Asphyxia's Ghost Couture Installation at The Drowned Ball, NYC 4/21

I am excited to debut a new couture apparatus this week, which I created for a couple of special events in NYC. The piece is called Asphyxia's Ghost and is inspired by the beauty of the sunken Titanic, with accents of British, and influences of the late McQueen. If you will be in New York this weekend and would like to see the public debut of the piece please come to the Drowned Ball. Stay tuned for pictures.

Life Outside NY Part 8: Ghosttownloverland

The first half of my winter was painted brilliant with the sting of salty waves and skies painted vivid shades of ombre sunset and star belly. I found myself, again, as a Sea Gypsy... the ocean spoke to me in a way she hasn't in many years. In that language that she speaks she reminded me of how small-yet powerful-I truly am when placed beside the threshold of her beautiful mass. I found a muse in her again.

The second half of the chapter that comprises this dark season is one that is filled with the most beautifully haunted ghosts I have ever known. Ghosts and heavy lucid dreams. I am materializing their voices into existence in a new collection of dresses. I have been spending time with them in my urban sanctuary of lost solitude often. Many nights you will find me on a bicycle prowling the streets of West Oakland, searching for them beneath the exquisitely emaciated decay of broken old factories, and the high whistling notes of crackheads crippled hustle. I am in love with them, these beautiful ghosted dreamers that no one else but me can seem to see. Sometimes they come inside of me, give me a little chill, but they are always delicate and kind.

I have been to many ghost towns this season. In my dreams and my waking life. Sometimes they pour themselves into my sleep, and lick my spine with their icy whispers, asphyxiating me in their vividly haunting stories-gorgeous and horrific all at once. Sometimes I crawl inside their cold and broken buildings, in search of something, but I'm not quite sure what... perhaps some new inspiration. Perhaps some alternate reality where I will find an obscured parallel of myself from the past. All I know is that the ghosts know things the rest of us don't. The beautiful abandoned spaces they occupy have stories that words will never, ever be capable of telling.

I guess through all of this brilliant suffocation of exploring the otherworlds, I've come to understand the phrase "life after death" in a new light-one which is shrouded in the most intoxicatingly beautiful opacity I've ever been lucky enough to drown in.

Papusza Limbs: Now Accepting Wholesale Orders

I am excited to announce that I am now accepting wholesale orders on Papusza Limb Tights. As seen in the New York Times and the Uniform Project, Limbs are the perfect item to layer under any girls favorite dresses, skirts and shorts. They are available in a sleigh of new colors, and I am happy to take custom orders, combining any color combo and dye pattern.

New colors include: Pale pink, magenta, violet, turquoise, sky blue, royal blue, kelly green, chartreuse, golden yellow, red, wine, tan, brown and black.

Please send me an email to inquire for wholesale order details kaytee@papuszacouture.com. Also; if you would like to order a pair for yourself I am now having a sale on Limbs for $20 a pair.

Papusza Vending at 41six-Nightery: Oakland

If you are in the bay area come on by gallery Warehouse 416. I will have limbs there on sale for $20 and lot's of hot one of a kind upcycled lingerie pieces. Hope to see you!

Life Outside NY Part 7: Sea Gypsy

After my wonderful indian summer into autumn in Norcal I was delighted to come back to the bay and spend some of the winter living on the ocean in SF's Outer Sunset neighborhood. The place I was living was 4 blocks from beautiful Ocean Beach, where I walked everyday-sometimes several times. At night I would go down to the ocean by myself, sit in the sand and gaze into the endless abyss of sea, stars and mist that encapsulated the space called sky. Some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world painted themselves before my eyes in the dead of winter, and the golden sun painted my skin with warmth.

I've been in love with the ocean for as long as I can remember. I've known that I belonged to the sweet Pacific since I played in her as a child, my little feet and legs being swallowed up into salty waves, sand soft and gritty sweet between my toes and sticking to my feet long after I would leave the ocean's waters.

Being there this winter I remembered something I have come to realize so many times before. I want to live beside the Pacific when I am an old woman. I want to dream there beside the sea contemplating all the beautifully wild adventures my youth offered me-let my spirit continue to wander free into the waves, which it belongs to. Dream up ideas churned from the waters sweet mist until I die... the sea has a beautiful way of inspiring brilliant creativity.

My heart belongs to the ocean. I love her. I've come to identify myself as some sort of a sea gypsy...

Papusza Costumes at Funstrip 2/17 SF

If you are in SF tonight please come down to the Supperclub and check out Funstrip. I made some fun lingerie and costumes for this show, including a song bird and a bionic woman, as well as collection of waist cinchers and suspenders. The performances will be off the hook, and my pieces will be worn by some of my favorite girls from Brooklyn. Come by-have a drink and say hello!!!

Have a Bloody Valentine xoxo LOVEPAPUSZA

Do you need that perfect sexy ensemble to embody love? A uniform, of sorts, to wear while shooting that special someone with cupid's arrow? There are lot's of sexy and festive wears in my etsy. Have a sneak peak at some of the goods below...

xoxox

p.s. Enter the coupon code LOVEPAPUSZA for free priority shipping on any item in my etsy store between now and Sunday.




Above: Photos, Jewelry and Hair by Karen Galloway Hammer. Millinery by Katie Burley. Makeup by TJ Reese. Models Lauren and TJ.




Above: Photos by Gemma Fleming. Hair by David Lopez. Makeup by Jen Lombardo. Models Jenni and Kayla.


Above: Photo by Kylie Faye. Hair my MeriEster Lucie. Makeup by Kerrin B. Model Emily.