Club kids

The Club Kids of the '80s and '90s took New York City nightlife by storm with their outlandish outfits and antics - until two of them pleaded guilty in the killing of a fellow member. So where are they now?

Dean Bowery, 1990. (Whose name comes from his idol, Leigh Bowery). The club kids burned bright and fast. They were the society misfits. The ‘freaks’. A sharp cocktail of young drag queens who built a community out of their craft, and a cast of constantly rotating nightlife characters with one com

Dean Bowery, 1990. (Whose name comes from his idol, Leigh Bowery). The club kids burned bright and fast. They were the society misfits. The ‘freaks’. A sharp cocktail of young drag queens who built a community out of their craft, and a cast of constantly rotating nightlife characters with one com

As his new book is published, we speak to Club Kid Ernie Glam about the wildly flamboyant club scene that ruled New York nightlife in the late 80s and early 90s

Never before seen images from Alexis Dibiasio taken during the reign of the New York Club Kids

By one of our former models.

Explore Sarah THE CLUB KID FAN's 199 photos on Flickr!

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Walt Cassidy takes us on a very '90s tour of the Club Kids of New York ahead of his new book.