“In a fashion show, you see clothes,” said the bald woman with the tiny dollhouse strapped to her head, who had just removed the heart pinned to her chest. “In shows, you see personalities.”So it was. She was Sasha Velour, the gender-fluid, atypically browed Brooklyn drag queen (and winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the “Star Search” of drag), and she was on stage at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday night to offer what she and Opening Ceremony were calling “The Gift of Showz.” (Liza with a Z, meet showz with a Z.) Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, the stage managers of Opening Ceremony, whose approach to fashion and retail has long included dramaturgy and theatrical production, joined with Ms. Velour to show their spring 2019 collection during New York Fashion Week. She, in turn, had called on a cast of queens: Shea Couleé , Jiggly Caliente and Miss Fame, all “Drag Race” alumnae; West Dakota; Hungry (whose side project is doing Björk’s makeup); and the New York drag legend Lypsinka.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 17:48 UTC