Monday, May 30, 2011

Grand Opening!!!


She Was an American Girl is a pop-up retail and

gallery shop featuring 16 designers, 8 artists, 4 musi-

cians and one record label. 100% Made in America!


Think American cowboy silhouettes, pop art passport

covers, Native American ponchos, hipster screen

printed T-shirts, studded rock ‘n’ roll dresses, jewelry designed out of vintage records, stewardess inspired swimwear

and romantic accessories constructed from nature.


Grand Opening Party!!!

Friday June 3rd 7-10pm

Muskauer straße 49, 10997 Berlin

RSVP: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152183434850617


Sunday, May 29, 2011

11:11




I met Jamila at Maker Faire two years ago...wow how time flys! I was visually stimulated with her handmade notebooks, passport holders and card holders. Jamila was selling her creations and I was so impressed by her warm smile and optimistic outlook on life. Since then, I have become an advocate of 11:11. Two years later I am still carrying the card slide in my handbag and continue to receive compliments on it.

She Was an American Girl carries 11:11 enterprises passport holders, cardholders and condom cases!

Get to know a little more about the creator of 11:11 enterprises:
Hi My name is Jamila and I started 11:11 enterprises 7 years ago as a way to make a living from my art. Little did I know that I had begun the adventure of a lifetime! 11:11 started very small with a folding table and a bunch of crazy wallets on a busy corner near the metro stop inWilliamsburg Brooklyn in 2003. We are still small but we now sell in over 150 stores worldwide and on Amazon.com. 11:11 has always been about enjoying and expressing the many amazing details of life! Lets celebrate the mundane together! Lets love it all!
www.eleveneleven.net

Quick Fire Q&A with Jamila:
*Would you rather make out with John Lennon or Bob Dylan?
ROBERT PLANT
*Cat or dog?
BIRD
*Out of jail free card. What crime would you commit?
I WOULD SPRING ALL INNOCENT PRISONERS FROM ALL JAILS
*What is your favorite decade?
THIS ONE
*Do you have a notebook? And what is on the first page?
YES. A LOVE NOTE


Saturday, May 28, 2011

Take a Drag or Two

*Photograph by Heather Key


Creative Media Manager, Photographer, Artist, and Fashion Enthusiast Fred Holston, is one of the most inspirational people I have met in my life. I am so honored to have his electric enthusiasm and creative mind involved in SHE WAS AN AMERICAN GIRL. For the store, Fred has hand created deconstructed knit shirts and dresses. But his talents go far beyond apparel. Fred was recently interviewed by Stylelikeu.com, he has created a series of photographs for Pamela Love's FW 2011 presentation while in New York for fashion week and continues to enspire his readers though his blog Take a Drag or Two.

*Deconstructed Knit dress by Take a Drag or Two. Preserved insect jewelry by Tetanu
Photography:Mindy Byrd, Styling:Andrew Bayer Hair/MU:Ashley Robinson Model: Remy Ryan

*What keeps you motivated?
Psych rock, Patti Smith, goat cheese, and puppies.

*How would you like to spend your last day on earth?
I'd spend it with some good friends and a bottle of whiskey.

*Polyester….chic or not chic?
Typically I'd say no, but I'll make an exception for Nudie Suits.

*Out of jail free card. What crime would you commit?

Shopping like a diseased person.


*What is your favorite color ink to write in?

Black.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Gary Farrelly



Meet the Artist:

Gary Farrelly is an Irish born based between Ireland, France and The United States. His drawings, collages, diagrams, paintings and charts are highly inspired by transliteration and the man made world. Typical subject matters include: urban cartography, bureaucracy, transport infrastructure, aviation, cryptography and statistics. Farrelly typically produces works that are superficially emphatic with latent layers of complicated, frequently autobiographical detail. The work may also contain obsessive, absurd and rhetorical aspects. Farrelly's work has been exhibited in Turkey, Serbia, France, Iran and The United States. The aviation artworks on display we produced specifically for SHE WAS AN AMERICAN GIRL, BERLIN. The series is entitled Plane Spotting in the Early Trilateral Era (2020-2035).

Visit: www.garyfarrelly.blogspot.com

(Image) ELITE FLIGHT PLAN (2008), private collection, Ireland.

