SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

WHERE WOULD WE BE WITH OUT THE ALAIA BODYSUIT? IT FILLS A MUCH NEEDED VOID IN THE WHAT-DO-SEXY-BITCHES-WEAR CIRCLE OF LIFE. YOU KNOW NOTHING SAYS DRESSING SEXY IN THE 80'S LIKE A FORM FITTING, MUTED COLOR, LONG SLEEVE, WOOL JERSEY ALAIA BODYSUIT WITH MATCHING MINI SKIRT!!! WOMEN STILL WANT THEM TODAY. THEY ARE TIMELESS IN A WAY, IN THAT DRESSING LIKE A HOOTCHIE REALLY NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE. SO GO'ON GHURL!!! LET THE HATERS TALK AND GOSSIP ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SEE ALL YOUR BUSINESS IN THAT TOO SHORT SKIRT OR THAT WAAAAY TOO HIGH CUT BODYSUIT, AS LONG AS YOU THINK YOU LOOK GOOD, UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS???

FASHION AT WAR!!!

LIKE I NEED AN EXCUSE TO DRAW SOME ALAIA!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF THE ALAIA 'MERMAID' DRESSES. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH IN MY TIME TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM THAT I'M ALMOST NOT EVEN EXCITED WHEN I RUN ACROSS ONE ANY MORE. I HAVE TO SAY MY FAVORITE VERSION OF THE 'MERMAID' IS THE SEA-FOAM GREEN SILK MOIRE KNIT MINI, THE ONE I'VE DRAWN HERE.

I FIND IT HARD TO THINK OF ALAIA, AND ESPECIALLY THIS DRESS, WITHOUT THINKING OF GRACE JONES. THE IMAGE OF HER IN THE RED LACE-UP 'MERMAID' GOWN IS SO ICONIC. I WANTED TO MAKE THE WEARER OF THIS DRESS A STRONG AFRICAN WARRIOR. I LOOKED INTO SOME TRIBAL SHIELD DESIGNS TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING OFF.

GIMMIE ALAIA!!!

I HAD ORIGINALLY WANTED TO DO 6 PICTURES FOR MY 'GIMMIE! FASHION' COLLECTION BUT I WOUND UP THROWING IN 3 MORE THAT I DREAMED UP ON THE FLY. THESE WERE THE CHANEL, HALSTON AND ALAIA IMAGES. THIS ALAIA ARTWORK USES THE FAMOUS IMAGES OF SINGER-ACTOR-ODD-BALL-WEIRDO GRACE JONES IN HER ICONIC ALAIA 'MERMAID' GOWN. I GAVE HER A SINISTER GRIN AND AN AX BECAUSE, WELL, GRACE JONES IS A KOOK.

PEN AND INK W/ LETRA-TONE ON BRISTOL BOARD

I HEART ACCESSORIES

I KNOW IT SOUNDS ODD FOR A MAN TO SAY HE IS OBSESSED WITH WOMEN'S FASHION ACCESSORIES, BUT, I AM GAY AND WORK IN FASHION, AFTER ALL, SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE NORMAL. IF I EVER HAPPEN TO RUN ACROSS A PAIR OF HEELS OR A HUGE WAIST BELT OR SOME FAB GLOVES OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE I ALWAYS MAKE SURE I DO A QUICK DOODLE OF IT SO I CAN DRAW IT AGAIN PROPERLY AT SOME OTHER TIME.

I WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH A WHOLE BOOK OF JUST MY DRAWINGS OF ACCESSORIES. OR DO A LIL' GALLERY SHOW OF THEM ALL. CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME THAT SOMEONE WILL ASK ME TO SOMEDAY! (*hint hint*)

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD W/ PHOTOSHOP

REBEL YELL!!!

GRACE JONES IN AN ALAIA CREATION IS POSSIBLY THE BEST THING ABOUT FASHION! I MEAN, SHE'S NUTZ AND THE DRESS IS AMAZING SO THAT'S A WINNING COMBO IN MY BOOK.
SHE WORE A DRESS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I DREW HERE IN AN ALAIA FASHION SHOW, BUT IT WAS FLOOR LENGH. I REALLY WANTED HER TO BE IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE POSE WITH A GRAPHIC, ALMOST TRIBAL, FEEL TO THE WHOLE THING. THAT IS WHAT GRACE JONES EPITOMIZES IN FASHION ANYWAY, THE HIGH GLOSS OF PARIS COUTURE WITH THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE DARK CONTINENT.
PLUS I THINK SHE DATED SLY STALLONE IN THE 80'S AND THAT'S REALLY COOL!