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Gillian Zinser
Actress. Los Angeles
Gillian Zinser is a modern day flower child straight out of the 70's. You may recognize her face from 90210 – she played “Ivy,” a California surfer chick – who is much like Zinser in real-life. Zinser’s surf shack-like bungalo in Venice Beach is filled with Falsa Balsa longboards, dream catchers and vintage finds that she’s collected from her travels. (Plus, coming out there was an easy excuse to pop in to one of our fave restaurants on the West Coast, Gjelina.) Her strong interest in art and design is very apparent from both her personal style and home. We could have stayed there all day and listened to Zinser’s endless stories behind her treasured finds: leather fringe pants bought straight off a cowboy at Joshua Tree, a hat found in a gutter in Haiti, the list goes on. We were especially fond of her craftiness – a hobby we all share in common. From her sand-covered bull skull to her “voo doo bust” she DIY-ed, we were enamored with Zinser’s creative genius. But it’s Zinser’s charity work that we found the most thought provoking. Zinser has been instrumental in lending a helping hand in Haiti and New Orleans, rebuilding communities and bringing back off-beat mementos from her adventures. The sculpture with the mutilated baby doll parts was one of the more interesting conversation pieces that certainly showcased Zinser's social awareness and appreciate for the arts. But nothing got us talking more than Zinser’s own work-of-art from college called, “The Loudness of Silence." The original art project is a series of celebrities who made headlines with the words of major genocides and disasters like Darfur painted across their faces. It really got us questioning the weight of importance we, as a collective society put on things. You’ve got to hand it to the girl; she’s way more than just a pretty face. There are some serious brains behind all that beauty.
I made that voodoo bust a few years back and my friend, Malcolm Ford just gave me that Mike Tyson etching, which I’m just mad for!
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Necklaces, Delfuego
The artwork was made and given to me by Kime Buzzelli, who's also the costume designer for 90210.The tattered coral top is from the Greenpoint Flea Market in Brooklyn. The sequin bib necklace is from a vintage store in Paris, right behind the Pompidou.
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Top and Necklace, Vintage
I'm in love with dream catchers. I collect them from every trip I take.
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The hat's my grandfather's from World War II. The chair I found at that groovy flea market on Fairfax and Melrose. I found the corset at a vintage shop in Paris and have been meaning to use it for some sort of homage to early Madonna photoshoot. I found that amazing onyx black tooth pendant up in Big Sur and the framed photo was something I found while gutting a house in the lower ninth ward in New Orleans while volunteering with the St. Bernard project after Katrina hit.
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Hat, Corset and Pendant, Vintage
Here's my old Polaroid collection. And both of these pieces are from my beloved adventures up in Joshua Tree. I bought those leather fringe pants right off of an old cowboy outside of Pappy and Harriets.
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All, Vintage
This is a bull’s skull sprayed with adhesive, covered in sand and dripping with a few of my favorite charms.
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Necklaces, Various Designers
Headband, Unknown Designer
Two of my favorite Falsa Balsa longboards.
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Boots, Zodiac
I found these boots in a Berlin vintage store in Prenzlauer Berg.
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Boots, Vintage; Shirt, Hurley
The teeth are from my favorite store in New York, Obscura Antiques. I am mad for amethysts.
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Top, Vintage; Bracelet, Unknown Designer; Rings, Delfuego
My bling corner, where I hang my jewelry from my antlers. My dad took that photo of my mum when she was my age.
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Jewelry, Various Designers
I bought this piece from a Haitian artist, who Sean introduced me to while working down there with JP HRO. His studio was filled with an army of mutilated children made out of gasoline jugs, baby doll parts charred with cigarettes and wings made of scrap metal - his post-quake pieces.
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Sunglasses, Vintage
Childhood memorabilia, my crystal magic wand and my favorite camera to shoot with.
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Bracelet and Ring, Vintage
The artwork is by Kill Pixie (Mark Whalen). These glasses are insane - I used them as a prop for my self-portrait project. The photo booth strip was taken in Berlin.
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Glasses, Vintage
The painting is by one of my favorite artists, Travis Lindquist from the Goldmine Shithouse Art Collective.
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Vest and Hat, Vintage; Bag, Olivia Harris by Joy Gryson
I found that dress at the Rose Bowl. That turquoise bracelet was a gift from my first boyfriend.
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Dress, Vintage
I am mad about hats. I collect them as souvenirs from my globe trotting.
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Hats, Various Designers
The photos are of my mum as a child and the other is a photo of my father that my mum snapped on their second date.
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The hat on the right I found in a gutter in Haiti. The pieces of art were from a series called 'The Loudness of Silence,' which I did in college.
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Hats, Unknown Designer
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The hat's my grandfather's from World War II. The chair I found at that groovy flea market on Fairfax and Melrose. I found the corset at a vintage shop in Paris and have been meaning to use it for some sort of homage to early Madonna photoshoot. I found that amazing onyx black tooth pendant up in Big Sur and the framed photo was something I found while gutting a house in the lower ninth ward in New Orleans while volunteering with the St. Bernard project after Katrina hit. Hat, Corset and Pendant, Vintage
I bought this piece from a Haitian artist, who Sean introduced me to while working down there with JP HRO. His studio was filled with an army of mutilated children made out of gasoline jugs, baby doll parts charred with cigarettes and wings made of scrap metal - his post-quake pieces. Sunglasses, Vintage
