Tag Archives: Justin Vivian Bond

 

Backstage at SPANK / LIVE last night was quite the scene.  Fashion!  Glamour!  Showbiz intrigue!

 

Cody Critcheloe, captivating lead singer of SSION, flanked by backup singers Colin and Murphy, with performance artist Raul de Nieves on far left.

 

 

Princess Xtravaganza making the most of her environment.

 

 

Princess Xtravaganza and back-up dancers strike a pose!

 

 

OMG, I can’t believe you were waiting with a camera for me to come off stage!

 

 

Raul modeling his fetching maxi dress—by Ralph Lauren!

 

 

A book reading at a club can be a recipe for disaster.  But Justin Vivian Bond enthralled all with her new novella, “Tango.”

 

 

Hot Stuff!  Little Victory band members Zan, Kelly, Massimo and Daniel.

 

 

From Planet Fierce! Performer Clifton flanked by dancers including Xander, left.

 

 

Massimo giving me a congratulatory hug for changing from one short sequin dress into another!

 

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“Every Night in Drag” is a historical photo essay by drag queen Linda Simpson documenting a fantastic New York City queendom, from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s.  (Posted every Monday and Thursday.)

 

FLASHBACK #5

FEBRUARY 1996


UPDATE: PHOTOS MOVED TO EveryNightInDrag

 

James F. Murphy out on the town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT: Last night’s fab bash thrown by chic “transversal style magazine” Candy, which is published in Madrid.

WHY: Kiss goodbye to NYC Fashion Week.

WHERE: Le Bain, the rooftop bar and lounge at the Standard Hotel, offering gorgeous skyline views!

 

Rumi Missabu, right, of the legendary gender-bending hippie troupe the Cockettes, was in town from San Francisco.

 

Fashion plate Sophia Lamar and Candy founder and publisher Luis Venegas.

Luis Venegas, Sophia Lamar, Candy Magazine

Touchy-feely performers Nath Ann and Justin Bond.

Photographer-artist Jeremy Kost (thanks for the invite!) and madcap journalist Gerry Visco.

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, photographer of sexy guys and currently an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Darn, my photo came out blurry of this cute Spanish duo—Pepino (Check out his great party pix) and La Crawford, star of Candy‘s premiere issue.

Another Spanish beauty.

Me and the always amazing Amanda Lepore.  Guess which one of us is really a man!

Kenny, eternal queen of the nightlife.

 

They chronicle the trannie scene—Samara Riviera, left, and Sassy.

 

Stylist Cameron Cooper and leather designer Zana Bayne.  She shot some fab pix of the event, too!

 

It was a wild night!  Muchas gracias Candy!