Leigh Bowery on The Clothes Show

[parislanes]

from sunshine, melbourne

[jellybeen]

How did I know people would mention Lady GaGa. You guys are SO predictable.

[andmaketherain]

So, this is where baby gaga got her inspiration!

[rwsandne]

if i see someone at walmart dressed like that im just going to run like hell

[RonaldBarone]

OMG I found Lady Gaga's mom lol

[GhostOfMisterRogers]

what the fuck

[gazirinth]

@GhostOfMisterRogers 'The Fuck' my darling, is quite our 'Freddie Murcury' Of tthe world of clothic art....he's gone, and his death still makes me cry

[aexxxon]

Divine - Walk Like A Man playing in the background...amazing!

[silversynth]

Clearly who they based Vulva on in the program "Spaced"

[tomsega]

Love his expression at 0:31!

[TheMiniManson14]

he`s great! resembles Boy George...or Boy george resembles leigh Bowery..or whatever! he is cute .. .but my boy is cuter! xx

[ClubKidOfficial]

Ψ Ψ Ψ g e t P S Y C H O n o w Ψ Ψ Ψ - THUMBS UP IF YOU ARE A CLUBKID!

[iusefizzylogic]

I love him.

[jellybeen]

Awww Leigh. R.I.P.

[TheVampMams]

Leigh Bowery is a great artist for me, a living sculpture.

[BornThisWayANTHONY]

I Love His VOICE

[estrulz]

It's rey mysterio

[Dendiol]

At 0:54 the doorman is freaked out!

[kanamesenpaixxx]

nightmares. i will have nightmares.

[TaraClubKidz]

he kinda looks like a mexican wrestler in this interview

[novab]

I wish everyone dressed like this 24/7! Bowery is my hero of fashion!!!

[shazu1990]

so thats where lady gaga got her fashion from!

[supermaxim109]

20 years later, he's still ahead

[Iightmachine]

Leigh Bowery taught me how to accessorize. :)

[inthestreet007]

Dear Charles Atlas,

We loved your movie “The legend of Leigh Bowery. We saw that the “Miss Peanut” video has been removed by copyright claims. We understand that this is your work and that you have all the legal rights on it, but this video is utterly rare, and sadly, only a few seconds of this film is shown in “The Legend Of Leigh Bowery”. We honestly think this video should be back to public because we think that both of your art must be repanded.

Thank you for time and reading our letter.

[dooooodman7]

i lold. but in a good way :) very entertaining and funny despite the weird fashion. congrats. and r.i.p.

[pauleuro16]

lady gaga queen of rare fashion???.....MY ASS

[DCFunBud]

This is like listening to Mary Vivian Pearce interviewing Divine, had Divine not been dressed by Van Smith.

[kahnmoon]

@DCFunBud *laughs* I was actually thinking the same thing. Van was amazing. There is something to be said also for Leigh and Glen in that they used their size and costume to impose and their manner to comfort.

[protolexis]

fruitcake

[gsh73la]

@protolexis Hungry !

[JonnyCisero]

Lady Ga Ga is inspired by Leigh, an quite rightly so, Leigh Bowery was a legend in his lifetime and now creative inspiration for future legends in the making.

[tanyajanen]

FABULOUS!

[frankie1986]

HE IS AMONG MY BIGGEST FASHION ICONS...

[frankie1986]

@WHENBORDOMTAKESOVER .....LEIGH DIED IN 1994....18 YEARS BEFORE LADY GAGA WAZ EVEN KNOWN...U STUPID SHIT

[afdba]

r.i.p leigh :(

[tubbymctubsta]

does anyone know the song at the beginning?

[rayaustinD]

omg. i love how he walks, spins, and it freezes with him smiling. amazing.

[WhenBordomTakesOver]

Lady Gaga.. copied him.

[mireillemaddah]

@WhenBordomTakesOver fuck off!

[alchamissie]

@WhenBordomTakesOver agreed :) but its awesome none the less.

[zipppit89]

@WhenBordomTakesOver lady gaga emulate eveyone.

[madincx2]

@zipppit89 Not emulate..flat out stole!

[zipppit89]

@WhenBordomTakesOver Lady gaga emulated everyone

[WhenBordomTakesOver]

Lady Gaga.. copied him.

[WhenBordomTakesOver]

Lady Gaga.. copied him.

[theatergeek82]

I always wondered if Lady Gaga was inspired by Leigh Bowery

[BornInTheWrongDecade]

Leigh Bowery reminds me so damn much of little Edie Bouvier from the 1977 documentary Grey Gardens

[rayaustinD]

wow, he was so cool. lol.

[anthonynewsome]

Leigh was such an amazing designer, his birth scene at Wigstock is legend,

[charbyteU]

Is that his Mum's gingham tablecloth twirling through the Savoy with such savvy!

