We’re painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies…
If you’re still deliberating whether to attend tonight’s
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – AROUND TOWN – BOWIEBALL
The economy is tanking, the winter doldrums are setting in, and the tourists and the family are descending, but don?t let that bring you down: pull yourself up by your skinny jeans and hit BowieBall, a glittery, wild-haired, wild-eyed party in honor of the Thin White Duke, in all his gender-bending glory.
Deryck Todd, an artist, fashion designer and David Bowie lover, came up with the idea a few years ago when he was casting about for a party theme. (?I?m a big fan of alliteration,? Mr. Todd, 28, said.) It was an instant hit: by the second ball, at Don Hill?s, there was a line around the block, and the event has been attracting the zip-up-jumpsuit crowd ever since. ?It?s gay, it?s straight, it?s bi, it?s hipster, it?s people who are trying to get in with a fake ID, and people who saw Bowie in 1968 in London,? Mr. Todd said. He added, ?Bowie gave a voice to so many people, to inspire them to be individuals, to challenge who they are, to pretend they are from other planets and get away with it.?
So far, there have been no actual Bowie sightings, but doppelgängers abound. This year?s ball, the sixth, has a half-dozen D.J.?s ? including the downtown mainstay Michael T. ? burlesque and drag performances, and appearances by people in the Ziggy Stardust orbit, like Earl Slick, Mr. Bowie?s original guitarist.
For the first time there will be a fashion installation, with mannequins decked out in Bowie-inspired garb by designers like Stephen Burrows and Richie Rich; Stella B. Zotis, a contestant on last season?s ?Project Runway,? will serve as a host. There is, of course, a dress code: the themes are Warholian superstar, young American heroes or Goblin Kings. Though the doorman can be fierce, there are options for the casual ?Space Oddity? fan ? the party offers a glam makeup station (think major applications of eye shadow and lightning bolts.) ?If you come and you?re not wearing any pleather, and for some reason you?re wearing pleated khakis? which I really hope they?re not ? they can get a makeover and fit in for one night,? Mr. Todd said. ?Fit in with the un-fitters.?
Saturday from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., Santos Party House, 100 Lafayette Street, at Walker Street, Lower Manhattan.
Melena Ryzik
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