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>>People Fetish fascist >> Fashion authority helps drag queens, bondage aficionados look simply smashing
by CHRIS BARRY Photo by Jason Felker
Occupation:
Fashion consultant/designer
Age: 42
Salary:
Very comfortable.
Bio: This
Little Burgundy resident and self-described fashion policewoman has
been helping locals look their most glamourous since the mid-1980s.
A handywoman who can “fix anything” and the daughter of a
sweatshop seamstress, Fetishia first started designing clothes when
she was nine years old, fashioning nifty garb out of Kleenex for her
Barbie dolls. Should you be fashion deficient, this gregarious free
spirit will come over to your house, go through your closets, and tell
you which of your outfits have got to go and which ones she will be
able to recycle into something fab. Renowned for her top quality corsets
and bondage wear, she presently owns over 200 pairs of shoes and approximately
5,000 way-cool outfits.
Her choice for
premier location to hunt down cool, recyclable clothes: The Salvation
Army at Guy and Notre-Dame. “Value Village is starting to get too
pricey.”
Is it a misconception
to think that most transvestites have a pretty strong sense of fashion?
“Oh God, yes.”
Is it hard telling
some of her customers that they just don’t have the figure to wear
certain ensembles? Yes. “Especially big guys with wide shoulders
and big arms who are trying to fit into slinky dresses because they
want to look as feminine as possible. Oh God, it can be so tough sometimes.”
Something she
does for her cross-dressing clientele who are insecure about going out
in drag for the first time. Dress them up and take them out on the town
to help see them through it. “They can be really embarrassed
at first but I introduce them to everybody and it always ends up being
a lot of fun. I really enjoy it. My customers always become like family.”
Does she ever
go up to strangers in bars and tell them that they are not wearing their
clothes properly and offer them fashion advice? Yes. “But alternately,
I will also stop a person on the street if I really like what they are
wearing or what they’ve done to their hair.”
What people
usually say to her after being reprimanded for their fashion faux pas:
“Thanks.”
A fashion offence
she feels should be punishable by death: Birkenstocks and socks.
Something else
she does: A dominatrix show at Candy’s every Monday night.
Has she ever
in her life worn the same outfit two days in a row? “Absolutely
never!”
Childhood ambition:
“To become a movie star and wear feather boas, long ballroom gowns
and smoke through one of those long cigarette holders.”
One bold claim:
“I can out-drink anyone and still be able to stand on my stilettos.
I’m a party animal.”
One public figure
whom she holds in high regard:
Elvira. “She’s the perfect party animal slut. I adore her.”
Where she hangs
out: Funhouse, Cleopatra’s.
Last book read:
Poems and Short Stories by Nikolas Platsidkis, who also happens to be
her late uncle.
Musical preferences:
Mozart, Jim Zeller, opera.
Television preferences:
The Drew Carey Show, Will and Grace.
Words of wisdom:
“Have fun, for goodness sake, have fun.” :
Comments? dimwit@openface.ca
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Name:
Fetishia