American Gypsy, A Stranger in Everybody's Land

Gypsies reside all over the world. It said to be more than one million in America alone. I watched the award winning documentary "American Gypsy" by filmmaker Jasmine Dellal and for me, I thought it provided great insight. Curious about what other people thought, I read through the comments on the PBS site where it once aired and was taken aback a bit by the length of ignorance and negativity, though I can't say I was surprised.

Gypsies have always seemingly had a bad rep. Stealing, panhandling, exploiting...but doesn't every culture have all that somewhere? It must not be forgotten that Gypsies have been ostracized and prosecuted, and have never really had a home. Some have stayed as close to the culture as possible, some have assimilated into others. The documentary explains assimilation in America specifically.

Here's where Our Gypsy Souls rest. Gypsy is a race. Gypsy is a lifestyle. Gypsy is a style. It is all of the above and Gypsy has influenced music such as Johannes Brahm (yes, classical!),  Gogol Bodello, and our own Angelina 'Jipse' Roz. We embrace the positives in this blog. We love to travel and live bohemian. We call ourselves Gypsyters. The modern day hipster gypsies.  Get in on it :-)

 

Traveling back in the day

Jimi Hendrix influenced by dem gypsy eyes

Gypsters, Jipse and Kim Tank on the road, again

Cause we can't wait to get on the road again, with gypsy dog, Mr. Fox!

GYPSY RADAR

Gypsters NOT Hipsters!

Hope all is sweet, soulful and bohemian in your world, as it is in ours. This week in our Gypsy Radar we bring you some of the freshest, unique, exciting things to watch out for ...

First up we have a lovely new emerging artist Chelsea Tavarres. Lovin her 90's influenced stripy top and baggy pants yet a feminist approach to an anthm-esque 'Beautiful Gangsta'. You heard it here first!

Next up, we have some of the most fantastic gypsy fashion emerging for the summer. Those halos/head crowns we all still love from the 60's era, we have been sporting these for years. It was only a matter of time someone took it into their hands to design these. And we are loving it!

That Madonna Girl Halos (by Michele Madonna) are now available to buy online! Go get!
Follow on Instagram on @thatmadonnagirl

Lastly, but by no means least we had to once again speak about our long time favourite Zoe Kravitz. A young and beautiful daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet is now turning to high-end fashion by launching her Swarovzki collection a few days ago at Gramercy, New York. The idea of mixing in your birthstone into your jewellery is a great twist. What's yours?

Gypsters salute you!

Younger picture of Zoe Kravitz in a more traditionally gypsy-esque attire

Sexy and retro Zoe Kravitz. Beautiful just like her mother Lisa Bonet.

Zoe Kravitz alongside Penn Badgley at Zoe's Swarovzki collection in NYC 

COMING TO GYPSY!

Gypsters!

We have been busy shooting and starting to edit our lovely Our Gypsy Souls video travel segments entitled "Coming to Gypsy" straight from our Gypsy cab. Naturally.

Here are some lovely fresh shots for you to get you going ... The fun, the gypsyness, the greatness.

l-r- JIPSE, MR FOX, KIM TANK on set in Gypsy Cab in New York

Jipse and Kim Tank somewhere in LA. Caught.

Angelina 'Jipse' Roz and Kim Tank running late on set in LA

l-r Kim Tank, Mr Fox, Angelina 'Jipse' Roz popping champagne bottles

Hey Girl Hey!! - seeing some talent on streets of LA whilst filming 'Coming to Gypsy' 

The silliness in between shots! Mr Fox and Angelina 'Jipse' Roz

Angelina 'Jipse' Roz getting her nails did at Chi, Beverly Hills

JIPSE // GOOD BAD GIRLS

Finally, here it is! 'Good Bad Girls' video, directed by Puma, produced by Kim Tank and song written and produced by Jipse.

Share it, enjoy it, love it, live it!

AND THROUGH THE DESERT, GYPSIES GO...

From LA, we took our four wheels and heels over to Las Vegas!

Though the journey through the desert was hot, the city, Sin City to be exact, was even hotter (especially when your hotel room catches fire, photos below). On the Strip of gaudy and sleek luxurious hotels you'll find the most noted Bellagio, MGM Grand, The Palazzo, The Venetian, Caesar's Palace, The Excalibur, and, sigh, much much more.  Casinos take up most of the square footage but the only thing us gypsters took a gamble on were the hotties at the bars and clubs like 1Oak, The Sugar Factory, and such for the young and crazy. And we'll not forget Marquee which deserves a special thanks!

Vegas means 'meadow' in Spanish, and those meadows we did explore - the gypsy way, of course.

