HISTORY's "Top Gear" Goes Queer in San Francisco

March 21, 2012 - PRLog -- San Francisco, CA- In the wake of anti-gay controversy surrounding the BBC edition of “Top Gear”,  On Tuesday March 27, 2012 at 9:00PM “Top Gear” on HISTORY will feature two openly gay hairstylists. San Francisco Bay Area Celebrity Stylist Clark Russell and fellow hairstylist Jeffrey Lotspeich , also Lady Gaga Illusionist by the name of “Bobbi Pinn”, will appear on the show alongside comedian and “Top Gear” star Adam Ferrera. The flamboyant duo, which were in the city promoting the “be Clarked” luxury hair care product line were chauffeured by the “Top Gear” team.

Clark Russell, who previously on The Style Network Show “Split Ends” in 2009, had a completely different experience HISTORY’s  “Top Gear” show.  Primarily based around auto-motives on the “Top Gear” show, Clark Russell was out of his element of celebrities, red carpet events and women’s fashion; but did learn quite a bit about mechanics.

Fellow hair stylist Jeffrey Lotspeich, who is a female illusionist specializing in Lady Gaga appearance, also had his first televised appearance on the show. No stranger to the stage in the San Francisco and East Bay drag show scene, Jeffrey aka Bobbi Pinn was also out of his element of drag, women’s fashion and beauty when he spent an evening chatting about auto-motives.  

The participation of Clark Russell and Jeffrey Lotspeich will be part of the first appearance of female illusionist and openly gay hairstylist on the show, which has a largely male demographic viewership. Clark Russell will be chatting live about the show on his facebook after the show at www.facebook.com/clarkrussellsalon and Jeffrey will be tweeting on his Twitter page www.twitter.com/amonsterscloset .

Images and interviews are available upon request. Contact information for both Clark Russell and Jeffrey Lotspeich are listed above.

About Clark Russell:
Clark Russell has built his career on knowing that being a great hairstylist means not limiting yourself to one ethnicity in hairstyling. Clark Russell, who is a "VIP Make-Over Artist”, has taken on this philosophy to his clients. When starting out in his career, Clark Russell was crossing over ethnic boundaries with his clients to give them the polished look they wanted. Clark has implemented this concept throughout his career and has become a respected stylist, make-over artist and beauty expert.
Now coined as a Celebrity Stylist, VIP Make-Over Artist and Beauty Expert, Clark has built a multi ethnic international cliental that circulates through his chair and salon. Clark has been a beauty expert and event correspondent for Latin Heat Entertainment and a stylist as well. Working on celebrities and as a correspondent Clark has attended and styled clients for the Imagen Awards, the ALMA Awards, Oscar Night America, Grammy Awards, Rock the Kasbah and many more events . Clark has worked on celebrities and highly regarded philanthropists, including Maria Menounos, Aisha Morris, Richard Branson, Eve Branson, Bel Hernandez, Kikey Castillos, Karina Castillo, Colleen Dominguez, Vicki Liviakis, Marilu Henner, Constantine Maroulis, Nadia Alexandria and many more. Clark has also worked on hair styling and make-up artistry sets for several music videos and commercial projects including projects for Carlos Santana’s restaurants, Khelleher & Associates, TART Collections, Constance Marie’s Fashion line, and Ed Hardy’s Street Fame fashion show for LA Fashion Week. Clark also teamed up with greeting card store Papyrus and fashion designer Rami Kashou for Vogue Magazine’s “Fashions Night Out".
Clark Russell and his work have been featured in several industry related magazines such as Maly’s Salon Professional, Salon Sophisticates Magazine, Short Hair Magazine, Sophisticates Hairstyle Guide Magazine, Behindthechair.com, LatinHeat.com, California Stylist Magazine, BE Magazine. Also being featured in several other national and local publications, Clark has been in LA Opinion, Bay Area Newsgroup, The Dixon Tribune, Diablo Magazine, examiner.com Walnut Creek Magazine, and VIP Latino to name a few. Clark and his salon have had a few show business stints themselves appearing on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency Show on Bravo, and the salon was also featured on the Emmy nominated season finale of “Split Ends” on the Style Network. Clark's recent appearance on "Top Gear" on The History Channel will air in March 2012
After working on creating his product line over the past several year, Clark launched "be Clarked", a luxury hair care line which is inspired by his work as a make-over artist and celebrity stylist. The line will allow clients to achieve great looks at home while maintaining their color and hair health. The line is expected to expand within the next year.
About Jeffrey Lotspeich aka Miss Bobbi Pinn
Jeffrey Lotspeich is a fresh talented stylist at Clark Russell the salon. After graduating from the San Francisco Institute, a Paul Mitchell Partner School, Jeffery has continued to put his focus in education to keep on top of the hottest trends and techniques in the industry. Jeffrey implements his knowledge learned from Toni and Guy London Academy, Paul Mitchell Cuttings, and Vivian Mackinder styling techniques into his own work making cutting and styling his signature specialty at Clark Russell the salon. For the professional male, Jeffery also specializes in spectacular men’s cuts, offering a chic and modern sophistication to his male make-overs.
As a female illusionist by the drag name Miss Bobbi Pinn, Jeffrey is your one stop shop for a stellar night of entertainment & performances that will keep the audience on their toes + begging for more! Specializing in spot-on Lady Gaga acts, The Monster Ball can happen at a client’s whim. Miss Bobbi Pinn has also been known to do other current popular acts such as Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Katy Perry & more!  Bobbi Pinn also designs and creates his own clothing, accessories, wigs and hairpieces which can be viewed on his official blog at www.amonsterscloset.com

To book Bobbi Pinn for events, parties, etc please email aMonstersCloset@gmail.com