{BOW!} and arrow!

HANDMADE HAIR BOWS! By Milwaukee Artist VONN at LOOK NOOK!
Both non-slip headbands and springclip hairbows in assorted colors!
$12.00 each





{Madam Chino's LOOK NOOK}
Open Saturdays!
come visit!

at Beans and Barley
from 10am-2pm

at the Look Nook
from 4pm-7pm
100A east Pleasant Street
Brewers Hill, MKE, WI 53212


xx,
madam chino

{DOWN to a TEE} poignantly

See the rest of the {HESH SET} Currently Madam Chino's BLACK PERIOD: faded black to grey reconstructed t-shirt dresses in classic madam chino original styles fully equipt with dual double deep pockets!

{Recent developments!}

A} A new sandwish board for the shop!! Thank you Mr. Sandman!


B}LOOK NOOK will be at MADE IN MILWAUKEE for their FASHION EVENT at Cathedral Square Park on Saturday September 4th:
LOOK NOOK will be vending all day starting at 10 am!
and Madam Chino's FALL PREVIEW will occur at 6pm as a part of the fashion show.

Although I have a few models already <3 the event itself is looking for models!
People interested in modeling as part of the event check out the MODEL POOL

xx, cu soon!
vivi

{HESH MESH} blackdrop

For the end of the world, or so to speak, and to revere hard core authentic social sidewinding, a reignition of hesherhood via black washed out, reclaimed t-shirts backed on a handspun web. This thus commences the intertwining of the percievably uninterwinable; of the near and far, inside and out, fore and background, as duty to drag, and drop back!











xx,
madam chino

{RECYCLED SKATE DECK EARRINGS} by Joseph Taylor at LOOK NOOK!

Hand carved, sanded and finished RECYCLED SKATE DECK EARRINGS! by Joseph Taylor!

Available at Madam Chino's LOOK NOOK!
by appointment or
from 4pm-7pm on Saturdays
100A east Pleasant Street!
Milwaukee WI 53212











AMAZING!

check out the rest of the SET!

xoxo,
madam chino!

{On the LOOK OUT!} Summer LOOK NOOK flyer!

Visit on Saturdays at either LOCATIONS between the times cited! The actual LOOK NOOK space has more items, including loads of vintage fabric and dresses!

This flyer uses cut paper for two tone, rather than screen printing or spray stencils.

Check out a little retrospective of my POSTER and FLYER work on FLICKR!

{LUSTRATION} eyes closed

xomeone please pay me to do THIS cos its as fun as it looks.

xox,
vanessa

{YOUtorials!} Basic CROCHET with t-shirts

Handdrawn by Vanessa Andrew
Published by Penny Spencer ink!
Milwaukee WI

GALACTIC APACHE by Kat Charneski at LOOK NOOK!

GALACTIC APACHE
by Katherine Charneski

at Madam Chino's LOOK NOOK
Saturdays from 4-7pm in summer
at Madam Chino's LOOK NOOK!
in the MILWAUKEE FORTRESS
100a E. Pleasant Street
Third Floor

Purple Tiffany Lamp Necklace


Purple Flower Necklace


Black Feather Necklace


Tri-color Black Necklace


Tri-color Clear Necklace


Orange Pyramid Necklace


Also available:
-bracelets
-headbands

AMAZING!
xo,
Madam Chino

{Now WEAR was I?} Classy Dressy

A lesson well learned: if you feel good, you look good. And some clothes just make you feel good. So good, in fact, that it doesn't matter how you look.






xox,
vivi

{BOMBERS} Upcycled Menswear by Madam Chino!

Featuring my darling model citizen Tyler Monahan. Czech out the bomber set on Flickr or the LOOK NOOK online for the pick of pics.

{Jayden Bomber}


{Reese Bomber}


{Desert Bomber}


{Rainbowsummer Bomber}


{Northern Nights Bomber}


{Relish Bomber}


xoxo,
Madam Chino

{SPOONFLOWER} artists printed fabrics!

This is love. Under some recent super sleuthing i refound this amazing website called SPOONFLOWER where artists can get their color images printed into real life fabrics! The fabrics range in price from $18 to $36 and in type from woven to knits.

Thinking of redoing your curtains? Wanna get a custom costume? perhaps you are an artist working to create eco-friendly made in the USA garments that are 100 percent original! This is something special. And when most fabric stores prices average out at around $14.00 a yard, this price is nice at true cost.

{Out to LUNCH!} yum

Lunch!

and then Tea!


see you soon, on postcards

xo, penny spencer

{Now WEAR was I?} TUBEUNITS!

I missed it in the 80's. There was a store called UNITS where you could buy all kinds of tubes: to be worn as skirts shirts dresses etc, armbands and legwarmers, anyone remember?

I have always been a sucker for comfort over appearance: as a kid I always had my shirt tucked in to avoid annoying pant tags scratching my back.

As I grew, my torso extended well beyond the means of most. Thats why i started using TUBES to create extra length: they are great cumberbunds in the winter under dresses as a torso warmer.

And in summer they are the most comfortable skirt you could imagine, not to mention sexxxxy. YAY! thats my secret.

Don't forget it! And also, you can tell whoever you want.


xoxo, madam chino

{EARTHDAY RUNWAY} with Madam Chino and FRIENDS

{RECYCADELIC SPRING!} Featuring....

{WOODLYNS} Madam Chino's Spring/Summer Women's line:
handscreened woodgrain recycled t-dresses and branchlers (TM)
{BOMBERS} Madam Chino's Spring/Summer Men's line:
highcollar ribbed plaid buttondowns and recycled t-shirt crochet headbands



Special Thanks!***
>to art for making the video!
>to all my amazing friends for modeling!
>to my students and the UWM Studio Arts and Crafts Centre!
xoxo,
madam chino

{WOODLYNS} Madam Chino Women's SPRING/SUMMER 2010

Charlottewood

Sincereewood

Angelgrass

Jennagrass

Celestewood

Angelwood

Ashwood

Tinywood

These woodland inspired dresses are handdrawn woodgrain, burned and screened by myself. The backdrop in this shoot is an issue that i've been agonizing over for a while now, but it was painted by Owl Eyes and Myself from my original handdrawn design with a projector on the sidewalls of our summersale canopy.

I am interested in using handpainted projection patterns as backdrops and then reusing them by cutting them up, stretching them over stretcher bars, and then using them for embroidery and screenprinting and painting! The obvious issues are that the patterns will have to be non-competitive for the clothing, yet allow them to stand out!!! Let me know if you have ideas/suggestions! I feel like these clothes are almost camouflaged which is somewhat unfort, howevs, in either event, the photos and the clothes are super cool for keeneyed people.

Guys shoot is happening tonight!!!

PHOTOS
SHOP

xoxo,

madam chino