Leigh Bowery at Wigstock


Wigstock '93 gave Leigh Bowery a warm reception and in return Leigh delighted the crowd. He came out wearing a dark green, floral printed, velvet knee-lenght skirt with matching jacket, looking larer than life. Rather than wear make-up he had on a nylon face-mask that zipped up the back with three holes in front, two for the eyes and one for the mouth.(...)Nicola, his long suffering assistant, was strapped to his body under his outfit in a colth harness. She was coverd with red body paint and KY jelly and wrapped with a string of sausages.She was curled in an embryo position with her feet up by leigh's shoulders and her head in his smelly sweaty crotch. At the end of his number he shocked the crowd by pulling up his skirt and giving birth to Nicola who popped out of hi Velcro womb while his arms and legs flailed in the air all the time belting out an amazing on-key rendition of Beatles' song "All You Need Is Love".

---excerpt from the book "Life and Times Of An Icon", by Sue Tilley.







"1993 was a spectacular year for Wigstock. Over 25,000 revellers burst the seams of Tompkins Square. RuPaul bursts into stardom with her smash hit, "Supermodel". Bursting eardrums, and chomping on a cigar! India pumps her hit "I Can't Get No Sleep". Ultra-soprano Varla Jean Merman bursts glass with a dramatic rendition of the Star Trek theme song. Literally bursting, Leigh Bowery gives birth to a full grown woman and chomps off the sausage-link umbilical cord-- the first baby born at Wigstock, and a bloody mess! Gracing the Wigstock stage for the first time are mega-superstar Debbie Harry and punk legend Jayne (formerly Wayne) County, reprising her classic "If You Don't Wanna Fuck me, Fuck Off!". The "Lady" Bunny continues the theme with her giddy "Fuck Me Forever", bringing a healthy dose of raunchy burlesque to the Wigstock tradition. Prida comes out of semi-retirement and makes her triumphant return with a rap rendition of "Convoy".



Leigh, Nicola and the "gang" at Wigstock




Leigh singing...

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