I was looking at a picture of Jason Wu, the designer who did Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Ball dress, and thought, hmmmm he looks sort of familiar, and then I realized, it’s because I had taken a picture of him a few years ago. In 2006, I was slumming it in New York for the Village Voice and went to a benefit party for AIDS org DIFFA at clothing store Jeffrey. On the right is infamous tranny Amanda Lepore, and she somehow finagled Wu into making replicants of her. The dolls were for sale, and the proceeds went to the charity. And, yes that’s Wu on the left.
So, to review: Jason Wu: friend to the gays, and designer to nightlife trannies and First Ladies.
Tags: amanda lepore, jason wu, jason wu designed amanda lepore doll, jason wu designer to trannies and first ladies, michelle obama, michelle obama's inauguration gown
so what is the news here? he is an AIDS activist who friends with a transvestite is a sensational picture you took?
nothing to see here, folks, move on….
it’s not a ’sensational’ picture–the news is that he has a very wide variety of clientele. can you remember the last time a designer worked for the first lady AND amanda lepore. I mean talk about a high-low mix. that’s what i find interesting and cool.