‘Twisted Sister’ Costume Designer Suzette Guilot-Snider to be Inducted at LIMEHOF
Wife of Dee Snider, to be recognized as trail blazing fashion virtuoso who made ‘Twisted Sister’ iconic trend setting pop-culture band
Fashion Designer Suzette Guilot-Snider, wife of Twisted Sister lead singer and LIMEHOF Inductee Dee Snider, will be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) at their Stony Brook Village location (97 Main Street) on Saturday, November 14th at 8:30pm. Her husband Dee Snider will officially induct her.
LIMEHOF has inducted music agents, venues, producers, executives and other supportive industry individuals in the past. Suzette will be the first costume designer to be inducted and her contribution to the music industry is equally as impassive as a trail blazing designer and artist who has shaped the music industry.
“It has been a dream of ours to induct into LIMEHOF, not just musicians and entertainers but also artists who from behind-the-scenes have shaped and branded the magic of these performers,” said Kevin O’Callaghan, LIMEHOF Creative Director. “Suzette Guilot-Snider is the embodiment of this. Suzette, through her impeccable design and fashion taste, branded not only Twisted Sister, but the look of what would become known as the “Hair Band” period of the 1980s and 90’s. We at LIMEHOF are proud to recognize Suzette’s art and design contributions and induct her into the Hall of Fame.”
Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Suzette is the creative force behind Twisted Sister’s iconic, colorful stage costumes that helped define the band’s legendary 1980s look. A triple-threat artisan in costume design, hair, and makeup, she also helped create Howard Stern’s iconic ’80s rocker look. Suzette made first costume when she was 15 years old. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
Suzette and Dee Snider first visited LIMEHOF in October of 2023 where she saw many of the Twisted Sister costumes she designed on display for the first time in LIMEHOF’s very first exhibit “Long Island’s Legendary Club Scene: 1960’s – 1980’s”. Her reaction was positive, saying that the display brought back a lot of memories and that it was great for the public to get a look back at that time-period in music history.
“I’m not the kind of person who looks for complements or really shows off my work, but it’s pretty amazing to see them on display,” Suzette said at the time after touring the exhibit. “To me the excitement of Twisted [Sister] and their costumes was that I wanted that when you stepped in to see a show to see Twisted [Sister], it was like going to Broadway. So, it wasn’t just the song, it was everything about it…it was the lighting, it was the costumes, it was the make-up, it was the hair it was all bringing you into a different world and that was what I wanted to create and we did create that and nowadays very few bands do that.”
Suzette Guilot-Snider has been married to Dee Snider since October 23, 1981. They have four children.
“We are thrilled to induct Suzette Guilot-Snider, whose costume designs for Twisted Sister, currently on display at LIMEHOF, her influence in the 80’s rock and “street rocker” fashion movement, and her many other contributions to fashion design continue to be celebrated,” said Ernie Canadeo, LIMEHOF Chairman.
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