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A is for Arsenic Spring Sample Sale

Destroyx — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:39:01 +0000

To make room for my upcoming collections being launched next week, I thought I’d do a little spring cleaning at A is for Arsenic HQ. Find some sold out and rare samples at up to 60% off regular prices. I’ve got only 1 or 2 of most styles as they are production samples so it’s first come first served.

All samples are in stock and ready to ship. Click here to go directly to the sale page.

ENJOY!

Atari Teenage Riot vs. Amelia Arsenic

Destroyx — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:45:27 +0000

It is with great excitement that I reveal the results of a collaboration between one of my favourite bands Atari Teenage Riot and A is for Arsenic. We have been working on a few premium merch items which are now available from the Hellish Vortex Online Shop and at Atari Teenage Riot shows.

Each piece of jewellery comes with a specially designed gift box and a product card that is signed by all members of the band. The collection is strictly limited in edition, so grab them while they are still available!

It was a great pleasure to work on these designs with one of my favourite bands in the world! Atari Teenage Riot were a huge influence on me when I first started listening to and creating electronic music. They continue to be a ground breaking and innovative band both visually and musically, so it was a total dream come true to collaborate with them on this project. Working with Nic Endo in particular has been such a highlight of my year… I mean having the chance to work with one of your music and fashion idols doesn’t come around every day does it?

Co-incidentally, Atari Teenage Riot are having a 2 day flash sale to celebrate the release of their new video ‘the Collapse of History’ so it’s worth checking out their store today!

Black Heart Competition Winner

Destroyx — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:19:45 +0000

I hope everyone ended up having a wonderful Valentine’s Day spent with lovers, friends and family! (I spent it with some of my best friends from Blood on the Dancefloor in Phoenix). At both the A is for Arsenic and Sugarpill HQ’s we had an absolute blast but also a bit of a hard time deliberating over all of your stylish Polyvore collages. Check out all of the very inspiring entries on Polyvore here.

We couldn’t just decide upon one winner, so we decided to pick three winners who will all win a pamper package from Sugarpill and A is for Arsenic with items from their dream Valentine’s Day looks.

The stunning winning collages are displayed below. (I know I would feel pretty kick ass wearing any of these!) Congratulations to the winners and we will be contacting you very shortly about your prizes.

Thanks so much to everyone for entering and sharing your creations with us. Yume, Amy and I were super inspired by your sartorial choices and excellent colour co-ordination! Please join the A is for Arsenic and Sugarpill Facebook pages for future competitions and updates as we will surely be having more in the future.

Much love from all of us at A is for Arsenic and Sugarpill! - Amelia, Amy & Yumi.

Sugarpill & A is for Arsenic Black Heart Valentine’s Competition

Destroyx — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000

To celebrate the release of my new collection ‘Black Heart’ A is for Arsenic is teaming up with the fantastic makeup brand Sugarpill in a fun Valentine’s Day themed giveaway.

We’re asking you to style a dream outfit and makeup look that you might wear on Valentine’s Day if you could wear anything from A is for Arsenic and Sugarpill. Using Polyvore create a collage of your dream look and you could win the items included in your collage! (subject to availability).

Above: Here’s my Serial Heartbreaker Jailbird outfit featuring my favourite Serial Heartbreaker necklace and Sugarpill’s Bulletproof, Buttercupcake and Golidlux

TO ENTER:

Create your dream Valentine’s outfit using Polyvore featuring A is for Arsenic and Sugarpill items. (See mine above!)
Follow both @sugarpillmakeup and @a_isforarsenic on twitter
Share your creation with us on twitter by tweeting both @sugarpillmakeup and @a_isforarsenic with a link to your Polyvore outfit. For example you might tweet: Here’s my Black Heart Valentine’s look with @sugarpillmakeup and @a_isforarsenic (put your Polyvore link here)

Make sure you start getting creative soon because entries will close on the 13th of February. We will pick our favourite entry and announce the winner here on the 14th of February.

A is for Arsenic’s Black Heart Collection

Destroyx — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:43:13 +0000

Photograph: Anna Swiczeniuk, Model/MUA/Art Direction: Me!

I’m thrilled to be able to present some items from my latest collection entitled ‘Black Heart’, featuring silk screened art prints, apparel and progressive jewellery.

BLACK HEART - a Valentine’s day collection for the loved & unloved by Amelia Arsenic. An anthem for the heart sick & equally to the adored. To the world’s dilettantes & home wreckers. A dark salute to heartache & heady romance.

For all you outlaws & saints, black holes & supernovas. This is for you.

Over the next few days I’ll be unveiling new art pieces and look book imagery. Keep your eye on our new tumblr blog, facebook and twitter for the latest.

Much Love + Distortion

Diary of Miss X: 2011 Photo Roundup Part 1

Destroyx — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:13:51 +0000

Wow… so I had a pretty crazy year to say the least but it was the most fun and best year of my life for sure! Just looking through the thousands of photos I took and having a chance to reflect on what amazing experiences I’ve been privileged enough to have and the wonderful people I’ve been able to meet, has been very humbling for me. I just wanted to share a couple of my favorite photos and memories from 2011 year with you. (Second part coming tomorrow!)

