FASHION PHOTO RUVIEW: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 - Flashback! DragCon 1980

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[@kevinjewell233]

Sorry Raja and Raven, you may have been alive but not in the clubs, you aren't that old...Spandex was America's favorite fabric...

[@Stewly93]

"It's not 80s, it's not 80s!" - Mama, kudos for saying that, for spilling.

[@Dovima1]

HELP😭😭😭

[@carolawabdy]

😂😂😂

[@LuisFernandez-ds5tx]

hahahhaa this meme is giving!

[@srosellerjr]

I'm so dead lol

[@jaimege84]

I’m so annoyed and entertained by our ability as queer people to make up phrases like that so culturally wildfire.

[@gabegallon]

love how passionate Raja is about the 80's as she reminisces her golden 40s 🙌🏻

[@user-mz2ne4yh2t]

Shadyyyyy

[@buzzlight680]

Her golden 50s

[@killertank3168]

Her 60s

[@hokahachi]

SECURITY!

[@pbee.njayay444]

Y’all be coming for their throats if they’re a minute over 35😭

[@cruisematt8585]

I can’t believe only one queen went with the big shoulder pads and deep blush when that was such an obvious 80s thing to do

[@itsdannyhoney]

something tells me it wasnt just mhiya who googled dragcon 1980 and went with the first thing she found

[@saritaleicher4032]

VERY THAT! where are the long increasing size pearl necklaces, the big shoulder pads, the leg warmers, the acid wash THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS - disappointed

[@MrMarkOlson]

It's as if Google doesn't exist.

[@bluecircle06]

​@@itsdannyhoney💀💀💀

[@nicolesavoie]

And her blue eyeshadow was on point too 😊

[@BrandonJames2016]

Nymphia once again devouring the runway like are we shocked. I loved Q’s look too especially the message behind it. The fact Mhi’ya’s looked was based on AI is absolutely hilarious cause I was like “That is not giving me 80’s”. I didn’t like Dawn’s look at all but I can understand if other ppl like it. I lived for Raven momentarily going off on morphine saying there’s no excuse💀.

[@iialarcon30]

And still Mhi’ya’s look was better than Morphines 🤣

[@brandopike4246]

Dawn was on them and for that her look is safe, the problem was the styling, too much elements together and also to much black for the main stage. then nymphia and shapira ate, but Q was my fav

[@l.b.2592]

Maybe Dawn was referencing 80's British Punk, Kings Road (?)

[@MrMarkOlson]

How many times are we going to see those same boots of Dawn's? Queen needs to give us some VARIETY.

[@Steensify]

OBSESSED with Raven's hair!

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Just BEAUTIFUL!

[@fdm2155]

Same!

[@thedarthflagger]

Can you imagine some aquanet or stiff stuff in that hair making it so high that it's out of the screen shot?

[@amyparra1881]

Dude! Yes!! That wig gives me hope into the far future when I'm gone, my kids are gone, and have no concept of grandchildren. Aaand, it's styled perfectly.

[@amyparra1881]

@@thedarthflagger yes. Have you lived that time frame? 😉

[@RP.123]

Sapphire was absolutely 80s. I remember watching so many 80s movies with that similar dress. Nailed it!! And Nymphia's homage to Grace Jones!! Impeccable!!

[@fuckinghugepablo]

Mhi'ya basing this runway look over an AI GENERATED IMAGE ON GOOGLE is the funniest thing that's happened in this season BY FARRRRR KJDKJDVJKGDFKL

[@GSP96]

Mama kudos for saying that. For spilling

[@TopHatNat]

She shouldn't have. LoL

[@tatersoup]

I can't believe she openly admitted that she googled "Dragcon 1980" and made the first outfit she saw/had someone make it for her. Like girl... And her Cher "impression" I didn't think it was funny whatsoever. I wish they'd sent her home WEEKS ago.

[@fightvale57]

she isn't too bright like..let's be honest

[@HayGurHayyy]

He is clearly low iq. Great performer, dumb as shit.

[@ChristinaVVM]

Hand to God, I wore the same dress Sapphira wore to my 8th grade graduation dance in 1989. If I could post pictures here I could prove it. Man, that was a great flashback 😂

[@Natalie-hg3gh]

OH MY GOD

[@Cosmique33]

Raja and Raven serving Poodle and Shitzu realness

[@janenerbeaner1673]

😅

[@zeroruno]

Wooah 😂 i now cant unsee

[@MaryanaMaskar]

Talking Shitzu 😉

[@ShiftyMcgurk]

I’m just happy that at least Raja and Raven also dress for the theme. Meanwhile, Michelle wears something she THINKS is adjacent to the theme and Ru just wears whatever she feels like.

