I think that’s what clothing should do for us.
Ahead, she shared her thoughts on identity, sexuality, fashion, and more.
As a queer artist, how does Savage X Fenty resonate with you?
Ever since they came straight out the gate, I’ve felt very resonant with the brand.
So as a queer artist and as a human being, I feel super represented by the brand.
I wouldn’t want to work with a brand that I felt didn’t fully get my experience.
Lounge wear is often genderless or unisex.
Does that resonate with you?
I tend to gravitate more towards things that make me feel at the intersection of masculine and feminine.
I think loungewear is that intersection between any sort of expression, and so therefore is the most inclusive.
It translates on everyone.
I feel my most safe to express whatever that means to me in collections like this.
Who would you say are your style icons?
I love FKA Twigs.
I love David Bowie.
If I could be a 90s male heartthrob, I think all my problems would be solved.
A lot of my more dramatic masc femme favorites come from Freddie Mercury.
I’m still trying to unlearn the self-hatred that allows me to express in ways that feel risky.
I’m doing that kind of untethering work right now, because self-expression is so much of being alive.
How do you express your gender and sexuality through fashion?
I probably feel most myself when I look about 10 feet tall like, Jack Skellington drag.
I need to feel a little bit tall, creepy, thin man.
My ideal gender expression is Slender Man.
I like to feel very like a shadow almost.
It’s taken me so long to realize I really don’t feel comfortable in a dress.
I feel more myself when I have bleached eyebrows, when I’m covered in tattoos.
Things that make me feel like I’m reclaiming myself in a way that some people might disagree with.
Sometimes I make those choices on purpose just to remind myself I have the freedom to do it.
What would you say is a current trend that you’re ready to see retired?
I feel like more so than ever I’m noticing trends that I really love.
I love the weird toes on the Tabi Boots.
That really makes my heart sing.
I love these super excessively-beaded balaclavas or balaclavas with ears.
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