I ran across this half-forgotten postcard in my files today, and liked it so much I just thought I’d share. Truth be told it’s been so long that I’ve forgotten what this job was actually about, though the name does evoke an interesting image or three.

I believe the project had something to do with the hyperactively fertile brain of Tod Brilliant, and I also remember some talk about a Kung Fu Girl T-shirt, but as for the fashion show … not a clue.

Still love the image, though.

Noel Williams is a clown. Not your stereotypical “under the Big Top” kind of character, though — her approach is unusual, spirited, and “charmingly crazy”. Noel has her own alt-clown flavour, a fearless version of the French Renaissance-era art of “bouffon. In her wildly popular one-woman show she’s “Captain Melisande” — battling turnstiles, having dinner dates with luggage, and clowning with a 2 1/2 foot version of Gone With the Wind.

So. With these promotional pieces I simply amplified her unique style and period flair — the predominance of red and those beautiful engraved wing graphics were a no-brainer; onstage she takes metaphorical flight.

To Noel’s delight (and mine), this promotion earned the “Best Postcard” award at the 2007 San Francisco Fringe Festival.