INSIDE:OUT JUNE 28 @ the LIBRARY 730PM DETAILS

10 Days til the show!


Here's a basic text of everything you need to know- that I know about it so far. It's going to be a great great party.


The show, titled and themed INSIDE:OUT. 
Because our Insides are as important as our Outsides. Just as the seams are as important as the pressing! 


It's THURSDAY JUNE 28 @ 730PM.


It's probably going to actually begin around 7:40pm. It will be a max 30 minute show followed by a reception on the second floor of the library with wine and champagne and:


 ICE CREAM provided by PTOWN SCOOP.




The looks of my models (make up) will be crafted by the artists of Kiss & Make Up.




The HAIR will be by the magicians at Snip Salon.




There will be an Opening dance performance by the Faerie Madison Orange. This link is her facebook but she's one talented lady.




Live music will be brought to you by Cape Cod African Dance & Drum.




The beauty of Light and Sound will be created by MJAUDIO.




Some filming will be done by Tony Thai. Check out his work at Southofangels.




Also a major shout out to a friend, artist, and my graphic designer extraordinaire: Elyssa Cohen. She is fabulous.




I also want to say this collection would not be what it is without the mentorship of Josh Patner. Check out his store which opens the same day! Loveland!




The show is on a Thursday night which means afterward you should go to Abrakadabra. Because I did the costumes and it's a fantastic show. And David Flower and Tristan DiVencenzo are amazing.




And if you haven't done so yet, please see B.Xclusive. This is where I was sewing all winter. And see Mary DeAngelis & Silk & Feathers which is where I will be all summer. These women are the loves of my life.

There are many more credits to come.  See you in 10 days with more pictures! Check facebook for in process shots :)

The Jungle

The last few weeks have been insane.


Planetary shifts have caused much aggression in attitude, energy, and efforts.


I've been wanting to write about a few things here for a while but have been focused on designing and building the costumes for ABRAKADABRA.


IF YOU ARE IN PROVINCETOWN THIS SUMMER YOU MUST GO TO THIS AMAZING SHOW!!!!!!! IT'S AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!
WWW.DAVIDFLOWER.COM/ABRAKADABRA

Get your tix at that link. Do it now.  The show is at Velvet Lounge, beneath Saki, next to Town Hall.


The show is a multimedia experience. The cast is fantastic and they look amazing. Mona Mour, Shady Pines & the wonderful starlet Molly Hayman= stunning brilliance. It was an honor to be a part of this show, which for me has been in the forging since the beginning of March. It's quite amazing actually how these seeds start with an enthusiastic conversation, then every meeting becomes more serious. Setbacks are thrown. Miracles occur. Breakdowns. Shutdowns. Pushups. Push forwards. And boom! Opening Night! Show Night! And boom! Done. Thanks.


Leading up to & during this project, I was feeling a lot of gratitude- like I was accomplishing a dream of a multi-tasking designer. One of my idols is the great Gianni Versace for his humor and craftsmanship but also for the example of his career: his ability to do in a year a number of collections for his own line, costumes for an opera and or ballet, and release an art book... and here I am doing costumes for a somewhat revolutionary for Provincetown production, producing & building my own show & collection, and working retail. Still feeling blessed actually :)


It was so nice to take a break from thinking in size runs and be able to couture out a little and make some absolutely ridiculous things, thong onesie corsets abundant... However- just because it's clothing doesn't mean costume is the same. It's a completely different mode of thinking. Example- Jean Paul Gaultier's costumes for Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour all had initially invisible zippers, couture treatments, and total gorgeousness but even Madge needs to get in and out of that shizzam in seconds so those big zippers gotta go in... and Mona Mour's dress is gonna just get shorter every performance. And for drama, Molly's bodysuit just needed more and more sparkles and beads! Luckily a master bead queen came in and put his magical touch to this piece. (You better go to this show now)


Actually I had a small and wonderful team come in this final week to help get everything done, lots of snaps, lots of hand-stitching, hemming and just general finishing but with a loving attitude and care that brought the esthetic together in the magical way that these endeavors do.


Now I am redirecting my energy into retail and my own show. It's been an absolute joy to see my favorites at Kidstuff (381 Commercial) and Silk & Feathers (377 Commercial). Looking forward to seeing more friends from the past 3 years. Working at Kidstuff is so rewarding because the kids that come in every year are a little bigger, their personality a little more developed and so is their capacity to express themselves and the kids of our world that come to Provincetown starting at 3 months or 2 years or 6 are really bright. Totally gives me hope for the future. 


One more topic:


I wanted to talk about the magic of getting into an exciting project and falling in love. Joni Mitchell once said (the only reference i can give is a muchmusic bio special) 'Falling in love is so much fun!' It's inspiring and motivating and competitive in a good way.


It's also exhausting, nerve-racking, nausea-inducing,  faint-provoking, shit-your-pants-potentializing, the list goes on. It's gross and it's messy and every insecurity you've ever had about yourself, from your hair to your breath to your ability to perform is at full volume. 'He loves me he loves me not' on rotation, with the intonations of Disney film and Tennessee Williams proportions. But it can make you do some of the best work of your career. Making something has a very similar process.  You get the idea, it's exciting, you start working on it, the idea is coming to life, but you're not sure, what ifs float around your head just as much as roses and twinkling stars. Then of course something fucks up and it's the most discouraging fuck up possible and you have to take a break and question your whole purpose in life to discover you just needed a nap. Fresh eyes and some coffee and a new discovery is made that snaps the project into formation and into something greater and more exciting than ever thought before- with a lot more meaning. And just as the lines on your lover's face can tell the history of rejections til this moment and this one person's smile wipes out the hurt you've had welled up for so long, every detail on your project is the story of how you built it- and what it took. 


My process is this rigorous. And intense projects and new relationships somehow trigger at the same time to make sure that I'm operating at full intensity. Right now- as I'm building most of what I make myself, or it's still quite close to me when it's delegated, the technical building of the pieces is a relationship. It's as much me listening to the fabric and the sewing machine and the faeries as it is me directing the motions. In this way, I'm in constant collaboration. Though sometimes the collaboration is just me in my studio, by myself. That time feeds me to bring out the love I create in private for the world to see. Which it will see June 28 @ the Library.


Art time = friend time = lover's time = family time. Whatever your art is, whoever your friends are, wherever your lover is, however the family may be the quadrants feed us to provide to our obligations and for all the sickness that may flare up at the thought of making the call to that person it's worth it because it is living. And it's worth it to throw in that extra color, bead, kiss or whatever that makes it wild and risky. Easier said than done, but I figure if I say it- it will get me one step closer to practicing it daily.