SJ Lingerie

Australian luxury lingerie brand Sally Jones, founded in 2005, has transformed in 2014 as a darker more sophisticated entity. 

Relaunching exclusively online as SJ Lingerie, with a new name and a new direction, SJ Lingerie continues to create luxurious lingerie pieces with  bold and provocative appeal.

Made in Australia using the finest fabrics, silks, and lace, sourced predominantly from France and throughout Europe.

SJ Lingerie’s latest collection, ‘Bold Romance’ uses a more refined color palette of black, nude and ivory.

View the entire SJ Collection here.

SJ Lingerie is an Australian made luxury lingerie line with personality! We hope you enjoy our debut film as much as we enjoyed making it! The film features our very first SJ 2014 Collection. Want more? Visit our online store here: www.sjlingerie.com.au.

xo,
Sar Elle

The Shelter and St Andrews Hall!

Hey Guys! Recently we started working with our good friends at Live Nation. We have two sets of tickets up for grabs for a couple of different shows in the next couple of weeks! Check out Instagram and our Twitter for your chance to win! 

10/7 – The Amity Affliction w/ For The Fallen Dreams, Obey The Brave, Favorite Weapon at The Shelter

10/13 – Stray From The Path w/ Counterparts, Expire, My Ticket Home, Argus, Turncoat at The Shelter

10/21 – Fit For A King & Being As An Ocean w/ Gideon, Wolves at the Gate, Capsize, Cities & Years at The Shelter

Double Diamond

Tom Fugle Is one of the most bad ass guys to live this chopper life. Tom has been building and riding choppers for the last 50 years and at 72 he still rides rigid bikes. His latest creation is the Double diamond that he built for born free 6. This panhead is other worldly from the engine to the frame to the iridescent multi spectral paint Tom created. At born free 6 the Double Diamond won its self and Tom a trip to the moon eyes show in Japan. a well deserved honor for one of the pioneers of custom Harleys and choppers in general. Just so you know what this guys all about ill leave you with this quote "I love to build and ride choppers, as it is an expression of my art. I guess that's because I've always been artistic. I feel that those who ride stock bikes must be autistic. So what I'm trying to say is; "Ride choppers or fuck off!" 

Founders Mosaic Promise

Mosaic Promise is a simple beer. But that's not to say that it is simple in flavor. From just one hop and one malt (golden promise), this beer delivers some great flavors. Light-medium body. Super easy drinking IPA. Mosaic hops are a hybrid style that blends the citrus hop with the simcoe hop. It's one of my favorite styles and flavors and the fact this beer isn't over slammed with different malts, it really does show off the hops profile. Everything keeps simple with a 5.5%abv and bitterness right down the middle at 50 IBU. This is a one off brew, which is pretty common for Founders and other micro breweries, so cram it down your face hole as much as possible. This beer though, should have come out two months ago. Would have made a great mowing the lawn beer. Cheers!

My Score: 95

Rate Beer: 97

Beer Advocate: 90

Karolina Laskowska Lingerie

Karolina Laskowska is a niche lingerie brand, with a focus on creating luxurious, sophisticated garments, with a cheeky erotic twist. and a sense of fun. Drawing inspiration from the world of fetish and contrasting it with sophisticated feminine accents and materials, this is lingerie for the modern, and fashion-forward woman.  The most recent collections focus on showcasing exquisite and rare artisanal textiles, from Vintage Kimono Silks to antique Victorian Chantilly Lace.  Up-cycling gives these beautiful fabrics a stunning new lease of life. Due to the limited quantities of these materials, many designs are strictly limited edition - once they're gone they are impossible to recreate! 

In addition to her 'Classic' strapping-based garments, and limited edition sets, Karolina also offers a Bespoke service for hard-to-find sizes, and more intricate styles.

You can view her entire look book, current product inventory, and place a custom order from her here.

xo,
Sar Elle

A T H E N A S G R A C E

Recently we had the Pleasure of having with Nikolea Dumitrescu from Athenas Grace over to HQ. NIk talks to us about the story behind The Cardinals Ep and his battle with suicidal impulses. He also let us know about their new single coming out in the next month and recent tour with Like Statues and Argus. 

