http://www.steffmetal.com the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:52:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/bad-love-leather/ http://www.steffmetal.com/bad-love-leather/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:20:14 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4835 Time for a bit of metal fashion inspiration, courtesy of the motorcycle riding, metal-listening, leather artisan behind Bad Love Leather. Travis Poole specializes in leather goods made from exotic animals. He studied under one of California’s top leather craftsmen and has been creating his handmade wallets, cuffs, handbags and belts for more than ten years. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/bad-love-leather/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/ http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:20 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4588 While I was metalling it up at Wacken 2011, Total Skull clothing contacted me, wondering if I’d be keen to be a spokes-blogger for the label. Are you freaken kidding me? Hands down, that was the best week of my life. If you’ve never heard of Total Skull, it’s the clothing and accessories line of [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-wedding-photo-shoot/ http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-wedding-photo-shoot/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:31:30 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3711 The other week, I got together with a bunch of wonderful creative friends to put together the first Gothic Wedding Planner photo shoot. The veils in these photographs came from May Rey Designs, a stunning designer with an alternative bent. I know this probably won’t interest a lot of you – not nearly enough goats [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-wedding-photo-shoot/feed/ 4 http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-lip-service-webzine/ http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-lip-service-webzine/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:13:15 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3563 If you’ve never heard of Lip Service before … . The LA-based clothing label is one of the industry leaders in alternative clothing. I’ve been wearing Lip Service for years – it’s one of the few international labels imported into New Zealand and, although I find some of their pieces a little too bedecked with [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-lip-service-webzine/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-mens-fashion-totally-suck/ http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-mens-fashion-totally-suck/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:30:12 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3398 A couple of months ago, a reader wrote to ask me for advice on choosing gothic clothing for men. Now, owing to the fact that often men don’t give a flying fuck what they wear, there’s not so much interest in men’s fashion anywhere, and the same is true in the gothic/metalhead scene. Now, with [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/gothic-mens-fashion-totally-suck/feed/ 12 http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/ http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:03:41 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3080 Christmas is creeping up on us, like the trailer for “The Human Centipede”, which still haunts my dreams. If you’ve got a certain gothic girl, alternative lady or heavy metal missus to shop for, and no idea what to get, I’ve got a few ideas. Also, anyone reading this blog who feels inclined to get [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/harem-royal-screwpulous-jewelry/ http://www.steffmetal.com/harem-royal-screwpulous-jewelry/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:58:25 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3062 Welcome to our newest blog sponsor: Harem Royal – taxidermy jewelry for those with gothic sensibilities and Victorian flair. Deadly gorgeous Glam Goth, Avant Garde Victorian Steampunk and Vampire Black Forest Taxidermy Jewelry. Roman, the beauty from Belgrade behind Harem Royal, describes her collection as “Screwpulous”. “Beauty is a weapon, right?” Says Roman. “You can`t have [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/harem-royal-screwpulous-jewelry/feed/ 4 http://www.steffmetal.com/halloween-costumes-metalheads/ http://www.steffmetal.com/halloween-costumes-metalheads/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:20:25 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2984 I’m off to a Halloween party this weekend, as I’m sure most of you are, too. It seems strange to me, being that Halloween is essentially a harvest festival, to celebrate it at the beginning of summer, but mostly it’s an excuse to dress up in costume and have a BBQ. If you’re in need [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/halloween-costumes-metalheads/feed/ 6 http://www.steffmetal.com/asphyxia-corsetry-minigothgolfball/ http://www.steffmetal.com/asphyxia-corsetry-minigothgolfball/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:29:55 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2523 On Friday night CDH had to work, so I went out with some friends to play mini golf … but not just any mini-golf. The Transylvania Mini-Golf course in Henderson, Auckland is a 12 hole golf course set inside a black-lit room. Everything glows, and is decorated with skulls, vampires, bats, snow-capped trees, gravestones and [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/asphyxia-corsetry-minigothgolfball/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/brilliance-found-giveaway-winner/ http://www.steffmetal.com/brilliance-found-giveaway-winner/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:17:08 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2525 Thank you for everyone who entered. I had almost 160 entries! You guys are awesome :) Epic metal congratulations to Paulina, commenter number 3, who’s number was drawn by random.org and has won for herself a Flying Arrow statement ring, courtesy of our wonderful Steff Metal sponsor, Brilliance Found. For all you folk who did [...]

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