Eclectic Fashion & Music

An evening of fashion, music and friends in Providence, RI. Just had to say yes and figure it out! The designs showing are inspired from travels to El Yunque Tropical Rainforest, Puerto Rico, the streets of NYC and the woods of Danby, VT. kai & gipsy apparel is printed on fashion t-shirts to give the perfect fit with a sexy urban style. We like American Apparel, Alternative Apparel and Pima Apparel. And to make it all happen runway style, I am very lucky to have friends with talent! Esther Hogan helped me patch the dress, add zippers and details to the tanks…Donna, she is the bell sleeves master.

Audrey A. in the kai & gipsy T-Dress

Natalie rocking the show / Dance to the rhythm of your life, bell sleeve T.

Beverly in Be more than ordinary

Hot off the press loving the copper / Mandy in Embrace each morning’s mystery

Hosted by AS220, the fashion show and sale of designer original contemporary fashions and accessories included wearable art, recycled, deconstructed and new clothing, and accessories for men, women (& kids) featured the work of 14 emerging designers from New England, on models provided by DPG.

Dress by Cyrahn

Salvagge cool jewelry.

kai & gipsy friends! thanks yall for coming out to play…XO

Share Your Kai and Gipsy Style

We want to see how/where/when you wear your kai and gipsy goods! Email us a picture and a few words to andreea@kaiandgipsy.com and we’ll post it on our blog.

kai and gipsy designs are here to inspire you to explore boundaries, be provocative, travel, change the world, love, feel, dance to the rhythm of life…It all started with a vision, a camera, a walk in the woods and two shadows dreaming their dreams…

KaiSpice

So yes / it is true / i love to eat / but being the kai and gipsy girl who I am / it’s more than just the eating / ordinary people eat / that does not interest me / not in the least / what I want / what I desire / what I need / is the experience of eating / yes / the whole kit and caboodle / from the shopping stroll / to that first luscious bite / all of it / from where I am sitting to whom I am sitting with / the air around me / the mood / the smell / the light / yes / everything.

kai & gipsy fire side

It all starts with the shopping stroll / I love open air farmer’s markets / anything outdoors is my favorite / the dappling sun / the smell of freshly cut flowers dancing in the air / the faint buzz of chatter as fellow strollers talk to the vendors, or friends / commenting on this or that / sampling homemade jams, soups and other such yummy treats / the brilliant colors of earth’s finest / playing off each other / teasing and tempting the helpless stroller to purchase not just one of them / but all of them…

yes / my stroll sets the mood for the meal / intimate and quiet / festive and loud / lakeside or fireside / mountainside or poolside / it all starts with the stroll / When I have my menu set / I buy the perfect bottle of wine / put on a  kai and gipsy playlist / and do my dance / I love the dance / the dance between friends / flavors /dreams / and manifestations / I enjoy the cooking dance by myself / it could be that I have a small kitchen / but truthfully I love to be in the moment of creating / alone / nothing to distract me as I imagine how the taste of one spice might play against the other / and the smell / I love to smell the food while it’s cooking / becoming / manifesting.

Celebrating Falmouth Road Race with friends, family and lots of spice…

As I have said before / even after all this / it’s not really the what’s for dinner / but so much more about the who and the where / I love sharing my experience with my favorite people in our favorite places / poolside / lakeside / mountainside / anything outSIDE / makes for a better experience / the air / the openness / the scenery / the conversation / I could be eating an almond butter and orange marmalade sandwich on fresh baked bakery bread (kai’s version of the Peanut Butter & Jelly) with my favorite people on a cold November day / staring at a lake that will soon be frozen over / looking into the horizon / or on a park bench / watching the leaves fall gently to the ground with a cup of white hot chocolate made from my kitchen / and enjoy it far more then in a stuffy restaurant / sitting in uncomfortable chairs / drinking over priced wine / swallowing mediocre food and staring at 4 stuffy walls / so / choose a night /invite your favorite people /to your favorite place / and share / not just a meal / but an experience / kai

Extraordinary by Kai

be more then ordinary / simple request / complicated answer / what does this mean? / I think that answer will be different for every woman who chooses to explore her boundaries / we all have them / boundaries / the ones that were set for us from our parents / the ones that we set for ourselves from our experiences / and the ones that are expected from society / to be more than ordinary/ in my opinion / is to say “yes” to what you normally would say “no” to.

Exploring boundaries…

basically / put yourself on the line /  if you are new to this practice / take baby steps / no need to jump out of planes just yet / set easy, attainable goals / start with one / see what it feels like / i will give you a for instance / last night I came home from dancing, washed my face, brushed my teeth and was about to go into my bed, but decided to sleep on the couch instead / why? / don’t know / just because it was something I normally don’t do / I have to say/ I had a great night sleep and woke up this morning completely energized and refreshed / small / attainable / easy.
next? / yes please! / keep doing this whenever the thought pops into your head / I promise you / you will awaken a part of you that you knew as child / curious / provocative / passionate / before expectations thickened the walls of your boundaries / I continue to put myself in these types of situations / I have always wanted pink hair/ however/ I have not been successful in finding a hairdresser in New England that that will do this for me.
okay / gotta take you on my time machine / let’s go back a year to SoHo, NYC / I bought a pink wig as my NYC “hat” / I am a hat girl / just love them / and it is awesome / now roaming the streets of NYC with a pink wig on / easy / secured by my cool purple hat / I had a blast!

