Patricia Field is stalking down the runway in a belted minidress with matching hat and heels. She’s wearing red lipstick, white gloves and a faux fur coat slung nonchalantly over one shoulder. It’s the 1980s and New York’s ballroom subculture is flourishing. Pat is taking part in a competition, showing off her inimitable style and representing House of Field. The category? Best dressed gay women.
In case you haven’t gathered by now, Pat is a legend. A New Yorker through and through, she was born in Manhattan in 1942 and still lives in the city that never sleeps to this day. A costumethrift store tutu in Sex And The City to the unapologetically bright and bonkers outfits on Emily In Paris, her awardwinning ensembles have inspired an abundance of joy and countless shopping sprees. Summing up her trademark fashion sensibility she tells me succinctly, “I do happy clothes.”
