‘Tis the season to get Sampled….

Yes boys and girls, it’s that time of year again when you can head down to East London on Saturday 1st December and grab some new garbs for Crimbo. The first Sampled event was this time last year, and what a year it has been since then! Sampled 2012 promises to be bigger and better than before, with more labels, more records, and more fit boys than you care to dream of! 

The details:

The Orders & Main Squeeze presents

SAMPLED
SICKER THAN YOU AVERAGE SAMPLE SALE

Midday – 6pm
Sat 1st & Sun 2nd December 2012
Vibe Bar, 91-95 Brick Lane, London E1 6QLFREE ENTRY ALL DAYSampled combines a streetwear sample sale with a record fair art sale & club night. Featuring fashion brands at a fraction of their usual price, many of the UK’s best record dealers selling crates of vinyl, DJ’s sets of original Soul, Jazz, Funk & Disco breaks from a great selection of DJs… and a nail bar for the ladies.A great chance for you to do all your Xmas shopping under one roof!

THE BRANDS
Sampled hand picks your favourite streetwear brands at a fraction of their usual price.

Brands trading include:
LRG,
Mitchell & Ness,
Starter,
Gourmet Footwear,
Rogue Status,
Volcom,
DTA,
RVCA,
Famous Stars & Straps,
Chrome Bags,
Dephect ,
Expensive Taste,
Independent,
Santa Cruz,
Habitat,
Real Skateboards,
The Wild Ones,
Four Star,
Hype,
Chocolate,
Girl,
Any Forty,
Anti Hero,
Krooked,
PXL,
Spitfire,
Stones Throw,
Official &
Classic Material.

THE RECORDS
Mr Thing, Rapandsoulmailorder.com, Jake BBE, Spin Doctor, JP, Girth Devon, Diablo & DJ Snips trading in new & classic Vinyl & CDs from Hip-Hop box sets to rare Soul & Jazz LP’s.

THE MUSIC
Throughout the day an army of the finest DJs spin sets of original breaks as sampled by your favourite producers be they Hip-Hop, House or beyond.

THE ARTWORK
London based Illustrator and Artist Sri McKinnon will have a pop up shop selling prints and special one off pieces.

THE NAILS
One of the hottest talents on the London nail art scene is setting up shop so come and get pampered by Nails By Hells.

 
And if all of that isn’t enough, join us all for the club night on Saturday, then come back for round two (the same as round one but with hangovers) on Sunday 2nd!
 

THE CLUB
On Saturday night we take over Concrete on Shoreditch High Street for the Micall Parknsun ‘Grade & Liquor’ single launch party. Featuring an incredible line icluding of Micall Parknsun, Jehst, Mr Thing, Distinction, Mo Kolours & more…
 
Facebook Event: Here

Burgers & Nails

I know I shouldn’t say this, what with being a nail technician and all, but some times I really do get bored of looking a photos of nails. It’s not the nails themselves that bore me, but the set up; always a close-up of a pretty hand holding a bottle of nail polish, or an embellished phone case. So imagine my utter delight when I came across Burgers and Nails. It does exactly what it says on the tin, shows pictures of beautiful manicured hands with fantastic nail art holding delicious looking burgers. I’m not sure what gets me off more, the talons or the food, but either way it is like porn that I can look at at work! To top it off, you can submit your own images, which means only one thing; girls, lets get our nails did and eat our weight in burgers! Hallelujah!!!!

Sample This

This weekend was the first Sampled sale that took place on Saturday and Sunday. I was down to paint some nails and check out all the cute hip – hop boys that were there to pick up a bargain (or 10). Damn was it a fun weekend, amazing tunes, incredible brands at a fraction of the price and I got to paint some gorgeous girls’ nails. As I was busy, I didn’t manage to take photos, so I stole a load from the AnyForty & Sampled blogs (sorry guys!). Peep the Sampled website and start getting excited about the next one, and check out some of the nails I did here. 

