\u201cStyle is about expressing yourself,\u201d says Susanne Bartsch. \u201cYou can be whatever you want to be\u2014a silver screen star, a Marie Antoinette baroque creature, or a Victorian punk. I love that about fashion and make-up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Susanne Bartsch has long been a highly visible player in New York City nightlife, with her parties known for their mix of uptown and downtown, gay and straight, high fashion, street style, and Mardi Gras extravaganza. <\/p>\n
Her penchant for extreme fashion and make-up have made her name the equivalent of a couture label among the \u201cFashion Underground,\u201d a diverse group of individuals united around a love of fashion, defined as an embodied practice of self-expression and transformation. This creative subculture distinguishes itself from the commercial, mainstream fashion system, but their extraordinary styles, often bordering on performance art, have often influenced the wider world of fashion and beauty.<\/p>\n