Tie With Appliquéd Stormé DeLarverié

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

A brown, pinstripe tie featuring a picture of Stormé DeLarverié. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

A brown, pinstripe tie featuring a picture of Stormé DeLarverié. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

Name/Title

Tie With Appliquéd Stormé DeLarverié

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/009

Tags

Tie, National Day of Trans Collecting, London, Clothing, Fashion

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Fashion

Dimensions

Height

605 mm

Width

95 mm

Depth

10 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

This tie belongs In a series called Drag Kings From History, Focusing on the Preformance of Gender. This Tie Focuses on Stormé DeLarverié, a Male Impersonator From New York In The 1950s. Rumored To Have Thrown one of the First Punches At Stonewall - Stormé Became A Pillar of The Queer Community Earning The Title of "Guardian of the Lesbians"