Christel designs the SPACES Magazine Art Bra.
Photo Courtesy Ron Berg, and SPACES Magazine April, 2011 Issue.
Christel’s work featured in KC Magazine, again.
Follow the link below to KC Mag’s August 2011 issue featuring Christel the Pistol’s work. http://kcmag.com/august-2011
Christel featured in INK Magazine
Office Space: Christel Highland, artist Matthew Collins/Special to InkChristel Highland, artist Matthew Collins/Special to InkHighland finds journaling every day therapeutic. Matthew Collins/Special to InkRolls of brown paper, spread over her work table, provide an inspiration sketch pad for Highland. She uses the paper to draw her dress patterns and scribble poetry. Matthew Collins/Special to Ink [...]
Christel featured in KC Artist Link
Christel Highland Christel was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, the infamous cowtown, and home of Jesse James. Her Dad, a country veterinarian, pawned his shotgun to settle the score with the hospital. Her nickname, “Christel the Pistol,” (pistol had a better ring than shotgun) stuck. Mom, a farm girl with a Masters in Home Economics, [...]
Courage to Create
Photos and Story by Tom Ryan for Present Magazine Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 An incredible, flowing silk gown: sheer slits with a hem that seems to move when standing still. Virgin colorless fabric dyed the color of the Caribbean. And now she prepares to paint it. Yes, paint. Painters usually paint upon canvas stretched [...]
Pistol Threads at Forefront of Midwestern Fashion Renaissance
Fashion forward: Drawing on a strong heritage of fashion supremacy, Kansas City is once again becoming a mecca for designers with an eye on national acclaim. Read the full story here. This month’s Kansas City Magazine identified Pistol Threads as one of the emerging designers to watch in 2011. STORY BY KELLY CANNON PHOTOS BY [...]
Christel Highland’s Biased Line
Story and photography by Tom Ryan for Present Magazine Published: Thursday, October 21, 2010 Do you think about what you wear? Do you realize how you “dress for a part”? The designs you place upon your body communicate. What’s your current favorite article of clothing in your wardrobe? Mine’s a Barbour jacket. What I like [...]
Pistol Threads Named Fave Boutique in KC
Eryn Swanson of KC Magazine recently named Pistol Threads a “favorite clothing boutique,” noting our work on Alacartoona’s dvd. Favorite clothing boutiques: McGrane shops for herself at Trendz Market. “It’s 20 or so boutiques all represented in one space; there is always something there I have to have.” Local designers created some of the favorite [...]