Voguing began in the 1980s by Latin Americans in New York, La Bronx and Harlem and became popular in the UK during the 1990s. It started at balls and was used as a safe way of throwing shade through dance instead of violence. The balls were conducted in Houses such as House of xtraveganza, House of Saint Laurent, House of Princess and House of LaBeija. The houses were places where you could be yourself in a time when you weren't accepted for being gay or transsexual even though transsexuals were often more beautiful than women. It was a place you could go to if you were rejected by your family and were in need of support or even create a new family.
' Paris is burning'
' Paris is Burning
Pepper Labeija in 'Paris is Burning'
Photograph by Chantal Regnault. Courtesy of Soul Jazz Books.
Photograph by Chantal Regnault. Courtesy of Soul Jazz Books.
House of Xtravaganza
Photographer: Gerard H. Gaskin
The Houses would have competitions with catgories such as realness, butch queen, schoolgirl/boy and miltary. These competitions would included men and women creating this look and walking like they are in a runway show to house music. Your didnt have to be rich to go to these houses, however during the late 1980s it was a much to wear designer labels. The competition also started with people wanting to look like LA show girls and later on people were more inspired by singers, models and actresses such as Marilyn Monroe.
"I want to be somebody. I mean, I am somebody. I just want to be a rich somebody."
Octavia Saint Laurent
'Paris is burning'
The dancing was inspired by Egyptian hyrogrifics and gymnastics.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Katy Perry-Dark horse
John Galliano
Dior S/S 2004
Dior S/S 2004
Voguers have gone on to inspire people such as Madonna, FKA twigs, Beyonce and Azelia Banks.
Madonna
Vogue
Vogue
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know0
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for, so
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for (that's what it's for)
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)
It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it
Come on, vogue
Let your body groove to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (move to the music)
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (go with the flow)
Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue, vogue
Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to
Vogue
Madonna- Vogue
FKA twigs
“(Derek Prodigy) taught me that every hand movement that you do in voguing is a figure of eight and that is eternity,” she said. “Every single move has to flow into the other like the eternal move that never stops moving. I was really inspired by that concept.”
FKA twigs Glass and Patron Music Video
Glass and Patron Music Video Choreography
FKA twigs- Glass and Patron Music Video Choreography
FKA twigs at Coachelle Festival
FKA twigs
DIY magazine
FKA twigs on the cover of Complex magazine
FKA twigs of the cover of i-D
Willi Ninja
http://sundayschildinc.tumblr.com/post/101249093903/house-of-ninja
Willi Ninja
Mid 1990s
Willi Ninja Voguing in 'Paris is Burning'
Willi Ninja
Willi Ninja inspired by Modonna 'vogue' music video
USA Today
Pepper Labeija
'Paris is burning'
Pepper Labeija
'Paris is burning'
Pepper Labeija
'Paris is burninig'
Pepper Labeija
'Paris is burning'
Octavia Saint Laurent
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22663/1/octavia-st-laurents-last-interview
“A lot of transgendered and pre-op transgendered are a little shocked about my attitude in regards to not wanting to be a woman, and taking that role of womanhood. Iʼm no damn woman, donʼt wanna be no woman. I stand up and piss in the bathroom, I donʼt sit down, you know what Iʼm saying?” – Octavia St Laurent
Octavia Saint Laurent
Octavia Saint Laurent
Octavia Saint Laurent
'Paris is burning'
Octavia Saint Laurent
Vogueing at hood by Air A/W 2014
Voguing at hood by Air A/W 2014
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