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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Silkstreme fitness
Monday, June 2, 2014
Womack and Bowman - The Loft
The Art of 'winging it'
Three months ago Brett and I opened an Aerial Studio. Only, we didn't actually know we were opening a studio... Naive as it sounds, we really just wanted a place to train our Aerial acts, free from distractions and scheduling conflict with other Aerialists. We also thought it would be cool to have a place to store our line of BurnFree Onesies. I found the NoHo Live/Work Lofts on Craigslist (where else?) and was intrigued. Twenty five foot ceilings? Cement floors with exposed brick? Ample parking? How was this possible in North Hollywood? Downtown LA I could understand (except the parking part) but NoHo? So I went to scope it out, fell in love, somehow managed to convinced Brett we could afford the rent if we taught a few classes...and The Loft was born!
The first week we had five classes on the schedule, at the sixth week mark we had ten, at eight weeks we introduced open workout hours for advanced students and by the end of June we will have fourteen classes on our schedule that include Aerial Silks, Rope, Trapeze, Contortion, Aerial Fitness, Yoga and Acting plus open training hours!
Bet you're wondering what changed? Why all the additional classes? Why not stay small and safe and non-threatening to other more business minded studios? (no business degrees here people!) Well, if you really want to know.... It's because of you. Yep. You. If your reading this you probably have some kind of association with us, through a connection on Facebook, or perhaps from The Edison (where we perform every Friday), or through our workshops, or Instagram/Twitter/Pinterest posts, or, more then likely through our face to face meetings at The Loft. The support we have received since opening The Loft has been nothing short of incredible! Every student whether absolute beginner or seasoned professional that has walked through our doors has inspired us in some way. Your willingness to push your own personal boundaries and adhere to our unconventional teaching methods (we call it 'performance technique!) The words of encouragement you direct to your fellow students as they attempt to master a new trick, your online sharing and reposting of new skills and class epiphanies, your being brave enough to try a new apparatus such as Rope or Dance Trapeze when you have only ever done Silks as well as your thoughtful, end-of-class performance song requests. Its all these things and more that have encouraged us to pour our hearts and souls into developing The Loft into a community space dedicated to self-expression in the Air and on the ground. Inspired by our students and the encouragement we have received from them as well as the Circus and Aerial community in general we will continue to cultivate a safe haven for the artist in everyone. Thank you for your contribution and support of our ever evolving dreams. We look forward to cheering you on in the pursuit of your own personal goals and hope to see you in the air soon!
Much love,
Rachel (and Brett)
AKA Womack and Bowman
www.womackandbowman.com/loft
T: @womackandbowman
F: www.facebook/womackandbowman
Friday, November 29, 2013
Small Biz Saturday/Cyber Monday BurnFree Onesie Sale!!!
The Womack and Bowman BurnFree Onesie is two weeks old today!! Yay!! Of course today also happens to be Black Friday, tomorrow is Small Business Saturday and then skip ahead a day and it's Cyber Monday. Phew! There is so much to celebrate that we decided to hold a special weekend sale! From midnight tonight (Friday) until midnight on Monday get $10 off your Womack and Bowman BurnFree Onesie! Thats right, this weekend only get your Womack and Bowman BurnFree Sleeveless Onesie as well as the BunfFree Unisex Onesie for only $69.95!! Swing buy our website to purchase yours! www.womackandbowman.com/store
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| Believe Fitness studios Ashley Lawlor working out in a Womack and Bowman BurnFree unisex Onesie |
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| Las Vegas Aerialist Sarah Romanowsky giving a fierce over spit in a Womack and Bowman BurnFree Woman's Onesie with sleeves! |
Keep flying and remember to stay BurnFree!! ;)
Best wishes,
Rachel & Brett
www.womackandbowman.com
F: /womackandbowman
T: @womackandbowman
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Womack and Bowman - The Fashion Show
Thank you everyone who came out to support our first Fashion Show last weekend! We were so honored to have you with us in celebration of the launch of the Womack and Bowman BurnFree Aerial work out Onesie collection! For those of you unable to attend, it was a magical evening filled with Art, Dance, Aerial, Circus, Music and Fashion. As well as celebrating Art in all it's many forms we also managed to raise almost $800 for My Friends Place, a Hollywood homeless youth community center, through our silent auction! Thank you so much for your support!
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| Womack and Bowman on the red carpet |
Here are some pictures of the event captured by photographers Charles Ferarri, Mike Brand and Jarrod Simonetto
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| Cirque Du Soleil's Sita Acedevo |
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| The audience arrives |
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| Meredith Ostrowsky surveying the crowd |
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| Katrina Amerine in the BurnFree Onesie with sleeves |
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| Womack and Bowman |
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| Sita in the BurnFree Onesie sleeveless |
For more images from Womack and Bowman - The Fashion Show, check out this fun montage!
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Dont forget to pick up your BurnFree Onesie from our website www.womackandbowman.com/store Woman's and Unisex versions now available! Best wishes, Brett and Rachel xo |
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Photo shoot and launch party
Hey guys!
It's been a crazy few weeks since the end of our Indiegogo campaign but we are pleased to announce that production has begun on both the female BurnFree Onesie (with and without sleeves) and the male/unisex version! We found a pattern maker that we liked who as well as doing the marking and grading (basically a digital sizing chart) is also going to produce the first 150 Onesies. Phew...
In other news, we had a brilliant time at our recent photo shoot! Because the (first addition) Onesie is almost completely black (the detailing is in ox blood) we decided to get a little creative with our hair and make up :) Enter Stephen Bowman the awesomest, funnest, most talented make up artist EVER (in our opinion at least)! with wigs, spray paint, glitter eye lashes and oh so much more. We may have been wearing all black but the shoot was anything but boring.... check it out!
