*** A Miniature Frolic is the latest project by (our good friends) frequent creative collaborators, Martin Reisch (*safesolvent), Lara Kaluza (Lalouka Designs), and Tessa Smith (Brave Radar). Shot on location in the Quebec countryside, this short film captures Lalouka’s handmade, vintage-inspired clothing through a soft, sun-soaked lens, and features an airy and delicately haunting musical score [...]
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A Miniature Frolic
Posted in Style & Fashion, tagged A Miniature Frolic, a shaded view on fashion, Brave Radar, lalouka designs, lara kaluza, martin reisch, safesolvent, sexy strawberry eating, tessa smith, total gorgessity on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Get dressed and go outside.
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, Do the right thing, tagged beats against the police, faggity ass fridays, lara kaluza, Montreal, police brutality, safe solvent, safesolvent, Sikh Knowledge, Soké, the balconies, the crumpet closet, TuThree, vintage coats on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’re in Montreal, we urge you to leave your cozy apartment this weekend! Here are a few good reasons to pull on your boots: FaGaGaty Ass Friday: queer dance party benefiting sex-ed with a Lady Gaga theme! Come on out to The Playhouse tonight (5656 ave. du Parc) and wear your best bubble bodysuit [...]
Stuff You Should Check Out
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged Atomic Sex, Lalouka, lara kaluza, lickety split smut zine, Parisian Laundry, rick leong on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While we’re away: Thursday January 14th is the vernissage at the Parisian Laundry (3550 Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest) for Rick Leong’s second solo show at the gallery. Rick graciously contributed some of his earlier paintings to be our album artwork for Carta Marina! “After a fall research sojourn in Banff, Alberta, Leong’s newest landscape paintings are [...]
le coil
Posted in Style & Fashion, tagged lara kaluza, le coil, the crumpet closet on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this awesome tumblr site called le coil… …and then check out this sweet photo of Lara from her shoppe (buy this skirt!)…this is how pulled together I wish I looked all the time! **** Thanks to everyone who came out last night! Casa was alive and awesome even though it was Monday night. [...]
Pop the Nightwood
Posted in carta marina, Style & Fashion, tagged i heart norwegian wood, lara kaluza, Midnight Poutine, Mike Rollo, norwegian wood, photos, pop montreal, safe solvent, worn fahsion journal on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Folks! The nutty times of Pop Montreal are upon us! Our record launch is tomorrow and our tour is next week (Ontario! Secret shows! Etc!). Here is some festival stuff you might wanna check out…. Tonight: Two of us are gonna go check out Fashion Pop at 8:30pm! Check out the info on Worn Fashion [...]
Dress Up!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged etsy, Lalouka, lara kaluza, music video, norwegian wood, safe solvent, the crumpet closet on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our bud Lara (owner of Lalouka and The Crumpet Closet) has been working with Angie of the excellent shop, Norwegian Wood! They are both featured in this video below. Lara is also styling the Nightwood music video that we’re shooting this weekend with *safesolvent! When it’s all finished up, you should keep your eyes peeled [...]
Lalouka
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged etsy, handmade cothing, Lalouka, lara kaluza, Montreal, the crumpet closet, vintage clothing on July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Us = super effing excited for Lara’s brand new Etsy handmade shoppe Lalouka!!! Regular readers already know that we’re pretty big fans of her Etsy vintage shoppe, The Crumpet Closet, but this is the bees knees! Also: loving the honey-coloured hair, Lara! Check out out our Dressed in Black interview with Lara right here! *** [...]
Wish we were there!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged bata shoe museum, lara kaluza, puns, sarah beall, shoes, song titles, style, toronto, worn fashion journal on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Goodness! The Worn Fashion Journal launch in Toronto looks like it was amazing! The latest ish’ of Worn is entirely shoe themed and so those smart Worn ladies hooked up a launch party at the Bata Shoe Museum in Tronna, complete with an auction of Keds reinterpreted by different artist/designer types and an accompanying Worn-curated [...]
Dressed in Black: Lara Kaluza!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, Style & Fashion, tagged dressed in black, etsy, lara kaluza, Montreal, street style, style blog, the crumpet closet on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dressed in Black: We’ve tentatively named this newish blog column in honour of the tune by The Shangri-Las cuz it’s a little moody sounding…like us! You’ll be able to locate this series by clicking on the Style & Fashion category below. Now without any further ado, our fifth interviewee, Lara Kaluza : In 5 words or [...]
Verfun in the Sun
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, tagged Angrignon Park, archivist, cotton mouth, kathleen kr, lara kaluza, Montreal, on bodies, PARLOVR, steven harrington, the lovely feathers, The St. Lawrence Waterfront, Verdun on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously can’t wait for Lara‘s “handmade” Etsy shoppe so that I can window-shop-then-eventually-buy skirts and stuff by her. Check out her vintage shoppe here! Pssst! Check back tomorrow for more Lara-ness. *** *** What you should do with the rest of the week: Tuesday: Go to bed early and get some rest. Maybe watch Law [...]


