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About Me


Greetings, I am Shelley and I created Zombie Kitten Originals. I sew everyday for about 10 hours a day~ 7 days a week. Zombie Kitten Originals is a 100% one gal run small DIY business...run out of a studio apt in Los Angeles.
Inspired by vintage glamour, b-movie horror, atomic dish patterns, b-movies featuring bad girls with switchblades, all girl gangs and juvenile delinquents.
A fusion of elements from the Punk movement (the heavy zipper) and the designs of the timeless 40s pencil skirt inspired me to create.... giving my skirts a bad girl edge for the modern gal.
(zombie_kitten started on ebay 2004 & www.zombie-kitten.com started Feb. 2006)
available at:
www.zombie-kitten.com
www.ZombieKittenO.etsy.com
Retail Locations:
www.angryyoungandpoor.com
www.beyondthetrapdoor.com
www.luckykat.net
Interviews:
http://whatthecraft.com/blog/?p=154
www.deadboypro.com/shelly-smatana.html
Etsy
Buy Handmade
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My Interests


MY 1963 Ford Thunderbird, Arch Hall Jr, 1930's, 1940's, 1940's hair styles, 1950's, 1950s furniture, 50's culture, art deco, atomic era, auctions, b-movies, bad girls, bangs, bats, beat generation, being crafty, Bela Lugosi, Bettie Page, Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein, Brooklyn Blackie, bullet birds, car restoration, cardigan sweaters, cat eye glasses, coffee shops, coffins, corsets, creepers, cuffed jeans, cult films, custom cars, diners, doo wop, dracula, drive-ins, eames, early 60's cars, Edward Wood Jr., film noir, fire king, flea markets, floating brains from outerspace, ford, forearm tattoos, frankenstein, fuzzy dice, gamma rays, George Barris, ghosts, giant insects, gingham, girl bands, girl gangs, girls town, glass-packs, graveyards, greasers, green soap, halloween, halloween socks, hearses, hotrods, hula girls, Joe Frank, John Agar, juvenile delinquent movies, kitsch, kustom kulture, late 50's cars, Lon Chaney, Mamie Van Doren, monsters, motor inn's, pencil skirts, Peter Lorre, pin-ups, pole lamps, polka dots, pompadours, pontiacs, psychobilly, punk, rabbits, rat rods, records, retro living, retro signs, roadside attractions, rockabilly, route 66, rubber, sci-fi movies, sewing, sideburns, spiderwebs, starburst, streetpunk, super 8 film, switchblades, t-birds, tattoo history, thrift shops, tiki mugs, tikis, traditional tattoos, uk82, upright bass, urban ruins, v bangs, Vampira, voodoo, welding, werewolves, western shirts, white trash, white walls, wolfman, zombies.

I'd like to meet:



THANK yous allways to: the talented models, the talented photographers, friends who help me AND my customers!!! I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

Music:

A-Heads * A.B.H. * The Enemy * Post Mortem * The Expelled * Vice Squad * Intensive Care * Dead Mans Shadow * Violators * Cock Sparrer * Crux * Mau Maus * Patrol * Instant Agony * External Menace * The Misfits * Uproar * Dead Wretched * Post Mortem * Attak * Icon AD * Major Accident * Potential Threat * Krewmen * Torment * Batmobile * The Meteors * Mad Sin * Lost Souls * Demented Are Go * Les Crabs! * Dypsomaniaxe * The Quakes * The Sharks * Nekromantix * Sparkle Moore * Wanda Jackson * Janis Martin * Patsy Cline * Charline Arthur * Brenda Lee * The Collins Kids * Johnny Burnette Trio * Ben Hewitt * Gene Vincent * Benny Joy * Barbara Pittman * Ronnie Self * The Sonics * The Seeds * The Monsters * Thee Headcoatees * Thee Milkshakes * The Delmonas * Screaming Lord Sutch * Tall Boys * Black Raven * Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers * .....and many many MORE!!! but I am going to stop here.

