Trashy Diva

Dear Cyndi Lauper, First I want to start by saying that you, above anyone else, had the greatest impact on my personal style and I’d like to give you a shout out for that! In 1985 I was 10yrs old and in the 5th grade and I thought you were the absolute coolest thing I [...]

My newest, coolest musical find: Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk In 1970′s Nigeria. I stumbled upon this awesome, weird, funky, freshness recently and just had to share. It’s a compilation CD of 1970’s fuzz funk from Nigeria, Africa. I kept hearing this song in rotation on my husbands ITunes (Track #12 “Freaking [...]

Local musician Theresa Andersson recently mentioned Trashy Diva as one of her favorite New Orleans brands in an interview with NOLA.com. She’s been seen frequently in our dresses during performances, both locally and elsewhere, including on Craig Ferguson’s show in 2009:

Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy – Hound Dog:

Gram Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor III, in Winter Haven, Florida November 5, 1946. He was a legend in country music and is a personal idol of mine. He called his brand of music “Cosmic American Music” because his country style was also laced with blues, folk, and rock notions. His father, Ingram Cecil [...]

Thanks to one of our Facebook fans, Sarah Friedell-Kirby, for spotting the Sandy Dress in Pearl Harbor in the 2012 Luna Guitars catalog! Music fans might want to check out Luna Guitars too – they have a beautiful assortment of guitars, ukeleles, banjos, mandolins and more!

New Orleans hosted the Allstate Sugar Bowl and BCS National Championship earlier this month and it was craaaazy. With fans sporting over-the-top costumes and holding giant pep rallies in the streets it was a taste of the Mardi Gras season to come. As the icing on the king cake, we got a celebrity visit from [...]

You can catch a peek of our Trixie Dress in Olivine Floral in the newest music video by roots-rock duo Deering & Down: Directed by James Sposto, this video is for their song “Linda McCabe”, from their 2012 Release, Out There Somewhere. The music is great, the video is lots of fun, and we’re so [...]

RIP Etta James – you’ll be missed! Etta James passed today from complications from leukeimia. She would have turned 74 on Wednesday and has been a powerhouse with songs on the R& B charts all the way back to 1955 when she was a teen. Listen to a little Etta today and see why this [...]

Here in Bavaria it’s the time where things are getting, in a word, grey. It’s starting to get dark at the insanely early hour of 4:00pm, there’s a persistent threat of snow at any moment and the sky seems to be in a constant state of “dreary.” Not the most encouraging atmosphere to help get [...]