forced. It’s like she doesn’t even have to think about the outfit. She just puts it on.”

A: “That’s true. You can definitely sense when people are trying too hard.”

This sense of “trying too hard” is never something you get from Scooter. In fact, his whole persona is all about being casual, relaxed, and loving yourself. This goes for the aesthetic of his clothing pieces as well.

S: “I try and really keep things simple as possible. T-shirts are what I love the most. Sometimes sweat suits.”

You may think that for someone with such an easy-going, loving attitude, he probably hardly ever gets much work done. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Scooter can turn out a new collection of garments practically over-night, which works out well, since we’re living in a culture where “fast-fashion” is dominating the market. A new line of Scooter’s pieces sometimes sells out within a week, or even days of being on the shelf.

S: “She (Patricia Field) sometimes calls me on a whim. She’ll call me up and say that she needs something by tomorrow, and I always try and make myself available to her.”

He then goes on to tell me about the evolution of his relationship with Pat and that before selling his clothes at the store, he wasn’t even aware of who she was. (Gasp!) I chuckle though because I, too, was in the same boat when I began working here. We both can agree on the fact that Pat doesn’t like when things are forced, and relationships blossom organically.

A painting of Patricia Field by Scooter Laforge

Speaking of blossoming, we both take a second to stop and smell the lovely trees that are just beginning to bloom on Elizabeth Street, just outside the back of the store.

A: “You know, today is the first day the city is really starting to feel like summer.”

S: “I know, I feel amazing!”

Scooter and I on Elizabeth Street

If you want a chance to catch Scooter’s artwork, you’re in luck! You can check out some of his pieces at Munch Gallery in the Lower East Side (www.munchgallery.com/ScooterLaforge).

Be sure to snag one of Scooter’s Official Gay Pride T-shirts, by going to www.nycpride.myshopify.com!

And don’t forget to get into his ever-expanding collection of clothing- always available by coming to Patricia Field at 306 Bowery, NYC.

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After Hours at Patricia Field Episode 3

In this weeks installment of After Hours at Patricia Field we feature our stylists:

1. Celebrating Kyle Farmery’s birthday last Wednesday at DL.

2. Reiko & Rosey’s trip to the HBO store.

3. Pat working on the website over the weekend,

4. Reiko kissing Ayumi’s work of art

5. What goes on when the store closes…

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Patricia Field Easter Travel Log in Greece

I invited 6 friends from diverse parts of the globe (New York, Tokyo) to come to Athens and share Greek Easter with me and my Athenian friends. My best friend, Fotis Sergoulopolis, TV talk show host, comedic actor, and nightclub owner, was our spectacular host.

We stayed in Athens for the first few days touring around the historical sites and spent our evening at Club Sharmone. We left for Kalamata in southern Greece, for the Greek Easter weekend.

Check out my photos…

Three days in Athens

Day time on the Acropolis

Fotis …… our tour guide in Athens…. And me

High on the Acropolis with the city below.

Nighttime in Athens…

Dinner with Rabeah, Fotis & Vangelis at an Athenian Taverna

Moments in Club Sharmone…

Pat & Rabeah

Greek Actress Jenny Botsi

Easter in Kalamata

We are at Vangelis’s parents home in Kalamata, Greece celebrating Easter. Molly and Me, the Palm Tree and the Rotating Lamb on the BBQ.

We ate, we danced and had our Greek Easter under the sky.

A Kalamata family portrait

Epilogue

Me & My adopted goddaughter Mint-Chan of Tokyo with Rabaeh from Iran hanging in the back.

At the airport…. all going our own separate ways, it was a great holiday spent with friends.

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The Met Gala: A La Punk? Part 2- What man wore it best?

On Monday night at the annual Met Costume Institute Exhibit’s Gala, this year themed ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’, the stars turned out to give face in their best punk (or watered-down red-carpet version of punk) getups.

While a few of the ladies actually did do well adapting to the theme (thank you Madonna, this is kind of perfect for you), 99.9% of the men in attendance opted for the standard black tux. How boring! Where were the studs, the safety pins, the leather jackets, the GRUNGE?! It’s not often these stars get an invite to a party where they are practically asked to “dirty it up” a bit. One would think more celebs would have had fun with this theme!

So unfortunately, our Best Dressed list of men looks a little drab. However, there were still a few of the gents who got a little risky. Risky meaning an interesting print on their….standard tux…woo-hoo! But really though, it was nice to see some animal print, polka dots, and plaid coming from these guys. And MAJOR cutos to Zachary Quinto for going all the way and showing up with blue hair. I’m putting you at the top of the list for that fact alone.

Zachary Quinto

Marc Jacobs in Comes Des Garcons

Psy

Alasdhair Willis

Pharrell Williams in Lanvin. I mean, if you just have to do a standard black tux, at least make it a little interesting, right? Thank you, Pharrell.

Pat was a bit disappointed as she was noticing todays men’s fashion was on the rise and was anticipating the rare opportunity for men to be creative and expressive.

The men on the Paris streets during this past fashion week are the winners of the men because of their great expressive style.

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The Met Gala: A La Punk? What woman wore it best?

This year the Met Costume Institute’s exhibition is Chaos to Couture, a nod to Punk. This is popular for us here at Patricia Field as we identify a lot with icons from the 80’s & 90’s punk era.

Last night, all the hottest celebrities turned it out for the fashion event of the year!

Here are some of our favorite female punk looks from last night in order of importance:

In general we agree with Grace Coddington, it looked more like a red carpet event gone horribly wrong. Grace Coddington holds the prize for the best commentary, go get em Grace we need more witty comments like that from you.

What were your favorite looks? Leave a comment and let us know.

Tomorrow look out for our blog on what men wore it best…..

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After Hours at Patricia Field Episode 2

As many of you know a big part of our Patricia Field culture is what we do after we are off the clock.

Check out what went on after hours over the last week….

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Introducing: House of Field member Michael Robinson !

Michael Robinson has been one of our beloved interns at Patricia Field.

He started working with us a year ago and he is truly part of the House of Field family.

Being an intern can be tough work, tiring and often you’re learning on the job. Michael has always had a positive attitude and good work ethic.

Everyone in the store and office has worked with Michael to some capacity and can not say enough good things about him. He really helps us in our day to day needs. His main focus is on assisting Natalie, our web manager on customer service, shipping, photo shoots with Reiko, and updating the website. He has been a great help to her and we really appreciate all his hard work this past year.

This past week we had the chance to celebrate his birthday at the DL Lounge where we host a weekly party called Chicken & Diamonds. Happy Birthday Michael! We love you.

Get into how hot and popping Chicken & Diamonds got for Michael’s birthday!