Celebrate Your Body Fashion Show!

I was asked by Kearny Street Workshop to walk the runway for their May 31 event, Celebrate Your Body, representing my new fav SF upcycle/vintage spot 31 Rax. On Friday night SOMArts was packed with San Francisco's finest fashionistas (including some of my closest friends), vendors and lots of wine.

These were the looks that competed for top two: it was tough letting go of peplum and this purple chiffon Miss Piggy + fur look!

The show started at 8pm, but a lot went into prep! Me and my runway teacup pig, Miss La Chochi (formerly "Sunshine" #psh), and I had been up since, like, 9am! Our hair and makeup appointment was at 2:30, practice was at 4:30 and photo shoot was at 7:30! We barely managed to get in our coffee and mandatory lumpia snacks pre-show!

For the runway I ended up going with two looks:
a Jackie O yachting homage with pearls, white gloves, a vintage seal skin hat with veil and red pumps (pics forthcoming on Facebook) (we styled Miss La Chochi with a red leopard print scarf to keep the look modern - though pictured here with pearls).

And a vintage (80s?), long-sleeve, loud floral print with paisley highlights and faux wrap-around crop top, which I styled with an over-sized hair flower and vintage fur collar.

Here are snippets from an interview I did with Kearny Street Workshop pre-show:

• Describe your fashion style. I have a playful, gawdy, superlatively feminine style. I love glitter, pencil skirts, cheetah print, pink on pink on pink, vintage hats, and feathers. I really love how my big body acts as an expansive canvas for big, colorful pieces (like huge statement necklaces: one of my absolute fashion favs). I like re-imagining and pushing up against traditional femininity - and making room for plus size fashion and fat visibility - with my outfits.
  
• What does beauty mean to you? Beauty is sometimes an oppressive force that I fight and critique. Sometimes it's a word that I don't feel belongs to me. But in the context of love, beauty is a radical way of being and seeing.

Check out the amazing work that Kearny Street Workshop does & if you are a member of the Asian Pacific Islander community apply for inclusion in their upcoming event APAture!