CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Showing posts with label Femme Mimics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Femme Mimics. Show all posts
Friday, 29 January 2021
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Trans-fixing cinema...
[Read more about this classic at Medium.com.]
[Get the low-down on the latter two - and more! - courtesy of Original Cinematic.]
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Friday, 1 September 2017
This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...
...like "Lucrece", one of the many stars of Madam Arthur's French Fun House!
Read more about Madam Arthur's at the wonderful (and sadly now no longer being updated) Queer Music Heritage
Saturday, 6 September 2014
What are you looking at?!
Tony Midnite, 1956
From the University of Washington "special collections":
Female impersonator and costume designer Tony Midnite was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.
Midnite opened a costume studio in Chicago in 1953 and designed costumes for the Jewel Box Revue, the 82 Club in New York City, and numerous other performers.
[She] defied the Chicago Police Department by booking female impersonator shows in the 1950s.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Style tips du jour
Today I am mostly reading Femme Mimics: A Pictorial Record of Female Impersonation for inspiration...
Read more at the ever-wonderful Queer Music Heritage
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