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

Michelle can't fit into her stuff that would be on theme for this runway... she's thinner than she was on Season 3...

[@JuanitoEsBonito]

​@@StephanFitzgeraldTayWELL DAMN💀

[@MaliciousDiscontent]

Ru stopped dressing for the theme when The Princess showed up to the runway with the same look as her in S4 😂

[@samuelthiex]

@@MaliciousDiscontenti think it really did end when matthew stopped doing her hair, makeup and outfits lol

[@melodrama96]

Ru never does the runway theme because with so many queens chances are that others will look better than her

[@lisamac2403]

This has got to be the best overall fashion season. Every week, there’s so many looks I love.

[@nredd]

season 13 also had some amazing runways

[@nicholas8484]

Season 13 is better imo but this season is right with it.

[@kittens_shades3901]

@@nicholas8484 b where? Not season 13 with Elliot 3ks, Tina burner, Lala ri, Joey J, Tamisha, Kandy muse… girl fashion where?

[@yuvrajsingh-qr2fn]

@@kittens_shades3901 Just Utica, Symone and GotMik I guess

[@kittens_shades3901]

@@yuvrajsingh-qr2fn I wouldn’t go as far as saying gotmik is fashion. She had polished digestible drag but that was about it.

[@jrthiker9908]

Nice to see a lot of Keith Haring in the show. For anyone going to Italy this summer, Pisa not only has the Leaning Tower, but it also has Haring's final piece of art he did before he passed. A giant mural painted on the side of a building called Tuttomondo. As you come out of the main train station, go to the circle, walk left and it's right there....along the way to the Tower. Nice restaurant across from it where you can have a drink or sandwich while enjoying the mural.

[@RaymondHng]

Or search "Tuttomondo" for the image on Google.

[@muckraker80]

I think Q's hair and makeup look was inspired by the Duran Duran "Rio" album cover.

[@iluv2_travel]

ohhhh good catch!

[@thsimple]

Patrick Nagle!those posters are still all over the hair salons everywhere

[@VeraHannaford]

Also, The Human League

[@Geekywitch]

It also reminded me a little of Sean Young in Bladerunner. She was VERY coiffed in that movie.

[@PabloEmanuel96]

Not similar at all

[@Deedoof]

As an 80s child, Raja and Raven's looks are *chef's kiss*

[@audreyannslade]

Raven getting more and more irritated is everything. The rage in her eyes at time is intoxicating.

[@tylercrawford3999]

Raja and Raven are timeless, every time I watch FPR, I have to remind myself that they were on seasons 3 and 2. Love itttttt

[@oskaruib]

Timeless as in ancient? (I'm just kidding, love them, don't hate me)

[@brandoniswhoiam]

I can’t get over Mhi’ya being the first queen (so far) to use AI as the inspiration for her look.

[@Trailer__Swift]

Apparently AI doesn’t know how to draw a corset to inspire her to wear one…

[@Robertdbd20]

​@@Trailer__SwiftLMAOOO gagged her Trailer Swift 🤣🤣 she got bad blood with you now I guess 🤭

[@kidsmissing]

@@Trailer__SwiftLMAOOOOOOOO

[@theskeptic777]

The ai shit I’ve seen for drag looks have been stunning. …so why did she choose *that* one. 😂

[@levivasconcelos4753]

meh

[@moonstoneuniverse8516]

Nymphia thought outside of the box this episode she showed. Comedy, Some new and she came out of her shell.

[@Dalsemien]

Because Sapphira wrote the skit. Otherwise it would just have been about bananas

[@Hdhshshs-el2h]

@@Dalsemien why are you assuming? She clearly was going off the script. Or she somehow knew who would be at the audience too? Stfu

[@frankie7313]

@@Dalsemienso sapphira wrote the Asian women comedy? The crazy shocking comedy only Asian people can do? Crazyyyyyy

[@Mischief23Maker]

@@Dalsemienuhm girl Nymphia was as much as part of it as Saphira . Yall so sad

[@annreabe8375]

Sapphira was the top toot for me. That dress was everywhere in the 80’s she dragged it up perfectly.

[@doeeyes2]

My babysitter wore the EXACT dress to her prom. I thought she was the coolest, most trendy person in the planet.

[@Natalie-hg3gh]

She was

[@fontgurrl]

Thank you, Raven, for the "How Will I Know" reference! I was waiting for someone on the show to bust out in "Let's Hear it for the Boy!"

