Lightheaded

Stuck in a brainstorm of successful highdeas, I remembered an article I read about a new concept hair salon in Toronto, Lightheaded. The idea stayed with me, because I was curious about the outcome of it. In NOW magazine months ago, the owner of Lightheaded explains that you pay $30 to use her vaporizer, and she’ll cut your hair while you enjoy the effects of marijuana. 

Valcano Vaporizer: a little robot does
a great job at getting me baked daily.
Can't help but note the Louis Vuitton
monogram "inspired" background.

Googling the salon lead me to their facebook page, which wall comment’s praising the salon end in mid August. Even their blog, with really impressive “before and after” photography stops all updates in September.

Before and after shots.
This is actually a fellow
I knew from school!

Although a hairstyle isn’t exactly fashion, it is apart of your entire look you put together for yourself. Getting your hair done is a relaxing experience, a form of self-renewal. When I first read the article, I thought Lightheaded was charging $30 for clients to use the vape, which is well overpriced. It’s a brilliant idea I would love to eventually try, and I hope they haven’t been able to blog lately, for they are too busy with stoner clients.

My other successful suggestion is to toke up at home or The Lounge, and then go see the hairdresser. Last time I did this, my hairdresser thought that getting dreads would be a really great style for me.

http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/lifestyle/story.cfm?content=176066

http://lightheadedsalon.blogspot.com/

Did you know...

9. Approximately 50% of all chemicals used in American agriculture today are used in cotton growing. Hemps needs no chemicals and has few weed or insect enemies-except for the U.S government and the DEA. 

Mountains of the Moon

As we really begin brainstorming screen designs for t-shirts, Christopher Robin and I plan out all the fine details. A certain element of our designs involves contrasting materials, and I suggested using hemp fabrics. Christopher Robin reminded me that hemp isn’t available in the bright hues we esthetically want. My defense about using hemp was that prohibition actually stunted the growth in any real innovation for hemp fabrics, thus making them undesirable in comparison to other materials.

Understand that hemp would be the most sensible form of fabric, and only prohibition has decreased the availability and increased the costs. Before reading The Emperor Wears No Clothes, I didn’t fully comprehend how resourceful and sustainable of a plant hemp is, and supporting and wearing hemp clothing is important. My newfound admiration of hemp as a textile has ignited an entire new research topic that I have never personally explored.

A screen shot of a quote from Calvin Klein
  from the film Emperor of Hemp

One of the only stylish hemp-friendly clothing companies I was able to find online, Mountains of the Moon is a clothing company based out of Chicago with a main focus on style and sustainability. Their site has an entire page dedicated to sustainability, which they describe as, “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Using iconic muses throughout pop culture history as inspiration and different hemp blends, they achieve their very own goal. 

What an incredibly
warm colour story.

This company’s enthusiasm for hemp is fully appreciated, for they explain that, “Hemp is the ultimate eco-friendly fiber.  Hemp fabric is one of the longest-lasting and most resilient fabrics, becomes softer with time without breaking down, and grows well naturally without the need for pesticides.”

The Edie Dress

The Audrey Dress

Can’t you just see Jodie Emery doing a speech in The Audrey Dress already? From The Jodie Emery Show on Cannabis Culture, it looks like we both dig wearing berets. Mountains of the Moon should definitely start making hemp berets for us!

Surprises From a Nug Pornographer

For my last post, I wanted an image of a scarf with weed leaves on it. Searching google images of a “puff puff pashimna” wasn’t successful, yet I stumbled upon something even better. On his Cannabis Culture blog, Matt Mernagh mentioned my fashion participation on The Mernahuana Show. http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/25747 

This is fantastic!

Although I have been falling behind on sharing my fashion information on the show, I continue to brainstorm. A pro-weed t-shirt contest and a live-from-the-lounge stoner style interview are among my top ideas.

Nug porn + visual merchandising
accessories is my dream.

Matt is definitely one of the most productive potheads I know, check out his awesome nug porn at http://www.mernagh.ca/ and his blog http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/25779

Silkscreen Sativa

Before I even started smoking pot, I worked a shitty retail job where ordinary scarves were being sold as “pashminas”.  Ever since that, I have always had a clear visual image of what a pashmina is, and the garment actually inspired the title for Puff Puff Pashmina. 

Puff Puff Pashminas

After learning a vast amount of new information and techniques for silk screening, Christopher Robin and I both agreed that by taking that class, he has gained the most valuable superpower. Using the toxic emission warnings from the side of a pack of cigarettes, Christopher Robin covered a bright yellow t-shirt with that design in black ink. Such a small font made entirely of letters and numbers, and the results are professional, yet easy.

Toxic emissions warning label
printed on paper as a test.

The possibilities and messages are endless when you have a great silkscreen connection. Luckily enough, Christopher Robin got along with Model Citizen’s owner, and silkscreen teacher. After the class, the teacher gave Christopher Robin a gift. As soon as I met up with him for a session that night, I noticed the kind gift of a navy pashmina wrapped around Christopher Robin’s neck.

When a t-shirt is used as silent activism, a positive advancement is gained for the anti-prohibition movement. Without even knowing anything about Puff Puff Pashmina, Model Citizen’s owner will have a huge impact on all of our artivism projects. Anything that can be silkscreened can have a positive fact, symbol, or image about marijuana sends a strong message.  

Always look to the bright side of the sun,

Puffy

Did you know...

8. One-hundred-twenty to 180 seeds to the square yard are planted for rough cordage or coarse cloth. Finest linen or lace is grown up to 400 plants to the square yard and harvested between 80 to 100 days.

Hemperette

When I was introduced to how wild fashion could be with the aid of drugs in the film Party Monster, immediately I dug the designers Heatherette. Eventually, their ready-to-wear club kid collections fell back into the loop like every other fad. It’s been years since I have heard much about the design duo Richie Rich and Traver Rains, just about when they backed out of Fashion Week for financial reasons.  Daily, I find positive connections between cannabis and fashion, and Richie Rich is my most recent discovery.

Incredibly fucked up costumes from Party Monster.

Reading The Emperor Wears No Clothes has really opened up my eyes to the fabric innovations that were possible before prohibition and DuPont stunted the growth and value of hemp. Desperate to find at least a few designers who appreciate the benefits of working with hemp as a textile, I find myself continually searching until I find a line that I am impressed with.

At the beginning of the month, plenty of eco and style conscious celebrities attended the Global Green 11^th Annual USA Sustainable Design Awards. Held in New York, this event highlights individuals who have demonstrated a bold and courageous approach to creating an innovation to improve the environment, and social awareness on a variety of topics.

Richie Rich attended the event and told media that, “I love fabrics that are made out of hemp. I mean, I don’t smoke them but I love making things out of them.” Finally, a neon-hued clothing company that recognizes hemp as a valuable textile has mainstream exposure.

Richie Rich of Heatherette

Unfortunately, there is nothing else connecting Heatherette’s clothing to cannabis, yet. Events like the Global Green awards encourage designers to think outside of the box, carrying the message’s influence, thus creating necessary change.

Frequently, I will be checking in with Heatherette’s commitment to hemp fabrics to see if they held up their end of the relationship.

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