{"id":31003,"date":"2021-07-30T14:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=31003"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:50:43","slug":"allie-x-and-violet-chachki-channel-80s-camp-in-new-visual-mistress-violet","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/allie-x-and-violet-chachki-channel-80s-camp-in-new-visual-mistress-violet\/","title":{"rendered":"Allie X and Violet Chachki Channel 80s Camp In new Visual \u201cMistress Violet\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Violet Chachki wearing vintage Alain Mikli eyewear\/headpiece. Still from “Mistress Violet”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the words of the great prophet Bob the Drag Queen<\/a> “wait but is it fashion?\u201c And to answer that question\u2014yes it is! I’m talking about A<\/em>lt pop singer\/songwriter\u00a0Allie X and fashion queen\u00a0extraordinaire\u00a0Violet Chachki’s<\/a> new track and video \u201cMistress Violet.\u201d<\/em> Produced by\u00a0French producer Lecomte De Br\u00e9geot,\u00a0the\u00a0whip-cracking\u00a0track was written by Allie\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and arrives with an analog video directed by visual artist,\u00a0Jennifer Juniper Stratford. “Mistress Violet” is a sexy, synth wave song\/video that’s giving us Divine, mixed with a little Tron<\/em> and the Enola Gay video by Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark<\/a>, meets a John Waters film.“The song and video explore power play and transformation through the intimate relationship between a dom and a sub. Costume is a significant part of visually defining roles in dom\/sub relationships and\u00a0is\u00a0very important to who I am as a drag artist and it\u2019s also\u00a0how Allie and I\u00a0first\u00a0bonded,\u201d<\/em> explained model and burlesque\/aerial performer Violet Chachki. \u201cIn the video I dress as\u00a0her and then\u00a0she as me. Allie and I both exist as very strong powerful femme people working in industries where\u00a0it requires us to flex our muscles sometimes.\u00a0There is a constant push\/pull of power and we explored this idea in a surreal and fantastical way through the video.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n

The visual reads like a fashion film with Chachki carefully curating the costume design to channel the\u00a0severe gritty synth feel. GRAZIA got the chance to ask the Rupaul’s Drag race season 8 winner\u2014and ultimate fashion queen\u2014all about the styling of the visual. “I\u00a0wanted to have a severe gritty synth feel to the overall video. The styling had to be a bit of everything: Fetish, camp, glamorous, and couture. Allie and I play contrasting characters that do a bit of role reversal so it was important that when we were filmed together there was a clear power dynamic using the wardrobe”<\/em> says Chachki. Apparently the song\u2014and accompanying video\u2014were heavily inspired by the 1997 documentary \u201cFetishes\u201d<\/em>\u2014a documentary about a NYC dungeon called Pandora\u2019s Box. “I wanted the wardrobe to have the same feeling. I styled the video myself using couture pieces from Schiaparelli,<\/a> Archival Alain Mikli sunglasses, custom leather looks from Zana Bayne, custom Christian Louboutins heels, and custom corsets from the House of Canney. The video has an 80s fetish undertone while still being unexpected, glamorous, and couture”. <\/em>In the video, both Violet and Allie wear vintage Alain Mikli eyewear\u2014as seen on Andy Warhol, Elton John and Goldie Hawn in the 1987 movie Overboard\u2014that is truly marvelous. Violet in particular, wears a stunning Mikli mask, adorned in Swarovski crystals, once worn by iconic French singer Dalida. “It was very special wearing the Mikil piece. The sunglasses came with their own security. They\u2019re such an iconic and special piece”<\/em> said Chachki.<\/p>\n

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Violet Chachki and Allie X wearing Schiaparelli. Still from “Mistress Violet”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Mistress” Violet herself and Allie first met on set for Allie\u2019s\u00a02016 video\u00a0\u201cAll The Rage<\/a>.\u201d They knew the fates would align one day for a mind-bending, designer heaven\u00a0collaboration.\u00a0Allie X\u2014who’s\u00a0written records for the likes of BTS and Troye Sivan\u2014says\u00a0of both the song and video: \u201cThe writing of this song was seamless, bitchy and fun. Violet sent\u00a0me\u00a0stream of consciousness style notes and visual references as well as the beat she had chosen from Le Compte De Br\u00e9geot (the producer) and I wrote the whole thing in an hour.” \u00a0<\/em>The goth-pop singer went on to say, “I trust Violet\u2019s taste as much as my own, so it was fun to just let her style me. I felt like a Barbie being dressed up by my evil step queen mom who wanted me to fit into sample size Schiaparelli couture. It was awesome!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Violet Chachki. Still from “Mistress Violet”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Violet Chachki and Allie X both wearing vintage Alain Mikli eyewear. Still from “Mistress Violet”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watch the gritty, 80s synth-wave inspired visual below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n