{"id":16327,"date":"2012-07-16T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=16327"},"modified":"2012-07-16T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T21:22:22","slug":"what-we-wore-on-the-town-with-gangsta-boo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/what-we-wore-on-the-town-with-gangsta-boo\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Wore: On the Town With Gangsta Boo"},"content":{"rendered":"

My gorgeous Atlanta-based rapper friend Lola Mitchell<\/a>, aka Gangsta Boo<\/a>, came to New York City this weekend to perform with Mach Five<\/a> on their Ratchet<\/a> Shit tour.\u00a0 (Best name evah for a tour because you can do any gross thing and blame it on the theme.)<\/p>\n

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The show wasn’t until Sunday, so MrB took me, Boo and gorgeous blogger<\/a>\/designer<\/a> Stacy Lomman to dinner at Catch<\/a> on Saturday night. Catch is in New York’s once-desolate-now-mall-like Meatpacking District.<\/a> As is typical for that neighborhood on the weekends, the restaurant was packed with short bandage dresses<\/a>.\u00a0 Our little group bucked the trend, of course. I wore jeans and a black t-shirt (surprise!)<\/a> with a vintage Patrick Kelly jacket that I got on eBay in 2010<\/a>. Stacy wore a mint-blue dress from her own Spring 2012 collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The musical notes are in honor of Boo.<\/p><\/div>\n

I think Stacy’s dress looks much sexier on her than it did on her model — no offense to the model.<\/p>\n

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The lookbook shot of Stacy’s dress.<\/p><\/div>\n

Boo wore her Wendy Brandes Cleopatra earrings<\/a> and nameplate necklace<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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… and she got a set of my NYC rings<\/a> so that she’d fit in with the locals.<\/p>\n

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The non-bandage-dress crew.<\/p><\/div>\n

My favorite picture of the night is this one I took of Boo and MrB, strolling along after dinner. Aren’t they a cute couple?<\/p>\n

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Boo told MrB he’s a real OG. I was flattered.<\/p><\/div>\n

We were so excited for the show on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Stacy and Boo, goofing around backstage.<\/p><\/div>\n

Boo had arrived with no luggage — long story! — so she wore a mint-green outfit I helped her pick out in a frenzy at H&M the day before. (Both she and Stacy were right on trend with their mint hues<\/a> this weekend.) Boo’s vintage checked sunglasses are a loaner from me; I bought those in 2010<\/a>. I wore my YOLO ring set<\/a>, a Damien Hirst t-shirt<\/a> I got at the Tate Modern<\/a> in London last month<\/a>, my Ash wedge sneakers<\/a> and a sticker promoting rapper Yelawolf’s Slumerican Records<\/a> on my shorts.<\/p>\n

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The image on my shirt is the diamond-covered skull by Damien Hirst called “For the Love of God<\/a>.” I would be totally into someone using my skull for an ultra-luxurious art project after my death. I’d love to be dressed up for eternity with lots of museum-goers for company. Because diamonds have already been done, I suggest that whoever gives me my final makeover use my signature gem, tsavorite<\/a>, instead. Seriously, go for it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to the here and now. For the concert, Stacy opted for a hippie-chic look with a sheer flowing shirt, beads and denim shorts, but she updated it with a well-placed Slumerican sticker.<\/p>\n

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I think Stacy should include a line of ass stickers in her next clothing collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Stacy and I hung out on stage while Boo did her thing.<\/p>\n

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Peek-a-boo! And that’s DJ Dirrty doing his thing on the turntables.<\/p><\/div>\n

The audience really went wild for Boo. Here she is doing her verse from “Throw It Up” by Yelawolf, featuring Boo and Eminem. It’s because of that song that I started talking to her on Twitter<\/a>, so I’m partial to it.<\/p>\n

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She did another rap that was so hilariously filthy that I was relieved that I’d left MrB at home. He’s too young for that kind of stuff.<\/p>\n

Here’s Boo after the show with Corey Davis<\/a> from Mach Five …<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/center>… and here is the Mach Five\/Gangsta Boo video for their collaborative song “Turn Up Juice.” Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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My gorgeous Atlanta-based rapper friend Lola Mitchell, aka Gangsta Boo, came to New York City this weekend to perform with Mach Five on their Ratchet Shit tour.\u00a0 (Best name evah for a tour because you can do any gross thing and blame it on the theme.) The show wasn’t until Sunday, so MrB took me,…<\/p>\n

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