[@2nahelper286]

Raven is giving manager at Sam Goody in the mid-80's & I'm LIVING!! It may be my favorite look of hers I've seen in awhile.

[@FatsquatchPNW]

Actually, Q's hair screams 1985/1986. Make it blonde, and she'd be channeling Brigitte Nielsen. It also reminds me a bit of the background dancers from the Robert Palmer videos.

[@VeraHannaford]

It's giving me Human League.

[@amyparra1881]

Agreed

[@willifredo]

Look at Raja giving “poodle right from the groomer” realness

[@BoPeep_42]

So glad Q got the top toot ❤ and Nymphia and Sapphira were looking flawless as per usual!

[@j.b.abraham4175]

Raja looks like old school Whitney Houston, I love it. Raven, just, I can't. She can put on any hair and rock the shit out of it!!

[@j.b.abraham4175]

I thought Dawn reminded me of Nina Hagen, just the color of the hair, really. But that's who I saw when I saw her turn the corner.

[@mcwyman7928]

I feel like the 1-2 punch of Mhi'ya' and Morphine's looks was the most annoyed Raja has been since Kimonogate lol

[@MarioMartinez-ph9cu]

How dare Raja & Raven eat the whole episode!! I am here for all of it! ❤️

[@qweasdzxc134]

Nymphia gorgeous as always!!!! The real deal of fashion!!!!!!!

[@myfriendisaac]

6:22 Grace Jones as Katrina in *VAMP* was another stroke of genius from Nymphia! Love her mind 👑💜🩸

[@pedrito6225]

Dawn has literally wore those shoes every runway 🤣🤣

[@ozzx6597]

Geneva has competition

[@Donky_Bonk]

Just changing the laces around lol

[@thomaskelliher]

It's a chop for me

[@Cosmique33]

Shes relyin on that elf look and tired ass makeup

[@alextirrellRI]

She also wears a lot of chaps, or chap-adjacent.

[@cck6740]

My prom dress in 1983 was like Sapphira Crystal's except it was black and neon pink, with dyed fabric neon pink shoes.

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

That sounds RAD

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

Rock on!

[@voixlavoix]

omg raven's 80's look is so good!

[@chuckcarson7972]

Loved Q the most. I picked up Sheena Easton vibes when she was doing the Oingo Boingo with Prince

[@taintedlife2618]

If only she had Sheena Easton Earrings or makeup!

[@gordonwchas]

I did drag in the 80's and I wore a purple leotard similar to what Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige wore but I had flourescent hair and a Jody Watley style tulle skirt.

[@engla6979]

Raja ATE with this look btw, absolute servee💗💗💖💝💘💓💕💞

[@toddk9219]

I clocked Dawn as looking like Sigue Sigue Sputnik before Ru did. I lived for it.

[@pt271]

Love child of Sigue Sigue Sputnik & Jem & the Holograms!

[@Fionamccm]

Dawn is Sigue Sigue Sputnik who were a band in the 80s and did wear boots like that.

[@pobstrel]

They wore stiletto boots but not platforms.

[@victoriabuie-owens6116]

They were supposed to be dressed for Dragcon. Ru said that Sapphira was wearing the correct attire.

[@SNicolesPlace]

I feel a way about Miyahs critique-- that outfit is VERY 80's Florida Black drag!!!!

[@thatsthat2612]

Raven hair is so good, also planes look instantly reminded me of saved by the bell intro, very very 90s

[@vavavoomboom1289]

Mhiyas confessional this episode is so iconic hahahaha

[@screamingviolet]

Q's look made me think of the Patrick Nagel artwork you saw all over salon's in the 80s. Nymphia killed it with her Grace Jones Vamp homage.

[@toni-marieschofield3009]

Thank you ladies sticking to the 80s!!!!!! Thank god you lived thru the 80s I agreed with everything!!!

[@leeshaolivier9298]

Also around in the 80s! I loved Sapphira, Q, and Nymphia❤

[@alexanderpark682]

i love how serious raven gets about time period accuracy. i feel exactly the same way. if you're in the costume game, you should at least have a basic knowledge of how the fashionable silhouette changed throughout time.

[@taintedlife2618]

Not just that but these kids don’t have to be history or costume majors. The internet can give them any reference but it can’t give them taste.

[@yvonnewachowicz2931]

raven!! you look stunning. an homage to the '80's and so cool. very glenn close in 'fatal attraction'. and you, raja. you're Melanie Griffith in the beginning of 'working girl;. you both rocked it

[@l.b.2592]

My mom said that Mhiya's look was early 1980's, coming out of the 1970s. That women still wore spandexy. It would have been better with a corset. Dawn was British punk style. She said Morphine's hair is 80s Top picks:Q, Nymphia and Saphira. She said some girls wore those dresses Saphira wore but they were vintage from the 1950s. Her faves were Q and Morphine for the Haring/Grace Jones looks.

