May 19, 2009, 5:12 pm
R.I.P. Octavia Saint Laurent
By Horacio Silva
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/rip-octavia-saint-laurent/The world is a decidedly less chic place this week with the passing on Monday of the legendary transgendered beauty Octavia Saint Laurent, who won hearts and an honorary place in the pantheon of the fabulous with her star turn in Jennie Livingston's 1990 voguing documentary, "Paris Is Burning." Octavia, who later changed her name to Heavenly Angel Octavia Saint Laurent Manolo Blahnik before settling on the more recession-friendly Octavia Saint Laurent Mizrahi, will be remembered not only for her encyclopedic knowledge of feminine allure — her deconstruction of the many of the looks of Paulina Porizkova in "Paris Is Burning" should be required viewing for every drag artiste in training heels — but also for having lived a glamorous life worthy of tens across the board.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Octavia St Laurent Clips
Posted by Monica Roberts at 7:00 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/octavia-st-laurent-clips.htmlOctavia may be gone from us, but she'll never be forgotten. It's also a given that the ballroom competition in Heaven just got a little more fierce.
Rest in peace, sis.
