Bulgarian model Andrea Ivanova is taking trout pout to new heights with bee-stung lips so big they look like she smooched a whole hive of murder hornets. New York Post is on the case:
Her Amanda Lepore-level lip game involved a whopping 20 lip injections.
Follow Andrea on Instagram for the latest on her lovely lip sitch:
Image: New York Post / Jam Press
To me, it’s an instant club classic, with definite MJ Off the Wall vibes. Ms. Petras got a slew of her pals to dance to the beat at home. Like,
Paris Hilton, Demi Lovato, Jonathan Van Ness, Madelaine Petsch, Benito Skinner, Todrick Hall, Pabllo Vittar, Jessie J, Charli XCX, Aly & AJ, Scott, Aquaria, Loren Gray, Nikita Dragun, Amanda Lepore, Dorian Electra, Brittany Broski, Bowen Yang, Slayyyter, Daniel Preda, Gabriel Fontana & Theodora Quinlivan.
Not brand new, but along with Katy Perry‘s Harleys in Hawaii, Harry Styles‘ Watermelon Sugar and Gaga & Ariana‘s Rain on Me, it’s the sound of quarantine summer 20. Gettin’ a little lethargic. Mid-afternoon slump? Crank up the volume to 11 and get up on it!
Tell me how do I get over you
When your eyes are so pacific view…
Fallin deep into Curacao blue
And all your kisses taste like
And all your kisses taste like
Malibu
I’m meltin into you
Oh baby you left me tinglin’
My nails soft peach and the sea salt’s sinkin in
Oh baby I don’t need anything
Its all been beachy
since you came crashin’ in
And all your kisses taste like
Malibu
Tell me how do I get over you
When your kisses taste like
Malibu
The digital drag production, NightGowns Forever, happened Sun, Aug. 9 at 7:00 p.m. as a three-hour virtual show featuring unreleased archival footage of 30 show-stopping sets from NightGowns’ history.
Performances streamed as part of the broadcast include those from Velour’s Drag Race sisters Shea Couleé, Peppermint, Bob the Drag Queen, Alexis Michelle, and Aja, in addition to numbers from The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula winner Biqtch Puddin’, club legend Amanda Lepore, Lypsinka, West Dakota, Zenobia, Vigor Mortis, Lucy Balls, Patti Spliff, Horrorchata, Pierretta Viktori, Francesca, Pearl Harbor, Elle McQueen, and Lady Quesa’Dilla.
Velour told EW,
There’s something so special and moving about a live drag performance in front of an audience, and the performances we selected for NightGowns Forever really capture that.”
Velour’s core NightGowns cast — namely Neon Calypso, Vander Von Odd, Sasha Colby, K.James, Untitled Queen, and Miss Malice) will host the in addition to sharing footage of their own performances.
(via EW)
Drag icon Jackie Beat’s 22nd annual holiday show Christmas Is Not Canceled! is now available to view on demand! The big and bawdy, bold and ballsy queen’s shows are legendary…and this year, she’s gone virtual, streaming her festive freak-out right into your living room. Whatever you celebrate, watch for Jackie’s holiday classics and new song parodies aimed at everything you cherish.
Plus, special appearances by Alan Cumming, Alaska, Alec Mapa, Alison Arngrim, Amanda Lepore, Babette Bombshell, BenDeLaCreme, Bianca Del Rio, Boomer Banks, Calpernia Addams, Christeene, Coco Peru, Conchita Wurst, Daniel Franzese, Elvira, Heklina, Jackie Hoffman, Jinkx Monsoon, Jun Nakayama, Kate Flannery, Leslie Jones, Margaret Cho, Michael Urie, Murray Hill, Nina West, Parker Posey, Peaches Christ, Peppermint, Ross Mathews, Selene Luna, Sherry Vine, Tammie Brown, The Vivienne, Varla Jean Merman, and Willam! (above photo by Austin Young)
JACKIE BEAT: CHRISTMAS IS NOT CANCELED! is now available to watch On
Demand through December 26. Tickets are $20 per device, available at
www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
NYC nightlife legends Amanda Lepore, Lady Bunny, and Shequida are hosting Queens at the Yard– an immersive dinner and theatrical experience at Queensyard in NYC. Beginning Friday, May 21, and every Friday thereafter, the regal evening will include a two-course plated dinner by renowned chef Brian Yuko and feature stunning burlesque, astounding opera, breathtaking acrobatics, and ribald comedy. “This isn’t the event for shorts and tank tops,” warns Lady Bunny, who, in addition to hosting, will DJ the post-dinner party portion of the evening. Queensyard, 20 Hudson Yards, NYC, $75 (VIP premium seating and complimentary champagne upon arrival, is available for an additional $29), cocktails begin at 8:30PM, seating at 9PM, show at 10PM, more info & advance tix HERE.
