Stefan Campbell Presents: A Cartoon Cutie in Crayola Colors

This is a Technicolor dreamgirl whom I recently spotted on Greenwich Street, while hanging out at hair guru Ben Skervin’s annual Gay Pride Day (formerly known as Gay Freedom Day in the ‘80s) blow-out extravaganza. She was like a walking MTV graphic that hit my eyes like a meteorite. Yes, I loved her love of all things rainbow and bright, but it was her neon naughty and nasty nympho paraphernalia that sparked my imagination. Her wicked whip she carried was whimsically wild and wonderfully wacky. She was so on point with her look (check out this shot from John Galliano’s Paris S/S 2009 men’s show from style.com) that I insisted that she crash Ben’s Gay Day fest (note the cocktail in her hand).

Her inspired multi-colored three-haircuts-on-one-head look (she had the perfect rat tail); the gold dokey boner chain around her neck; the bubblegum-pink high top Converse sneakers (they almost felt like go-go boots on her); her cosmo-pink eye shields (sooo St. Mark’s Place) and pink Day-Glo fingertips (sooo Debbie Gibson) were all pure ‘80s magic, the opposite of all the drag queen Dynasty looks that were unleashed on that same Sunday. With all that pink, there wasn’t a triangle to be seen (times have changed), though she did have a rainbow button pinned on, of course. She, in all her glamorous glory, had a posse of at least 20 other brown beauties decked out ‘80s techno-style in tow. You go, candy girls! They almost made you forget how devastating the ‘80s actually were for gays in the wake of the AIDS crisis (RIP Rommel Wilson and David Seidner… fashion misses you).