NYC Nightlife Stars Transform The Iconic James. St. James

NYC Nightlife Icons Transform James. St. James

On the heels of Huffington Post Gay Voices Associate Editor James Nichols' " After Dark: NYC Nightlife Today And Days Past" series ending, a way to see the work of a number of these artists in a different context has emerged.

Former Club Kid James St. James, who was also featured in "After Dark," brought his World of Wonder YouTube series "Transformations" on the road earlier this year to New York City. While here, a number of NYC artists and nightlife personalities filmed their own "Transformation" video with the club icon.

Check out a few of these videos below. Want to see more work from NYC artists and nightlife personalities? Check out "After Dark."

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"Spanish and Latin culture is a huge inspiration for me, from the design aesthetic of classic Spanish costume to the intensity and passion running through our veins, to the mystery of gypsies, to the confidence, sensuality and rhythm of flamenco dancers, tribal and native jewelry -- I can go on and on. I have a lot of warrior blood in me and I embrace it, not to mention I was raised by goddesses!" --Domonique Echeverria
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"I find inspiration in everything but usually it is the abstract nature of things that inspires me. I don’t really care for glasses even though my eyesight isn’t great so I see the world in a kind of soft blur of color. Anything can become a reference for a look and I just build off of small and abstract shapes." --Ryan Burke
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"I'm inspired by everything I see: a design on a packet of sugar, ornamental ironwork, people on the subway… I get a big Leigh Bowery reference poked at me by a lot of people, which is okay with me but I actually hadn't even heard of Leigh when I was in L.A. -- I did not have the New York/London Club Kid lexicon to influence me at all. My design influences go straight to Dali, Gustav Klimt and Aubrey Beardsley." --Muffinhead
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"I've always identified as androgynous -- since birth, really. Physical gender has never been a real concern for me. It's always in flux. It seems that there are more and more creatures around now that share this existence and worldview -- and they're getting much louder about it. It's this kind of "fuck you" attitude that I love to see. Being strong in ourselves is forcing people to deal with their prejudice and bring it to light as a real issue in society, but you also have to be able to take the backlash." --one-half NelSon

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