Kim Tank hot in the Nevada desert

Jipse just as hot in Sin City

Even hotter..fire in hotel, AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!

The view from DJ box at Marquee Vegas

Our Gypsy Souls slotting it up

  

GYPSY TRAVEL STYLE

Your gypsters are in transit right now... Going to... Wait for it. Next post. Here is how we travel and representing New York. Black leather, shades, champagne. We have lots of reasons celebrating! Our blog is possibly turning into a reality show! Watch this space!

ASTORIA HOTTIES

New York! Astoria! Wow!

Full of hot greek men, lovely food, in the heart of New York is the new jem and 'it place' to hang out at. No 'cast aways' (as we call the greasy hair-unwashed clothes hipsters you get in Williamsburg) and  much more hygienic bathrooms in bars it becomes apparent - Astoria is in its own lane.

Our nights are always fun in Astoria, always scandalous, always memorable. If you come to New York, don't waste your time in Midtown, take the train Uptown and head straight to Astoria! 

Start off your night with some mouthwatering Greek food at Ovelia, great service and turns into a bar at night. Then go for cocktails at Flo, you will love the decor and classiness of this place and if you want to turn things up, go to Caprice and party till late. Great bartender Nikos will take good care of you! 

Then go smoke some Shisha along Steinway and have some persian tea and you will feel like you went to an alternate universe without leaving New York.

Our Gypsy Souls girls Angelina Jipse Roz and Kim Tank partying it up in Astoria on St Patricks day

Flo Cafe

Ovelia Restaurant

JIPSE // GOOD BAD GIRLS EP

Hey Jipsters

As you may know one of the writers and founders of this blog is a singer-songwriter.
Here is a new EP, limited time only on FREE Download from Soundcloud. Go get!

NATIVE AMERICAN TATTOOS, ON A GYPSY

Hey there Gypster,

You know you love them tatts, so take a look at my work done at Adorned NYC by the super awesome and talented Bart Bingham.  Inspired by my Native American heritage, I got a Dream Catcher to catch all my dreams and a Headdress to remind myself that I'm boss of my own destiny.  That's what I call linking the past and future to always and forever be in the present.

Gypsies come from many different backgrounds from all over the world. Rep your Roots with some Ink.

Peek A boo tattoo

A closer look at my amazing DREAMCATCHER

Native American HEADDRESS, done at Adorned NYC

Check out our Inked Up page for more, and as always send your tattoos to ourgypsysouls@gmail.com

BIGGER FATTER GYPSIER ... WRONG!!

We were shocked to see this poster that Channel 4 were going to use for 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings' advert. Not big fans of the show, where,  in our opinion it shows a negative side of Irish Traveller Life, rather than a Gypsy life. Major difference between a traveller lifestyle and a Gypsy cultural background. With ignorance toward this fact, UK audience is miseducated. But it makes for good TV, so what do they care?

We also received much criticism of our blog also saying we should know the difference between Gypsy style fashion and culture. We do know, thank you very much. Guess it's a matter of opinion on what each individual finds offensive. We are showing Gypsy culture which includes history, fashion, music in a very positive light. So where is the harm?

Stop taking this blog so seriously and take this poster and that TV show seriously. It caused bullying and upset to a lot of families of the show, especially the children.

I IN INDIA

Your girl Angelina 'Jipse' Roz has been to Mumbai & Pune in India as of recently.

Just another escapade? No, to say the least.

India is one of those colourful backdrop yet darker and hitting home problematic interiors with an uplifting Hindu note cutting through everything.

Intense? Yes. (that would be seeing houses made of cardboard and kids peeing on the streets).

Inspirational? Yes. (amazing music scene in Mumbai and that pivotal moment seeing Akala, Talvin Singh and Sean Kuti perform on one festival NH7).

Stylish? Yes, yes and most definitely yes. Where else can you pull off a sari on a motorbike?

We have arrived. Angelina 'Jipse' Roz and Lorianalytical. Mumbai.

Don't throw rubbish on the streets! Yet, it's everywhere.

Harem pants and long skirts (longer the better)

Bargains market shopping

Singer Jankee, TV Actor Nakuul Mehta, Jipse and UK rapper Akala at Mumbai Lit Fest after HipHopShakespeare performance

Spiritually enlightened at the temple

Ladies in saris on motorbikes. Would love to see them as drivers, not just passengers though

Lorianalytical does Sophie Loren hat glamour mixed with bright marine blue top and long flowy black skirt

NH7 arrival in Pune, India

With all the girlies at NH7 Festival, Pune