SXSW08: Style Idols

Our fashion writer finds some of the fest's most interesting looks

Kelly Mellott loves Eco-Style 2008 at SXSW

Kelly Mellott loves Girls Rock Camp Austin benefit at SXSW

Kelly Mellott love House of Holland

Kelly Mellott loves PAWS Animal Shelter

Rock Her Style: Kate Jackson   Issue #34

The Long Blondes’ frontwoman mixes the past with the present

One person’s trash, another person’s business   Issue #34

Internet vintage entrepreneurs dish out tricks and tips on setting up good shop

Kelly Mellott loves Steven Shein

Trend Watch: Retro Rambo   Issue #33

You don’t have to be in an action movie to flaunt forehead fashion (continued from Venus Zine’s fall 2007 issue)

Rock Her Style: Amy Winehouse   Issue #33

Her style doesn't have to go to rehab either. No, no, no.

Ships ahoy!   Issue #33

Sail away with these tattoo-inspired accessories

On-a-budget Halloween costumes   Issue #33

Soni & Cindy   Issue #33

Sibling rivalry is no issue for these NYC fashion forces

Three days I’ll never forget

I lived and breathed Lollapalooza 2007 from morning to night and lived to tell the festival’s glory

Trend Watch   Issue #32

Hip-hop hooray

Don’t Be Cruel   Issue #32

We sampled dozens of household products that don’t test on animals — and these are the standouts

These shoes were made for streetwalking   Issue #32

With her Aphrodite Project, artist Norene Leddy uses GPS technology to create shoes that allow sex workers to protect themselves

BLING IT ON!   Issue #32

These necklaces are a little bit gangsta and a little bit rocknroll

CLAW MONEY   Issue #32

The graffiti artist–turned–street-wear designer is a modern-day renaissance woman

Claw Money   Issue #32

From graffiti artist to fashion editor to author, the street-wear designer is a modern-day renaissance woman

The E-Famers   Issue #31

Has MySpace created another medium for stars to be born? Meet some of the social networking site’s brightest, new VIPs.

Life takes a visa   Issue #31

Post 9/11 immigration policies are tougher than ever, but is the United States doing itself more harm by denying visas to foreign artists?

Fuel for thought   Issue #31

Used as an alternative to gasoline, Piebald says using vegetable oil is like ‘liquid gold’

Almost Famous with … My Brightest Diamond

If Shara Worden didn’t believe in Santa before she spent her day with us in Chicago, she does now

Almost Famous ... with Ladytron

The British group keeps us on our toes during their day in Chicago with a record-shopping binge, a champagne celebration, and a full-on dance party with tour mates CSS

Me So Horny   Issue #30

A scientific experiment in aphrodisiacs

Record shopping with Ladytron   Issue #30

The British quartet gets Physical on their vinyl shopping spree

‘It’s Happiness’ review

This indie-documentry proves that polka isn’t just for dweebs and old people

Almost Famous … with Minus the Bear

A day on tour full of laughs, drinks, and plenty of great music

Almost Famous … with the Spill Canvas

After spending a day with the band, we got an insider’s look at touring from down time to performance time

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The truth about the Steel City with a heart of black and gold

Reader of the ish   Issue #29

Meg and Dia

Vocalist Dia Frampton discusses her band’s debut release, wrapping up her first Warped Tour, and her thoughts on overcoming the ‘chick band’ classification

Venus Zine and American Apparel Party Recap

By Venus Zine Staff

Yo Majesty and Does It Offend You, Yeah? play at the prom in Chicago

May 13, 2008, at the Mansion

By Genevieve Diesing

Nik Freitas

Sun Down (Team Love)

By Emily Becker

Memphis gets muddy at Beale Street Music Festival

May 2-4, 2008, in Tom Lee Park

By Bob Guthridge

Art on the town

Museums target younger patrons with chic after-hours events

By Leah Urbom

Reader of the Week: Krissi Sandvik of Sacramento

Artist and creator of Stitchery & Mexiphemera

By Jihanah Rasul