Whether she’s dressed up as a used maxi pad or a bottle of poppers, she's consistently fierce from head-to-toe. Read our interview with Linux, below.
Let's start from the beginning. How did you first get involved in the club scene?
Growing up in Wisconsin, all the kids in my high school were straight edge and Catholic. At age 16, I got a car and a fake ID, and started driving to the nearest city, Milwaukee, and going to gay clubs downtown. I made friends with a bunch of Milwaukee drag queens who I performed with at nightclubs on school nights, and when I finally graduated high school we moved to LA together. I lost my fake ID and the only way for me to get passed the bouncers was by dressing up crazier and crazier every week, so they would just assume I was somebody and wouldn’t check my ID. I fell so in love with the looks I created when I was going out, and it was a high I had never experienced before. After a few months in LA and a summer in Chicago, I hopped off a bus in New York City and the rest is history.
You have created some pretty major looks. Which have been your most memorable?
Thank you! The most memorable looks for me have been whenever I do collaborations with brands I love—my Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Chanel and Fruit of the Loom looks are my all time favorites.
How do you come up with your designs?
When I create a look, the concept always comes from a childlike version of myself, and then the adult-me crafts it. I’m really inspired by the cartoons I would watch as a kid as well as what a child’s perspective of 'fashion' is (see: the RuPaul supermodel montage in The Lizzie McGuire Movie). To a child, the idea of fashion is just so silly and extravagant and never taken seriously—and I love that.
