![]() Jett has a few other side projects in the works. “They said about 5,000 kids will get music classes from the benefit,” Jett said. When Jett was honored at last month’s Little Kids Rock benefit, the Hot Topic Foundation donated $250,000 in her name and scores of T-shirts for guests. ![]() Guys like to wear girls clothes because sometimes they’re more stylish and better looking guys’ clothes.” “I know a lot of boys who wear girls’ clothes especially in rock bands. It sounds kind of cliché to say but minimalist, rock ’n’ roll, edgy and dark, but they all apply to my style - androgynous because I don’t have a bunch of curves,” she said. “It’s tough to put words to your own self. The label is meant to appeal to women and men, according to Jett, who was hard-pressed to describe her own look. Jett’s line for Hot Topic retails from $32.50 for a black asymmetrical tank with pleather and lace-up details to $64.50 for a black twill belted motorcycle jacket with lace-up sleeves. So Jett and Laguna started cutting records themselves and sold them from his Cadillac at shows, during her “Put Another Dime in the Jukebox” days. Jett started up her own label after being rejected by 23 major and minor record companies who didn’t think an electric-guitar-playing woman would cut it with fans. In 1980, she started Blackheart Records with her songwriting partner and producer Kenny Laguna, and has been touring on and off ever since. Winding down this year with a few special gigs, Jett knows of what she speaks. And Tripp is kind of famous in New York for catering to that rock ’n’ roll downtown, edgy kind of vibe.” Jett said, “I’ve known about Hot Topic for years and years because on the road there are very few places in certain areas of the country where you can find kind of rock ’n’ roll clothes.
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