Accolades
“We (New York City) are the American cradle of Punk Rock, home to a very colorful cast of characters, and a place where life is sometimes MANIC-PANICKED. Therefore, it’s no surprise that our residents have become so fond of your hair dye, clothing, and cosmetics.”
- MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, former Mayor of NYC on the occasion of Manic Panic’s 30th Anniversary
On the cover of the estimable Beauty Store Business Magazine, November 2017
Beauty Bus Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
NYLON Magazine Award 2014
ICMAD City Award Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
Crain's Magazine Top Entrepreneur Small Business Award 2002
Women Presidents Organization Women of Color Award 2011
LondonEdge Best Booth Design Award 2010
Cereghino Smith winery named their best selling merlot 'Rock 'N' Roll Red' and who better to represent the rock than Tish & Snooky? Fun fact: Fred Smith bassist from the original Blondie band and Television and his wife Paula are the winemakers.
Women's Entrepreneurship Colorado Day Trailblazer Award 2023
Featured in Museum Exhibits
The Museum of the City Of New York, June 2021 - Going on right now!
New York, New Music 1980-1986 highlights diverse musical artists—from Run DMC to the Talking Heads, from Madonna to John Zorn—as a lens to explore the broader music and cultural scene, including the innovative media outlets, venues, record labels, fashion and visual arts centered in New York City in these years.
Footage of a performance by Tish and Snooky filmed by Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong @Gonightclubbing is included in the exhibit.
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MoMA Oct 2017-Apr 2018
Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983 was the first major exhibition to fully examine the scene-changing, interdisciplinary life of this seminal downtown New York alternative space.
Tish and Snooky performed regularly at the iconic performance space and were thus featured in the exhibit.
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New York City’s Museum of Sex, November 2018 – November 2019
Punk Lust: Raw Provocation 1971-1985, a survey looking at the way Punk culture used the language of sexuality–both visually and lyrically–to transgress and defy, whether in the service of political provocation, raw desire, or just to break through the stifling gender norms and social expectations that punks refused to let define them.
The exhibit featured selections from Tish and Snooky’s original couture - their infamous Sic F*cks costumes plus photos and memorabilia from the original Manic Panic 1977 shop.
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