Archive for the “Xtravaganza” Category

On the cover of a magazine!

• June 28th, 2013
• Carmen
• Balls, Village Voice, Xtravaganza
• 1 Comment

So here I am on the cover of The Village Voice back in 1988 and of course there was an article as well.

How do I look

• February 25th, 2013
• Carmen
• Balls, How Do I look?, Paris is Burning, Xtravaganza
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Here’s me in the 2005 follow up to Paris is Burning, How do I look. I talk about my life and being the mother of The House of Xtravaganza. How Do I Look is a LGBT Historic Art Documentary, released in 2006 as a documentary film directed by Wolfgang Busch, assistant directors are Kevin Omni […]

How it all began

• February 4th, 2013
• Carmen
• NYC, Xtravaganza
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Xtravagnaza starts with me in the summer of 1982 in New York City at that time I lived in Harlem. It was quite a difficult time for a transgender person, so to the outside world I kept my gender a secret. That summer I went to a ball as Carmen St Laurent, my first house. […]

Xtravaganza in Spain

• February 4th, 2013
• Carmen
• Spain, Xtravaganza
• 1 Comment

In the mid-90’s after my arrival in Spain, after all the modelling, I got more into the club nights and it was the beginning of the drag era, it hit Spain really great and I started meeting and working in the best clubs in Madrid, Angels, Morocco, Pasha, Shangay and many others, I thought this […]