Soho, NYC ’08 / Kai Pink

okay back onto the time machine to  present day / the burbs of New England / I am going out dancing with some girlfriends at a local bar / nothing fancy / blue collar / no frills / no special lighting / think pool hall with a dance floor / as I am getting dressed /I spot the bag my wig  has been sitting in for a year at the bottom of my closet / the burbs are boring me / so I pull it out and put it on / secure it with a pink bandanna / and in my house I start dancing / looks awesome / I think to myself / I should wear this tonight / so I decide to do it / before I leave the house / I give myself one last check / still looks good / I walk confidently out to the car / get in and drive away / 2 minutes into my drive my head starts itching / then I become very aware that I am going out with long pink hair / the panic sets in / I start to sweat a little / head is now itching madly / I take a glance in the rear view mirror and notice that some of my real hair is sticking out / more panic / a little dry in the mouth now /wanting so badly to pull the damn thing off / wrestling between being ordinary or more than ordinary / I decide to stick with it / not to mention I now have “wig hair” / thinking if anyone asks / I’ll just tell them it was a dare / then I was like / well what’s the point if I am going to lie about it / I am wearing just because I wanted to / for no reason / because it’s not normally what I would do / because I am exploring my boundaries.

kai, gipsy and e venturing in the burbs of Franklin, MA…celebration of fabric!

so / I meet up with my girlfriends / they look and say with a confused smile “hey what’s up with the hair? ” / not wanting to lie and not wanting to explain my long winded explanation / I just smiled and continued onward/ to wrap my long story up / I stayed with the wig / I got comments / and stares /yes,  lots of both / was it uncomfortable? /yes / it was itchy /I couldn’t dance the way I wanted and I was terrified that it would fall off / was it worth it? / absolutely / I chose “yes” when I normally would have chosen “no”/ will it make me stronger in more important decisions? / I think so / I did something that made me uncomfortable / I stuck with it and I didn’t die / anything new is scary / but like they saying goes / “when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change”/ I am choosing to see the world from a differnt perspective and I have to say / it has been an extraordinary experience / kai

Ready To Wear at SOWA Boston

We are going public! Kai & Gipsy Urban Wear will be ready to show at SOWA Boston, September 27. Come see what’s in store…we promise you yummy stuff! Dance, wear and share with us!

Custom designed American Apparel Tank / a favorite! Wear it with jeans, your favorite skirt, boots and dance…

What a feeling…

Riding The Vinyasa Wave

Everytime I make time to treat myself to hot yoga I walk out a new person, mind and body. One hour and a half of soul awareness, complete mind detox and empowerment. Today we learned how to surf the vinyasa wave. Through the flow of movement and rotating in a circle you complete a Mandala. The moves remind me of taking the perfect turns while snowboarding, barely touching the snow. The weight of your body and shift in gravity turn you and the board is your only connection to the ground. The vinyasa wave is powerful, intense yet liberating as you open your heart and sink your feet into the ground.

Mandala (Sanskrit maṇḍala “essence” + “having” or “containing”, also translates as “circle-circumference” or “completion”, both derived from the Tibetan term dkyil khor) is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The term is of Hindu origin and appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other Indian religions, particularly Buddhism. In the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, mandalas have been developed into sandpainting.

Esther Hogan practicing on Madison Mt.

Introduced to hot yoga a few years ago, I tried Bikram a few times but didn’t fall in love. Decided to give it one more try because of my friend Esther. We both are a little crazy about the buzz of challenging exercise so I knew her recommendation was real. I let her drag me one very early morning (so not an early riser…) to USMMA in Belligham, MA. This was by far the best I’ve tried but to this day I am still trying to make the commitment. The practice is Power Vinyasa, a dynamic combination of strength, sweat and spirituality. It detoxifies, heals and electrifies. This accessible, challenging and flowing form of yoga will lead you to a state of transformation. It will sculpt, tone and hone the muscles of you body and your mind.

And yes! the instructor, Deb, rocks! Her teaching is an inspiration and her story is a transformation. She founded Yhom Yoga and believes in living what she experiences as “Abundant Survival & Manifesting Our Highest Intentional Dreams as Reality”. Click here to meet Deb.

Distress & Discharge

The perfect kai and gipsy recipe for a rocking tank top! Product coming very soon…

Kai Magic

Live with intention / believe in magic.

Falmouth Road Race…Last Monday I was out of the race, did not get a number [it’s a random draw and of course I didn’t read the instructions last year which tell you to save your non-qualifying paper so that the next year you are guaranteed in]. But good news! On Thursday I was in the race running as Susan…And back to bad news Saturday morning. I was out by life’s little challenge called loosing the copy of Susan’s license. Bummed but not completely giving up…Sure enough, at eight o’clock Saturday night I got the magic call / Kai picked up the number without the license…Gipsy was back in action and off to the race! A beautiful day, awesome run, friends, celebration and beach time to follow…believe in life’s magic.

kai & gipsy / effortless

Beach time celebration.

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