He began making masks out of silk and wool, called ‘dusters’ back then, which was a Burning Man terminology, but then attaching antlers and porcupine quills and metal spikes. He created fourteen masks for the show and they were a huge success. Emily showed in New York and again in San Francisco and by the close of both shows, he had sold all the masks. “I had created something that people liked that I was happy to make and create.” Because he was working at Britex he met a couple of the ladies who lunch, and it became word of mouth that if you wanted something a bit unusual to wear for the Opera or the Symphony Gala, then he was the guy to ask. Soon, others, such as the San Francisco Chronicle Arts and Culture writer Tony Bravo and the perennially best-dressed entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Vanessa Getty, began to take notice. Moore’s big break finally came when stylists Nicola Formichetti and Marta Del Rio, who work with Lady Gaga, first began to notice his work. He spent about ten days finishing up some pieces that they had liked and made some new pieces under very specific colour schemes. Then Jaime Estrada, Moore’s partner and love of his life, then drove him to Los Angeles while he slept in the car, exhausted by all the work he had just finished. About a month after his fitting with Lady Gaga, he received a text from Marta saying he should watch the VMA’s the following evening.
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