You know it’s going to be a magical day when you see the Dazzling Dress Up Man and his Rainbow poodle! Dresses in full glitter, ruffle regalia, he only appears to strut his stuff on the streets of NYC on the sunniest, most colorful days! This day-glow duo often grace the Coney Island boardwalk with…
A strange Coney Island mystery has been discreetly decorating the streets of New York. Over the past months, Coney Island graffiti pieces have been popping up all over the city! I first started , now they are everywhere! There’s even one on the door of my past/future shop which “Joey Coney Island” kicked me out…
Last night my super debonaire date took me see the amazing ! We loved it! Don’t miss this hilarious, gravity defying, awe-inspiring juggling show! They are in New York, unil March 7th! The brothers juggle all sorts of odd objects while a continuous banter of funny jokes make your stomach hurt with laughter! They create…
Chinatown is one of the most inspiring places in New York City! I have taken many inspiration seeking adventures to it’s bright mysterious streets. Today we celebrated the beginning of the Year of the Tiger at New York’s Chinese New Year Parade!! Sparkling tinsel danced in the sunny winter sky! Colorful fireworks burst across…
Dreaming of summer roller skating!! It’s just around the corner!!!
The Valentines Day windows at the Bebe store in Soho are breathtaking! They are saturated with color, enchantment and Coney Island imagery!! Lush textures, carnival imagery, carousel horses…. amazing! While I began my business, I designed windows for Barney’s New York, Urban Outfitters and a few other stores! It was an incredibly fun job! I…
After an epic three years of waiting, we finally received the MTA’s approval to move into our new shop!! Our fabulous new Lola Star Surf Boutique will be open by Springtime 2010! It will located in the entrance to the Stilwell Ave Station, on Surf Ave, right across from Dunkin’ Donuts! The hot pink fabulousness…
A deep calm stillness hung in the seaside air on the Coney Island beach today. Like a delightful secret whose quite irony would shock anyone who had only visited Coney Island on a boisterous, crowded summer day. The only sound in the thick, hazy, gray air was the sound of the big winter waves crashing…
Experience the thrill of Coney Island and the pleasure of Victorian Toy Theater with Magic, Music and Mermaids on a winter afternoon in the warm and cozy Historic Chapel at Green-Wood! Coney Island–Now, Then & Forever, is an exciting multi-media show that celebrates the history and legends of Coney Island at Green-Wood. Combining music, Victorian…
The thought never crossed my mind to question the title of the man known as the Master. I met him on a snowy winter day in March. Sitting on a crate, in the snow. The Master was touching up the paint job on the colorful food signs at Ruby’s. With a paper plate pallet, he…
Inspired by all the end of decade countdowns, I decided to craft one of my own! I seriously researched and labored over my picks but the results seem quite obvious now that I have concluded! All of these albums shine as some of the decades most innovative, creative and enlightening aural creations! The tone…
From out of nowhere, Amanda jumped into the Lola Staar Gift Boutique and whipped open her coat to reveal her brand new Save Coney Island, Save the Hotdogs tee! She had recieved this shirt as a gift yesterday and couldn’t wait to visit Lola Staar, wearing her new favorite tee, to shop for more fabulous…
This darling duo of mother-daughter sweetness have been shopping at Lola Staar for almost a decade! They’ve been two of Lola’s favorite customers since Abby was a child! Now that she is all grown up and just started her first year of college her mom bought her this adorable “Someone in New York Loves Me”…
Emme bought her Lola Staar Kitty Kong tote bag just moments before Eugene proposed to her on a park bench in Union Square!! It was the same bench where they sat on their first date, enthralled in conversation till the sun rose in the New York City Sky! Buy a tote at Lola Staar and…
Lola was so happy when her glamorous highschool friend, Nadia Bashour Bunn visited The Lola Staar Gift Boutique in Union Square! Nadia and her lovely twin sister, Bassima were visiting from Boston, on a swanky NYC shopping adventure! Nadia was so enraptured with the fabulousness of Lola’s tees that she bought a wardrobe’s worth tee…
Ruth traveled across the sea, from the far away land of England, just to procure this fabulous Lola Staar Coney Island snowglobe!! This is not Ruth’s first Coney pilgrimage! She also traveled thousands of miles just to attend Lola Staar’s Rocky Horror Skate Party. She rocked Dreamland Roller Rink dressed in head to toe horror…
Scout is thrilled when she looks out her window and sees rain… Because it means she can bust out her fabulous polka dot rain boots! And what could be more perfect to coordinate with her boots than a pair of roller-derby-licious checkered leg warmers from Lola Staar!
Fabulous Raja Azar, keyboard player for Jollyship the Whiz-bang and the World Inferno Friendship Society, loves his brand new Kitty Kong tee! “Coney Island and Lola Staar tee shirts are near and dear to my heart” said Raja “And, New York Kitty satisfies my cat t-shirt fetish.”
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Stephanie is lovin’ her Save Coney Island, Save the Hotdogs tee! Her parents fell in love in the land of hotdogs, freakshows and sparkling beaches! That why Stephanie is so awesome!
Lola’s brand new line of tee shirts has arrived! Kitty Kong NYC, New York Rocks, New York Skate or Die, Someone in Brooklyn Loves Me, Save the Hotdogs and more! Be the first on your block to rock Lola’s new designs! Visit booth A4 in the Union Square Holiday Gift Market! The new designs will…
A pink spaceship blasted off from the Coney Island boardwalk this morning! Brooklynites across the borough squinted at the sky… Trying to decipher the strange pink glow bursting across the borough! Is it Santa Clause? Is that Rudolph? No! It was Shimmer and Lola Staar! Bringing all her treasures from the sparkling Coney Island Boardwalk…
Check out this fabulous about Lola Staar’s triumphant return to the boardwalk! Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz said the Lola Staar Souvenir Boutique is “as Coney as it gets!!” He went on to say…”Lola Staar belongs in Coney Island. It wouldn’t be the same without it!”
SHIMMER!!!!!!!
Wow! I have the most insanely amazing news… Today I received a call from the last person on the planet I would expect to get a call from! Joe Sitt, president of Thor Equities called to offer me a 2010 lease on the very same shop he evicted me from less than one year ago….
We spotted playwright, Chelsea Peluso, lookin’ FINE in her at the Meeting on Monday! Chelsea, whose play ‘Like We Wasn’t People’ was performed 0ff-Broadway this past August, defines her style as “a mesh of 40’s/ 50’s Rockabilly girliness and 70’s denim lovin’!” When Chelsea isn’t shining on off-Broadway or “standing up for the most fun…
Get Cozy with Lola Staar this Fall! Check out our incredible sale on all our Lola Staar cozy gear! Lola has designed tons of adorable new online exclusive items to keep you warm as the brisk breese drifts onto the boardwalk! Hoodies only $25 (usually $35)! Long Sleeve Tees $15 (usually $25) Now till Thanksgiving! …
Time Out asked Lola Staar and many of New York’s other most fabulous artists, movie stars (including fellow roller-girl, Drew Barrymore!!), designers and characters to capture their visions of New York with a disposable camera. Highlights in Lola’s photo essay include Sideshow by the Seashore’s Donny Vomit, Sword Swallowing beauty, Heather Holiday, Brooklyn Babydoll, Lola’s…