Behold; Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter’s Last Blog

Sadly today brings us the very last 2010 Vans Warped Tour Fashion Blog from our dear friend Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter. She’s taught us many things this summer like how to dress like a cowboy and a pirate, less clothing is sometimes the way to go, and how feathers makes everything better.

In her last blog, Juliet wraps up her findings in a nice little summer fashion recap for you. We also added in a few extra photos of friends, fans, and Juliet rocking out with Automatic Loveletter!

Check out what Juliet has to say in her final VIP Fashion blog!

Straight From Juliet:





You know you’re back to the real world when people start looking at you with dirty looks and “Where the what? Who the hell? Where did that person come from?” question marks on peoples’ faces. Haha!
A week after Warped and I’m sitting here in NYC… in a hotel room… missing ALL of my Warped Tour family :-(
Let’s recap, shall we?
We were brought back to the 60’s with boys dressing like summertime Beatles, skintight skinny jeans, 60’s style cutoffs and Beatles-esque boots.
Taking it to the 70s with daisy/Indian war-painted faces, girls letting their natural hair show and leaving it pretty untamed or sporting braids with flowers, beads, headbands, feathers and more in it.

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Free Every Avenue Show In Chicago!

The wiiiiindy city, AKA Chicago, will be the home for the next installment of the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour featuring Every Avenue!

The FREE show will be kicking off at the Macy’s at 111 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60602 at 2PM!

The concert is FREE and if you spend $50 or more you gain access to a meet and greet with the band and a free MStyleLab CD produced by FILTER!

Make sure you get there early! See all the details on the poster below.

See the full list of stops for the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour HERE!

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And The Next Ragged Artist Will Be…

Congratulations go out to The Private Life of David Reed today who just won our voting competition to be the next Ragged artist! Stay tuned for our upcoming holiday issue for a full feature, and in the meantime, take a listen to some of his tunes at myspace.com/theprivatelifeofdavidreed.

Special thanks go out to all of the other competitors. We’re sure you’ll be hearing more from them in the future!

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Eyes Set To Kill’s Anissa & Alexia Deliver Their Last Tour Blog!

Alexia and Anissa from Eyes Set To Kill have been holding it down all summer long on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. They have been real troopers for us bringing VIP fashion blogs with tips and updates for us at American Rag to share with you all! Sadly, summer is over as is the Vans Warped Tour. That means the blogs end as well :( But not before we have our summer recaps!
In their final blog, the girls give a few more tips on how to stay cool in the summer but still look good!
Check out what Anissa and Alexia had to say below and make sure to come back for recaps from the rest of our VIP Fashion Correspondents!


Straight From Alexia and Anissa:





The hottest tour of the summer can get grueling and sweaty but that doesn’t mean you can’t look great under the scorching heat or even the monsoon rain. Warped Tour is all about the music, punk rockin it, and having fun and this summer, we found that the top fashion necessities for the tour were aviator shades, cropped band tees, and vintage combat boots.


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Disco Curtis’ Tanner Howe Delivers The First Tour Recap!

We promised you some end of summer 2010 Vans Warped Tour recaps from all of our VIP fashion correspondents and RAGGED delivers!
Our first little installment of these recaps comes from Mr. Tanner Howe from Disco Curtis! Tanner reflects on the new places he went to, girls with pink hair, and lizards. Yup, lizards! We also threw in a few old pictures of Tanner rocking out. Did you get to catch Disco Curtis on Warped Tour? What was your favorite song they played?


Straight From Tanner:





Hello Ragged readers! The Warped Tour has come to an end, making this blog my 4th and final entry as an American Rag fashion reporter.


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Go See Every Avenue In NYC For FREE!

New York, New York!!

Hey New Yorkers! Want to see Every Avenue for FREE? Wish granted!

The next installment of the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour is bringing Every Avenue to the Macy’s at Herald Square in New York City starting at 6pm!

The concert is FREE and if you spend $50 or more you gain access to a meet and greet with the band and a free MStyleLab CD produced by FILTER!

Make sure you get there early! See all the details on the poster below.