We bought back our favorite photographer Thomas Rihs for the photo shoot, his experience shooting Circus performers bodes well with our desire to NOT come across as 'traditional' circus performers eg he 'gets' us ;). For the setting we wanted to create a kind of Cafe vibe, to show the versatility of the Onesie. We turned our generous friend Alfred Kendrick's gym Fit Arts on Sunset Boulevard into a quant little cafe complete with chairs, table, chalk board, coffee cups and reading material. Then we hung an Aerial Silk and did our thing...
oh...um... well, we did that too..but then we did this...
Which turned out to be the 'Money shot' for our flyer advertising the release of the BurnFree Onesie as well as the Fashion show on November 16th
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| Womack and Bowman - The Fashion Show flyer designed by Nicole Reineman |
With a great team on your side it's hard to go wrong, so grateful for the talented and generous folk who made this shoot possible. Alfred Kendrick, Nicole Reineman, Stephen Bowman and Thomas Rihs
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| With photographer Thomas Rihs and make up artist Stephen Bowman (no relation ;)) |
Now it's onto the launch party! It's going to be an awesome night with confirmed performances by Timber Brown from America's Got Talent, a World Premiere Ballet from Josie Walsh's Ballet Red, DJ's, Performance Art, live music, wine tasting, Circus, Industry vendors and tones of swag!! Come and see the BurnFree Onesie in action and be one of the first people in the world to purchase one! Tickets are extremely limited and can be purchased Here $30 VIP (premium reserved seating) $10 standing room
Thank you so much for your support, we look forward to connecting with you soon!
keep flying!
Brett and Rachel
www.womackandbowman.com
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The countdown begins...
We are five and a half weeks away from the launch of the Womack and Bowman #BurnFree Aerial workout Onesie. AHHH! November 16th felt so far away in September, but suddenly... not so much.
This week we have been focusing on our upcoming photo shoot with the awesomely talented Thomas Rihs! Thomas shot all of the pics for our website and did all of the post production (hide those flaws!). We couldn't imagine using any one else as we absolutely LOVE his work!
We are particularly excited about this shoot as it will be focusing on the #BurnFree Onesie and show casing the versatility and functionality of the design as well as giving it a little street cred! We will be fusing a few different genre's together as you can tell from our Idea Board, Pop Art, meets the Gym meets the Cafe... (What?) Cause who doesn't want to wear designer heels with their work out wear, like, after they've worked out and stuff? hmmm?
Meanwhile, back on the manufacturing front, we are on to our fourth sample of the woman's #BurnFree Onesie (we wont stop until its perfect!!) and the second sample of the mens/unisex. We decided to go with Ox Blood detailing on some of the seams to give a little 'pop' of color without being too distracting. Fingers crossed all will be perfection by Sundays shoot (ahhh!) and then we can focus on the marking and grading before going into production ready for the launch. Did we mention the launch party/fashion show was November 16th? Five and a half weeks away! Ahhhh!! (sorry, had to do that one more time) Yep, we are planning an Aerial, Acrobatic, Fashion extravaganza (We have INSANELY talented friends you guys!) Live music, Circus Artists, DJ's, Industry Vendors, Performance Artists (the sexy kind), Wine tasting, Art installations, Juice sampling, tones of freebies and swag galore!! Save the date friends, cause with or without a product (kidding, i'm kidding, kind of...) we gonna paaaaarty!!
Thats it for now, we'll be back with some sneak peeks of Sunday's shoot. Keep flying everyone!
Love,
Rachel and Brett xoxo
www.womackandbowman.com
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Face Off: Cosmic Circus
Back in May we spent a crazy fun day on the set of SYFY's Face Off performing Aerial and duo acrobatics with the fabulous Cirque Berzerk! The contestants challenge was to turn us into sexy alien circus performers using prosthetics, make up and costumes that we could move freely in. We rehearsed our moves with the inspiring and super talented choreographer Sebastian Stella and were then handed over to our make up artists who were given four hours to work on us before the challenge began.
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| The cast of Cirque Berzerk rehearsing on the Face Off stage |
The process was intense. Although the facial prosthetics were not heavy, they were restrictive in the sense that both our heads became bigger (literally!) and our vision and breathing was slightly impaired (though not as much as you might think). To be honest, the most frightening part was looking in the mirror and freaking ourselves out! The make up was so incredibly detailed that we looked like real alien circus freaks!
Then it was time to rehearse in the make up. Brett put down his whip/sword thingy and took off his boots, Rachel got rid of the clown/moon shoes and hoops and we tried a few skills. Although our bodies hadn't been augmented much (Rachel was given some subtle 'shoulder bones' and Brett did have an obscure 'bug' growing out of his belly) our faces were significantly bigger and provided some serious challenges. Some of the acro moves had to be altered so we didn't butt heads ;) Rachel had to change position on her Split Lever backward roll so as not to roll off Brett's massive alien face. We managed to make it through the routine though and settle in somewhat to our alter ego's. After a few run through's we were ready for the cameras.
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| Aliens taking flight! |
The episode aired last night, season 5 episode 8 for those playing at home. Check out some of our moves on the episode Teaser.
For a more detailed look at the performance check out season 2 winner Royce Bird critique the casts make up here on winner tells all
For more on the make up for the episode check out Cosmic Circus 'morphs'
Keep flying!
Chat to you soon,
Rachel and Brett xoxo
www.womackandbowman.com
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