2025 Dandy Outfits and Backstories
We made it.. *whew*
Do we really want to reflect upon 2025? I am not going to mention the obvious issues (putting it as mildly as humanly possible) regarding the events of 2025. I want to keep this as
lighthearted as I can given the climate. I will talk about the few highlights of 2025 that I'm sure will provide some entertainment, maybe even hope for the future.
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When I met Billy Porter at The Little Gay Pub, I immediately showed him my
Instagram pics of my art back in June 2024. He was completely impressed and said
they were "Amazing!" Months later I am told by multiple friends that the theme for the 2025
Met Gala was
Black Dandyism, something on which my art is based. In my delulu mind, to this day, I believe my encounter with
Billy Porter, one of the chairs of the 2025 Met Gala, may have had a role in influencing his style. I was determined to go. Unfortunately for me, a major obstacle got in the way of
that: unemployment. I didn't have the money to go, and this was my biggest dream.
Spoiler Alert: I was able to go (read all about it here)
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With a new job I was able to have the money to go, after a 1-year hiatus due to old job-related financial issues, at last, to
Provincetown Carnival 2025,
my absolute most happy place on earth, my personal Disneyland. To say that those 5 days weren't magical would be a tremendous misnomer; it was everything I expected and a whole lot more.
My outfits were on point and very well-received, especially at The Boatslip. It felt free and felt right
in every single way to be there, to be able to walk down the street, dressed up, and instead of receiving derision and possible threats
(my fears are
absolutely real), I received heaps of joy and praise from the parade spectators, many of whom were equally fantastic in their outfits and costumes. It briefly gave me hope that the
world could be this happy were it not for (fill in long list of ick here).
I was around my beautiful and amazing friends this past year, learning, growing, being loved, accepted, and included. I was able to improve my coding skills. I realized just how many
amazing strangers there are out there in this dark world. I saw Cynthia Erivo at World Pride, and I
saw Kylie Minogue in concert. And I wore great outfits. 2025, however, for us who desire to live in a world full of love, acceptance, inclusion, kindness, compassion, empathy,
perspective, variety, diversity, and community, was not entirely a year which we probably would want to fondly remember.
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