CLUBS t BARS t CABARET t LIFE NO 1111 22 JUNE 2016 RYNBHB[JOFDPNtRYHBZMPOEPO18 Suitable only for persons 21/06/2016 15:19 of 18 years and over QX_1111_Cover.indd 1 PrideDUA Essentials LIPA’S “Leotard” Ideal for ” dancing! “Glitter Leotards are quite 80’s but You can’t have Pride without let’s bring glitter! You’ll be pulling it them back! out of your hair for months afterwards, but it’s worth it to be a fabulous disco diva! We thought we’d ask Dua Lipa what her Pride Essentials were! She’s totes qualified. For a start, she’s performing at Brighton Pride, so she IS a pride essential! A camp commodity! An indispensible installation! Her smokey-voiced dark pop knells have been wafting “Hip unignorably from 5am party playlists and East London barbecues over the last few months. Remember visceral trip- pop anthem Be The One? BANGER! And tropical dance- infused Last Dance? BANGER! And don’t try to tell us you Flask” haven’t stormed down Kingsland Road with a denim jacket and cigarette mouthing the words to Hotter Than Hell and whipping a nonexistent high ponytail. For a cheeky ” sip if the bar’s “Sunglasses Anyway we dragged her away from her busy schedule of too crowded singing songs and doing camp arm dancing in psychedelic Great for those moments forests, and asked her to give us a list of her PRIDE when you want to check ESSENTIALS! So herehere theyth are! out hot guys without being caught! Or if you’re hungover from the night before, trying to avoid the rays. Maybe not the most ” practical choice, but if drag “Heels queens can do it, so can we! Dua Lipa will be at Brighton Pride on Saturday 6th August. Her debut album is set for release later this year. 2 qxmagazine.com QX_1111_Dua Lipa.indd 2 21/06/2016 20:24 QX 1111 MASTER 1.indd 3 21/06/2016 19:26 QX 1111 MASTER 1.indd 4 21/06/2016 19:29 QX 1111 MASTER 1.indd 5 21/06/2016 19:29 LOOKS TO TRY FORPRIDE We don’t care if you’ve read a few issues of Vogue, or done half a fashion communications course at Central Saint Martins, The “Effy from once spilled a glass of cheap plonk down Alexa Chung’s Peter Skins” Look Pan collar dress at the launch of a shit restaurant in Camden. Now this is all about the aesthetic. It doesn’t have to be exactly like Effy, it’s You think you know fashion? about capturing Effy’s Well you DON’T. Don’t even ESSENCE. That tousle- haired, just-woke-up-in- try to tell us you thought Mimi a-toilet-cubicle-in-my- Wade’s graduate collection was own-vomit-handcuffed-to- a-male-escort vibe. And “a gorgeous celebration of the let’s face it, for most of us that wouldn’t be too much 50’s” or that you once sucked of a stretch. We love Effy off William Baker in the toilets from Skins. She likes boys, booze, and bitching, which of The Groucho. We don’t care. is all very QX. Because THIS is what you need to really know about fashion. QX SHOP THE LOOK Magazine. This is where it’s at. The Army Boots – We’ve all founders of faddism, the artisans got a pair of army boots of aesthetic, the…tastemakers! lying around from when Adam Lambert’s first Basically, we say what’s cool. album came out. If not, All Saints are great for boots, but pricey. Probably If you’re surprised about all over the £100 mark. If this, it’s because we’ve only just you can’t afford that, pop down to Camden Market decided we’re a fashion magazine. or Spitalfields, where, with Like, just now. Today. So keep a bit of luck, you’ll find a good vintage pair for an eye on Fashion Monitor around £50. and WATCH. THIS. SPACE. Lots of Shit Jewellery Because in a year’s time, what – Crucifix necklaces, Elven you’re wearing will have been rings, cheap tat bangles, the lot. The girls’ sections chosen for you by the people in of Primark and Topshop this room. From a pile of stuff. are GREAT for twee twiddly little rings and necklaces, with ornate carvings and connector chains and We’re kicking off our new- stuff. They fall apart pretty found chic joie-de-vivre with quickly but who cares, you’ll probably lose them anyway. LOOKS TO TRY FOR PRIDE. A guide to the essential fashion A packet of Malboros – Eight quid from your local to cobble together whilst you corner shop. spend the next couple of days Smokey Eye Makeup – trudging