In the midst of a scorching heat wave, greater than 2,000 Latest Yorkers got here together in Central Park to interrupt a world record.
Billed as the town’s largest LGBTQ+ Fashion Week bash, Dreamland broke the Guinness World Record for fashion show attendees on Saturday on the ticketed extravaganza on the park’s SummerStage.
Dreamland’s attendance broke the previous record – set in 2018 by COFFEECELL with 1,012 people in attendance — by greater than double with 6,683 attendees.
The record-breaking event featured a catwalk from Marco Morante, the brains behind his namesake label Marco Marco, marking his first runway presentation in five years.
“The queer individuals are breaking the record,” attendee Petals Sancastle, the CEO and founding father of non-profit organization Express Your Yes, told The Post because the bass boomed during Blond:ish’s set.
“How f—king neat,” they added while flaunting a sheer, sequined frock.
Inclusivity was the theme of the evening, and amid the exclusive of Fashion Week, Latest Yorkers were in a position to witness at the very least one runway this yr, despite the high temperatures and muggy humidity in Central Park.
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Attendees were decked out of their Latest York best, some in attire fit for Coachella and others in chic streetwear, to observe performances from DJs LB Giobbi, Blond:ish and Diplo.
Electronic music and fashion lovers alike fanned out across the SummerStage lawn because the sets played against the backdrop of the setting sun.
While LB Giobbi — who got here from an ill-fated stint at Burning Man where she was forced to hike through calf-deep mud to go away the campsite — played to a half-empty crowd as rain drizzled, Blond:ish entertained a looser crowd who danced to the beat while holding boozy canned concoctions.
Before Diplo took the stage and the Marco Marco catwalk began, there seemed to be well over 1,000 attendees — record broken.
Just before 8 p.m., Diplo emerged behind the booth to a jam-packed sea of fans who jumped to the beat of his tracks as they eagerly awaited the Marco Marco presentation, which featured an estimated 40 avant-garde pieces that dazzled within the technicolored light show.
“We’d like joy,” Morante told The Post backstage after the show. ”So we’re attempting to bring that out when we are able to.”
The presentation was anything but an bizarre catwalk. Oozing in sex appeal, models, a few of which were in drag, didn’t just strut down centerstage — relatively, they performed their very own signature moves, some even acrobatic.
Some looks were sultry — thigh high boots or hosiery styled with latex ensembles — while others sparkled with show-stopping sequin embellishments.
The glamorous collection appeared to be a celebration of individuality and self-expression, as models owned the runway with their very own flare — some breaking out into dance, others boasting their personality of their delicate hand gestures or emotive facial expressions.
He loves the concept “people can watch the show, and and whatever they appear like, discover a version of themselves here.”
To interrupt the world record, Morante said, is ”camp.”
“It looks like something that’s so ridiculous — and at the identical time, the Guinness Book of World Records was something that I loved once I was a child,” he continued.
Jake Resnicow, Dreamland’s big shot producer and distinguished LBGTQ+ community member, previously told The Post that his mission was to make Fashion Week accessible to all together with his ticketed event, which Sandcastle called “God’s work.”
“It’s funny, because fashion has at all times been very queer,” Lance Bass told The Post backstage on Saturday.
“That is now more vital than ever to do things like this, to essentially show the world that no, we’re here and we’re going nowhere.”