#13: Dave (aka Faggot Rooster)
Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
By Andrew Georgiou
Whereabouts in Sydney are you from, Mr Rooster? I'm a local: Darlinghurst.
And where were you on your way to before we fashion-jacked you? I was on my way to Mr Stinky, a
second hand clothing shop on Cleveland Street.
What are you looking to buy today? Oh nothing, I've just got a friend who works there so I always go and have a look to see what they have.
What do you do? I run a night at the Colombian Hotel on Thursadys and a night at the Phoenix Bar called Stink Pit.
What's the Christina Aguilera number around your neck all about? Oh it's from a cigarette tin I got in Chinatown, and this clear tube has a piece of her hair in it.
Oh, OK. You didn't just up and pluck a piece of the woman's DNA from her person did you? No, I was doing assistant wardrobe work at her concert during her last tour, and this was attached to one of the sequins on an outfit so I kept it as a keepsake.
Creepy yet Interesting. Yes, very. The lesson learnt there is that long hair and sequins don't mix, because unscrupulous people like myself can pick it off and keep it.
We like your leg warmers. They are a tad Flashdance. Tell us about them. Oh, they are just there because I don't have boots at the moment. I'm so used to boots that I can't wear normal shoes. Plus it's cold today.
What about the leather codpiece in your jeans? Did you sew that in yourself? They were women's jeans and I had to alter them to fit and make them a little more exciting.
How much of your wardrobe is modified? Do you buy anything off the rack and wear it? No, pretty much everything I buy has to be altered.
We can see you have a unique talent for ‘alterations with edge'. You could say that. I do find a lot of ready to wear stuff pretty boring, so I like to add a little something to it.
As an overall look it works beautifully. Ta.
Mr Stinky, 482 Cleveland St Surry Hills, 2010 (02 9310 7005)