The personal blog and portfolio of Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee, the co-founder and Editor in Chief of M.I.S.S. and the founder & creative director of Mama. Read more »
LATEST PROJECT: Upper Playground LOCS
Today is the worst day I’ve had in a very, very long time. I started out my day with a text that Farrah Fawcett had succumbed to her battle with cancer. I couldn’t believe it, I remember watching her on Charlie’s Angels and wishing that my curly dark hair could feather the way her [...]
I mentioned last week that Mama was featured in (and on the cover) of Protest T-Shirts, a book that reviews t-shirts with a political point of view. Well, it seems people are taking notice - Protest T-Shirts was recently featured on Nylon’s website. If you want to get a copy, you can get [...]
The last issue of Business Week had an interesting article about Nike’s eco-friendly practices, but their decision to keep their “green-ness” quiet. A few years ago, Nike made a big effort to go green with the Considered Collection. The line was not as successful as hoped, and public efforts to go green were [...]
When I started at Upper Playground last year, one of my first tasks was to get some collabs lined up for their 10-Year Anniversary. One of the first things that came to mind was LOCS - the sunglasses of choice for cholos and gangsters - think Kid Frost and Eazy-E. Today, we finally [...]
