Billy Bowers RULES.
September 2nd, 2009 | 
Author: While i was in San Francisco for my art show last month i managed to meet up with Billy Bowers (one of my favorite designers) at his home… Billy had given us his ‘Key West’ jacket as a gift 3 years ago and i still had a little applique i had been wanting to give him as a thankyou gift so Sarah and I went over to see him in the apartment he shares with his oldest friend Snapdragon. Snappy was house-sitting for a friend tho and we also missed Rumi Missabu by minutes which was a shame….but…
Billy is the sweetest, most modest man ever in the world and almost all he talked of was his happiness for his friends success in the recently re-united Cockettes…He works just as much as he ever did and is still friends with all the old gang…He showed me his portfolio of photography over the years and talked me thru every character and scenario he shot…we got a sneak peak at his glitter and sequin embellishments on the last copy of the Cockettes colouring book, talked about photographer Wendy Mukluk and we tried on jackets and skirts and wrapped ourselves up in a giant plastic toy covered multi zebra, faux fur and glitter hangings covered in old gay porn. His room was covered in original Cockettes paraphernalia and he very sweetly gave me his own copy of a Cockettes poster from his wall which now hangs in my Sewnut…His room was just like a modern day equivilant of the Mukluk photos you see of him surrounded by odd nik naks….I love the big gap in his teeth and that he still has specs of glitter on his face and that he keeps a big box of it and sequins on his work table….He kept the plastic flowers i glued onto his present for one of his art pieces and we moaned about the cost of doilies these days. I told him how i copied his doilie stuff for myself and he told me how he constructed those back in the day…He told us more old stories….I asked him about my absolute hero…Kaisik Wong..he said he’s ‘a genius’ so….obviously Billy RULES! We planned on a picnic or old movie date with Snapdragon for next time…
READ ALL ABOUT BILLY’S ART… HERE
BILLY BACK IN THE DAY….
WITH BILLY AT HOME….
THATS THE SATIN PORTRAIT I MADE HIM ON HIS LAP…
Posted in FANTASY, RAGS | 
Tags: angels of light, art to wear, Billy Bowers, kaisik wong, san francisco, snappy, the cockettes, Wendy Lukluk
He is brilliant, I’m so envious! I would love to see a pic of the Key West jacket.
Nice! Oh, and I like the updated blog layout.
Oooo! How exciting! I’ve always loved Wendy’s photos of him.
this is so unbelievably amazing!! Wish we parading down the street now in glitter and dresses of chiffons, with 10ft long trains, rollerskating and dancing and singing. so AMAZING,.. mISSkk
oh god that giant cock calendar behind sarah is fantastic…..
i sooooooo enjoyed reading this, he looks so good with his satin face on his knee. god its amazing looking at the old pics again, i’d forgotten how beautiful he looked when he was pinning up those chequered troos in the living room. he sounds so so sweet, he musta thought a bird of paradise had landed when he opened the door to YOU xxxxxxxxx
wow.. rad! so cool you met him and you guys are ALWAYS having fun.. AZ IS BLAND as of late.
oh im so glad you got to put these up! i cant believe we had not even had a chance to talk about these… i love the way he sent the box for you at my store with that jacket! i love those pics me you and dusty took the first night we met him with the jacket that billy sent you! love you jo so glad you met him ! xxxxx
He is the best!i will upload some snaps of the Key West jacket he sent us too….i will do that this week…i wish all you could meet him…i especially know how much Moni would have been in billy heaven…next time! XXX
I like your post. Your blog is fantastic.