Gary is also a contributing writer at the following blogs:

Q&A Quick fire with the King of Q&A:
*If you had to make an entire outfit out of one material, what would it be? Sequines or rheinstones?
Rhinestones
*What would be your second career choice?
Air accident investigator.
Out of jail free card. What crime would you commit?
Espionage
What is your guilty pleasure?
Classified
What is your favorite color ink to write in?
Black
THIS COMMUNICATION WAS DISPATCHED BY GARY FARRELLY (1983-2077) DURING THE PERIOD OF THE ARTISTS 4TH 2 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2011-2013).

Tetanus Jewelry



Benjamin Hubert creates sometimes creepy, always beautiful, accessories made from bugs, bones, teeth, fire, stones, found objects, antique and oxidized metals. His one of a kind pieces are inspired by both the dark and the light.

He works from his home studio in Dallas, Tx with his partner, Ariella Villa.

Tetanus Jewelry is carried at Dolly Python (Dallas, Texas), Shampoo Salon (Ft. Worth, Texas), on-line at www.Tetanusjewelry.com and of course at She Was an American Girl in Berlin!

Vagabond Bison Tooth Charm
Scorpio Rising Necklace
Inverted Pendant necklace
Scorpion Cameo necklace
*All images have been sourced from the companies website. www.tetanusjewerly.com

Quick Fire Q&A with the designer:
* What keeps you motivated?
Pussy
* What would be your second career choice?
Cab Driver
* Would you rather make out with Elvis or Jimmy Hendrix?
ELVIS
* If you could have any pet in the world, what would it be?
Miniature Bull Terrier
* Where is your favorite place on Earth?
Hawaii

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Coincidence? Zufall?

Dylan Hollingsworth Photography dylanhollingsworthphotography.com

The day before I departed the States for my European adventure, a friend and amazing artist, Dylan Hollingsworth came to photograph me in my studio. Dylan did not know the back story regarding my upcoming project. As the story goes, I was moving to Berlin to open a Pop-up retail and gallery space inspired by the Tom Petty song, American Girl. Dylan arrived at my door step wearing a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers band T-shit.

So I arrive in Ireland to stay at the wonderful Marina Guinness's home at Pickering Forest. The kitchen is a common ground in the house, its a warm and socially inviting space in the home with a large selection of music stashed in the cupboard. Sitting on top was the best of Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers, so I put the CD on and began to cook breakfast. Marina entered the kitchen and commented on how surprised she was that I not only knew the words to all the songs, but that I was also a fan of the band. She then told me the story of how her Husband helped found the band and how she knew Tom Petty when he was just coming up and breaking into the rock n' roll scene.

Coincidence? Zufall?

A coincidence is the occurring of an event in conjunction with any some conditions, e.g. another event. As such, a coincidence occurs when something uncanny, accidental and unexpected happens under conditions named, but not under a defined relationship. When there are no conditions named, the event is just that single entity. The word is derived from the Latin cum- ("with", "together") and incidere (a composed verb from "in" and "cadere": "to fall on", "to happen"). In science, the term is generally used in a more literal translation, e.g., referring to when two rays of light strike a surface at the same point at the same time. In this usage of coincidence, there is no implication that the alignment of events is surprising, noteworthy or non-causal.
A coincidence does not prove a causal or any other modal relationship nor require any such. In the field of mathematics, the index of coincidence can be used to analyze whether two events are related. Such index does not define any relationship, but just describes some possibility of such. Physically related events may be expected to have a higher probability to occur, probability is the basic metrics, or method, to rationally evaluate physical coincidences.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Girl on Film!

One sunny day in Dallas, Texas photographer Mindy Bryd, stylist Andrew Bayer and hair/make-up artist Ashley Robinson transformed the delightful Remy from Wallflower Management into a true American Girl.  Check out all of the collective looks Andrew Bayer created from the stores incredibly talented designers.

*Hand felted poncho by Snake Oil

*Deconstructed Knit dress by Take a Drag or Two.  Preserved insect jewelry by Tetanus

*Deconstructed Knit dress by Take a Drag or Two

*Deer horn and chain earrings by Tetanus.  Deconstructed Knit dress by Take a Drag or Two.

*Black Flag shirt by SST Records.  Denim zipper skirt by Leatherette Heart.

*T-shirt by Model Citizen.  Japanese parachute pant by Leatherette Heart.  Garrison hat by Sky Girls.

*Black button up dress by House of Dang.  Rattlesnake necklace by Tetanus

*Peter pan stripe shit by House of Dang.  DeLorean pant by Leatherette Heart.  Medicine bag necklace by Snake Oil.
*Western dress by Yeeha



Photography: Mindy Byrd
Stylist: Andrew Bayer
Hair/MU: Ashley Robinson
Model: Remy of Wallflower Management