Hello! I absolutely adore this blog! I have two questions related to Demri Parrott.
1) Are there any clothing/jewelry pieces that Demri liked a lot and wore in numerous photos?
2) Are there any Demri Parrott blogs on Tumblr (or elsewhere) that are active?
Thanks so much!
Aw! thank you so very much!
Demri loved to wear vintage clothes and many pieces that she altered or designed herself. She wore tuts with combat boots, victorian jewellery... I'll post some photos and memories from some friends that knew her:
[1988 by Krista Kay]
Barbara Dearaujo: In the early 90’s she dressed in all kinds of crazy yet cute clothes, anything retro or vintage. She loved long dresses, skirts, tutus, overalls and Doc Martens, hand-made clothes, she never really wore jeans and t-shirts, it was always something you’d never think of wearing but looked great on her and made you wish you would thought of this type of thing but even if you had it probably wouldn’t of looked as cool on you. She had that tiny little body that looks great in clothes.
Cindy Reframe: “I remember seeing her at house parties and also would see her fully headbanging good and proper in the front row at Alice In Chains gigs, like gigs at the Off Ramp where she would be wearing the Levi’s cutoffs with tights, flannel shirt, combat boots and black leather jacket, long-long light brown kind of loose curls in her hair and dark plum lipstick. Other than that I think she would sometimes wear kind of like babydoll dresses with combat boots or something like that.”
[Spring 1990, by Krista Kay]
Sherri: “She would always wear the rolled up overalls with black tights. She was so cute and original. Biggest smile, she always lit up the room. Heart of gold!”
Jacque: “As to her clothing style, it was kind of hippy chick but distinctively Demri.”
Kathleen Austin: “Someone once told me she would show up at a club in an outfit and the next night there would be several girls copying it. She could pull articles of clothing that no one would think to combine and she would look adorable. She once designed a skirt from boxer shorts. I saw it on paper. As far as I know, it never came to fruition.”
Amber Ferrano: “Demri left her stuff everywhere. She’d come in, get naked and go through your closet and get dressed again making it cooler than you ever thought.
[By Jack Plasky]
Shawna Murphy: “I had one of her necklaces ‘Forever’. It was like black cut glass stones, three strands with a gold clasp. She wore a lot of old-timey costume jewelry.”
Tracy Johnson: “A lot of things she wore didn’t go together, like long johns with big baggy overall shorts and a frilly blouse with cowboy boots. It doesn’t make a lot of sense but you would have to know Demri to understand.”
[Demri and Layne around one of the many Christmas they spent together.]
Lea Nichols: “She always wore my bracelet I had made in high school out of some silverware and scribed my name in it. She has it on in most photos [We don't know which one does she mean tho]. It curves and wraps around in abnormal shape. She told me every time I saw her how much she loved it.”
Demri loved stopping at thrift stores. Tapestries, hats and hippie dresses were her favorite finds. She was also so tiny she had to alter her clothes. According to her mother, Demri was barely five feet tall and never weighed more than a hundred pounds.
In all the following photos she's wearing her mum Kathleen's choker from the 1960s that had purple beads (thanks A for the compilation!):
[Left,modelling shots by Krista Kay - top -, and Pony Maurice - bottom -. Right, Demri by various photographers, including Cliff Feulner - the one wearing a hat -.]
You can check our Demri Book with lots of Memories from family and friends for more Demri stuff, it's organized by topics!
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As for other Demri sites, there's not much active sites for her on the net, sadly.
Here's some that we love:
World of Demri on Instagram
World of Demri substack blog
Demri L. Parrott on facebook
Demri L. Parrott on Instagram
Demri Lara Parrott on Instagram
Jar of Alice's Grunge 777 on tumblr blog (Demri entries)
Groupies Outrageously tumblr blog (Demri entries)
Not updated anymore are:
Model & Artist Demri on blogspot
Remember Layne blog runned by friend Barbara (Demri entries)
Remembering Demri flickr photo albums runned by friend Barbara
Barbara Dearaujo’s livejournal (Demri entries)
David de Sola blog (Demri entries)
Hope that helps! :)
