I figured this would be a good companion to the rave bae article (which if you haven’t read you should go check it out), because let’s face it, festivals tend to be one of those weird places where you let go of inhibition and are often kind of sequestered in a place with a bunch of strangers (some of who are super hot) for a few days with zero cell service, so things are going to happen. I
Hey guys! Are any of you planning on going to Crush this year? If you are, I wanted to throw together some outfit ideas for you. Dressing for raves is always kind of a challenge, but dressing for a valentines day themed event creates some of its own challenges. So without further ado, here is some outfit Inspo/ a shopping guide for CRUSH.
Let’s talk about’ Rave Baes,’ the strangest things I have encountered since I started raving and something I think it is worth talking about with CRUSH and Valentines day coming up. In this article I talked a little about what rave baes are, how you get one, and even a few of my own ‘rave bae’ experiences.
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about dressing like a raver when you go to normal clubs. So this is something that I do all the time. Pretty much every single weekend I go out actually. However, I didn’t always feel comfortable enough with myself to wear some of the stuff that feels a little bit more ‘out there’ in more of a normal setting.
Hey guys, so I wanted to take some time to talk about everybody's favorite topic: etiquette. I decided to take a moment to write about this one because I have had a million conversations with my friends about some of the horrible behavior we have been seeing at festivals recently and then following probably the most annoying night ever at a show recently.
Well, I couldn’t help myself. When I saw this collection drop on the Dolls Kill website, I knew I needed to have all of it. Thankfully I stopped myself from buying every single thing from the collection, but I did pick up quite a few pieces, and honestly, I couldn’t be happier with them. So I wanted to take some time to review the collection for those of you who may be on the fence about picking up some of the pretty pastel goodies.
I one hundred percent believe that Demonia Platforms are entirely worth the price tag. I know, I usually try and lead you into thinking these articles could go either way, but in this case, I really have nothing negative to say. I am the proud order of several pairs of Demonia Platforms, and though they were somewhat of an investment (as they are a little more expensive than some of the options out there), they have not disappointed. So, I wanted to break down a few reasons Demonia Platforms are the perfect purchase, and if you have been on the fence, you should go for it.
I have wanted to do a post about warehouse parties for some time, but I have struggled to figure out a point of attack because there are probably a million things I could say about them, so I decided that I will be doing a series of articles on Late Nights and Warehouse parties (there will be one about desert raves as well so get pumped for that). So to kick off this little series I want to just talk a little bit about the experience of attending one of these fantastic events.
Hologram has been slowly but surely making a comeback and it isn’t hard to see why. The pearly, slightly white color looks fantastic on everyone no matter what their skin color, which is always a plus. As someone on the tan side of skin tones it is always nice to see colors that look great on more than one person come into style. So…without further ado, here are some of my favorite holographic looks of the year so far.
Not long after I discovered raving and festivals, I stumbled across the concept of ‘rave body’ or ‘getting the perfect rave body’ just in time for festival season. Now, it should go without saying that there is nothing wrong with wanting to be fitter or feel better about yourself, but I know from first hand how quickly interest in being ‘healthy’ can turn into something toxic.
Raves are all about acceptance and respecting others. Yeah, there will always be a few people who ruin your vibe for a split second at an event, but I have never attended something that hasn’t left me feeling like the best version of myself. Raving gave me my confidence back. Raving gave me my happiness again. Most importantly, raving gave me my life back. Before I found music festivals, I was rudderless and genuinely unsure if I would ever be able to be truly happy again. Now, when I’m not raving, I try to spread as much of the positivity that I have found at events with the other people in my life.
Festival fashion has had a frankly horrible relationship with cultural appropriation if we are honest with ourselves. I think we have all seen enough pictures of white people in so-called ‘tribal’ fashion and headdresses to know that there seems to be a lack of consideration that goes along with dressing for festivals. Not only is a lot of this offensive, but it also gave no actual credit to the tribes from which the styles were taken. It is more often than not a vague approximation of styles which carry real weights and significance to the people who created them. While seeing someone who really shouldn’t be wearing a ceremonial headdress is something everyone can agree is not alright, when it comes to appropriation of black hairstyles there has been relative silence from the festival fashion community.
I don’t know about you guys, but New Years kicked my butt. I was up at SnowGlobe in Lake Tahoe dancing for hours in below freezing temperatures, so it was no surprise when I woke up to the sniffles on January first. What started as the sniffles has now turned into a full-on cold which is why I wanted to take a little time to talk about the realness that is ‘post-festival sickness’ and what you can do to try and combat it, or at least make it a little less of a struggle to get through.
A week before Christmas I attended a desert rave that took place on the evening of the winter solstice full moon. As I have mentioned before, I live in Southern California which is pretty undeniably the heart of the rave scene in the United States. You get all of the benefits of the warm weather with the addition of lots of open space. In the New year I will be posting a series of more in-depth guides to desert raves highlighting what you need to pack, camping in the desert, transport, and travel, and what to expect, but the depth of emotion I felt looking up at the full moon and the constellations while listening to the music I love got me thinking about the spirituality of raves.
Snow Globe 2018 is almost here, and it’s time to make sure you have everything you need to rock the night away without freezing your butt off the entire time. There has been a lot of snow on the ground in Lake Tahoe, so we all need to be ready for a cold one. Though we still have a few days left before we all need to get in our cars, trains, or planes and head up to Tahoe, it is essential to make sure you have everything you need ready to go so that you don’t end up forgetting something important on the way out.
Melanin Ravers is the kind of account that the rave community on social media, particularly Instagram, needs more of. Started in summer of 2018 on the last day of EDC, when co-founders Serena and Jasmine decided that enough was enough when it came to the lack of representation, Melanin Ravers is one of the first accounts to give black ravers the platform they deserve. “The thought behind the Instagram page {came} from a friend of mine after a conversation about a news clip of a black raver asking to be seen because you rarely see black ravers in the limelight when it comes to EDM,” said co-founder Serena when asked how the account first came into existence. “We were in the car to go to EDC, and I went back and forth about the idea because I didn’t think this page would be THAT popular.
At a festival, it helps to have something that can be spotted over a long distance, easily and quickly. In the lead up to Snow Globe, my friends and I decided that we were going to make a totem so that we could find one another in the crowd. I wanted to share a little about our experience and some ideas to make sure your totem is not only super cool but easy to stop across a large crowd.
I recently made the leap and bought a pair of Demonia Platforms. I had wanted a pair of these ridiculously awesome shoes for a long time, and I must say that they truly did not disappoint. They were even cooler then they had looked in the hundreds of pictures I had gone through before finally deciding to purchase them. It goes almost without saying that they are probably the coolest thing I have ever seen, but they are astonishingly comfortable, especially given the height of the platforms. However, when it came to wearing them for long periods, there was some work that needed to be done to make it a little easier.
