Judy is a long standing creative innovator at her salon Judy Nicole's in Painesville, she's also deeply involved with the industrial music/entertainment scene, contributing her inimitable style and talent combining goth chic and post-modern angst with her fashion show events for the Mission Boutique in Lakewood. Check out for yourself the subterranean roilings generated at the Mission's event this Sat 7/26 at Peabody's to see Judy in all her subversive glory.

CC: What it the best thing about Cleveland? The worst thing?

JV: The best thing about Cleveland I think is the fact that there is still an underground scene. The worst thing would be the "drama" involved in that scene.

CC: What does Cleveland have that no other place has?

JV: Big enough to have a wide variety of things to do and places to go but small enough to get around easily and have manageable crowds.

CC: What does Cleveland have to do to make itself indispensable in the 21st Century?

JV: Develop the waterfront with things to attract people from out of town.

CC: What does Cleveland have to stop doing?

JV: Thinking small.

CC: What has been your greatest contribution to this region?

JV: I guess all the work I do with The Mission Boutique putting together the fashion show/parties that they throw.

CC: And here's a couple that are more personal; what do you want to be remembered for when you're gone?

JV: Being a nice, friendly girl.

CC: Cleveland is not a town that celebrates failures, but maybe it should. What was your biggest "failure" and what did you learn from it?

JV: Thinking I can change unhappy people, and coming to terms with the fact that I can't.

CC: Who do you look up to?

JV: I look up to my Mom because she has worked very hard for where she is today. Also my best friend Tiffany Mosher because she is so creative.

CC: Do you have a motto?

JV: No, not really.

CC: What's the best advice you've been offer?

JV: That I can't fix everything.

CC: Where are you most likely to hang out in Cleveland?

JV: The Chamber.

CC: Where are you least likely to hang out?

JV: The Flats.

 (:divend:)