For the Luv of Vintage

Happy Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Throughout the week I've been visiting different thrift shops and vintage stores to see what awesome things I could find! Check out my thrift findings for the week!

For those shoe lovers!


 

 

 



Style it up with some funky patterns or a simple cardigan. Check out the leather collar.

 

 

 

Don't forget to accessorize!

This mini jukebox isn't only a pin but actually plays music. Just add batteries. TahDah!

 

 

Obsessed with this striped jumpsuit at The Flying Worm Vintage. Only $119.



 

From LA, With Luv

Fati <3 



Artist of the Week:

"Gay Zebra"

William Holland

For local artist William Holland, imagination has no boundaries. Like his animal creations his techniques are pretty unique. With only using the mediums of ink, graphite, and watercolor he makes his doodles come to life filled with a whole lot of personality that makes you wonder how he comes up with his characters.

"Every piece has its own inspiration and it comes from all places"- William R. Holland

 "Drunken Panda"

 

"Radio"

 

Featured on many album covers, magazines, and t-shirt designs, I wanted to learn more about William and his artistic world. Check out his interview!

 

Me: How do you describe your style of art?

William: I leave that up to people who like to describe art.

 

Me: Your animal creations are really interesting, is there a certain theme/story behind them?

William: It didn't start that way. On a road trip I drew a bunny with a gun in a sketchbook that I threw in my closet when we got home. Quite a while later, I pulled out the sketchbook and then gun bunny was born. I started creating other animal characters soon after that with the idea of a comic book one day coming to light. The entire script is in my head but to date I still haven't laid ink to paper. One day.

 

 Me: How old were you when you first realized that this is what you wanted to pursue?

William: As a child I wanted to be many things. I was good at art but I never thought of it as a career. I was never one for structure so I failed almost every art class. I was often told that my artwork was weird. Plus we are taught from a young age that artists are starving and not appreciated until after death. It wasn't the most encouraging thing. It wasn't until about six years ago that I decided I should do something with it since I was starving anyway. I struggled with what many artists filled with angst struggle with... How do I not sell out but still make money?

 

I realized that by doing nothing with my talent and passion I was selling out in the grandest way. Now I am an artist but I also found another career I love working with people suffering from spinal cord and tramatic brain injuries. I started around the same time I started the art career and they both give me balance. Art is very personal and all about me. My work at QLI(qliomaha.com) is not about me at all. I have grown from all of this in ways I never imagined.

 

 Me: Any projects you're working on now?

William: I always have something going on. Whether it is commission work or personal. I am a part of Curbside Clothing (Curbsideclothing.com) which has been growing big and fast. They are a great group of artists to call friends and collaborate with. I also enjoy creating logos posters album covers and tattoos. I have my artwork in a few shops around Omaha and Lincoln as well as online @ Williamrobertholland.com Squcky.etsy.com. I sell my originals and have prints of my entire portfolio.

 

If you are interested in collaborating or want to see more of his artwork check out his websites:

http://www.williamrobertholland.com/

 

Etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/squcky

 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/williamhollandartist

 Curbside Clothing

http://www.curbsideclothing.com/

 

Thanks again William for letting me interview you!!

 

From LA, With Luv

Fati <3

A Hat-tastic Kind of Day!

(Childhood book: Caps for Sale)

As some of you know, today is National Hat Day!

It's a celebration commemorating all hats everywhere. Whether you wear a fedora, a top hat, or even a shower cap, join the fun and show off your style!

 In the spirit of today's holiday, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite hats that I recently bought at Goorin Bros.

Wool Knit Beret
Whenever I think of a beret I always think about a French painter or a character from 007. It's a unique hat because of the way its shaped and made. You can style it in different ways and you won't even need to buy another hat. How great is that?

Here's how I wear my beret.

 



I call this one, "The Pancake", because of the way it plops on top of your head. If you don't want it flat on top, you can always tilt the hat to create more of a statement for your outfit.

I call this one, "The Side Snug", because of the way it snugs your hair to the side. Once you put the beret on your head you can adjust it the left or right, whichever you prefer and pull up the top portion to add more structure in your hat instead of it looking flat.



 

I call this one, "Rasta Style" because of the way its pushed back. It has complete support of your hair even if its in a bun.

 

What's your favorite hat?

 

If you are interested in where I got my beret check out the awesome hat-makers of Goorin Bros. They have an eclectic array of hats that are a fit for everyone, check them out.

 

 

 



 



From LA, With Luv
Fati <3

Artist of the Week:

(Photo by: allaccess.com)

Greg "Hot Boy" Lemons

Whenever I have a shift at the radio station, I always see "Hot Boy" jamming out to his music. It's always amusing just watching him spin and mix, catching the beat as the next song goes on. You'll always find him with his Beats headphones on swaying to the rhythm as he plays Today's Hottest Jamz.

At a young age, Greg "Hot Boy" Lemons never expected to go into radio, "I found myself writing down in a spiral notebook a whole bunch of ideas...I didn't plan on going into radio, radio was never my focus, it was never my goal" he says on a recent interview. But those ideas that he had have become a reality. Through his ongoing talents and skills he has not only become a well-respected DJ but also a well-known on-air personality for the local hip-hop radio station,  Power 106.9 here in Omaha, NE.

I had the chance to interview "Hot Boy" and learn more about his experiences and where he got his DJ name. Check it out.

"I didn’t know that on the inside of me I was really a radio-head". -Greg "Hot Boy" Lemons 

(In studio with Hot Boy)

Me: How long have you been a DJ and an on-air personality for?
Hot Boy: I've been in radio for 10 years and I've been an on-air personality for 8 years.

Me: Did you imagine yourself being an on-air personnel growing up?
Hot Boy: Well, when I was younger, I found myself writing down in a spiral notebook a whole bunch of ideas and I would just write them down because I thought they were funny. I would talk to my friends about them and I would talk to my family about them, not knowing that at the time, just graduated from high school that what I was doing was writing show prep. It wasn’t until years later, I went off to college and came back and I started. I was a DJ in the clubs and I would intern at a radio station and they would use my ideas from that spiral notebook and use them on air. And they really really worked. And it wasn’t until then to where I realized that I was onto something and I had been onto something before I went off to college. But before that, nah I didn’t think I was going to be in radio.

Me: What do you find interesting about radio?
Hot Boy: The most interesting part about radio is the amount of research that goes into it. Most people don’t know that there’s so much more to what comes out of your speakers than the things that you hear. The things that you hear are strategically placed, are strategically done, everything from when the commercials play, the exact time they play, to how many times you hear a particular song, to why you don’t hear certain songs on certain days of the week. It’s very strategic and it’s very very research driven. I was a biology major so I loved research and I didn’t know that radio has so much research in it. It’s a 24 hour a day 7 days a week research field platform.

Me: So what influenced you in being on air?
Hot Boy: The biggest influence for me was people telling me that I shouldn’t  do it, that I’m not going to make it in it, that it’s not a real career, it’s not a real job, it’s just a fad that I'm going through and pretty soon that I’m going to grow out of it. And those people encourage me the most.

Me: I know back in LA there’s a Power 106 and I know Big Boy does the on air personality, What’s the difference between Power 106 here in Omaha? Is there a difference between the two?
Hot Boy: There’s a huge difference, we just happen to be two radio stations with the same, well with similar frequencies. The Power 106 in LA is 105.9 and we’re 106.9 here. Since Power 106 is one of the largest rhythm stations in the country, it's a very, it's a very known brand. It’s a known brand and so for us to be able to use a brand that’s already known it builds some familiarity when people hear the name. When we first launched Power 1069 here in Omaha, there was no connection to the Power 106 in LA. We didn’t run Big Boy, we didn't utilize any of their research tools, none of the things that they've done we did. We were two totally different entities and the only thing we shared in common was a name. The guys that ran the radio station here had different ideas and different ideals than the guys in LA. And we just had a similar name. We just happen to get Big Boy’s neighborhood who was on Power 106 in LA cause he had a syndicated morning show and out of all the morning shows we sampled, he was the best fit for the radio station and the identity that we were trying to create, here in Nebraska. It wasn’t because he was on Power 106, it’s because his personality fit where the direction of the radio station was going here. Now I know that entire team out there and they’re a very very very research driven, brilliant team. But there’s a lot of differences. There’s more things that’s different about us than there’s similar about us. One of the biggest things that we really have in common is our name and our morning show. Outside of that, you know, we’re our own entity and our own brands.