JANUARY: KICKING IT IN LONDON

On the set with the crew for the Toxic Girl video in London by the amazing Tamas.

A fry up cake me and Rich made for our flatmate Baron (it’s his favourite food) & Getting my ‘Red Riding Hood’ Tattoo by Baron at A True Love Tattoo.

FEBRUARY & MARCH: ON TOUR WITH LORDS OF ACID

On the road with Lords of Acid through the USA. Crazy crazy fun tour.

APRIL: NYC RECORDING WITH ANGELSPIT

In April I flew back home to London for a couple of days after the Lords of Acid tour, then promptly flew back to NYC to record for ‘Hello my name is’. I had my last EVER drink at the Mars bar before it closed =( Then I think I went to LA to shoot for a super secret project…

Val and I kicking chilling out before a show in Richmond.

One of the highlights of the year was playing Irving Plaza in NYC with Combichrist. Yup… that was a bit of a dear diary moment.

MAY: BERLIN ADVENTURES

After that grueling stretch of work in the USA I met up with my boy in Berlin for adventures in my favourite city!

JUNE: LONDON… WORKING… WORKING… WORKING…

I learnt how to ride a bike in Hyde Park! Also caught a secret Gallows show in East London.

I worked super hard on my fashion line Crime & Punishment, screen printing, assembling, designing… handling every aspect of the business.

JULY: LONDON WORKING & PARTYING IN EQUAL MEASURES

I did a LOT of design work in July, released an A is for Arsenic collection, designed a whiskey label for the Crobar London & started working with Illamasqua on some products.

AUGUST: ANGELSPIT EUROPEAN TOUR

For my 26th birthday my boy took me on a secret adventure to Brighton. One of the BEST days of my life. I can’t wait to go back.

Survived riots in England and went on tour with Angelspit in Europe which was a total blast. Spent lots of time getting well acquainted with liquor with my BFF in exotic locales.

I hope you enjoyed some of my silly adventures… Part two coming tomorrow…

Diary of Miss X: All The Rage Tour & Bizarre Ball

Destroyx — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:00:52 +0000

It’s Jay von Monroe & me dressed as Jay on Halloween in Milwaukee.

Hello my lovelies!

It’s been far too long since I updated my diary. I’ve been around the world and back a couple of times, played lots of rock and roll shows with Angelspit on the All the Rage tour with Blood on the Dancefloor and New Years Day, met tonnes of fans, made lots of friends and just had a non stop insane adventure across the USA.

I literally took thousands of photos over the last couple of months which I plan to blog about properly but I thought I’d put some of my favourites up until I have a free moment to write a detailed tour diary. I hope you enjoy!

We played to a lot of enthusiastic Blood on the Dancefloor fans every evening.

For about 2 months Val donned fake blood and crazy makeup for this Halloween tour. Sometimes we dressed up as the Justice League to fight crime.

Lime green + Yellow + Red = Weird x-mas elf show makeup.

With Nick Nasty from BOTDF. He’s a total sweetheart… and super tall too!

One of the perks of the tour was being able to watch BOTDF every night from stage.

Look at Curtis’ AMAZING moustache! He was the tour bus driver for BOTDF

Nick & Jay having a blast on stage.

With Nikki Misery from New Years Day one of the NICEST non-miserable people on the planet.

Photo of me, Nick Nasty, Matty, Danny, Anthony, the Liar and Nikki Misery at our last show. Boo hoo. We were sad because we didn’t want the tour to end.

My life in London has been a complete contrast to my tour life as I’ve been working on A is for Arsenic non stop and been chained to my desk 20 hours a day. However I’m so excited that Taxidermia is finally out and I can start working on my next range.

One of the fun things I managed to get out of the house for was to go to the Bizarre Winter X-mas ball with my friends. We all dressed up in latex outfits and had a spectacularly fun time!

With the gorgeous Abby, Florence and Nina Kate.

Isn’t Kate’s outfit AMAZING! (She made it herself!) She is the Satanic pope!

I also met Masumi Max… eee… amaze!!

Thanks for reading my sweet hearts and I can’t wait to share the rest of the photos with you! I hope to be posting more regularly now that I have a high speed internet connection (woo!). Also…. please follow me on instagram and tumblr for more ’round the clock glimpses into my world.

Taxidermia A is for Arsenic Lookbook

Destroyx — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:25:49 +0000

It’s been a long time coming but I’m so thrilled to finally be able release my latest collection for A is for Arsenic London entitled Taxidermia- a modern re-imagining of Victorian mourning jewellery and apparel.

I hope you enjoy the imagery behind the collection and the stunning lookbook photographs taken by the prodigious Melissa Jenkins. I feel so lucky to be able to collaborate with such a fine team of creatives in London and luckily I know that this is just the beginning!… I feel like I’m just getting started!

ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Taxidermia: a graphic world of dark Victoriana, memento mori and macabre taxidermy. Featuring vicious yet elegant designs with a nod to the past, Taxidermia is a thoroughly contemporary art jewellery and apparel collection created and constructed in London.

Using glossy black and clear perspex, crystals and black heavy metal chain, the bold jewellery is dually dramatic and delicate with a hint of dark romanticism. With swarming flies a visual motif of the collection, the monochromatic graphic prints are a beautifully grotesque statement, bound to satisfy your morbid curiosity.

Each Taxidermia jewellery piece is fabricated by hand in London and limited to an edition of 40 with particular attention being placed on quality presentation and packaging.

The collection is available for a limited time from aisforarsenic.com

For press enquiries and interview requests contact: press@aisforarsenic.com

For sales enquires please contact: amelia@aisforarsenic.com

TAXIDERMIA LOOKBOOK CREDITS

All jewellery and apparel by A is for Arsenic London
Photography: Melissa Jenkins
Models: Sohui & Nina Kate
Hair: Ceri Cushen
Makeup: Kirka Verinen
Art Direction & Styling: Amelia Arsenic

Special thanks to all of my creative team who brought my crazy vision to life. Heart you all and can’t wait to work with you all again!

THE LOOKBOOK

Illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless AW Launch

Destroyx — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:53:14 +0000

Last Thursday was a super exciting day for me as I was invited to attend the launch of Illamasqua’s AW range dramatically entitled Theatre of the Nameless. This was a special event for me because I was actually involved in developing a product for this range. It was a dream collaboration for me and I am thrilled with the product I developed - a pair of bespoke Weimar false eyelashes.

I’ll be blogging a few times this week about my collaboration with Illamasqua about how the Weimar eyelashes were developed as well as a couple of product reviews of some of the gorgeous colors featured in the Theatre of the Nameless range.

Here’s a quick snap of my look for the event launch.

Still getting used to the green hair! Not sure yet if the green + red combo is too X-mas pixie? But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

A photo of the glamorous model wearing the ‘Weimar’ lashes with the bruised yet warm colour palette of the range. She’s also rocking the Kontrol lipstick.

The model is wearing the auburn blended version of the lash and I am wearing the all black sample version (not available).

A blurry close up photo of my nails. I’m wearing the new ‘kink’ colour. Also I’m drinking a fantastic rot/schwarze/gelb coloured ‘Weimar’ inspired cocktail from LVPO where the event was held.

These are the burnt auburn coloured eyelashes I developed. The lighting doesn’t show how many types of blended hair colours we used to create the final lash but I’ll post detail photos tomorrow!

Look mum! I designed those!

James from Stylenoir magazine hung out with me and looked fabulous.

So much fun to play with all of the new products that night.

Me and David Horne, the amazing brain behind product development at Illamasqua. He is a true artist! He’s even wearing Beguile on his blazer. His speech about the development of the range was very inspiring and I feel very lucky to be able to work with him.

Celebratory drinks at Garlic and Shots after the launch.

I feel so excited to finally be able to write about my first collaboration with Illamasqua and I’m literally beaming as I write this! We are already working on wonderful new products for future ranges and I can not be more thrilled about my involvement with this fantastic brand.

Stay tuned this week for more Illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless related posts (and also the launch of the next A if for Arsenic jewellery range entitled ‘Taxidermia’.

Style Division: Brutal Glamour

Destroyx — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:48:57 +0000

A little while back (actually some time last year!) I had the pleasure of having a creative play party with some of my favourite New Yorkers to shoot some promo photographs for my upcoming jewellery line. Steve Prue is such an enthusiastic photographer to shoot with and so much fun to be around, that even though the weather was sweltering the time went so quickly (and we managed to get some kick arse shots!)

The lovely Kristin Jackson was the hair stylist for the shoot. She is one of the most stylish people I know and has some of the coolest tattoos around (an entire Barbie sleeve!) and also happens to be a ridiculously talented hair designer. If you are in the USA you should try and catch her on the current hit show Hair Battle Spectacular on Oxygen.

For the shoot I was loaned an absolutely AMAZING corset by the inimitable designer Veritee Hill. If you’re on the lookout for a beautifully crafted custom corset she has some of the nicest and most creative offerings out there. Lastly I was loaned some super comfortable and well made latex opera gloves by Lady Lucie to complete the look.

All jewellery featured in this shoot was designed by myself and is a part of one of my upcoming A is for Arsenic ranges that will be available in the near future in a range of custom colours and studs.

Photography by Steve Prue www.teamrockstarimages.com

Hair by Kristin Jackson www.kristinjacksonhair.com

Spiky Corset by Veritee Hill www.veriteehill.com

MUA & Styling by Amelia Arsenic (me!) www.destroyx.com

Makeup provided by Miss X Aesthetic Labs (www.miss-x.net) and Sugarpill (www.sugarpill.net)

Latex gloves by Lady Lucie www.ladylucie.com

All jewellery by A is for Arsenic London www.aisforarsenic.com