Ballroom 80s

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To celebrate Gucci’s 100th anniversary, creative director Alessandro Michele created the Gucci 100 collection, which honors the brand’s place in the cultural zeitgeist.

The Netherlands is a very paradoxical country. It was the first place to legalise same-sex marriage, with Amsterdam being named one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities of the world. However, the Netherlands also has a complicated relationship with race. People of colour are poorly represented in the media, in politics, and in the arts. Black... Read more »

Voguing, a dance consisting of angular poses in time to music, was catapulted into the mainstream by Madonna in 1990. Photographer Chantal Regnault followed the predominantly African-American and Latin ballroom scene at its height, capturing the energy of balls where men competed against one another, and the 'houses' that took inspiration from fashion labels.

Powerful, defiant portraits that speak to the prevailing strength and presence of LGBTQ people of color in the Netherlands.