Brandon Voss (Producer):
“We are thrilled to bring together these New York nightlife legends and the city’s most brilliant cabaret performers for a unique show unlike anything they have done before. Queens of the Yard will not only feature shows by its three legendary hosts, but also immersive performances and outrageous acts that will surprise and astound guests; and the food and event space are simply magnificent.”
QWERRRKOUT TUESDAY just got a whole lot QTer… New queers featured every week! Tag us, take a pic of us and follow us on Instagram at QWERRRKOUT, and you too could be the next, featured QT! YOU BETTA QWERRRK! Oh…and don’t forget to get the BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW “Notorious P.I.G.” merch HERE!!! (Mx Qwerrrk pic by celeb photog Santiago Felipe, METAMORKID’s pics via Instagram)
“My Name is Metamorkid, which is a combination of the words metamorphosis, orchid, and club kid. As a non-binary person, I want to represent a new generation of LGBTQI+ artists. I am very visually driven and as a designer, I found my passion in bringing the imagery in my mind to life. Another aspect of my work is conceptualizing and realizing stage productions from revue shows to more theatrical work.
My Drag is rebellious and inspired by fashion visionaries like Thierry Mugler and Alexander McQueen, as well as club kid legends like Amanda Lepore and Leigh Bowery…a mixing pot of references that keep me inspired and motivated to keep working on myself and my art. I love performing and feeling the energy of an audience. Drag really is everything to me.”
Instagram: metamorkid
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I didn’t meet him until about 75 years later in NYC. I was 21 and working at Vogue at the time and I “courted” Quentin (non-romantically) who was 50+ years my senior. Working for a magazine I got loads of invitations (many hand-me-downs from editors) to screenings, plays and various events and Quentin became my default date.
Once we were were watching a series of short movies at an avant-guard gay film fest at the Anthology Film Archives and after a particularly obtuse and odd short ended, the lights came up, I turned to Quentin and he looked at me and said,
“Why?”
We must have made a pretty cute pair back then and over the years, after countless “dates”, we became, what I considered, friends. But, I felt, as many times as we ate dinner together, chatted, gossiped and talked on the phone, he was a bit of a sphinx, an unknowable entity, really.
One of the sweetest memories I have of him was eating dinner together at his favorite Second Avenue diner, practically in silence. We were at that comfortable stage where he didn’t need to have his Quentin Crisp “on” and I had stopped “interviewing” him long before.
In 1998 I threw a private 90th birthday party for him that turned out to be quite the event. John Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Simon Doonan, Penny Arcade, Lauren Hutton, Amanda Lepore and many others all came to pay their respects to the great man, whom they truly loved. Author Allegra Huston (sister of Anjelica) penned new words to God Save the Queen, changed to God Save OUR Queen, and we all sang it to him.
Sadly, he was gone before he turned 91. I miss him, like we were actually related – as though he were my great, gay British uncle. I do have some British blood in my DNA and coincidentally, my mother’s last name, after she remarried, is Crisp.
Anyone ringing him up on the phone always got the same intro…
“Oh, YEEESSSSS!
Hi, Quentin. It’s Trey…
Oh, hello, how are you?
I’m fine. How are you?
I’ve gone on living, in spite of everything…”
I can still hear THAT voice – and so can you, if you listen to the audio of his reading of ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas. So, listen, and look at the style, and soak in one of THE most fascinating characters of the 20th century.
You can read more about him in Stephen Rutledge‘s post #BornThisDay.
(Polaroid portrait, Trey Speegle)
From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture…bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream… comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions.
Carrie Bradshaw’s pairing of a tutu with a tank top is one of the most iconic outfits ever seen on television…and a look that turned avant-garde New York designer and stylist Patricia Field into a household name!
But before she was crowned the fairy godmother of haute couture, Field was the owner of the longtime East Village emporium Patricia Field, a haven for drag queens, club kids, starving artists, NYU freshmen, and creative visionaries alike.
Presiding over downtown with her distinctive vermillion hair and a constantly lit cigarette, Pat was a rock ‘n’ roll den mother to everyone from Amanda Lepore to Lady Bunny to Patti Smith, with her store providing the city’s eccentrics with a place to discover a sense of family, home, and a rhinestone bedazzled bustier or two.
In Pat in the City, Patricia describes her journey from scrappy Queens kid peddling men’s pants to the fashion world’s most notorious renegade. As the daughter of immigrant parents, Field learned the principles of glamour from her entrepreneurial mother, and applied her NYU lessons on democracy to inform a fashion ethos that would reach millions.
From her Studio 54 disco-glam styling to her award-winning work in The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City to today’s buzzy costuming in Emily in Paris, Field’s inimitable styling has pushed the envelope and created trends that have become the culture standard.
Now in her eighties, Patricia Field is ready to tell her story…not to take a final bow, but to spread her credo of challenging convention and filling the world with joy and dancing.
(above image by Yaniv Edry via Pat’s Instagram)
