“Candis used to strut the dance floor as if she was on a high-fashion runway. “They were part of Michael Alig’s inner circle of Club Kids and would get paid to wander about in eye-catching outfits.” Candis Cayne at the Palladium, 1995 “By this time, the dressing room was falling apart, mostly from rough treatment by rowdy bands who played on the club’s non-drag nights.” Sacred Boy and Keda at the Limelight, 1993 Iconic!” Michael T and Linda Simpson in the Pyramid Club dressing room. “James’ deliberately messy looks were a hoot and Lahoma wore the exact same makeup and wig every night. Vanity Fair did a write-up and included a photo of Bunny on a toilet.” Jay, James St James and Lahoma Van Zandt at the Limelight, 1993 Bugs, as a Lady Bunny, Was America’s First Drag Superstar Watch By Trey Speegleon April 21, 201910:00 am Bugs Bunnyis one the most beloved and iconic cartoon figures ever and he was the leading figure in Warner Brothers‘s Looney Tunescartoon stable. “For a short while, Bunny hosted a lively uptown party with a hysterical name-’ Poop‘… A foreshadowing of things to come!“ Tabboo! and Lady Bunny at the Supper Club. “ The main event was a drag pageant and Ru was a judge. It was his second attempt and this time around he eventually made it big.“ RuPaul at a party for My Comrade magazine. “This is right when Ru moved to New York from Atlanta. She wrote back with this bit of #DragHerStory and these comments… Lady Bunny and RuPaul in the Pyramid Club dressing room, 1987 I asked Linda if she had any pics that didn’t make it into her book and the story behind them. She wore the fakes out and put the $$$ ones in a safe.“ My friend worked for KJL in the 80s and said that Liz brought in the real earrings and he copied them for her. “Vintage camel hair coat, Hermes scarf & Kenneth Jay Lane earrings he designed for Liz Taylor… I have no recollection of the night, but I did do “real girl drag” around this time –this is Halloween, I assume– and I DO remember the clothes. Broadway World Cabaret was there to review the. You look fabulous-uptown chic!” Trey Speegle, Linda Simpson’s apartment, 1989. Last week Lady Bunny opened her holiday show O COME ALL YE HATEFUL at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in the West Bank Cafe on 42nd Street in Manhattan. “In drag at a party at my East Village apartment in 1989. And I have visual proof! She emailed me this photo the other day that I’d never seen before, saying, Linda Simpson’s fab coffee table book, The Drag Explosion, is now in its second printing!
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