Happy Monday! Our friend Lola the Illustrator is ready to ROCK the school year in her rad Lola Star gear! Sending so much love to all the kids and families embarking upon this uncertain school year filled with added challenges! You’ve got this! It’s a crazy time, but together we will triumph! Check out lolastar.com…
Hurray! Hoodie season on ON!!!! It’s the perfect weather for blissful family beach days! Check lolastar.com at the link in our bio for super cozy Rockaway hoodies and more rad fall gear!
Check out our super adorable Rockaway collection of baby onesies at lolastar.com! Perfect baby gifts for your beach baby ray of sunshine
Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you!” And if there’s one thing we’ve learned during these difficult times is that the love, loyalty, friendship and the strength of the bond between Brooklyn girls extends so much deeper than the fun we have together. My Brooklyn girls have been there…
It’s a new season and a perfect opportunity for self discovery and exploration! If you feel like this self discovery might be calling you to liberate the burlesque fire inside you, then the New York Burlesque Festival is a great place to start! Get inspired to unleash your inner burlesque vixen. We just launched our collection…
Was it all just a dream Skate love Barcelona? Because the memories are just TOO GOOD to be true! In Sept 2018 a big group of Dreamland Roller skaters attended the Skate Love International Roller Disco Convention in Barcelona! It was amazing. We met the most beautiful, incredible skaters from all over the world! Missing all…
Soaking in the last summery days of 2020 with plenty of picnics, to go cocktails and socially distanced love! Visit us on the Coney Island boardwalk today or swing by our pop up shop Superfine Dumbo for rad Lola Star treasures (like this blanket, flamingo to go cup and tank) and snag a picnic dinner to…
Happy 15th Birthday in heaven to everyone’s favorite Coney Island Shop doggie sales girl, Rink dog, studio supervisor and Joy spreading business partner, Shimmer Star. Shimmer’s goal in life was to spread love & joy. So we are celebrating her life today, the way she wants to be remembered, with Joyous love. I am releasing this joyous…
Shimmer’s 15th birthday is tomorrow. It’s very difficult. For sure. I’ve been a mess leading up to it. It still breaks my heart so deeply that she is physically gone. But I’m trying to celebrate her life the way she wants to be remembered. With Joyous love. And so, on what would have been her…
It’s pure perfection today in Coney Island! And… I heard a rumor that today is the last day of the season for Nathan’s on the boardwalk! So hurry down for French fries at Nathan’s, a stroll on the boardwalk and a visit to our shop on the boardwalk! We are open until 7pm!
The NY Burlesque Festival is right around the corner! Today I’ll be updating LolaStar.com with MORE rad official Merch I designed exclusively for the Festival! Check it out!
Good morning! Thinking about the magical morning after after-glow and drinking coffee out of the Brand new dreamland Roller Rink coffee mug I designed yesterday! Do you remember the roller disco after glow? When I wake up, the morning after a fabulous Dreamland party I’m still floating in the magic. Still caught in the aura…
The Coney Island party rages on! The show must go on! And the endless party continues! The Coney Island boardwalk is still open for business! Shops, bars and restaurants are still open. And I’m going to let you in on a secret… the BEST time to visit Coney Island is actually the fall. It’s cooler,…
Kicking my Holiday weekend off with a cocktail from Frying Pan BK, with a brand new Burlesque Festival 2018 to go drink cup & vegan nachos from Renegades of Sunset (so good!) Editing photos at my favorite spot in Industry City! Its New York Burlesque Festival time again next month! The festival will be virtual…
Anddddd that’s a wrap on my 20th summer in Coney Island. There is no greater lesson in humanity than to spend TWO DECADES of your life on the Coney Island boardwalk. I see more of humanity on a Summer Saturday at my shop than most people see in a lifetime. Seriously, I’ve seen it all…
Happy Labor Day! Celebrate the last day of summer by doing the most summery thing possible…. picnicking! Join us in Dumbo today for brunch at Superfine, Dumbo and Dine in their outdoor urban artist tropical outdoor seating area or grab your food to go and picnic at Brooklyn Bridge Park! Visit our pop up shop…
Celebrating the end of our shop’s 20th summer in Coney Island and the end of a beautiful day filled with so many incredible visitors! Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by to show their support today! We truly have the best, most supportive, customers in the world! We are so grateful for all…
Working on writing a petition to save my boardwalk shop. It’s mind blowing to me that on my shops 20th anniversary, I’m fighting with the City, with the elected officials, trying to convince them that my business is worth stepping in to save. That Lola Star Coney Island is an important contributor to the redevelopment of…
I visited the Metropolitan Museum of art and it’s PURE HEAVEN! It’s a dream come true to be able to visit without the usual crowds and tourists! They just reopened last weekend and are drastically limiting attendance. As an oil painting major in college I visited the Met often during school and after. This was,…
Have a super romantic, socially distanced dinner and drinks beneath the luminous sky as you gaze out at the skyline of Manhattan! Grab dinner & cocktails to go at Superfine Dumbo, Snag some rad Lola Star picnic gear at our pop up inside Superfine and walk a few blocks to the park where there are plenty…
Coney Island is a place where the things that are not there are more there than the things that are there.” I’ve always loved this quote by Musician, Carol Lipnik. The surface of Coney Island is entrancing and hypnotic but there is always this pull of something even more magnetic, haunting, magical beneath the surface….
Swing by to soak in the last few days of summer on the Coney Island boardwalk, Lola Star Coney Island, Shops, Restaurants and bars are open! Or capture the magic online at lolastar.com! This Vintage Tillie Star tank and more are available online!
It’s the last weekend of summer and the time for JOY is NOW! Because you never know what shifting change tomorrow may bring. Theses may be the last days of our 20 year old shop in the boardwalk! So don’t postpone your visit! We have joy galore at Lola Star on the Coney Island boardwalk!…
Breaking news! It was one year ago that the amazin Laura Lee Pants won the Miss Coney Island 2020 pageant! It was announced today that, because of the pandemic, she gets to be Miss Coney Island for ANOTHER YEAR!!! ! Let’s hear it for Miss Coney Island 2021- round two! I posted last week about how…
Good morning from Coney Island! I was just thinking, over morning coffee, about how we should be compassionate toward everyone because *everyone* is missing someone right now. At a time when we need our family and friends around us the most, many of us are separated by travel restrictions, quarantines, no budget to travel or…
TODAY at 1pm! The Coney Island Mermaid Parade!!!!! For the first time ever our parade of Mermaids, sea creature & magical creatures will take place in cyber space and YOU can watch it live at coneyislandUSA.com at 1pm today!
In honor of International Dog Day I’m sharing something really close to my heart. A message that has inspired me daily and motivates me to overcome the deep heartbreak and challenges I’m currently facing. After Shimmer passed away I spoke to an animal communicator. I’ve never done this before but I was having such a…
Throwing parties is like sorcery. I learned the dynamics of this party throwing sorcery in the 90s when I worked as a club kid. My job was to dress in fabulous outfits, to dance on a platform, and conjur the energy to inspire the rest of the crowd to dance. Trying to understand the magic…