"And Then He Was a She"
"Holly came from Miami f.l.a
Hitchhiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
I said, Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side...."
I first discovered Andy Warhol and the downtown superstars of New York who he immortalised in his movies when I was about 17....and I was immediately fascinated, obsessed, call it what you will....I was THERE! - even though it had already happened!
Holly Woodlawn was the outrageous, messy, fan-freaking-tastic star of Trash (she played Joe Dallesandro's wife) and Women in Revolt, plus a ground-breaking role-model for this was a time of sexual revolution, gay liberation, Stonewall...history-making events. What I loved about Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis was that they pushed the tranny envelope, they didn't seem to want to be women in the way that Candy Darling so obviously did (and she did it so well, I still think she's one of the most beautiful women who ever was), but they were practically going through dustbins to put looks together, as they had no money, and this trashy, extreme, freak tastic kind of drag they pioneered was their creation and it was beyond the girly boy thing or the boy who could "pass" for a real woman....anyhooo, you might have gathered I'm a fan. F.A.N. Huge F.A.N!!! So....when Sadie Lee invited me to the opening for her exhibition "And Then He was a She" at the Drill Hall, 16 Chenies St, WC1 this was actually my big chance to see, possibly meet one of my heros\heroines!!
Do you think I met her?
Would Lana Turner wear a tight sweater?
'Course I did!!! First of all we went upstairs to the gallery to see the AMAZING paintings (actually that's a lie, we first went into the bar where Holly and her friend Connie were propping up the bar and not many people around and kinda pounced!) which you HAVE to go and see....beautifully painted as always but they show the transformation from man to Holly and are very honest, intimate and bravely modelled.
The exhibition starts on 1st October, check out the Drill Hall website for times etc http://www.drillhall.co.uk/pl285.html
I urge urge urge you to go!!!! L.E.G.E.N.D.A.R.Y!!!
madame x
Hitchhiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
I said, Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side...."
I first discovered Andy Warhol and the downtown superstars of New York who he immortalised in his movies when I was about 17....and I was immediately fascinated, obsessed, call it what you will....I was THERE! - even though it had already happened!
Holly Woodlawn was the outrageous, messy, fan-freaking-tastic star of Trash (she played Joe Dallesandro's wife) and Women in Revolt, plus a ground-breaking role-model for this was a time of sexual revolution, gay liberation, Stonewall...history-making events. What I loved about Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis was that they pushed the tranny envelope, they didn't seem to want to be women in the way that Candy Darling so obviously did (and she did it so well, I still think she's one of the most beautiful women who ever was), but they were practically going through dustbins to put looks together, as they had no money, and this trashy, extreme, freak tastic kind of drag they pioneered was their creation and it was beyond the girly boy thing or the boy who could "pass" for a real woman....anyhooo, you might have gathered I'm a fan. F.A.N. Huge F.A.N!!! So....when Sadie Lee invited me to the opening for her exhibition "And Then He was a She" at the Drill Hall, 16 Chenies St, WC1 this was actually my big chance to see, possibly meet one of my heros\heroines!!
Do you think I met her?
Would Lana Turner wear a tight sweater?
'Course I did!!! First of all we went upstairs to the gallery to see the AMAZING paintings (actually that's a lie, we first went into the bar where Holly and her friend Connie were propping up the bar and not many people around and kinda pounced!) which you HAVE to go and see....beautifully painted as always but they show the transformation from man to Holly and are very honest, intimate and bravely modelled.
The exhibition starts on 1st October, check out the Drill Hall website for times etc http://www.drillhall.co.uk/pl285.html
I urge urge urge you to go!!!! L.E.G.E.N.D.A.R.Y!!!
madame x
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