Interview with Kathleen Crowley

by kSea Flux

Note: As is sometimes the case, hellos' were said, an easy conversation started, and before I knew it the interview is essentially happening. Man, I need to work on that... Don't worry, you didn't miss much. ~ kSea

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Kathleen Crowley: I am liking the direction that style seems to be going as far as the circus-y tribal-y steampunk-y thing.

KC: Yeah, there is. I don't usually like what I see on the American runway every year for fashion week. I get pretty disillusioned and I can't really look at it. [laughs] I hate to say that but I just feel like most American fashion is just boring as hell.

KC: It is. I don't even know where to begin with that one. It seems like we're so afraid as a society to experiment anymore.

kSea: And be individuals.

KC: Yes. We have become the borg. [laughs]

I walk through a nondescript door at the Exploratorium and enter a small sea of people, all making final adjustments to their exquisite costumes and makeup. Each costume is exceptionally unique, but every one has a certain feel to it - and in their individuality proudly proclaim that they have come from the mind and incredible talents of Bad Unkl Sista. Inside this room is a strange and beautiful world, and if I let my mind wander for a minute I can clearly find myself in a dream where these characters are preparing to be introduced to a new book involving the whimsy of Dr. Seuss and oddness of Tim Burton’s animation, with not such a small measure of The Brothers Quay.