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party pics: 3/19 – 1992 x PEGLEG x OPENING CEREMONY
we began the night with dinner at LUCKY STRIKE. i could live off their bread, it’s like biting into a heavenly cloud.
*HARRY BO BARRY.
*YOUNG SCOOZLE and BOBBY.
with a pre-game meal in our bellies we made our way to the cliz-ub. people were lined up at 10pm to party (and for the free drinks, i presume).
*OSCAR (who is at SXSW right now!)
*ELLE-INGTON enjoying some free HOEGAARDEN! hoes love it!
*fellow fashionable blog readers came out. it was too loud when they told me their names so i couldn’t add it, my apologies ladies!
*SHAYNE cranked out the tunes like a true soulja girl!
*SHAYNE was topless under that leather! it took everything inside me not to laugh while we posed “seductively” for the camera!
*DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS kept us dancing after SHAYNE was done.
*DREW, STEPHEN and NEFERTITI (it was so nice to finally meet her!)
*SABEL and crew.
*the fellas were happy, and me and OSCAR’s job seemed complete…
U N T I L . . .
*read it and weep, folks. for anyone who has ever excitedly put on a crispy pair of kicks, only to have your dreams shattered by the stomp of one drunken fool – you know what this image feels like. not only does it hurt your soul, but some of you are weeping. to add insult to injury, dude not only stomped the eff out of this unsuspecting shoe, he also rammed into all of us who were standing there (including me, which resulted in the spillage of a drink all over my white tank top).
i was ok with wearing champagne, but the injured (who will remain nameless) did not take nicely to it. he wanted to explain to dude why he was so angry, but drunken master was not having that. his girlfriend was even worse at diffusing the bomb; that bomb being of TRINIDADIAN/JAMAICAN descent, if you know what i mean. the whole thing ended with an open-hand slap to dude’s grill. not pretty.
*ANGELO…SHAYNE and JACKY.
*DJ EZRA KINGDOM. it’s not fair. he shakes his ass like a west indian girl and i shake my ass like a white man…it’s pathetic 
*all and all, the night ended splendidly. i literally danced all night long like i was at a rave circa 1995. SABEL asked ELLE if i was on something – as if! haha. i just never get to have fun at my own parties, because it’s always work.
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SUPER SPECIAL CONGRATS to the guys of PEGLEG NYC.
this collaboration with OPENING CEREMONY is MAJOR!!!
fashion week | HOOD BY AIR & HBA CLASSICS FW09
my family SHAYNE and RAUL are seriously ripping the fashion game to shreds. take a hood sensibility paired with an understanding of being fashion forward and you have HOOD BY AIR! they’re more fashion side is HOOD BY AIR, but now they released a line of casual pieces called HBA CLASSICS!
last night they debuted their SS09 line at SANTOS and it was an event not to be missed.
HOOD BY AIR. CLASSICS 2009 from Reid van Renesse on Vimeo.
*VIDEO by REID VAN REESE for HOOD BY AIR. (the twins in this are super adorable, they walked in the show and their mom was there – it was too cute).
don’t be scurred. it might come off as a little much to certain guys — i promise you there are pieces that are wearable. also, the line is “hood approved”! 
*shoutout to OSCAR who was a creative behind HBA CLASSICS. he also designed the itinerary which looked like an old newspaper. no, the girls are NOT ready!
*O was giving a fashionable CANTINFLAS do.
*the runway was about to be ripped.
*ALI, TAZ, BRIAN, JOHNNY MISHEFF and SHAYNE’S MOTHER! so cute!
*ROB’ERE and ELLE.
*i need this shirt in my life.
*TAZ ARNOLD came because he knew the deal!
*SHAYNE. they finally gave me a piece of HOOD BY AIR! (he’s TRINI too)
*RAUL.
i’m so so so proud of them. they’re not even 25 and they’ve been doing the fashion thing for a minute. i love it.
party pics: HOOD BY AIR x 1992 x KID CUDI performance!
tuesday night, after a long day of celebrations for our new PRESIDENT OBAMA…HOOD BY AIR released their CLASSICS line at the OAK SHOWROOM. the line featured everyday pieces with a slight touch of couture. it’s something a hood dude can pull off and still maintain his street credibilty with. the place was filled with characters and fashionable people doing their own thang.
i’m so proud of SHAYNE and RAUL, they’re extremely talented and i see them taking it to the next level!
*EMILE, PAT and MIMI.
*RAUL, my sistah.
*OSCAR, my bestie.
*DICE and PROMISE.
*SABEL was coming for the fashion hoes! work!
*double u! WILLIAM YAN and WESLEY CLOUDEN.
*the infamous AF1′s with a wedge. i have a pair of black patent leather ones with a 5 inch wedge. i look craze wearing them. this is another reason why HOOD BY AIR gets it…street meets runway!
*a KID named CUDI.
*”when i say “KID”, you say “CUDI”!!!
*RAUL, SABEL, CEDRIC, OSCAR, ME, MIMI…
rad video: RAUL VOGUING with a BANJEE WIG ON at my SUITE in LAS VEGAS!
haha, yes this is rad. this is one of the many reasons why i love RAUL. he just doesn’t care what you think about him, i mean he keeps it real. also, we’re both pigeon-toed. enjoy, i’ll be directing a video FRIDAY so i’m prepping until then. have a nice weekend!
here, he jokingly puts on an awful wig and “vogues down” in my hotel room.
PAPER MAGAZINE NIGHTLIFE AWARDS!!! 11/16
yay! OSCAR and I were given the honor of a one page in the most recent PAPER MAGAZINE. the same magazine we grew up on, drooling over New York City nighlife! needless to say it was an honor to be in the magazine as well as be nominated for BEST NEW PARTY (OPEN) and BEST PARTY (1992).
it was a great night! despite the winning and the losing, we are all winners! here’s how the night went…
*it was packed with legends…RICHIE RICHE, MICHAEL MUSTO, ANDREW ANDREW, AMANDA LEPORE.
*the fam.
*RAUL’s moneymaker.
*ELLE and JAE were on hand for support…with SIR CHARLES in the back.
*1992
*SABEL and JASMINE SALANO
*HOOD BY AIR.
*lovely DJ LINDSEY – CONGRATS!
*JR is super adorable, but i have the feeling she could stomp the life out of you with her doc martens.
*ANDREW ANDREW.
*HOSTESS’es with the MOSTEST’es
*acceptance speech for OPEN (we won). Q TIP and RICH were out of town. don’t remember what i said, but RICHIE RCIH gave me my award 
i shouted out my favorite spot…SANTOS!
*me and this guy.
*he was so popular.
*he was moving too fast for my taste.
*we sat next to the amazing JAMES MURPHY.
*we celebrated with OSCAR at the APT party he was hosting…
