Get Yourself Together...our fall'08 playlist!

hmmm...woah! whatthewhat? 

I swear I found this image when doing a google cover art image search for "the rapture; onto the tracks" and, uhm, wow...this very interesting depiction of our current president popped up. Gotta love the pearls that fall into your hands.

Anyhow...I just finished the fall08 playlist for the design:shop and thought I'd share the lovely love that is a dense/nutty/dancey complex mix of The Rapture, Dukes of the Stratosphear, The Mamas and the Papas, Rogue Wave, The Servants, Fleet Foxes, The Rolling Stones, Wings, and Stereo Total.  

"All over the Place" would be a very apt title for this playlist, but I felt The Rapture captured my intended sentiment 100% with "Get Yourself Together"...a great anthem for these days. If we truly want change, we are 100% responsible to make it happen. We is me, you, us, citizens and countrymen, global neighbors, friends and foes, Republicans, Independents, Democrats, and Liberals...why can't we all be friends? Time to shake...shake...shake...shake it all up? Yes.

There are those who say that fashion should never be a platform for personal views. I disagree.

What is fashion BUT personal expression and a culmination of art, culture, personality, and a societal snapshot of our lives and times (+ a burning human desire to not be nude)?

1) Get Yourself Together/The Rapture

2) A Sun, A Small Star/The Servants

3) It's My Turn/The Servants

4) Plaid Lined Jacket/Tom Brosseau

5) Play with Fire/The Rolling Stones

6) Kicking the Heart Out/Rogue Wave

7) Army of Me/Bjork

8) 12:30 (young girls are coming to the canyon)/The Mamas & The Papas

9) Angie/The Rolling Stones

10) Sitting By the Riverside/The Kinks

11) Launderette/Vivian Goldman

12) Mind Your Own Business/Delta 5

13) Falcon Settles Me/Rogue Wave

14) Down For So Long/The Rapture

15) Canadian Girl/The Walkmen

16) Love Will/Suburban Kids with Biblical Names

17) Parakit/Suburban Kids with Biblical Names

18) This is Not a Test/She & Him

19) What Can I Do?/The Rosebuds

20) Shake Our Tree/The Rosebuds

21) Every Moment/Rogue Wave

22) Man-Revolutionary/Rogue Wave

23) Heart of the Country/Paul & Linda McCartney

24) Guns of Brixton/Nouvelle Vague

25) 1982/Miss Kittin and the Hacker

26) Glad to Be Unhappy/The Mamas and The Papas

27) Don Gon Do It/The Rapture

28) Mykonos/Fleet Foxes

29) LES Artistes/Santogold

30) Lights Out/Santogold

31) What in the World/Dukes of the Stratosphear

32) Shiny Cage/Dukes of the Stratosphear

33) You/Delta 5

34) Eyes On the Prize/M.Ward

35) Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

36) This Land is Your Land/Bob Dylan live version (orginal by Woody Guthrie)

Bon Voyage to Ben's brother Sam who is moving to San Francisco (and is becoming quite the investigative public radio journalist). Hope to see you soon on the west side.

-Toni

Word is... Hayden-Harnett on Gossip Girl Tonight

Here at the HH warehouse it isn't rare to find oneself in the midst of a conversation over the previous nights cable lineup. Sadly, with only 4 channels in my apartment I rarely get to join in on the fun. So this weekend when the weather looked gloomy, my roommate Ashley (a fellow HH-er) and I decided to binge on some DVDs.

As Ashley looked for deep, intriguing movies, I stood in the aisle known as 'sitcom heaven' pondering what season to add to my collection first. I decided on Gossip Girl -- I had never seen it, but had heard all the rage, seen the Times Square billboards, & even have a male friend who Tivos it religiously.

As Ashley and I settled down this Saturday afternoon we had no idea what we were in for. Needless to say, I didn't leave my house all weekend... hardly even left my couch. I hit the ignore button on my phone, neglected to study for a microeconomics test: it was "XOXO Gossip Girl" until 2am Monday morning rolled around. As we finished the last episode we sunk into a funk: what were we going to do without GG?

But there's good news: a new season has started and an episode is on tonight. And then the word came through: Hayden-Harnett will be on Gossip Girl tonight!! Serena van der Woodsen will be sporting the Wyeth Hobo in Cordovan! So, at 8pm tonight, Ashley and I will be on the edge of our couch looking to spot the Wyeth on our new favorite show. Hope to see you there! -- Melissa


Serena also loves our Clara Flap Bag in Black Zeus Patent.

Sneak Peek! Our Spring'09 "MUSE" collection

Hurrah, NYC fashion week! We're just starting to seriously plan our Fall wardrobe and it's already time to consider spring dresses, sandals, and bags for 2009. Yep, the fashion carrot is ever-dangling and looks quite juicy for spring.

Our big news? We're launching shoes and swimwear fit for the muses of Xanadu. My ultimate dream is that Olivia Newton-John would arrive in full Kira/Xanadu regalia and shop in our Greenpoint store and serenade us all...we could rollerskate and hold hands. Olivia is probably the first true muse that I ever latched onto and I'm positive that I've watched the movie Xanadu at least 84 times. Oh, to be that blonde, Australian, and sing-songy. She even has perfect armpits...sigh.


-view the accessory preview video below



more spring'09 apparel images to come. time to start working on fall'09!

Past Presence - Fall 2008 Video - Enjoy!

View our Fall 2008 Lookbook

HH <3's Mizz Greenpoint

The first annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant was a total success! Our darling Mimi placed as first-runner up...not bad for a pageant novice.

Check out the Style.com article for the down and dirty details of the event.

Check out the video about the blood, sweat, and talent it takes to become a champion.

More to come...but for now, we'd like to thank Eric Majorelles and Kat Hennerty of East Coast Aliens and Brooklyn Glamour for a smashing success of an event.

BEHIND THE SCENES -- FALL 2008

This is my first blog post ever, so I'm sorry if it doesn't sound bloggy enough. I wanted to give everyone a little sneak peak of what the Fall08 Catalog will be like. Today I will post some backstage shots. Tune back for some of the real deal shots next week

The shoot was great and lots of fun (and lots of bagels). The models, Monica and Masha were wonderful and the whole team worked really hard. Kat, a very good friend and amazing photographer & cinematographer let us use her family's house in Great Neck which worked out perfect for the shoot. hope you enjoyed the post. if you didn't then just pretend you did, because its my first one and i'm sensitive and self conscious. au revoir -mimi

First Annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant!

everyone at hayden-harnett is SO excited about the first-annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant!!!!!

why? because our lovely and uber-talented art director, Madeleine Eayrs is one of 10 contestants who made it through the grueling finals and will be strutting her hot argentinian/greenpoint stuff in hopes of winning the crown.

although we don't want to give away too much info about our champ, let's just say that she's being styled in hh gear by our amazing apparel designer, Laurel Wells for the catwalk portion...the secret weapon involves a rubik's cube and a hula-hoop. this is a must see event.

the Mizz Greenpoint pageant starts at 8:30 at the East Coast Aliens event space on Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Cover is $20, and includes two drinks! Click here to make a ticket reservation.

Come out and cheer for our Mimi, check out 10 local greenpoint designers and their muses, and chill out with a brew.