What We’re Wearing During a Visit From Sahil
Yesterday we had a surprise visit from Sahil, cast member of, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.” We had a nice lunch and talked about the show. ELISA is wearing Genetic denim, 1960s harness…
“Get Thee to a Cobbler!” or, How to Avoid Looking Like a Whore at Daybreak!
An interesting duality is that my pet peeves are also sometimes my favorite things. To wit, something that always makes me crazy/delights me is when you see a women walking in a pair of tragic…
The Beat Goes On: The Story of a Boy and His (Sonny) and Cher: Part Two
On Sunday the 17th of October, with some measure of disbelief and my customary elan, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of my Cher show, the full-scale cellar drag extravaganza that I produced, directed and starred in….
What Shall I Wear? A Fashion Game For Girls (and, sometimes boys!)
Selchow and Righer was a manufacturer of games and best known for distributing the original Scrabble and Parcheesi. The company was bought by Coleco (now there’s an old name) in 1989. Much less well-known, but…
Trend Spotting: How To Avoid the Flip Flop People, or: Toes on the Streets Hits Critical Mess!
Good morning! Though I am, like many New Yorkers, rather self-involved, I am also civic-minded and therefore feel compelled to take the time out of my demanding shooting schedule of our new reality show, Girls Who Like…
“Now That I’m Here, Now That You’re Near!” In Praise of Olivia Newton-John’s Wretched/Wonderful Xanadu
Last night I attended a Xanadu screening in Chelsea hosted by my favorite drag queen, Hedda Lettuce. Xanadu is a glitter-dusted turd that manages to be completely captivating in spite of the fact that the…
The Beat Goes On: The Story of a Boy and His Cher, Part One
“After a nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are cockroaches and Cher.” Unattributed quote, late 1990s What is so fucking hard about writing a few paragraphs about Cher? I am embarrassed to say…
An Urgent Sartorial Warning to Heterosexual Men: Ixnay on the Square-toed Oaferslay!
MAY 19, 2010 This morning on the train, I counted at least five gentlemen in my car who were wearing shoes that were variations on these square-toed monsters—the Godzilla of loafers. This got me to…
Laurel Canyon Vintage To Close June,15th
“…there’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty, before the last revolving year is through…” Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game from Ladies of the Canyon, 1970 It is with great disappointment that we…
Elisa and David: What We’re Wearing Today
Elisa is wearing a boucle top from 1980 depicting the Manhattan skyline, a Whiting & Davis silver mesh belt and Genetic denim. David is wearing J. Lindberg denim, pointy boots from Italy that make…
