THE QUEEN: GRACE JONES

Maybe you already know that I love Grace Jones. To me, Grace is the queen of fashion.

A few days ago as we were testing out where to set up the projector in our new apartment, I put on videos of Grace. We love watching old TV, so we started watching her interviews, and I stumbled upon one that stuck with me.

So, here's a video of Grace Jones talking about gender neutrality and smashing the patriarchy before we had the modern words we use today. (Specifically at 6:28). Out of all the interviews we watched, I thought this interviewer was among the best. Unlike the other interviewers (with the exception of goddess joan rivers), He really did his research and shows no sign of intimidation or judgement. 

Language has become quite complex with regards gender these days, but within my lifetime, we didn't have terms that could easily explain these ideas because they were still being created. Language has always interested me for this reason. Imagine how simple concepts were in ancient Rome before they implemented word order. In this video, Grace is able to explain herself before society could even pallet her ideas, before society even had words for the concepts she's describing.

all hail queen grace

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xx,
Coco

BAGTAZO BRIDAL

My friend and client, Chanelle Laurence (now Ojeda), of Valley High & The Penelope Times married her BF of 13 years, YES 13 YEARS, at the Thatcher Estate in Palm Springs and I had the honor of making her a custom hair piece and necklace. Today their wedding was featured on brides.com, so I thought I'd share.

With Chanelle's direction, we created a v-shaped brass hair piece. The piece is super light weight, which was my main concern. The high polished brass shape simply pins in the hair with oversized bobby pins.

I also made her a high-polished Karenni Choker. Both were hand made while I was juggling traveling between NY, Portugal, Italy and Peru, so I'm especially happy the custom piece turned out so well!

Chanelle had a lil baby bump by the time the wedding actually rolled around, so in one of these amazing 'second look' pics below, she's her chugging Martinellis (lol).

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PS they had In-N-Out cater their wedding because CALIFORNIA KNOWS HOW TO PARTY

See full post at brides.com

WILDER HATS WITH GEORGIA O'KEEFFEE – ARE YOU FOR REAL?!

Dear Diary,

My Wilder Hats are at the museum gift shop at AGO Toronto to compliment their current Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition (now through July 30th) organized by the Tate Modern! 🎈🎈🎈 

It's a huge honor to have my work be associated with O'Keeffe, her work has made such an impact on me.

If you're in the area and haven't visited the show, I highly suggest it! The retrospective made its only North American stop at AGO, so it's extra special. 

I've loved seeing people's selfies wearing the hats as well, so please keep them coming. Also keep posted for other Bagtazo hats showing up alongside O'Keeffe exhibitions throughout the US this year. I'll reveal the details as soon as I can!

Until then, enjoy the summer.

xoxo,
Coco

NY INTERNSHIP

SUMMER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTERN
BROOKLYN, NY

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW PRODUCTS ARE MADE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, OR STUDIED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION, PLEASE JOIN BAGTAZO THIS SUMMER.

DAY IN THE LIFE:
BAGTAZO'S PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTERN WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE DESIGNER DURING THE SAMPLING & DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THIS WILL BE AN IN-DEPTH EXERCISE TO ENSURE ALL PRODUCTS ARE READY FOR BULK PRODUCTION.

BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DESIGNER, THE INTERN WILL LEARN CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THINGS ARE MADE, AS WELL AS LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS TO FACTORY PARTNERS.

THE INTERN WILL ASSIST IN CATALOGUING ALL RAW MATERIALS & COSTS FOR EACH PRODUCT, WHICH WILL TEACH THE INTERN HOW TO BUILD BOMs (BILL OF MATERIALS), AN INVALUABLE ELEMENT OF MAKING PRODUCTS.

INTERN WILL PARTICIPATE IN LINESHEET & LOOKBOOK PHOTOSHOOTS, AS WELL AS ALL PRE-PRODUCTION TASKS AS THEY PERTAIN TO MARKET.

INTERN WILL LEARN CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH SALES AND MARKETING.

REQUIREMENTS:
MUST HAVE STUDIED OR HAVE A PASSION FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGN
MUST HAVE INHERENT UNDERSTANDING FOR HOW TO MAKE THINGS
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FIBER, FABRICS & TRIM A PLUS

STATUS:
PART-TIME, UP TO 24 HOURS/WEEK

COMPENSATION:
MONTHLY METRO CARD
DAILY LUNCH STIPEND
60 DAY EVALUATION FOR FULL-TIME, PAID WORK AS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

APPLY:
COCO@BAGTAZOCOLLECTION.COM

SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY PLEASE!

NY INTERNSHIP

IMAGE: GUY BOURDIN

SUMMER MARKETING INTERN
BROOKLYN, NY

IF YOU STUDIED MARKETING, OR JUST HAVE A KNACK FOR ECOMMERCE AND PUBLICITY, BUT JUST NEED MORE EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU START YOUR CAREER, PLEASE JOIN BAGTAZO THIS SUMMER.

DAY IN THE LIFE:
BAGTAZO'S MARKETING INTERN WILL RUN ALL ECOMMERCE MEDIA, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE IN PHOTOSHOOTS, WEB CONTENT AND CAMPAIGNS. THE INTERN WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING EMAIL CAMPAIGNS AND CONSUMER OUTREACH.

SOME EMAILS WILL REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE FOR PRESS AND STYLISTS. 

INTERN WILL LEARN CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH SALES AND DESIGN.

REQUIREMENTS:
MUST HAVE STUDIED OR HAVE A PASSION FOR MARKETING
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF STUDIO LIGHTING AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
FAMILIARITY WITH MAILCHIMP
FAMILIARITY WITH ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS A HUGE PLUS
SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE A PLUS, BUT NOT NECESSARY

STATUS:
PART-TIME, UP TO 24 HOURS/WEEK

COMPENSATION:
MONTHLY METRO CARD
DAILY LUNCH STIPEND
60 DAY EVALUATION FOR FULL-TIME, PAID WORK AS MARKETING COORDINATOR

APPLY:
COCO@BAGTAZOCOLLECTION.COM

SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY PLEASE!

WE ABOUT TO KEEP IN TOUCH REAL HARD.

INSTAGRAM IS GREAT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE UP TO,
TUMBLR IS LIKE A PERSONALIZED MAGAZINE,
BAGTAZO'S PERIODICAL IS WHERE YOU READ ABOUT COOL STUFF,
AND THIS HERE BLOG IS WHERE YOU LEARN ABOUT THAT BAGTAZO LYFE.

SEE YOU SOON! 👋🏽