

Bartsch was not alone with the endless fashion reinventions. Arriving in a pink Zaldy bodysuit and blond wig, she then changed into a gold angular dress with a cherry headband, then a goth peacock dress, then a red velvet corset number, followed by a white crystalline minidress. Bartsch had several dramatic outfit changes throughout the night. It was Susanne Bartsch’s world, and guests were living in it. Accessories pushed the limit, with bedazzled eye patches, shoulder studs, colored contact lenses, leather harnesses, and bare chests. Like any Susanne Bartsch party, the fashion was outrageous: men in floor-length gowns, drag queens in feathered headpieces, heels bordering on stilts, towering wigs, and suits spanning the color spectrum. It’s show biz-anything goes!” Bartsch remarked.
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“The dress code is whatever you feel best in. With an intentionally absent dress code, guests arrived in a myriad of audacious outfits. If Paris is burning, then New York is an all-out inferno. Some of this year’s all-star judges included Marc Jacobs, Nicky Hilton-Rothschild, Dita Von Teese, David and Phillipe Blond, Teyana Taylor, Aquaria, and Mary J. KAWS, Kenny Scharf, Lucy Dodd, Raul de Nieves, Jack Pierson, and Tony Oursler followed in the footsteps of Keith Haring and Julian Schnabel, who created trophies for prior Love Balls.

To quote Pepper LaBeija in Paris is Burning, “I went to a ball, I got a trophy, and now everybody wants to know me.” For the 2019 Love Ball, six contemporary artists were commissioned to customize six-foot-tall trophies for the ball’s winners. Of course, the ball would not be a competition without its trophies. At the Love Ball III, there were six main performance categories: Head to Toe, Hair Spectacular, Beauty and Face, Move to the Groove, Show Stoppers, and Battle of the Legendary Houses. There’s the runway, the esteemed judges, the legendary voguers representing familial houses, and a deep sense of inclusivity. The making of a ball is no simple recipe it’s multi-faceted and potent. Brian Donnelly of KAWS and his custom trophy