through a sea of Buy some eyebrow pencil plastic beakers and rainbow from Boots, smear it under your eyes, then put your flags to get to Trafalgar Square. head in a bucket of water, and you’ll pretty much 6 have the Effy look. qxmagazine.com QX_1110_Pride Fashion.indd 6 21/06/2016 20:17 Toys-R-Sluts is a new(ish) London club night concept pioneered by some of our fave up and SHOP THE LOOK coming club kids, like TeTe Bang, Chema Diaz, Candy Ken Pink Diesel boxers – and the fabulously disruptive Nick some off a one-night- Lewis G Burton (he’s a look to stand (one-night-stands try in his own right, if you don’t ALWAYS seem to wear know him look him up. Ursula Diesel boxers) or go to meets a rubbish dump). To get diesel.com where you can an idea of Toys-R-Sluts’ whole get them from £24. vibe, imagine if Hello Kitty started messaging everyone on Gold mouth guard – Scruff and asking them to come Brixton Market! You can over and gang bang her. It’s pick one up for around kawaii meets KY, fantasia meets £20. Fake, not real gold, fetish. The look we’ve included obviously. here is Candy Ken, who goes for the tacky slut look, which we Hello Kitty socks – Little totally love and is totally a thing. girls’ ones available from You can also go with other H&M for £5. variations on the Toys-R-Sluts aesthetic, like rubber bright Hello Kitty tiara – green boob-straps, long flared amazon.com, £20. The “Toys-R-Sluts” Look The “Toys-R-Sluts” pink satin trousers, or neon braids. It’s up to you! THE “JOHN As we all know by now, SIZZLE” John Sizzle is the world’s THE best DJ, and he’s had LOOK more bottle of prosecco “ADAM than you’ve had hot dinners. Trendsetting, trendy and trending, Sizzle RICKITT I is a visual rollercoaster, stunning the city’s most BREATHE significant fashion and media moguls. He once AGAIN” made Gail Porter put down her glass of cider and say “crikey!”. Sizzle’s LOOK looks are many and varied, from “Princess Diana at a chemsesh” to “Astronaut Jane Fonda”. As with Effy, it’s more about capturing the AESTHETIC. Because if you For now we’ve gone with did the actual I Breathe Again look, you’d be naked in a Perspex box. what seems to be his Which may well happen. But yes, the Adam Rickitt I Breathe Again current trademark: A cape aesthetic is basically basic twink chic. Like, dress like a basic twink, and high-heeled ankle with a hint of sad surfer. But do it ironically, so it’s cool. Very Queer As boots. Folk, very 90s revival. Thanks to people like Olly Alexander, the 90s are BACK and so are twinks. SHOP THE LOOK SHOP THE LOOK A black cape – we’re not sure where he got it. We feel like it started off as a strip of Blonde curtains – essential. Dye your hair blonde and style it into fabric destined for a Hindi bridesmaid. Little did they know. curtains. We’ll give it a guess: Black iridescent fabric from Bethnal Green Bridal Parlour, £5 per metre (we’ve completely made that up, Some sort of awful wooden bead necklace – Where do you even but there’s a good chance we’re somewhere near the mark). get one of these? Camden Market again maybe. Although you might have to wrestle it from the greasy clutches of a woefully misguided High-heeled ankle boots – And they have to be lace-up, Texan tourist. And don’t you dare pay more than £1.50 for it. and shiny leather! Or at least pleather. Again this is a guess, but you could probably find a pair in River Island for twenty An oversized sweater – Annoying twinks ALWAYS have oversized quid. Or New Look. sweaters. With long cuffs that they pull at and chew in a pathetic attempt to “be cute”. You can get one from Primark for a fiver, or from A bottle of prosecco – Six quid, Sainsburys. Bish bash bosh. a charity shop for 50p. Bob’s your uncle, John Sizzle’s your aunt. 7 qxmagazine.com QX_1110_Pride Fashion.indd 7 21/06/2016 20:17 QX 1111 MASTER 1.indd 8 21/06/2016 19:30 QX 1111 MASTER 1.indd 9 21/06/2016 19:30 EDITOR’S LETTER PRIDE IN LONDON By Dylan Jones Jesus, is it Pride again already? I’ve barely recovered from the last one. Right, where’s my Oyster card? Where’s my bandana? Someone wake up Rebecca Ferguson, I think she’s still curled up asleep on my sofa. Cuddling a slowly decomposing kebab.bab.