Everybody's Dressing Funny, Color Me Impressed

Alex! Hi! You look wonderful, dear!

Well, thank you,

Can you talk a little about your outfit, tonight?

Sure - The hat is a find from the lost and found bin of a local coffee shop, the dress was purchased from the Englewood ARC and modified by myself with green felt letters, that spell out, "PANSY". The tights are from Target and many of my accessories are from various independent fashion stores, both past and present; real and imaginary and the boots -

Well, something I found, the last time I was in Paris. The tenant before me thought he was on the set of Sex and The City, the Gay version and well - when he left, these were to be left behind, as well (laughter)

So - why a dress - are you working with gender issues, emasculation -

What? No. No - I just wanted to wear a dress. This dress isn't emasculating at all. It's boxy and shows off my arm muscles. I'm more of a male tomboy than working with anything close to expressing femininity. I, myself and not very effeminate, but I don't see that stopping me from wearing something I think looks good.

But - what about the added text - "PANSY"

"PANSY" is only a derogatory word to people who are homophobic. As I said, I am not homosexual, nor am I homophobic. The word itself comes from French - from the word, penser (pronounced somewhat like: pansay), "to think". It's a play of words. Maybe you should think about it - well, as it is.

And, the purse?

Well, the dress doesn't have any pockets - what did you want me to do? The purse is also made from old ties and such, put together.

And your glasses?

I'm blind without them. Sometimes, eyeglasses are just eyeglasses.

But, they're the style of Allen Ginsberg, no?

They were also $17, when I bought them 5 years ago. I probably bought them first for the price.

You must tell me, finally, about your cuffs.

Can't tell you much: they're made of recycled bike inner tubes. They're purely made of rubber, make me itch and are sweaty. But, they do show off my arms even more. I feel like an old-school WWF wrestler with them!

Wanna 'rastle!?