Jewelry designer Jules Kim doesn’t like to be ripped off, so the fact that her studio is in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown, the home of knockoffs, is a bit ironic. Not long after launching her high-end jewelry line Bijules in 2004 and seeing her work worn by everyone Gwen Stefani to Rihanna, Kim started a weaponry series. Now she says she’s seeing shrunken versions of her “fucking glocks everywhere!” In response, she came up with a strategy: “I follow a strict schedule to get my stuff out before anyone can bite my style.” As a nod to those annoying copycats, Kim created a sub-line called Bitejules. This ...
She’s a young, fiery, sexy hybrid of Joan Jett and Juliette Lewis who says that she wants to model her career “after Janis Joplin, except without the drug addiction and dying...
"Landlord's a cheap bastard," says singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, gesturing toward the dripping faucet in his kitchen. It's par for the course here in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. And given the arctic conditions outside, things could be worse: A sheet of paper taped above the mailboxes in Earle's building's entryway announces "1/9 BOILER BROKEN!!!" Fortunately, today is not January 9. Amazon.com Widgets "I've lived in neighborhoods like this all my life," Earle says. He's seen a lot in his 27 years, as we're about to find out. Crown Heights is a piece of cake. We'll get it out of the way now: Justin Townes Earle is the son of country maverick ...
Heidi Minx's interview with comedian and founder of Funny for Fido, Justin Silver.
Whether she’s Jersey Turnpiking or washing down a pink Cadillac in swimwear from her new bikini line, Jenni “JWOWW” Farley makes hearts beat harder than a Guido pumps fists. Here, the star of Jersey Shore and Snooki & Jwoww talks to her inked-up boyfriend, Roger Matthews.
“First and foremost, we’re a neighborhood shop,” declares Cosmo, the owner of 13-year-old Kadillac Tattoo. “This ain’t no hipster hangout.” Located in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, this clean, bright shop prides itself on being a mainstay of a neighborhood that has struggled to stay true to its blue-collar history, despite the chic shops and restaurants that have popped up. They’re obviously succeeding: “We’re now tattooing some of the kids of our original customers,” says Drew Rash, one of Kadillac’s artists. Anything goes at Kadillac, which is also home to artist Matt Runks and fine-line expert Erica Barfield. “We’re in the business of getting along,” says punk legend Cosmo, who was a big part of the local music scene in the early ’80s and was featured in the documentary American ...
You read about Kat and the other artists of L.A. Ink in our Winter issue. Now read Chris Nieratko’s full, unedited, absurd interview with Kat here.
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