Honey:<\/strong> I connected with Rain last year. I was in London opening for a band, the Orion experience, and Rain is a major fan of that band. She just seemed like the coolest person who was in their fan group.<\/p>\nI\u2019m in London by myself, and I need to pick somebody to hang with, and I picked the right person. Me and Rain really connected, and we went to dinner in London, and then out for a wild night on the town. If not for Rain, that London part of our tour would\u2019ve been just the most drab experience.<\/p>\n
I was really down in that time about a loss I was experiencing and she really lifted me up and her artwork really lifted me up. At dinner she told me all about her cartoons and about how she created signs and gender inclusive artwork in Barcelona, where she was from, and all of the wonderful awards that she had received and cartoons that she created. I have never seen somebody dedicate themselves to drawing the world as it is with all of our differences and do it so beautifully, and I really wanted to work on something with Rain after that point.<\/p>\n
I thought to myself, what is the way to get our branding [for Honey\u2019s Hose]? Because you know, branding is my zhuzh. That\u2019s my thing. Literally, when you look at a drag queen in yellow and black, you think of a bumblebee and you think Honey Davenport. I did that.\u00a0 So, I was like, how do we get our branding to be a standout from not just people in the hosiery industry, but also from products made by drag queens with my platform?<\/p>\n
And I was like, well, if you go to an artist in Barcelona, who\u2019s all about inclusion, which is what you\u2019re trying to create with your brand. It\u2019s just all been so cosmic and kismet, like every meeting, every date aligning in a way so beautifully. So right when I met, met Rain and we discussed this idea, I had an artist right on hand.<\/p>\n
Are you hoping to expand the Honey Hose line into other kinds of shapewear?<\/strong><\/p>\nHoney:<\/strong> You know, I always paint the future on a very blank canvas so that it has all of the possibilities. The conversation did come up for other versions things we want to create in the near future. And my mind is overwhelmed with the possibilities of what I can now create, not just for hosiery but especially for my community.<\/p>\nThis whole process of creating this thing that has not just been an issue for me. This has been like a lifelong problem for drag and to think that there\u2019s a space in which I could insert myself and my work ethic and my friends and my connections and create change has inspired me in such a beautiful way that I know that there\u2019s shapewear and sleepwear and, you know storefronts that are brick and mortar and all of the greatest possibilities. This whole experience has shown me that anything\u2019s possible so I know that there\u2019s tons of possibilities for our future.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I know you\u2019re doing crowdfunding for Honey\u2019s Hose. Can you tell me a little bit about why you chose that route and kind of how it\u2019s going so far?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nHoney:<\/strong> We really realized in this process, when we set out to create sizes that would go from Jorgeous to Latrice and colors from Detox to Bob the Drag Queen, that was going to be an expensive journey to create. Literally, we found spaces where we were being asked wild minimums to order not only colors but sizes that would fit Silky or Jorgeous, and we really discovered maybe why nobody had taken on the issue that we had been facing because of how expensive the journey would be. When we started up, I was really thankful that Saul was able to put in some personal finances to set us on the way.<\/p>\nI promised to bring that same kind of energy with the leverage I could offer because of my platform. We really felt that with the platform that I have, the best way to figure out the rest of our finances would be to start a crowdfunding campaign. I had seen a lot of other Drag Race<\/em> superstars fuel things like albums or other small ideas through crowdfunding \u2013 and this one is a large idea. This one takes a lot more and has taken a lot more energy than, you know, I never seen myself in the position in which I\u2019m at and, and honey, so most of the time when. Those drag artists have branched off to come up with a product that\u2019s been just that, a product and we\u2019ve really created a company, not just a product, and that takes some fuel. To create that, we didn\u2019t do it fast, we did it delicately with seed funding programs that we\u2019ve been a part of in Palm Springs and business accelerator programs that we\u2019ve been a part of in Palm Springs. We found every single way in which we can connect with our community and get the business resources we need to keep moving forward.<\/p>\nAnd the next step is finances, right? I mean, the American dream obviously would be to create something that could fuel your life, but this one I think fuels the heart of drag, you know, it fuels something that I\u2019m so passionate about. So, asking the community in which it\u2019s going to empower to support and become a part of our journey, not only seemed like an opportunity to create this, but like something that is a necessity that people want to be a part of this, you know?\u00a0<\/p>\nPhoto courtesy of Honey\u2019s Hose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCan you tell me more about the <\/strong>Honey\u2019s Heaux Artist Fund?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\nSaul:<\/strong> \u00a0In addition to just pantyhose for drag queens you know, our business, Drag Hosiery, is really about helping drag as an art, and the artist fund that we\u2019ve set up is to do just that.<\/p>\nWe know that drag art is expensive. There\u2019s a lot of things to buy \u2013 hosiery included. Our goal for the first year is to have enough funds in our artist fund, a corporate fund, to be able to support $1,500 a month for drag queens who can apply to our fund\u2026details still incoming. But if you\u2019re just a lover of the arts, go to our crowdfund, drop $20 in our art fund and support us, drag art and help our vision come to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, Honey. In addition to this what else have you been up to? I saw some new music is on the way, perhaps?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nOh my gosh. I mean, there\u2019s always new music on the way. Music\u2019s my heart and soul, you know. It\u2019s literally the beat of me. I\u2019ve really been focused on my DJ career. I\u2019ve been spinning a new party that I started out here in Palm Springs called Sundays with Honey at a local a local small leather bar, Dick\u2019s, right on our main gay strip called Arenas. I\u2019ve been working on that new Sunday party and DJing around Southern California and, of course, my spots in New York that are regular to me.<\/p>\n
On the music front I have a dope collaboration dropping this year with adult superstar Colton Ford. I\u2019ve been part of the most recent writing team for a lot of Sapphira Cristal\u2019s new music that has come out and she and I have a project that we\u2019re working on releasing in this year as well.<\/p>\n
And then I have my like. music dream project that I have had, like, in the, like, sort of in the can building. And I don\u2019t know when that\u2019s coming out, but it is there. There\u2019s a big musical project that I\u2019ve been working on there. I am still not sure when and how I plan on releasing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can be a backer for Honey\u2019s Hose and donate to the Honey\u2019s Heaux Artist Fund through <\/em><\/strong>BackerKit<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and get the latest updates on the <\/em><\/strong>Honey\u2019s Hose website<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and <\/em><\/strong>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Keep up with all things Honey by following her on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Threads<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>Twitch<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>Spotify<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>YouTube<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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