Alexis

Since it is almost time to retire her much loved Schwinn Cruiser for the winter, Alexis is planning on buying her first pair of cross country skis soon. Given that winter is her most hated season, she is hoping to find a hobby that she enjoys enough to get her through the season. But there is a good chance that her January trip to Cuba with her family will help her get through it.

First things first. You always have great hair every time I see you.

My mom and grandma have always been very conscious about how their hair looks. My grandmother once said that it doesn’t matter how nice your clothes or outfits are put together, if you hair doesn’t look nice you outfit isn’t complete. And I love getting my hair and nails done.

I noticed all the bright colors you have on. Do you like wearing bright colors?

Everything in my wardrobe is black. It is a sea of black. I used to never wear any color but it was never meant to be “Goth”. I hate Goth. It is my most disliked trend. But pink is my new favorite color, although black will always be my base.

Tell me about your tattoo.

It is the Day of the Dead skull surrounded in flowers. I lost someone close to me five years ago, and although I love flowers so much, receiving flowers as a condolence was rough. Flowers are beautiful to me again though and I am ready to put them back in my life. And I love the mix of flowers and the skull. I have always loved mixing things that normally wouldn’t go together.

Would you say mixing different things together is part of your style?

I like to look nice, although I need to keep in mind that I could be unloading forty kegs for work. So I try to be functional. But I love girlie things. I love pink and makeup. I paint my nails every single week. I love that kind of stuff. BUT, I am not soft like a flower that is for sure. I love everything girlie, but I don’t think I am a lady…quite yet.

You have been working at the Owl for ten years now. What styles do you think have been most prominent?

No matter what comes and goes people still wear sweatpants. And they just shouldn’t. On guys, I LOVE the moustache! And I love the fact that with moustaches, men are doing the grooming the same way women have to do with their hair and eyebrows. There is this one guy who has a modern moustache that is killer. Overnight, he has gone from attractive to handsome.

Interview and photography by Carey Shaw for prairie dog.