Gone are the days where a made-up face, some fancy shoes and a track of hair clipped atop your head qualified you as a bona-fide 'clubkid.' As put by club legend Kenny Kenny himself, today's clubscene asks for more: "If you have nothing to say, it's tired." So what are the clubkids (for lack of a better term) of today doing that solidifies their title as Nu Freaks?
A few years back it seemed that everyone and their sister was a stylist. or a makeup artist, yet few have successfully made their way through the haze of bad styling and less than monumental makeup and met with success. One wayfarer to make his way through the fold was nightlife extraordinaire Miranda Moondust. Coming from Worcester, Massachusetts, Miranda single handedly claimed New York City Nightlife as his own from the ground up.
Today, Miss Moondust is more than just a pretty face that dominates today's scene.
Miranda studies as a student of Fine Arts at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, but of more relevance to the clubscene, Miranda has also made a name for himself working as a professional makeup artist under the pseudonym "MOONDUST." Miranda started his professional career by being a regular "on call" makeup artist for Esquire Magazine and today, MOONDUST's work is featured regularly in Zink Magazine. Miranda has also done work for David LaChapelle in his latest book "Artists and Prostitutes" working on notable models such as Amanda Lepore and Aimee Phillips.
What else do the clubkids and 'chic freaks' of today have to offer to the scene? Another innovative thinker has been Madam Gazelle, more regularly known as 'Gazelle.' Realizing the need to document the clubkids and chic freaks of New York City Nightlife, Gazelle selflessly started an online 'fotolog' to showcase their many beautiful and ostentatious faces.
Overwhelming popularity of the fotolog inspired Gazelle to turn the website into magazine format. The by-product of this innovation is known today as "Gazelland Magazine." Gazelland is a tribute to the clubkids of New York City and beyond and all that they inspire in today's fashion, music and art.
Another innovator in the scene is newcomer "Muffinhead", other half of the burlesque madam, Amber Ray. Muffinhead, who uses his skills in drawing, digital design and painting to create his art, has in recent years become known in L.A. for his "outer underground approach" and "extreme art couture."
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