The Swinging’ Nineties

Two partygoers enjoying one of the makeshift swings installed at club Roxy in New York City.
Two partygoers enjoying one of the makeshift swings installed at club Roxy in New York City.
Decades before becoming a TV fixture with Drag Race, RuPaul was a nightlife fixture, working it like no one else could.
Francesco Scavullo, Liza Minnelli, Isaac Mizrahi live it up at a party for famed make-up artist and photographer, Kevyn Aucoin, who helped define the look of the Nineties.
An effortlessly cool Boy George works the turntables during a party at club Avaland in Los Angeles.
Infamous club legend Michael Alig (in the mask) with some of his Club Kids at the Disco 2000 Anniversary party at Limelight in New York City, August 1991 (Alig later spent almost 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter).
A Greek Night party at Avaland in Los Angeles, proving that even the chicest among us can resist a toga party.
A packed dancefloor, filled with an array of singular looks, made for another classic Saturday night at the Roxy in New York City.
Light lasers streaking over a filled-up floor at Avaland in Los Angeles.
Public Enemy’s one-of-a-kind hypeman Flavor Flav presides over the proceedings at a Limelight party in 1991.
The Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness himself, James Brown, stopped by Avalon on Feb. 11, 2005 for a special concert benefitting victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake.