Auxiliary’s playful take on the sexy centerfold pin up.  This month we bring you Kerosene Deluxe in Lovesick and DGFH7.  Flip the page, cut out, and tac on your wall!

photographer : Andrea Hausmann
hair stylist : Jill Keech
model and makeup : Kerosene Deluxe

view more photos in the February 10 Issue

The 2010 Winter Olympics opened this weekend in Vancouver.  I personally am not a huge sports fan, but I don’t hold that angsty teenage “I hate sports” mentality anymore.  I have however, always enjoyed the Olympics, especially the winter ones.  After watching trials and build up on Universal Sports (one of the few stations I get without cable) and the opening events this weekend, I know for the 2010 Olympics, I’m following Johnny Weir.

While I don’t know if he’s the best male figure skater based on talent, he is my favorite 2010 Olympian based on style.  The outfits he wears while performing are awesome glitzed, glittered, feathered, shiney, and bold.  His costumes embrace the horrible figure skating ensemble and make it amazing through a glam rock look and attitude.  The outfits are topped with glammed-out black hair and creative makeup.  For his exhibition program this season he chose Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”, nodding at another star people love or hate, and who also draws on alternative fashion.

Catch Johnny Weir in men’s short program figure skating today, in the United States it will be on NBC.

- Jennifer

Auxiliary Magazine would like to introduce its newest writer and column; Adam Rosina and Unaussprechlichen Kulten, respectively. A new column that looks far too deep into the morgues and mausoleums of of cult cinema for those amazing but unsung movies that just refuse to die.

Six String Samurai is a mish mashed, convoluted mess of a film. It’s also wildly entertaining, if you’re willing to overlook its flaws. Shot by writer/director Lance Mungia, turning in his only feature-length directorial credit (unless you count The Crow: Wicked Prayer, and I don’t), and released in those “anything goes” days of 90s indie cinema.  Six String Samurai stars actor/martial artist Jeffrey Falcon (also known for his roles in, well, nothing anyone’s ever seen) as a sword-swinging Buddy Holly look-alike journeying across the wasteland on a quest to become the King of rock n roll.  Along the way it offers its own take on post-apocalyptic fiction, incorporating elements from such diverse sources as the western genre, Japanese chambara films, bad sci-fi movies, and the modern fairy tale. Which is not to say that the filmmakers simply cut and pasted the best parts from other works to create this film, but rather brought together many different kinds of genre fiction and made it their own.

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featuring fashions by Morph, ClockworkZero, Epoque Clothing, Monster Muffin, and more

photographer : Der Wei
fashion stylist : Pretty Deadly Stylz
makeup artists : Emily Rosa and Genavieve White
hair stylist : Nicholas Wong
models : Bella Freer and Annie Kookie

view the full editorial in the February 10 Issue

Cheng-Huai Chuang 2010 Fall & Winter Collection

This recent Parsons School of Fashion Design graduate and exclusive designer for Drag Diva Sherry Vine showed his debut collection for Fall/Winter at New York Fashion Week. As a flamenco dancer performed before the show, the inspiration of Spanish bullfighters echoed throughout the runway designs. The elegant ready-to-wear collection showed pieces ranging from red carpet gowns to wearable day blouses and jackets. Chuang’s mostly black collection was highlighted by splashes of color with a fuchsia structured bodice top, red embroidered bias-cut jacket, burgundy velvet cropped pant, and classic red dress paired with season-specific opera length, black leather gloves. The debut collection, involved lots of lush materials; lambskin, lace, satin, and multi-colored wool, all tailored into form-fitting pants, flowing gowns, and structured jackets.

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T.U.K.’s Lolita Creepers

image source tukshoes.com

I giggled like a school girl when T.U.K. started making creepers for us girlie types! I’ve always been a huge fan of creepers and have love for the mondo soles, but I’ve always to shop men’s shoes for them. Now that I can find women’s creepers, I’m loving the idea of me wearing these white Lolita Creepers with a pair of rolled up black skinny jeans, one of my favorite combinations! My obsession with white creepers has stemmed from somewhere unknown, but I wanted to spread the word and share T.U.K.’s newest contribution to my closet! Viva La creepers!

The Lolita Creepers are available online at www.tukshoes.com.

- Meagan

A fun, grimy, and dark video for Ascii.Disko. I will now be obsessed with thoughts of a latex clad fox woman stalking me through dark tunnels in some sort of post-rapture Japanese reality television show. There is something about this track combined with the visuals that’s quite disorienting, like a Fukui or Tsukomoto film scored by Vitalic. In many ways Ascii.Disko’s video does share a common flavor with Japanese cyberpunk films, especially with something like Fukui’s Rubbers Lover, albeit with a slicker and more modern visual style.

- Luke

The LA based fashion designer Jessica Darwin first caught my attention on the networking site, Model Mayhem, a few years ago and I have been a fan ever since.  Her attention to tailored lines, cut, and draping fabrics make her collections interesting and receive my admiration for her design skills.  The clothing combines artistic elements with eye-catching silhouettes to make her pieces unique and wearable.

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Print copies of the February/March Issue of Auxiliary Magazine are now available for purchase online!  They are available through MagCloud at www.magcloud.com for $15.  As always Auxiliary Magazine is available online for free, but the issues really do look great in print!

BUY A PRINT COPY

Tatterdemalion Designs’ Posturing Aristocrat Collar

image source clockworkcouture.com

Even though I have to admit the term “steampunk”, is starting to wear on me, but I do love victorian-esque designs. I find myself shopping steamy websites to appease my urge to party like it’s 1899 and a double thumbs up to Clockwork Couture’s website. This exclusive Posturing Aristocrat Collar by Tatterdemalion Designs made me swoon with delight. I love the ruffled design with the accent buttons! This collar is a versitile piece whether you’re bursting with steam, love the drama of lace and velvet, or enjoy stomping around in post apocoplytic gear. Choice of colors are black or brown, treat yourself and buy both!

The Posturing Aristocrat Collar is available online at www.clockworkcouture.com.

- Meagan