Let's be frank here, gay men pretty much occupy - no, rule - fashion. All the greats: Gianna Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce and Gabbana, Christian Dior; all friends of Dorothy. Apart from the delectable Giles the only other straighty currently in fash we can think of is Roberto Cavalli, who we can all safely agree does taste like it's never even in fashion.

Anyway, in homage to the homo's, New York's Fashion Institute of Technology Museum is launching a huge exhibition next year called (rather rubbishy, might we add), Queer Style: From the Closet to the Catwalk.

Says gallery director, Valerie Steele (now there's a fine queen name if ever we heard one), "Everybody knows that there are lots of gay people in fashion, and there have been lots of gay designers"

[like, waaay before broadband, when mobiles were larger than bricks and tablets were things you swallowed, when you'd changed your mind about the webpage you wanted to view before your primitive crackly modem had dialled up the net connection, before we were perma-stapled to our techno-communique]

"But nobody's ever really thought consciously to put the gayness back into fashion history and say: 'Why are there so many gay people in fashion?' and 'Is there a gay aesthetic?' and 'What have been the influences of having so many gay people in fashion?'"

Hmm, Let us answer that. Fine threads aside, we're certain one influence and legacy most gay designers leave hanging over the industry is that of the women who should wear their clothes - or the models at least - must resemble pubescent boys. Zero curves, little femininity, washboard titties, hips like lithe hommes.

Hey-ho. We're sure Queer Style: From the Closet to the Catwalk will be a superhomo-spectacular tribute to the gays and the good of fashion history.

Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:52:08 by The Real Runway