[pixiewilson42]

Work it girl1!....he was fatastic...he danced with the Michael Clarke ballet,,,,a sight not to be forgotton,i havent 25yrs or more,,,,on

[jesusfreaklol1]

He freaks me out completely, but he can walk it out.

[yossue3e]

can someone please say me the name of the song in the beggining?

[Mannis010]

"Walk Like a Man" by Divine

[Cyber64]

Divine - walk like a man

[sunvana]

walk walk fashion baby

work that bitch crazy

[noodlezero]

its caryn not caroline btw.

[ohgoodlord]

I'd rather Leigh Bowery than a tranny.

[saturninenight]

Leigh bowery forevah!

[blakmajesty]

WORK

[boshankers12]

Fashion hasn't caught up with Leigh Bowery, but when it does it's gonna kick the shit out of him.

[jenny8632]

You stole this from 8 out of 10 cats!

[boshankers12]

HAHA well spotted, see how many negatives my comment has loool

[gsh73la]

@boshankers12 It did catch up, in the 80s.

[OhLookItsMapheu]

@boshankers12 Someone's been watching Jimmy Carr haven't we?

[theghostofchristmasp]

@boshankers12 Heheee. Oh, I miss him sooo.. ;) Rest well, Leigh. x

[georgeburley1]

No harm to the guy but C'mon?! Doesnt that just show how bonkers the fashion world is?

[MrKingofthe80s]

Brill

[drwinkle101]

So wise, such gravitas. Why wasn't this guy invited by governments to help solve the world's economic and social problems?

[playbic15]

fagulous

[ArmadaCyclonus12]

at Sadlers Wells..  currently! :D

[davrosmad]

hes just so camp and fantastic

[redswitch75]

He was such a gorgeous gorgeousity, the haters on here can stick forks in their eyes.

[impempwoo]

love him what a wicked sense of humour!

[SoMuchLoveWins]

Leigh you are beautiful and your incredible heart and strong resounding loving spirit shines bright and empowering in the tear glistening smiling eyes that watch you still to this day ; and could not live without your breathtaking presence

kisskiss & much thanks to all posters of Leigh Bowery footage; angels of divine light

[upgroundmusic]

fAbfuckintAstic! THE clubkids first and nr1 !!!

[strangeparty]

hahahaha what would the world do without originals like leigh

[jonkofied]

legend,love you leigh

[Writermo1]

Amazing. Thanks for posting this!

[sundaeg1rl]

Not wanting to nit-pick but it's CARYN Franklin

[56259269]

fucking brilliant,gutsy guy with a fantastic ,fun sense of fashion.There should be more!

[LollieSmith]

Hes wearing 101 dalmations

[bakerford123]

..and an even more fantastic Brit! Such creativity!

[absoluteMK]

So interesting even though a very short clip! I watched sometime back a documentry about Leigh and it was fasinating.

People like him are strictly a one off.His voice complements his clothes. I don't know why..

[jonnomayer]

Leigh was Aussie, not British.

Unfortunately it's something he hid from the public, but that doesn't matter, he was one in a billion.

[DistantCousin]

He was Australian actually, but he used to try and hide his Aussie accent

[sydneygayboi]

a great australian...GO AUSSIE!!!!!

[xantoniolovelacex]

leighs brilliant!

[zezefab]

i love leighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhh

[sobeblkguy]

I used to be a major league club kid here in New York and looking at this brings me back to that time. That period was the reason I decided to get into fashion. Thanks for posting this.

[conmaleta]

nice voice

[Lidowyte]

Me "ill" ever after?? Ha ha...YOU already tried that G...and I went and LIVED...got eye popped AND confused...double whammy blues...yikes...found a friend rare and true...Leigh Bowery you stick to me like glue!! xoxo

[Lidowyte]

soo "walkies" just not happening for you, G, these days...back to tail chasin, eh? jus try to stay OUT of the pound...and you not being registered in all...godam legalities, eh? just remember...YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT....drugs & hookers. You will see me leave messages...you won't see MY whip...it only cracks for REALITY.

[annagozanthos]

Leigh represents,to me a all to short,creative period where allot of ideas where florishing and mixing,especially in London, in a sence it has been the last great "movement",for some time now we have a pretty pedestrian representation of popular culture..or mabee that this type of creativity is'nt valued as much. In a sence these movements have been kinda side-lined and/or shelved for the kind rock/pop/indy (emo) look- backs we have today

[hcvang]

glorified burkas

[bumblebert]

I love the laugh at the end

[robbkit]

he just takes the whole concept of fashion as camouflage and shoves it down the throats of the gender dullards and anorexibitches. Leigh is missed.

[Cyber64]

thank you for sharing <3

[CarolinaMaverickPan]

Oh, Leigh! How charming you are.. Thank you so much for sharing!!