Quality Control Overload/ DON'T BELIEVE ME JUST WATCH!

What it do?!

 Yeah so I'm here stressing, bugging, and flipping out because I am rererelaunching my vintage site Abstract Rain and my low nail length can prove it.  I have been product shooting, website building and so on and so forth and a sistah is bugged out.  Its one of those things where I'm scared but so ready to be done with it and just launch this website like a fireracker.  As far as quality control I'm becoming real particular on how and what I put on the website but at the same time I know for a fact everything will not be perfect and I need to just put it out there just for the sake of a result and also for people to go ahead and see what it is that I am building on. This site is something I've been wanting to do for a hot minute and I am real excited to get it done.  Praying for positive energy and mad learning and success. Oh the journey it'll be so let me strap on my platform heels and buckle up because I am in it to win it!

Persitence, belief, and everything positive.

DON'T BELIEVE ME JUST WATCH!

Xoxo

~Rain

Abstract Rain Vintage Shoot/ Shop Coming Soon

Hey Hey Hey!

 Definitely doing the major and fine tuning to my vintage site.  Like whoa! The Abstract Rain shop is a place where dope vintage/new/lightly worn pieces are up for sale to become your closets new lover! Its been a long time coming...

Just wrapped up a fun shoot with my Loves Paris Rabone flexin' in front of the camera  and Curtis Bryant ,photographer/ bloggger/artist, working that good good on the photography tip! You can find more of Curtis Bryant's work at ModelBones.tumblr.com . It was definitely an awesome experience and they rocked!!! I can't thank these guys enough...but peep how hot they are! ;)

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Disco in Space

Took a stroll in Brooklyn today and yeah it was lovely as usual.  I so badly wanted to get some Nutella ice cream  but it was too brisk out there! On my stroll I met some lovely folks who were on vacation from Germany and we talked about dragons for some reason or another, haha, and they kept wanting to touch the fro. Now we all that's a no no. The random things I love. I woke up feeling like  going to a disco in outer space so I dressed accordingly.  I danced with the quasars and comets in Brooklyn.

My hair is a result of a braid out I'm in love with the volume.
Fringe coat & Leather Silver disco top  AbstractRain.bigcartel.com
Galaxy Pant Topshop.com
Platform Heels Urbanoutfitters.com

GenesisTramaine

Artist: genesis TRAMAINE

This past Thursday I was blindly invited to an art exhibit in Brooklyn and it went like this….

genesis TRAMAINE is an abstract artist, a member of Brooklyn Artistry & Company, who embraces blackness, misogyny, womanhood, and individuality.  Her paintings have properties such as black face and her own distinctive interpretation of the world around her. genesis is also a public school art teacher, educating primarily African American and Hispanic children.   In addition to a phenomenal collection of her own work, what I found extremely fascinating within the exhibit, included a wall dedicated to her students’ artwork.  It was a wall of self-portraits.  I found this wall to be so charismatic and was shocked at how truthful the students were in interpretation of themselves. Children can tell the truth better than any adult. My favorite piece at the exhibit is “Big Lip Tyrone” by genesis herself.  I love the exaggerated features and mustard-tone yellow is one of my favorite colors.  There was wine and the crowd contained insanely beautiful dapper women who were very pleasant.  A Thursday night spent absorbing art is a Thursday night well spent.

“I am totally excited about art.” – Genesis Tramaine

xoxo
-Rain

Concrete

There is nothing like some runs in my stockings and a Badu wrap to make any outfit look like I don't care. The fabric store around my way shutdown so I trekked it all the way to Harlem to find some fabric for my badu wrap. I fell in love with this fab lose knit sparkle sweater that I layered over a simple all black mullet maxi dress.  Electric blue ankle boots and some circle stunna shades kicks some rockstar in the soul. I felt like careless fun today.  

xoxo

-Rain

Head Wrap is just 4 yards of Black Lace Fabric (Can be found at any fabric store)

Knit Sweater & Sheer Plum Tights from UrbanOutfitters.com

Mullet Maxi Dress from AbstractRain.bigcartel.com

Electric Blue Ankle Boots from CallItSpring.com

Circle Sunglasses from SusysCloset.com

Photography by AfricanCreature

Tipping the Tightrope

To Whom It May Concern,

I don't mind being androgynous.

Sometimes, its when I feel the most beautiful.

It was brisk today so I thought I’d bring out the heavy coat.  I absolutely love my multicolor print jacket.  It was only $30!  My shirt is a result of a bleach tye dye experiment in my backyard which turned out pretty cool.  I thought it would go well with my canary yellow creepers I had for a year and wore only once. I found them under the bed and just had to wear them the same day.  Oh and let’s not forget the circle sunglasses and head wrap, they make me feel like a super hero. Today’s outfit was a collage that came out fly.

xoxo
-Rain

Bleach Tye Dye Button Up, High-Waisted  Denim Jeans, & Canary Tire Bottom Creepers from AbstractRain.bigcartel.com

Multiprint Jacket from Susyscloset.com

Photographed by: Africancreature

Playing Tag with the Sun

The sunlight was abundant today.
The sun egineered my smile.
Today I am grateful.
The sunlight was abundant today.

Wide Brimmed Fedora  & Denim Button Up Dress From Goodwill
Floral Dress From AbstractRain.bigcartel.com
Deena & Ozzy Platform Heels from UrbanOutfitters.com

Photography: AfricanCreature