Get Sampled

Do you love clothes? And Music? And Fun? Of course you bloody do! That means that you should DEFINATLY come to Sampled, an amazing event put on by The Orders and Main Squeeze. It’s the whole weekend of the 3rd – 4th December and there will be your favourite street-wear brands for a fraction of the price, art for sale, music to listen to, oh and I’ll be there doing all you nails! Yep yep! come along…
The Orders & Main Squeeze in association with www.WhoSampled.compresent SAMPLED

Midday – 6pm Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December 2011
@ Bar Music Hall, 134 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AR

£2 all day or £5 with entry to the club included!

Sampled combines a sample sale with a record fair and a club night featuring your favorite street wear brands at a fraction of their usual price, some of the UK’s best record dealers, sets of original Soul, Jazz, Funk & Disco breaks from some of the finest DJs in the UK, a nail bar and a stall selling art.

THE BRANDS
We have hand picked brands to trade on the day making sure you get your hands on your favourite street wear brands at a fraction of their usual prices. Brands trading include: Stussy, Alife, Fenchurch, Depehct. Stones Throw, Generic Surplus, Gimme Five, Any Forty, Stones Throw, DGK, Expedition One, Organika, BLVD, Osiris, Circa & more.THE RECORDS
Trading in new and classic vinyl & CDs from Hip-Hop box sets to rare Soul & Jazz LPs are Mr Thing, Crazy Beat, Rapandsoulmailorder.com, Jake BBE, JP & Nice Up making sure there is plenty to interest even the most avid collector.

THE MUSIC
Throughout the day we have an army of the finest DJs all spinning sets of original breaks as sampled by your favourite producers be they Hip-Hop, House or beyond. DJs include Spin Doctor, Mo Fingaz, Who Sampled DJs, Shepdog, JP, Jake BBE & more.

THE NAILS
One of the hottest new talents on the London nail art scene is will be setting up shop for the week end so come and get pampered by Nails By Hells.

THE ART
The Scrawl Collective are some of the most sought after artists in the land. Travelling the world for exhibitions and commissions alike you can see what all the fuss is about for yourself as they host a stall giving you the chance to get your hands on a one off piece of art.

THE CLUB
After the sale on Saturday night we are re-opening for a one off club night with an incredible line up for DJs including Mark Rae (Rae & Christian), Andy Smith (Portishead), Mr Thing, Spin Doctor, Mo Fingaz & BobaFatt all spinning sets laden with samples and the music they created.

For more information on this event or if interested in getting involved in future events please contact rod@sampleduk.com or tarl@sampleduk.com

Here are my prices for the event, what? £10 for a full set of amazing nails? I must be joking right? Nope, it’s true, come down to show some love and I’ll show some love right back by doing your talons…
 
Join the Facebook event page here. xx

Nail Art Exhibition

It’s mental how massive nail art is getting now. On top of all the blogs, youtube tutorials and photo-shoots, there is now London’s first ever Nail Art Exhibition: NailPhilia. I’ve not been yet, but plan to go as soon as.

Peep details below, and see you there! 

 

Exhibition Runs: September 1st – 26th
 
12 – 6pm Daily
 
Location: DegreeArt.com’s Execution Room 12A Vyner St, London. E2 9DG

 

 

 

 

Artists Exhibiting:
 

 

 
The Illustrated Nail – Sophie Harris-Greenslade in collaboration with:
 

 

 
Duncan Brannan 
 

 

 
Sophie Derrick 
 

 

 
Kostas Georgiou
 

 

 
Hannah Biscombe 
 

 

 
Andy Owen 
 

 

 
Moses Powers 
 

 

 
Sophie Hanson 

Nail Technicians:
 

 

 
Marian Newman – Films directed by Nick Knight and SHOWstudio
 

 

 
Sophy Robson – Installation
 

 

 
Jenny Longworth – Installation (TBC)
 

 

 
Sam Biddle – Installation
 

 

 
Megumi Mizuno – Photography and Installation
 

 

 
Antony Buckley – Installation
 

 

 
Mike Pocock – Installation
 

 

 
Minx – Installation
 

 

 
Sue Marsh – Installation
 

 

 
Kirsty Meakin – Installation
 

 

 
Andrea Fulerton – Photography