Me: Where did you get your nickname ("Hot Boy") from?
Hot Boy: This is going to be interesting! I went to college in Northern Louisiana and I used to run with a whole lot of guys from New Orleans. In New Orleans, the city is broken down into the different police codes which are called wards. And each ward pretty much had a title and if you listen to a lot of music out in New Orleans it would show. Like you had the 3^rd ward soldiers out back in the late 90’s, the early 2000’s, No Limit made them very very popular, uh with Master P and all of those guys. The group of guys and gals I ran with was called the Hot Boys and the Hot Girls. And so in college, I was the Nebraska Hot Boy, cause I wasn’t from New Orleans but I ran with those guys and so I was the Nebraska Hot Boy. So when I moved back to Nebraska it made no sense to be the Nebraska Hot Boy in Nebraska, so just dropped Nebraska, and Hot Boy just stuck with me.

Me: What advice would you give someone who is interested in being an on air personality, working in radio or even being a DJ?.
Hot Boy: My advice would be don’t do it for the wrong reasons, don’t do it for popularity, don’t do it for money, don’t do it for credibility, don’t do it for self-esteem, do it because it’s your heart and it’s your passion. Do it because if you would never get paid, would you still do it. It could be 7 days a week and the gratitude that you have to get out of it has to be from self, it has to be self gratifying you have to be able to walk out of these doors at 2o’clock in the morning, look back at yourself and say I just did a damn good job. That’s the heart that you gotta have going into radio, that’s the mindset you gotta have going into radio.

Me: (Random Q) If you were to travel around the world, where would you wanna go and why?
Hot Boy: If it’s 2014, I wanna go to Brazil and go to the world cup cause I love Brazil and I love soccer. So to have the World Cup in the soccer mecca of the world, I gotta be there for that. And maybe have a Margarita!!!

A big shout out to Hot Boy for letting me interview him! I hope you enjoyed this good read!

Follow Hot Boy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hotboyradio

On the Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hotboystweet

From LA, With Luv
Fati <3
  



My Home. My Style.

My Future Home by f-alliyani featuring jonathan adler furniture

Mercury glass lamp
target.com

Two s Company beige area rug
fab.com

Record coaster
kirklands.com

LDF Silk blooming plant
insideavenue.com

Baccarat grey candle
baccarat.com

DwellStudio throw pillow
dwellstudio.com

Black home decor
kohls.com

Modern poster
$80 - laffichemoderne.com

Kikkerland blue clock
casa.com

Wood wall plaque
kirklands.com

Crosley AV Room Geo Fabric Record Player
urbanoutfitters.com

Sugarhill Boutique floral flat
modcloth.com

Circular table
fab.com

Upholstered sofa
artfulhome.com

Jonathan adler furniture
allmodern.com

Distressed table
lampsplus.com

A Promise to the Reader!

Happy first Monday of 2014 everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantabulous New Year!
I had a great time visiting family and friends and visiting my favorite places in and around the City of Angels. Blog posts will be up soon, so stay on the look-out for those! I am so excited to share with you my findings!

As we enter a new year, many of us make resolutions for ourselves to work on throughout the year and hopefully achieve them. This new year I propose a promise to you, the reader...

I promise to take you on a wild ride, on an adventure, on a journey to discover new places, people, and things that have not been seen or heard of before. To see the streets through my lens. To experience creativity and fashion through another perception.

 From LA, With Luv
Fati <3