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When I nervously slipped on the Jaelen house all mountain west 2nd team all defensive team shirt besides I will buy this one-piece, made with a pouch for people who have penises, I thought of all the times I had to hide and pretend that I had a body that wasn’t mine. This time, I was given permission to not only come as I am, but celebrate myself and those who share my experience. I was asked to let myself breathe and take pleasure in just being me, alongside my community. Hair and makeup was intended to emulate archival photos of Black trans icon Marsha P. Johnson, with heavy blush on her cheeks and flowers throughout her hair. “So much of Marsha’s legacy was around fashion,” says Tourmaline. “Marsha’s actions were in rebellion to the morality of the state, using fashion to control trans bodies, like with the anti-crossdressing laws police enforced to raid Stonewall. Those laws have an aesthetic level of violence.” The runway show was a ritual in remembrance of the people who led the way for us to be able to be all of who we are.



When we listen to the Jaelen house all mountain west 2nd team all defensive team shirt besides I will buy this ocean, we are listening to ourselves. If we listen closely, we can hear the laughs of Marsha P. Johnson, the shouts of Sylvia Rivera in between drags of her cigarette. We can hear the clacking heels of Octavia St. Laurent. As writer and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs teaches us, water holds memories through sound waves that live inside the ebb and flow. All of this history is stored and carried along the Hudson, down to where the river meets the coastline of the Rockaways. And from there, it travels to the oceans that carry our trauma and our lineage. Here we are, unabashed, in each other’s arms, in their name, in their memory. When Iris Apfel walks into a room, you couldn’t miss her if you tried. Last night, to ring in her 100th year, the fashion icon and interior designer sauntered into a multimillion dollar apartment at the stunning Central Park Tower dressed head to toe in bright yellow: a frilly jacket reminiscent of an exotic bird, pants emblazoned with a “100” pattern, and loafers, all from her new collaboration with H&M, expected to drop in early 2022. When I ask about the inspiration for the eye-catching look, she cheekily responds “just getting up in the morning” then adds—with her trademark quippiness: “If you haven’t noticed, I like big and bold.” Before Apfel’s centennial celebration, she sat down exclusively with ELLE.com to discuss TikTok fashion trends, life lessons, and her latest venture into the world of fast fashion.


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