See the full list of stops for the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour HERE!

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Vote for the Next Ragged Artist!

Music fans, it’s that time of year again - we want to hear YOUR voice! To show our support for some of our favorite emerging artists, we’re letting RAGGED readers vote for one of the bands to win a coveted feature story in the upcoming holiday issue! We rounded up five four incredible bands from which to vote: The Narrative, Amely, The Private Life of David Reed, Mickey Factz, and last but not least, Jackson Wetherbee. Voting will end at midnight August 30th, so check back often to see who’s in the lead, and vote as many times as you like over here at voting HQ! Be sure to follow us on Twitter @raggedmag for up-to-the-minute updates!

UPDATE: Unfortunately due to other obligations, The Narrative has had to withdraw from the competition. Voting will continue with Amely, The Private Life of David Reed, Mickey Factz, and Jackson Wetherbee through August 30th.

VOTE HERE!

Happy listening and voting!

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Good Charlotte’s Madden Brothers Launch “Mad Picks” Collection & In-Store Performances

Macy‘s and American Rag are pleased to bring you “Mad Picks,” a collection by Good Charlotte‘s Benji and Joel Madden! This is a collection of American Rag clothes that are handpicked and stamped for approval by the Maddens and will be available at select Macy‘s stores and at macys.com!

To celebrate this collaborative effort, Benji and Joel Madden will be performing FREE intimate in-store acoustic concerts in the Macy’s Juniors departments at select Macy’s stores around the country!
Attendees will have the chance to get autographs from the Maddens as well as enter sweepstakes to win tickets for the upcoming Good Charlotte tour. Customers who spend $50 or more will also get VIP access to meet the Maddens and receive a download card for an exclusive acoustic track of Good Charlotte’s new single, “Like It’s Her Birthday.” Fans will also have the chance to pre-order the group’s forthcoming album, Cardiology.

Go to the following locations to enjoy these free concerts. All concerts begin at 2PM, so get there early for the best seats!

9/11: Cherry Hill, NJ – Macy’s Cherry Hill
9/25: Rosedale, MN – Macy’s Rosedale Center
10/9: Miami, FL – Macy’s International Mall West Dade
10/16: Roseville, CA – Macy’s Galleria at Roseville
10/23: Skokie, IL – Macy’s Old Orchard


In case you didn’t know, Good Charlotte is RAGGED‘s current cover stars! You can download your free issue right here.

Good Charlotte’s fifth studio album, Cardiology, drops November 2nd on Capitol Records/EMI Music. You can listen to their new single, “Like It’s Her Birthday” here.

The “Mad Picks” collection will hit you local Macy’s store starting August 25th exclusively from American Rag.

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See Every Avenue, Valencia and Sing It Loud For Free This Saturday!!

The next round of shows for the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour is upon us! Come out and see these bands for FREE!!

This Saturday you can see Sing It Loud, Every Avenue or Valencia for FREE at the following Macy’s locations:

August 28th - Sing It Loud @ Macy’s Easton Town Center, Columbus, OH @ 2pm
August 28th - Every Avenue @ Macy’s Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA @ 2pm
August 28th - Valencia @ Macy’s Scottsdale Fashion Square Shopping Center, Scottsdale, AZ @ 2pm

The concerts are FREE and if you spend $50 or more you gain access to a meet and greet with the bands and a free MStyleLab CD produced by FILTER!

Make sure you get there early! Details on the posters below.

See the full list of stops for the Macy’s MStyleLab Unplugged Tour HERE!


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What Was Your Favorite Warped Moment?

We had quite the summer at the 2010 Vans Warped Tour didn’t we? We laughed, cried, got sweaty, then cold, and then sweaty again, and while we’ll be giving you some post-tour recaps from our VIPs next week, we were just wondering what YOUR favorite moments were?

Check out some photos of The Cab, Automatic Loveletter, and Jess from The Summer Set from our final week on the tour, and leave your top Warped ‘10 memories in the comments!

Miss you all!

Here are some pictures of The Cab in San Diego!







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