My interview with Kate Durbin

is now up at H_NGM_N. The "What did you wear in high school?" question, which might seem trivial at first, is actually the only question I knew I had to ask Kate. Probably because with girls' and women's fashion and self-fashioning, that's usually where & when it starts--it's the root of something that can turn into an entire life project (through an art form, or in other ways). And with Kate, the costuming impulses that some of us gave up or toned down after high school or college are still gloriously alive, and central to her poetic/performance project:

Over at Kate's blog, there's a thread going about high school fashion, and I love the terms used to describe the looks: mermaid, goth riot grrrl, androgynous baby dyke, bouffanted mod chick.... won't you add yours to the comment stream?