Miss Gay Highland Park America Drag Snaps

Whew! What a fabulous week/end! The highlight of my week was definitively my performances at Miss Gay Highland Park America! Not only did i get to share the stage with some of the best queens around, but i got to do it twice!!

Here are some pics from the night. Photos courtesy of Larry the Fairy. Enjoy!

Except this photo is courtesy of my beautiful partner, Candace Collins.

Gaybingo Dallas - 50 Shades of Gay

What a fabulous time and a fabulous show at Gaybingo this past Saturday!!

One of the best things about dancing with people for five + years is that you don't require a lot of rehearsal time to pull off a kick ass show!! i received a text from my dancing soul mate, Manny, on Friday about resurrecting our "Single Ladies" production and the next day (with less than an hour rehearsal and NO stage time) we pulled off a SICK O NEEN mini production.

Here are some pics of the first Gaybingo of 2013 with a video coming soon! All photos are courtesy of Cher Musico of Musico Roots Photography.

To view the entire photo album, click here. Enjoy!!

Project Nunway Part I - The Birth of a Brandi Amara Skyy Couture Project

So i'm really excited to be designing for Dallas' Project Nunway. The date has been set (April 27th) and a theme has been chosen, "A Fairy's Tale." i got paired up with SisterPlenty O'Cleavage (her name is EVERYTHING!) and when we met she told me her favorite fairy tale dress was Drew Barrymore's Ever After Cinderella gown (which i then informed her is one of my favorite movies!!!!!!).

The dress is GORGEOUS, but a tad bit too traditional for my style. My aesthetic relies heavily upon unconventional materials--paper, condoms, found objects, etc. So, i really wanted to marry my vision to what she wanted. Later in the week, i came across this David LaChapelle photo from Harper's Bazaar and fell in LOVE with the concept



A DRESS MADE OUT OF CELLOPHANE!!! HOW BRILLIANT IS THAT?!?!?

i had found the missing textile to my design!! So i sketched out a dress made out of fabrics AND cellophane (oh, yes with wings too!)

TA-DA!!

The beginnings of Nunway Couture has begun! This is a very raw sketch of what the dress will probably end up looking like. One of the perks of this project is that i get to sashay down the runway with my sister so i get to concoct not one, but TWO sickening couture pieces!!!!!

i'm soo excited about where this is going and i can't wait to get started!  i will be blogging throughout the project (much like this post) so keep to checking back to see how the look progresses (and transforms)!!

 

Dallas Block Party-- A Faux and 3 Drag Queens

What an amazing and unexpected weekend!

Here in Dallas, we have what is known as THE block party the weekend before Halloween; the street closes down, everyone gets dressed up, and they drink, drink, and drink. It's something that everyone needs to experience at least once.

i didn't plan on going this year (i've gone to all but one since i've lived here), but the drag-verse had other plans. At the last minute (literally 20 minutes *gasp*), i was texted by Richard Curtain--GM & show director at S4/The Rose Room not to mention THE Edna Jean Robinson--reminding me of a performance that i had committed to early in the week. i hadn't heard anything about it so i just ASSumed it wasn't happening.

SOOOOO

i painted the quickest drag mug EVER and ran across the street--trying to part the seas of people that were everywhere--and was greeting with the news that i was going to be performing with, not only Edna herself, but two of the baddest drag bitches in Dallas: Jenna Skyy and Krystal Summers.

HELLO!?!?! IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE FLAWLESS FOR A FAUX QUEEN!!

And there i was: in front of thousands of cheering Halloweeners as one of the 4 fiercest and best dressed queens on the block.

Wanna see?!?!?

(It's not my favorite pic of myself, but hey--it captured a moment that otherwise would have lived only in my head.)

Me, Jenna Skyy, and Krystal Summers

(That's my legs on the left!!) We were number 7 of the 15 Best Costumes at the block party!

WERQ IT GOLDIGGERS!!!

Great night, great peeps, and the longest catwalk ever!!

Here are more fun block party pics



To see the rest of the pics, click here.

Ahhh...i love Halloween!

brandi amara skyy faux queen performance collection

so i've been working on finding & putting together a collection of some of my favorite performance with gaybingo dallas and various pageants. i created a youtube channel with some of these performances.

i was trying to find the first show i did as a faux queen at gaybingo, but that search continues on.

check out some of these videos and let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99EE9905D785EDFE

make sure you check out my channel and add me to your twitter!!

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thebrandiamaraskyy
twitter: @brandiamaraskyy

brandi amara skyy - miss lifewalk 2012 talent

so i know it's been a while BUT...

i'm uber-excited to share with you a fan made video of my cosmic love florence + the machine talent.

let me know what you think!!!!

pics coming soon!!

Last Saturday's Drag Performance

yea! someone got a video of our drag show performance last weekend! our regular videographer had to cancel at the last minute, but at least you can see me faux queening in my costume creation.

our group is called SOMETHING FABULOUS!! we are made up of drag queens, faux queens, male drag performers, and other lgbt folks. cast: jenna skyy as Madonna, myself as m.i.a., asia o'hara as nicki minaj, michael hayes as LMFAO with the fro, josue as the other LMFAO, manny castro as my dance partner at the beginning, back-up dancers: jennifer owens, sassy o'hara, amy deaton, mike mogg.

we are an amazingly diverse family. hope you enjoy!!