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Voguing battles are sick af

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Pre-Madonna "Paris Is Burning" Vogue footage for anyone interested (clip from the film, there's more in the actual film):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdgYBCnW-8

It's a great film that's on Netflix if anyone wants to watch it. I was born in 1979, but never went to NYC before 2001, so seeing 1980s NYC is amazing compared to what it's like being there now.

That cosplay battle is pretty crappy though.
 
teiresias said:
Pre-Madonna "Paris Is Burning" Vogue footage for anyone interested (clip from the film, there's more in the actual film):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdgYBCnW-8

It's a great film that's on Netflix if anyone wants to watch it. I was born in 1979, but never went to NYC before 2001, so seeing 1980s NYC is amazing compared to what it's like being there now.

That cosplay battle is pretty crappy though.
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holy shit, they were throwing shade back in the 90s?
 
I don't understand how the guys completely dominates. You would think girls' better flexibilities would give them an advantage, but they were all so slow and reserved compare to the guys in the video so far.
 
GrayFoxPL said:
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This is what happens when you wait too long for The Last Guardian.
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Looks like he's trying to create a new macarena.
 
I always get my life when a henny serves for the GODS. I've been to many a ball and I always s c r e a m when someone gives it their all. Loving this thread.
 
YAAAAAAASSS SCREW THE HATERS AND GIVE PRAISE THE BALL SCENE!!!

There really is nothing quite like voguing and the culture that surrounds it. There are many unique styles of voguing, but the goal that most of them share is stepping into the ring against a worthy opponent, and seeing who can exude the most "I'm a Badder Bitch than your basic ass" through sheer will and fierce movement.

DASHAUN WESLEY (the fine black dude on the mic) is one of the best voguers out there.

Here's his solo from the 2013 competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6rU-4sQZU

And I dare anyone to say that the skill and athleticism required to hit the moves he does isn't up there with some of the most demanding dance styles.


OH

And we CAN'T forget the Queen of Femme Vogue -- Miss LEOMY!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9emJoXvH0
 
Literally some of the stupidest shit I've ever seen. Whatever that thing is that makes people act so silly because they need attention, I'm glad I don't have it.
 
I had heard about voguing before but had no idea there was a (battle) culture surrounding it. It's like a gay version of battle rap, but with dance instead of lyrics and bars.
 
royalan said:
Boo, now you know that's a lie:

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Excuse me but my avatar is of my cat which GAF photoshopped into Riker. I absolutely love it. Mockery of my avatar only reveals deficiency in the person who dares to do it.

And whatever you think of it, this is just on a whole other plane of stupid:

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I live in San Francisco and have seen crackheads dancing better than this.
 
Fox the Sly said:
I had heard about voguing before but had no idea there was a (battle) culture surrounding it. It's like a gay version of battle rap, but with dance instead of lyrics and bars.
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You live in San Fran and you're openly shitting on a defining part of gay culture? Girl gone.
 
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But what is it, where did it come from, and why do they do it so much? I watched a few of these videos and they all seem to default to it every 8 seconds. Like a puppet who's strings have been cut.
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Eh, they're spamming it. A lot of these videos are from a semi-amateur competition.

Within vogue, the death drop is one of the showiest moves you can do, and it's the most difficult of the "modern" vogue moveset. Even sloppy death drops are hard to pull off (my knees ache just looking at them), but you get more props the more pronounced your knee bend is, and the flatter you land on the ground. Look at the video I posted of Deshaun to see pretty much perfect death drops. Flat as a board every time.

Obviously, seeing as it's the "big move" in vogue, you have a lot of amateurs who spam the shit out of it.

There are also forms of vogue that don't really incorporate death drops. From the same competition, here's the final of the New Way style (which involves more precise movement, poses, and extreme displays of flexibility) between Voodoo and Karina Ninja. No death drops here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCDWMX_Gu6Y

Also? The girl who wins that (Voodoo) looks like she's barely 12 and doesn't even break a sweat.
 
Just when I think high fasion can't top itself, they go on to show me the dumbest shit I have ever seen. Imo the "fashion world" could disappear tonight and we wouldn't miss a thing.
 
Nealand Liquor said:
Just when I think high fasion can't top itself, they go on to show me the dumbest shit I have ever seen. Imo the "fashion world" could disappear tonight and we wouldn't miss a thing.
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What in the world does this have to do with high fashion? Unless you're using the word "fashion" in substitute for homosexuality.
 
Nealand Liquor said:
Just when I think high fasion can't top itself, they go on to show me the dumbest shit I have ever seen. Imo the "fashion world" could disappear tonight and we wouldn't miss a thing.
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...what does this have to do with the fashion world? You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
 
Nealand Liquor said:
Just when I think high fasion can't top itself, they go on to show me the dumbest shit I have ever seen. Imo the "fashion world" could disappear tonight and we wouldn't miss a thing.
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You poor pleb. You have no idea what you are talking about. Firstly, this has nothing to do with high fashion.

Secondly,

You try to act as if like you hate fashion and dont spend money on clothing and such.

You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select... I don't know... that lumpy blue sweater, for instance because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise. It's not lapis. It's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent... wasn't it who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in the room of a High Fashion Hause.
 
vogueing is completely incredible and all of you with negative opinions of it can absolutely get fucked
 
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