Movies:

The Choppers * T-Bird Gang * Wild Guitar * Teenage Doll * Hot Rod Girl * The Beatniks * Jail Bait * Violent Years * High School Hellcats * High School Confidential * High School Casear * Girl Gang * Naked Youth * Gonks Gone Beat * She-Devils on Wheels * The Horror on Party Beach * Astro Zombies * The Corpse Grinders * This Island Earth * The Wasp Woman * The Corpse Grinders * It Came From Outer Space * The Deadly Mantis * The Defilers * Scum of the Earth * Teenagers from Outer Space * Devil Bat * Brain From the Planet Arous * Monster on Campus * Undertaker and his Pals * Two Thousand Maniacs * Blood Feast * It Came From Beneath the Sea * Teenage Frankenstein* Frankensteins Daughter * Them * Tarantula * White Zombie * Dracula * The Wolfman * Frankenstein * Creature From the Black Lagoon * Invasion of the Saucer-Men * Bride of Frankenstein * Kiss Me Deadly * Detour * Shock Corridor * ....and that is to name a few

Television:

Not a big TV watcher. I don't even have cable or Tivo... I like 60's TV shows the best.... * Green Acres * Mr. Ed * Addams Family * The Munsters * Gilligan's Island * Bewitched * The Brady Bunch * There are a few 90's shows I like: Roseanne * Dharma & Greg * AND the only a few shows that have recently impressed me (the rest bore me) : * The Shield * Lost * The League of Gentlemen *

Books:

for fun: detective books by women authors like: Ruth Birmingham, Charlaine Harris, Cleo Coyle, Amanda Matetsky.
for more mental sitmutation: Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac.
for not making me feel like a wack-a-doo: Modern Art books that revolve around Conceptual Art. & Books on some of my favorite artist like: Marina Abramovic, Janine Antoni, Andrea Zittel, Vito Acconci, Eva Hesse....etc.
I adore radio shows! Like: Joe Frank & This American Life.

My Blog

*new* ZKO Interview

check out the NEW ZKO interview on whatthecraft.com! http://whatthecraft.com/blog/?p=154Interview by Alexis of Smarmy Clothes!
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:29:00 PST

Shelley & Kens Jerome and Route 66 adventure~

I have one of the most thoughtful, sweet....romantic boyfriend ever.You see-- I work like a possed maniac....at times....many nights I work until 2 am.ok. So....here was the special suprise he took m...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:00 PST

Honky Tonk Pinup...Kitty King NEW memeber of ZKO army!

Live at the Garden Cafe .....
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Sun, 11 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

ATTN: Models please read.

I am flattered that you would like to model for ZKO! BUT I am NOT currently seeking ANY models. I have decided to just use three OUTSTANDING models faithfully. till the end.....or untill they get sic...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:26:00 PST

Ivy D’Muerta~ooooohhhh it is ATOMIC! part 3

WHOA! WHOA!!! check out Ivy D'Muerta and photo by Kat Attack Photography Yet another atomic skirts.....inspired by 50's dish designs and embroidered by Heavy Threads Custom Embroidery.These skirts wil...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:41:00 PST

Shelley & Kens Gatorland adventure and more...

This past weekend I was in FL! in addition to going to Billetproof.Ken took me to......Home of many gators you can feed hot dogs too.of course there are other animals at gatorland you can feed....one...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST

Billetproof 08, Ocala, FL~ my favs

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Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST

ATTN: Models. PLEASE READ...before e-mailing me.

I am flattered that you would like to model for ZKO! ....BUT I am NOT currently seeking new models.I get numerous inquiries a day.....ugh!I also DO NOT loan out skirts for photo shoots. So please don...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:44:00 PST

presenting : ili jean new memeber of ZKO army!

photo by Alice the Greatphoto by : Denise Lecusay Check out her profile: ili jeanand ..... ...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:07:00 PST

Ophelia Handful in Zombie Kitten Originals...its ATOMIC!

seee....I have been working on some new stuff!!! (skirt embroidered by Heavy Threads)many THANK YOU's TO:Ophelia Handful Uncle Fezter and his lovely Lotus Flower Clip and Photo by Kelly Watkins...
Posted by Zombie Kitten Originals" on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:33:00 PST