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The Wonder Twins can hardly get dressed for the evening.
A pack of friends is raiding their well-stocked closets and jockeying for space in front of a bathroom mirror in their West Covina home. Each demands approval, once and then a second time, from the Twins.
The kitchen phone rings incessantly with still more friends and acquaintances wondering whether they'll be on the guest list. B.J. Ward's rendition of "La Traviata" wails in the background of the bustling madness.
Stopping to inspect his twin brother's face, Carlos Campos recommends glitter and a double layer of fake lashes.
"I don't like the lashes," says Louis, who has finally transformed himself from a regular guy into a Dr. Seuss-like character ringed in thick blue stripes. "They're uncomfortable and they make you look real weird. But Carlos likes them."
In their matching costumes and wigs, the brothers Campos, 26, will make four, possibly five appearances-some paid, some not-on this Saturday night in Los Angeles and thereabouts. For five years, they have cut a decent living and a far-reaching reputation as Klub Kids, a clique of nightclub devotees distinguished by their fantastic clothes, nine-inch platforms, cartoonish monikers and self-made celebrity.
"We supply a visual to clubs, which is very important in this MTV culture," Carlos says.
According to self-described "celebutante" Rockie (Raccoon) Martinez, the Wonder Twins are the fairest Kids of all. Michelle Lolli, style editor and club columnist for Urb magazine, has the same impression. "To be a truly successful Klub Kid, one has to have talent and creativity behind the wild facade," she says. "Everyone from here to New York says how wonderful the Wonder Twins are. They're incredibly productive and positive."
Their look-and their brazen self-promotion-have gotten them bit parts in Gloria Estefan's "Everlasting Love" video, in "Wayne's World 2," in a Rolling Stone CD-ROM game, in James Cameron's forthcoming "Strange Days" and in Mike Nichol's remake of "La Cage aux Folles," called "Birds of a Feather." This summer, they will answer the call of club promoters in the Netherlands and Spain. And the daytime chat shows love to present the Twins in maximum pageantry.
"For us, this is just the beginning," Louis says. "The Wonder Twins are planning to take...