[@AmaanStorm]

Ravens look! ❤😍😍😍 That beautiful 80's beachy hair is everything....

[@alrightyru]

Raja wearing the net top is spot on 80's .. I had a few! Plus all the band buttons are correct!!

[@redbhdfw104]

OMG whenever Raja goes “na’ah, no…” I die 😂

[@cynthiad4443]

Raven is correct. You don't have to have lived in the era. You can still be knowledgeable about it and reference it. P. S. I love Q❤️

[@ragetraget3499]

WE LOVE YOU RAJA!!!

[@pibbitybibbity]

Raja was 16 in 1989 and Raven was 10. I am SO OLD. 😂 Plain Jane should have done her outfit in black, white, and red and maybe her makeup a little more “angular.” She would have looked exactly like a Nagel print, which was VERY ‘80s!

[@Geekywitch]

I agree - it was VERY Nagel shoulders-up, but that geometric print is 80s/90s blurred.

[@deanawells4395]

The 80’s are everything fantastic 🎉. I graduated in 1982 and was deep in the club scene ❤

[@wickedlu9]

Nymphia not getting top toot of the week is… A choice but congrats Q!

[@agwarddd]

I mean it’s still very good and a great look, so I totally get it… I just find there’s smth about it that I just don’t love and I can’t quite place it 😭😭

[@shelbypbj]

I mean do you see Q? Thats pure creativity. Nymphia’s look is a replica.

[@goodyougetastar]

@@shelbypbjit’s not a replica lmao grace jones wasn’t wearing anything except the wire and paint

[@shelbypbj]

@@goodyougetastar hmm i see

[@robertbeste]

@@goodyougetastar Still HEAVILY referencial to one specific reference. While I LOVED both, I also feel Q's greater creativity and message took top toot for me.

[@briansherrod1916]

Can I say toots for raven and raja because these looks are it! Of course Sapphira and nymphia impressed me as always!

[@AndrewMacLaine]

I love the accurate shoulder pads here with R&R. There was just something different about 80's pads that made us look like we were shrugging, yet also big ready for big business.

[@thomaskelliher]

I've been waiting all week for this episode

[@andrewbnick123]

Raven... looks tremendous. This is flawless

[@scottsummers4234]

Miyah just googled DragCon 1980 and that look came up 😂😂😂

[@johnpinegar8027]

Unfortunately 😅😅

[@Sofi-ji4jl]

she doesn't seem like the brightest bulb in the bunch.

[@WeatherInOrlando]

And it was an AI image 😩

[@mrbear1302]

I'm surprised no one did anything Madonna like? She had a huge influence on 80s fashion.

[@isabellasorensen8128]

omfg yasss this should have been the proper night of a 1000 Madonnas that Raja never got with the Kimonodont incidents lol

[@angelx9724]

Raja claiming Haring is the most influential graffiti artist of the 80s meanwhile Haring was out there obsessed with Basquiat. But tbh I love both of them and claim them as my queer elders so I will let it pass 🤣🤣 ❤️🖤🤍💚

[@taintedlife2618]

Still Haring is far more influential. Part of that has to do with accessibility.

[@oliverparish]

Exactly. I was thinking "Jean-Michel Basquiat would like a word"...

[@DeeDee-hy7bh]

This is the best mug I’ve seen on Raja! ❤ The eyes are everything ❤❤❤

[@ShaneTallon88]

Yes

[@stuartbaileyjr.9740]

Raven is really hitting it on the pointers that would make it 80’s. She’s a visionary

[@annmackenzie5253]

Raja and Raven, THESE WIGS ARE AAAAAAAMAZING,GORGEOUS STUNNING 😍 ✨️

[@slinky6415]

i noticed that they were told the entire backstory of Qs look (as they should) but probably arent told about the other girls, like Morphine borrowing that wig, or most other episodes. it is nice to see their reaction without context, but maybe they can be told after their first impression to see if that changes their opinion

[@griffinboyce2896]

Q was also serving a bit of the "80s does 40s" with the silhouette and subtle polka dots. It really does not get more 80s than that -- but Nymphia comes in a very close second with that Grace Jones homage.