Check out their music video for their song "RAT"

At The Risers

Jason webber is the guy behind At The Risers out of Anaheim, California. All though I don't know him personally, from everything I've seen, read, and heard this dude is awesome. At The Risers makes a ton of cool chopper stuff and Jason builds some gnarly bikes like his knuckle Head he calls "Triclops". In the chopularity contest this dude doesn't take him self to serious and always kills it! So give him a follow and buy some stuff!

Don't be a square, Jammerz

Lagunitas Sucks

So I've probably written on more beers from Lagunitas than anyone, but, it's sort of hard not to talk about all of their work when it's some of the best around and certainly one of my top favorite breweries. For so many reasons beyond beer, too. So they have this seasonal release called Brown Shugga' and at one point in time they were setting out to make another yearly batch, but something didn't turn out quite right and what they had was an entirely different beast. They decided to call it Sucks, mostly as a joke that Lagunitas can't get anything right. Bunch of damn stoners. But, alas, as an accident they just so happened to create one of my favorite beers. But even it too, was to be released seasonally, Not anymore. Ladies and Gents, I give you the year-round, 32oz (that's 1 quart) of liquid gold. Sucks can now be found everywhere, forever. Thanks to the new Chicago brewery Lagunitas can keep up with their ever increasing demands. If you ever find yourself in Chicago with a spare several hours, do yourself a favor and go to the brewery. I promise you'll be blown away. Sucks is a cereal medley of grains; barley, rye, wheat and oats. Liberally dry hopped for dankness. I can't tell you what hops they use because, well, they don't tell anyone. Jerks. Just trust me, go drink a lot of this beer. Cheers!

My Score: 99

Rate Beer: 100

Beer Advocate: 97

The Blonde Locks

The Blonde Locks brand was started in June of 2011 by the well-established industry model, Bridget Blonde. When Bridget began modeling several years ago for some well-known street wear brands, she was introduced to a predominantly men’s fashion world that she was very much an integral part of, as a woman. Ironically, tomboys in the street scene have very few brand options to choose from, most girls like Bridget would buy men’s clothes and refashion them to make them for their own personalities and bodies.

TBL was originally created to satisfy the needs of women like Bridget; women who want to run with the boys but don’t want to give up their sexy, fashion forward female identity. Of course, a girl who’s been cutting her boyfriend’s t-shirts her whole life, will always cut t-shirts. So it naturally followed for TBL to make some unisex and men’s wear, as well.

In July, Jocelyn joined TBL Team and, together, Bridget and Jocelyn have been making a name for the brand within the industry- and everywhere else. 

Shop TBL, here.

xo,
Sar

T E M P U S

So we are stoked to have Jake from Tempus over to hq a little while back. He talks about interesting changes in the band, musical interests, and talks about the new ep in the works!

 

Brooklyn Invitational

This weekend Brooklyn will be over run with two wheeled hooligans for the 6th annual Brooklyn Invitational. The White Knights in The House of Color have been putting this grass roots, real deal custom bike show on for the last few years. Which draws in Chopper addicts from all over the world to the streets of New York to check out all of the amazing bikes from the invited builders. But judging from last year I'm sure the bikes in the street will put on just as good of a show. So if you're anywhere near the East coast I suggest you get there an partake in the party and see which bike gets to head over to japan for the Mooneyes show!

Don't be a square, Jammerz

Ayinger Oktober Fest - Märzen

Originally a Bavarian style beer in a time when you were only allowed to brew between September and April. The beer was often stored through summer until the next Oktoberfest so it was liberally hopped and the alcohol content was higher. Ayinger seems to have the style down pat. Malty, bready beer. Great medium body makes it very easy to drink. You may get a hint of caramel on the back end of your sip and that's okay too. Really, for the cooler month ahead, this will be my go to beer for many nights to come. Pair with a campfire. Cheers!

My score: 90

RateBeer: 96

Beer Advocate: 89

Vaunt and Sol

Vaunt & Sol is a line of Eastern-inspired RTW dedicated to functional beauty & wearable art. Made for a woman of the world, V&S delivers “sophistication at ease." Designed with sustainability in mind, V&S is made in NYC.

Vaunt & Sol was started in 2013 by best friends and creative partners Nicole Vaunt & Najva Sol.

Nicole is an art model, couture latex designer, and editorial photographer. She attended RISD, and currently lives in Philadelphia. 

View more Vaunt & Sol here.

xo,
Sar