FABULON

Over the years, we have posted countless video clips that merit your attention and adoration. Yet every so often we come across one that effortlessly sums up what Fabulon is all about, for better or worse. Insanely fabulous or fabulously insane, these gems and camp classics deserve special mention. They also deserve an award, which we will readily bestow upon them after YOU help us decide what to call it. ("Fabbies" has been done to death, darlings!) So please feel free to offer your suggestions, and by popular consensus we will choose the title of this extreme honor. In the meantime, watch this lovely video. It will inspire you. To drink or take a pill, perhaps, but inspire you none the less. Enjoy!

Missing Persons!



YAY!

In 1936, Diana Vreeland's Why Don't You...? column fist appeared in Bazaar. We will be sharing some of these with you in the coming weeks. Why wouldn't we?

Why Don't You...

...Zip yourself into your evening dress?

...Waft a big bouquet about you like a fairy wand?

...Wear a bowler?

...Stick Japanese hair-pins in your hair?

...Buy a transparent coat?

...Or a geranium chiffon toque?

...Or bright flannel gloves?

...Or a black blouse?

...Expose your fortune in an Isinglass bag?

...Hide your hips under an accordian-pleated jacket?

...Wear fruit hats?

...Currants?

...Cherries?

[thanks, tristan!]

Scissor Sisters!



Wigs and wrongness!

[fotos: eugenio recuenco]

Madonna's Sex book caused quite the media maelstrom upon its release. We admit to buying a copy on the first day it became available. Why not? Though many found it to be much ado about nothing, we think it succeeded on its own terms, whatever they may have been. Not the least bit titillating to those of us familiar with the sexual underground, it none the less opened some eyes in middle-America. These days, we just see it as a curious photo spread, the likes of which no mainstream star would consider doing, before or since. The entire book has been posted here.



[fotos: steven meisel]

Yello featuring SHIRLEY BASSEY!



We have always loved this song. And we always will.

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This made our day. It will make yours, too!


(Thanks to Jasonspaceman)

[fotos: bernard tartinville]

CLASSIC!

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Once again, The Zellweger rears her ugly head on Fabulon, this time as our latest Mysterion. Congrats to all who named her, with kudos and Extra Fabulosity Points to Karmander, who was the first to get it right.

We often lay in bed at night, wondering just what it is that Hollywood sees in this woman. Who is her agent, that she is repeatedly miscast in plum roles that should go to other actresses? And why does the media love her so? One can only hope that these things change once Barack Obama is president.

This may come as a surprise, but we are not huge fans of the color pink. We believe that in the proper dosage it can be quite effective, but mostly we appreciate the many things it represents. None the less, we are completely taken by Betsey Johnson's fabulous New York apartment. The combination of vintage and modern is spot on, too. Love it!

Drugs optional.


(Thanks again, Marisha!)

(Thanks, Marisha!)

Ignore the plot and questionable acting. Farinelli is all about sound and vision. Sumptuous visuals and breathtakingly beautiful music make this film a must for fans of the fabulous.

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[fotos: clive arrowsmith]

Dolly Parton on Andy Warhol: I would always ask him, "What do you look like under that wig?" and he'd reply, "What do you look like under that one?" I'd say, "Well, you'll never know," and he'd say, "Well, you'll never know!"