With the end of summer fast approaching, Nina, creator of Toxic Kitten Clothing, wants to throw Amarillo a party.
"I have so much excitement in me that I can't even sleep," she said. "My mind is like 'What can I do to make it even better and bigger; what can I do to blow their minds?'"
The Back To Skull Bash will be held August 28 at the Nat Ballroom, 604 S. Georgia Street, and will present what Nina describes as a "death and psychobilly theme" to compliment her newest fashion items.
Besides live music, merchandise booths, free beer and giveaways from Toxic Kitten and SRH Clothing, Nina will premiere Toxic Kitten's latest clothes with a runway fashion show featuring several local models.
"I like modeling for Toxic Kitten because it shows a different kind of model," said Hylann Camacho, a local Kitten who will participate in the show. "It's not your everyday run-of-the-mill girl."
According to Nina, it is important for her to introduce her new clothes at the event before releasing them in stores or on her recently renovated Web site, www.toxickittenclothing.com.
"It gives Amarillo an advantage of having it first, and I dedicate that to Amarillo since it is a hometown clothing line," Nina said. "I want to give back to my community."
Nina will have a merchandise table set up at the event where she will sell Toxic Kitten's clothes for $20 "straight across the board," she said.
Merchandise will also be available from The Glass House, a new Amarillo head shop.
To celebrate Toxic Kitten's success, Nina is bringing in special guest Tax Man, the anti-hero from the Kottonmouth Kings, who said he is "happy to come do the show." He will perform with hardcore/experimental/hip-hop artist Judge D. The bash will mark the first time for these artists to appear in Amarillo. A signing and meet-and-greet will be held for guests at the bash.
The Bastard Sons of David Hasselhoff and the Yellow City Rockets are local acts that will play at the event. Johnny Handgun, a band out of Lubbock, will also perform.
Jeremy Knowles, drummer for the Yellow City Rockets, said guests should expect a high-energy show from all bands that will be "a lot of fun to watch."
Joan Pollock, owner of Amarillo's newest booking and promoting company 2 Gun$ Calamity Entertainment, is helping to organize the happening and said party-goers can also expect a surprise act.
"It's going to be so big that I would hate to say that I missed the Back to Skull Bash," she said.
Pollock is pleased with the event's location.
"(The Nat) is a beautiful, historic landmark," she said. "Musical prodigies and wonders have played there. All kinds of crazy people have played there. It makes me happy to bring my friends into a place that has so much musical history behind it. It's such a neat, cool place."
Nina said an after party will be held across the street from the Nat at the R&R bar following the event.
Toxic Kitten emerged in December, and Nina said the clothing line has come a long way since it debuted.
"It just kind of blew up unexpected," Nina said. "I wanted to start with baby steps, and it just kind of turned into something big over night. Now I'm trying to keep up."
Nina sponsors the Route 66 Roller Derby, which is sporting Toxic Kitten shirts in its second bouting season. Nina's clothes can be found in Amarillo at The Music Box, The Glass House and Vertical Movements Dance Studio. Items can also be purchased online at toxickittenclothing.com. Nina said the site gets an average of 3,500 hits per month, and she is currently looking for people to advertise for a monthly fee of $20.
Although she will not introduce these items at the event, Nina said something to watch out for is Toxic Kitten's 2009 jewelry line, which includes hand-made, edgy pieces.
"They're just the cutest things you've ever seen," she said. "No piece is the same."
The Back to Skull Bash will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $15 at the door, but tickets may be obtained in advance for $13 at the Glass House, located next to The 806 coffee house on 6th Avenue.
The event is B.Y.O.B., and all ages are welcome. Nina stressed that there will be tight security at the show, and underage drinking will not be tolerated.
"I encourage everybody to come out and check out the clothes and check out the models," Camacho said. "It's going to be a good, unconventional time."
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