Completed questionnaire of Scotty Avocado, What Scarf are You?

As a child, what colors where you drawn to?

Always been a green man. I had a lawn service as a kid. It was called “Up Your Grass lawn service. Yeah, always green. I grew up on 27 acres and I had to cut it. I dealt with grass as a career.  

What colors do you wear/like/surround yourself with as an adult?

I wear a lot of green, but I’m into values…grey to black too. Right now I’m into wood grain. Earth tones for sure. In the Bronx’s I’m called Scotty Avocado, in Detroit, Marquis Dues Guac and in LA I’m called Scotsradamus.

How do you like to wear a scarf?

Folded in half…thread the needle thing…like a high fashion scarf. Normally I don’t have one.

Do you have a story from your life that featured a significant textile?

I’ve had a history of really falling in love with fabrics that I use for clients and not having enough of it for myself. I selfishly try to save all the bits and maximize what I can do with the leftovers. I can think of this one fabric that was really crazy….my ex-girlfriend and I where staying at this friend’s house and there was this fabric on the pillows… with these construction guys all over it. This male pin up fabric that was called heavy equipment, and the guys on it where doing like construction stuff like carrying beams and they where all shirtless and we commented on the pillow cases and my friend said, yeah my mother in law made them for me and she’s a quilter but she was like, they do construction, you do construction….she made no connection with how gay these fabrics where. And she’s like, I would wear a dress out of it if I could, so my friend was like, if Scott can make you a dress out of it you can have it - cause I feel uncomfortable putting my face on them! So I decide to make her the dress but I needed more fabric to break it up with the waistband so I went to the garment district in New York trying to find like, a little bit of trim in a measuring tape print pattern. They didn’t have that but as I was looking around, this guy asks, what do you need it for? And I showed him a swatch of the construction fabric and he was like, do you like this? And then he says we have more. It was amazing. There was like a whole collection of these pinup fabrics in New York and Detroit and everyone loved them. I can’t tell you how much money I made making stuff off of this accidental pillow case thing. It was crazy. 

What is the climate like where you spend most of your time?

Seasonal. Hot in summer, cold in the winter. This is the first winter I’ve broken it up in a long time.

 Have you ever made any textiles? 

Yes. I was in experimental design class and I made this woven dress from 16mm film and 8X10 photos from Sunset Boulevard. It’s attribute to Norma Desmond. It’s my first non-traditional textile. Technically it’s woven really.

Are you allergic or have any sensitivity to any textile materials?

Never. NO way.

Please describe your personal style?

Retro moderno. I like modernizing certain vintage looks. I call it retro –sexual.

 What is your favorite article of clothing and why?

The Hamtramck jersey. Designed from old timey baseball. I made it laser cut the lettering and 3-D printed the buttons with my logo. It’ like the branded - Left Handed brand!

When you are upset and seeking comfort are there any textiles that you turn to?

Yes. If I’m really upset and bedridden I have a blanket that is crocheted that brings me great comfort. It’s from my grandmother, but she’s no longer with us. My sisters didn’t keep theirs but I did. She made one for each of us. It’s the softest.

What is your hair color, eye color?

Brown hair. Green eyes. Red, brown, calico beard.

 What is your astrological sign?

 Sagittarius and Capricorn. A Sagicorn. They are very contradictory sides.

 If you had to describe yourself in a word what would it be?

Right brained. Left-handed. A gregarious workaholic.

A resourceful human but an HR nightmare!

 Please list examples of music or audio content you listen to/reading or most recently listened to?

Jack White. Watching Die Antwoord videos… they have kept me pretty entertained for a good chunk of my time here.

 Are you currently in love?

 I am. But she doesn’t know. She’s married and I’m not a home wrecker. She’s my boot teacher, my shoe- ru.

 What is your strongest value?

 Trust for sure. That’s a Capricorn thing.