The Ve Herding the cats of my creativity

For some reason, I thought I posted these already… But alas! The photos of my glowtastic costume have not yet been shared. As for what it is, I can’t really say. It sort of looks like a futuristic space harlequin or something. But what it isn’t is Lady Gaga (people did dress in crazy costumes [...]

This week has been bananas, so I haven’t had time to post… But before the big day tomorrow, I wanted to share my favorite costume of all time, and the story behind it. In the fall of 2006, I wanted to do a couples costume, but since I was single at the time, I needed [...]

I went to the first and second parties of the Halloween season last night and decided to try another style of mask, this time a graphic pink/yellow design with black borders. It’s hard to see in the picture, but at the junction of each diamond is a dot of black glitter that very subtly caught [...]

I kind of accidentally moved into an apartment right off Hollywood blvd a few months ago (long story). My building is, in a word, bananers. For the first few weeks, I sat rocking in a corner, saying, “What have I done??” But now that I’m getting used to it, I’m really starting to appreciate the [...

Before you get too impressed with this one, you should know that for the first 30 minutes or so, I just sat at my mirror, poking through my makeup kit going “Uummmmmmmmm” before I did anything cool. It wasn’t until after two layers of metallic prints that I had an actual plan. That said, here [...]

In June 2008, I flew to Berlin from Chicago to live as Princess Aura from the 1980 Mike Hodges version of “Flash Gordon” for a two-week performance installation/character exploration/surreal-ass-experience called FICTIVE DAYS, curated by my dear friend Sergio (of Halloween 2008 fame). This photo was