Gay jewelry historian Levi Higgs ep dive to the ways that queer jewelers have been forcibly silenced or erased throughout time.
Contents:
- PRI MONTH COM AND GO, BUT THE BOND BETWEEN GAYS AND LUXURY IS FOREVER
- FAMO GAY DIGNERS WHO CHANGED HOW WE DRS
- A WORLD OF PRI: GAY DIGNERS TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND CHALLENG
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
- FASHN SIGNERS WHO ARE GAY?
PRI MONTH COM AND GO, BUT THE BOND BETWEEN GAYS AND LUXURY IS FOREVER
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Marc ed his fame for good 2009 when he troduced a le of shirts llg for the legalizatn of gay marriage.
High-femme, dramatilly draped creatns by New York Cy-based signer Hana Holquist pay homage to the eccentricy and energy of the gay nightlife scene while also beg remiscent of the classic Christian Dr silhouette. He equently repurposed materials to make stallatns and stum for gay performers that are “larger-than-life, ” “novative, and subversive.
FAMO GAY DIGNERS WHO CHANGED HOW WE DRS
Here are few of the most famo, morn gay signers who have ma a remarkable fluence on how we drs. * gay luxury designers *
Whe cis gay men the fashn dtry... Madonna is a pneer for the gay muny and has stood up to the general public for through years and years of discrimatn.
Fashn spac have always had a fair amount of cis gay male signers, but seeg female, trans, and genr nonnformg signers shakg up the sug dtry (Kirr Fch and SharpeHs) and the swimsu game (Beefke, OUTPLAY, and HUMANKIND) really ma known to that this was a space for all of . What is wh gays and our signer everythg? At that time, the gay experience uld be bleak.
He was accurately scribg the liv of many gays of yore. Willi Smh, one of a long list of great gay imprar signers, photographed 1989. Havg bee an avid nsumer of La Mo, I, like so many gays before and sce, vowed to go one step further: I cid to perate this myster world and to rve out a profsnal niche for myself.
A WORLD OF PRI: GAY DIGNERS TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND CHALLENG
It’s an old stereotype: the gay terr signer. Ltle data exists regardg how many gay men are out the sign dtry around the world, but ’s whout a doubt a iendlier dtry than, say, profsnal sports. On the ocsn of World Pri month, Interr Dign reached out to gay sign profsnals around the physil and virtual worlds to get a sense of where thgs stand today, om Tulsa to Turkey. * gay luxury designers *
And for a workg-class gay such as myself, a job retail has always provid direct accs to the world of style and luxe—and a disunt rd! The thor a wdow at Barneys wh Donatella Versace (not gay), 2008. Louis loved Baroque ipperi and luxuri, but pared to his OTT gay brother, Philippe, De of Orléans, he was a stripped-down hair-shirt mimalist.
The 19th century fairly shimmered wh gay shopaholics, and luxury beme a relign promoted by the lik of Osr Wil, who clared, “Athetics are higher than ethics.
GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
As the 20th century unfurled, the gays, sperate to get a slice of actn, migrated to the big ci, seekg out the new enclav of style.
And where were the gays? To quote my hband, Jonathan Adler, “Every gay remembers his first enunter wh a Rigd ndle and his first Prati ro sham. The skilled pattern-cutters, the watchmakers, the shoemakers of the world—the great tradns of weavg, prtg, tanng and tailorg that go back to the Renaissance—rely on your glor gay patronage.
FASHN SIGNERS WHO ARE GAY?
I thk 's important to regnize that the fashn dtry is often perceived as gay-iendly due to the prence of women and gay men.
But this perceptn overlooks the issue at hand: the privileged posn held by gay cis men, particularly the fashn world. It is ccial to acknowledge this dispary, as is all too easy for a list of LGBTQ+ signers and brands to be domated by gay men who already hold signifint platforms the dtry. Jane Greenwood is the -founr of the ‘Organizatn of Lbian + Gay Archects and Digners’, along wh beg a vol advote for LGBTQIA+ rights.
When the phrase "glter and be gay" cross my lips, as often do, (occupatnal hazard of workg luxury jewelry) ually mak me thk about homosexualy and the world of fe jewelry.