Lebowitz would have hated it.
Its very streamlined and simple, but its so definitive, says Jane August, cohost of FranCon.
These are basics that everyone has in their closet.
August also sees the uniform dressing as a way to level the social playing field.
Were not judging each others outfits or thinking about that because were all just the same, she says.
Now we can really connect.
For my part, I finally got myDevil Wears Pradamoment: a makeover in the fashion closet.
At the bar, two male Franswigs and alldebate the merits of the interpretation.
I think she would love it, one says.
I dont think she would.
The event drew a sizable queer crowd.
The butch look is an underappreciated look, especially in our era, says Rosella Tursi.
For us, its pretty nostalgic because we all blossomed into our queerness in the 90.
Its representative of that time.
Tursis partner, Christine Champagne, notes that borrowing Lebowitzs sartorial practices begot a sense of self-assuredness.
I feel confident dressed like this, she says.
I dont normally dress like this, and I just feel really good.
Champagne wasnt alone in that feeling.
Cohost Micaela Fagan says she dresses like Lebowitz beyond FranCon.
Theres no gender to it.
She is both simultaneously feminine and masculine, and so everyone can get on that page.