[@msyokoming6970khara]

1:26 raja and raven are that part up 😅😍 periodddd. Raja serving face raven serving face and delivering the line. I love

[@MilesToGoGo]

I love it when I KNOW Raja is going to love something and just waiting for her reaction lol like I knew she was gonna gag for Sapphiras look

[@MAINEiac06]

Q nailed the 80's vibe. Her attention to detail is always impeccable. Sapphira was going for Whitney "Where do broken hearts go" video..... 1986. The hair and dress style was perfect. Those dresses were in so many mall stores then.

[@stephenn8366]

I hope these two lovely icons are still doing this show in their 80s ❤️👑👑

[@485OCEAN]

kudos for saying all this, for spilling!

[@Sabbreather]

Living for Raja's hair haha love it!

[@lindabuck2777]

80’S : snap bracelets, neon fluorescent hot pinks greens TURQOISE, blond hair, super curly BIG hair, shoulder pads, tennis shoes revived, lots of coke, spoon necklaces, parties parties and PARTIES! Was not going to drag clubs in the 80’S so unaware of what they were doing. Punk an goth became stronger more prevalent and got more creative. Knowing it was considered the best era or decade I look back and say it was ok, but I was a new mom and head down working in the clubs and resorts. NOW I look and go yeah, it was. Cheers🙏🏻❤️

[@stevegriffith2486]

Q definitely referencing 80’s artist Patrick Nagel… cover of Duran Duran’s Rio album… look at his art and the hair is spot on

[@anthonycirami8500]

Raven's Hair 😍

[@dosvecesjaime]

I like how the editors have fun with the graphics 👍

[@bjosh01]

I literally shouted at the TV how will I know when sapphira came out. She nailed it the best of all imo

[@falafelscobes6122]

A sensible red leather pump haha I love Raven

[@feliciamcdaneld2591]

My top toot is Sapphira because she literally looks like my older sister did in the 80’s😂

[@RivaG]

Nymphia took it for me.

[@IrishWhipMami]

Q was giving me so much David Bowie too in the face/hair. 🔥🔥🔥

[@annaswanangel91011]

How come Dawn has worn the same damn shoes almost every week and no one calls her out?

[@brandenowens9693]

When Raven dropped that fan… screaming 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@OYJluv]

Q's dress is so special!

[@rickysencion4609]

Love that KEITH got a nod. I call him my 'SOUL BUDDY' ... I didn't get to meet him, but my first boyfriend, who owned a limo company back then, drove him and said he was the sweetest soul. Keith passed away a month later after I met my boyfriend, So .... as an LA street artist, I feel like he passed away his magic .... and I get to continue ...

[@Tailsjekel]

raja and raven gooning for the category I live

[@skiko15]

"You can pick one of these up... off the floor" 🤣

[@NanaOseiTutu]

5:21 I busted out laughing so hard, Raja cracks me up so much 😂

[@torib34r27]

people are not talking about DAWNS HAIR enough for me. i love it so much

[@juuseu4083]

Knowing that Mhi'ya didn't have a lot of looks from her designer, I'm wondering if this runway was one of those too.

[@pobstrel]

I think so too.

[@jtdeluxe5943]

I just realized I’m gonna be sitting somewhere one day saying, “No girl that’s not 2010’s”. 😂

[@ajay1589]

Wtf else does Nymphia need to do to earn her shoots?! She is absolutely obliterating these runways!!!

[@Dalsemien]

It was good, but lets not overdo it

[@benji7449]

Super basic

[@ajay1589]

It was great. Just like all of her runways. Impeccabe concept, expertly tailored and constructed, interesting materials, and another unique sillhouette. @@Dalsemien

[@ajay1589]

In what universe is a metallic spiral panty "super basic" beyond your delusions?@@benji7449

[@marsmars2789]

@@benji7449 your pfp is? yes, this is not 2010s tumblr

[@royalstudies7367]

Not all the queens missing the perfect opportunity to dress as 80s' Ru or Lady Bunny

[@user-nw6lb4kc6r]

Those wigs ARE TAKING MEEEEEEE👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@ericowensnyc]

RAVEN IS HILARIOUS!!! Her makeup with dat Skid Row 80’s RATT wig is so period correct!!! 🍸🍸🍸

[@thedarthflagger]

If this were Manila, she would have done a patrick Nagel interpretation. If you look through her archives she did a vector drawing of herself in the nagel style.

[@Queenalika85]

Rajah always killing the theme ❤❤❤❤

[@pea5062]

Not Mhi'ya wearing a literal gown that WAS worn in the 80s and Raja being like... its not the 80s 😂 girl... Also I feel that Plane's and Dawn's are mixtures of the 80s & 90s