You’ve seen her designs on the pages of Zink, Elle and L’Officiel, and on the bodies of Lady Gaga, Ciara and Lydia Hearst. She’s created performances for W Hotel openings, Marc Jacobs holiday parties, Tiesto tours. She is a Showgirl Of The Universe! A Visionary of Visionaries. My favorite entry on her blog has to be the childhood photos that show her early costume making days (I’m seriously not sure whether I like her better as E.T. or Mr. T). She has been a pioneer of burlesque revival. Back in the days of yore, I heard she turned her East Village space into a bit of a speakeasy—risking it all in the name of dance! I think she even told me once that she was in GG Allin’s only music video—and you know what? I believe her.
She is Ami Goodheart.
On June 13th, I got to kick off the summer at Ami’s costume exhibit/party, Visionaries. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Ami on several occasions, and I can tell you for certain that she’s not only an inspiration, a workaholic and a creative genius, but also one of the kindest, most fun, down-to-earth people around. This party marked the beginning of summer and the debut of Ami’s Marie Antoinette costume collection. In a word: amazing. I think I’ll let the pictures below do the talking. (You may recognize a certain chandelier costume I’ve been seen wearing around town.)
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- Yes, it’s a ship on her head.
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- Ami Goodheart, Maeve Corinna and Ayesha Adamo
