In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd
Elaine Van Hoorn and one-half NelSon have the dubious honor of repeatedly guest starring on Gawker’s recently absorbed Blue States Lose and the now-defunct Tale of Two Cities.
Recently, I cyber-sat with the enigmatic duo and tried to wrap my tiny mind around what they’re about and found I had about as much success as trying to score a pair of $50 Manolos at Century 21.
Fuck me.
Anyhow, after the jump, some petits amuse-bouches to tide you over: have fun!
Angelina: How long have you two been partners? How did you meet? What’s the story?
Elaine Van Hoorn: We met one fateful day, in the year 2002, by chaotic circumstance. It was an instant, undeniable, magnetic bond: love at first sight. We quickly realized our simultaneous passions…
We’ve been working together intensely ever since and in the midst, showroomXS was born. showroomXS has been concentrating its efforts in several different arenas and completing projects anywhere from styling for photo shoots, to tailoring private commission, to throwing total events in the US and Europe as well as composing soundscapes for movement and performance.
A: Neither of you keeps a blog, no?
EVH: No.
A: However, your influential presence within the blogosphere is undeniable. Tale of Two Cities for example, has derisively championed your style ethos with the tenacity of a rabid dog with bone. Besides “any press is good press”, what are your thoughts?
EVH: Being that showroomXS submerges us in a intelligent, meaningful and artistic lifestyle and not just merely a “look” that everyone else possesses, it’s amusing to hear how others react to, and criticize, our way of life. It’s for us, not for them, in the end. We eat it, breath it, see it, touch it, smell it, hear it, live it, and love it.
Perhaps the more tenacious we are, the sooner they’ll come to realize that we’re playing for keeps.
A: What’s next for you two?
EVH: Miami Art Basel, clothes @ Aftur in Copenhagen, website reconstruction (www.showroomXS.com), upcoming “Ready to Inhabit” line, possible editorial in TANK, an immersive performance production and perverting New York Fashion week in the spring, and lots of other secret goodies in the works.
A: Here’s your chance to tell ‘em to fuck off. Who are they and why should they go eat a dick?
EVH: Bring it on. Free speech for all. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions and lifestyles. We do prefer constructive criticism, however.
When limitations are pushed, you move towards XS, towards finding meaning, freedom and release.
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on November 30, 2005 at 10:42 am Ben Popken wrote:
sp: tide you over.
on November 30, 2005 at 10:52 am angelina williams wrote:
b:
thanks. Also fixed staring/starring.
I will be the first to admit my spelling is subpar, but my knack for grammar is uncanny.
on November 30, 2005 at 3:14 pm Gawker wrote:
Hipster Freaks Exist Beyond Internet Mockery
As it turns out, two of the constantly recurring stars of Blue States Lose are actually REAL HUMAN BEINGS…
on November 30, 2005 at 5:20 pm Niki wrote:
a rapid dog? or did ya mean rabid? hmmm, my dogs CAN be rapid with a bone…
on November 30, 2005 at 5:38 pm angelina williams wrote:
GODDAMNIT.
I mean, thanks, guys. that’s like, totally awesome of you to proofread my shit.
spirit sprinkles and all that, k?
on November 30, 2005 at 5:41 pm uhhhh wrote:
Oh, how the outsiders criticize! These weirdos used to run everywhere in the city, and the city was amazing for it.
Now that we have so many vanilla Midwesterners, New Englanders, and Princeton-New Jersians, all of a sudden these people are new? hipsters? what?
It’s hard to find a good freak or fag in the city these days - now all you can get is some wussy Midwestern/New England geek with stupid hair. Times have definitely changed.
on November 30, 2005 at 5:56 pm Nick Douglas wrote:
Nice job getting us Gawkered. By the night’s end, we’ll have as much traffic as the blog Gawker Media shut down.