HeyJaredLegends of Vogue
Legends of Vogue is a series that shares 9 years worth of oral histories I have collected, articles, books, periodicals, and archives I have inherited, and folklore in and about the history of ballroom and voguing.
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- Sep 9, 2026
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- Aug 3, 2026
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How Did Ancient Egypt Influence Voguing? (opens the original)
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The Boss: Move Over Madonna, Diana Ross Is Voguing’s True Inspiration (opens the original)
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PART 2: Uptown Roots, Downtown Beats: The Nightlife Explosion That Exported Voguing (opens the original)
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In the 1970s, as the Bronx burned and New York City lay bare in the wake of white flight, urban neglect, and rising inflation, a fire of a different kind smoldered in the city. A creative underbelly was undulating in Manhattan. New York’s legendary nightlife was being birthed. David Mancuso opened The Loft in 1970 on Broadway, ushering in a new and exclusive underground form of nightlife for music lovers. Nicky Siano opened The Gallery in SoHo, spotlighting disco and live music. Studio 54 opened
PART 1: Vogue’s Unlikely Prance from Prison to Pop Royalty (opens the original)
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As a ballroom aficionado – and participant – I had always wondered if the lore about the origins of voguing was true. Is it possible that this underground artform, cultivated in NYC’s still marginalized LGBTQ+ nightlife scene and ultimately elevated to the world stage by the biggest pop star on the planet, could really trace its roots back to an infamous correctional facility on the outskirts of town? Rikers Island was often referenced as a birthplace of the pose-driven performance art, but I ha
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