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June 10, 2008 by Tien Chiu

Seven days of fabulousness

I am still wading through my photos – I expect to completely reconfigure my site with a separate section for AIDS Lifecycle by the time I’m through posting everything – but thought I would share the best tutu photos with you now.  So, here they are: seven days of fabulousness!

Day 1, at ride-out:

Day Two, with the fabulous drag queen Ginger Brewlay:

This purple beauty was shot (and copyright) by Brian Hodes, the official AIDS Lifecycle photographer, as I was cresting Quadbuster, one of the steepest hills on the ride, on Day 3.

AIDS Lifecycle Day 3 tutu, photo by Brian Hodes

For Day Four (and the Halfway Point), I made certain to wear my most formal tutu, based on an Elizabethan gown:
AIDS Lifecycle Day Four - Elizabethan tutu

…and on Day 5, I donned a corset and partied it up with a bunch of Bavarian milkmaids/flower girls:

AIDS Lifecycle Day Five corset tutu

Day Six saw me in a champagne silk top with red silk velvet collar, and a cloth-of-gold tutu:

AIDS Lifecycle 7 Day Six tutu - gold with red velvet collar

And Day Seven found me in a FABULOUS peacock-feather outfit.  The blue is peacock body and neck feathers, the green is peacock back feathers, and the bottom is peacock tail feathers over cloth-of-gold.  Every one of the body feathers is hand-sewn, and I’m pretty sure there are over 1000 of them.

Despite SPF 30, I was getting pretty suntanned/sunburned by this point, as you can see in the photo.

AIDS Lifecycle 7 Day Seven tutu - Peacock Feathers

And that’s it!  Seven days of fabulousness.  See you next year!

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  1. taueret says

    June 11, 2008 at 1:38 am

    fantastic! can’t wait to see the rest.

  2. WhizGidget says

    June 11, 2008 at 8:27 am

    They’re fabulous…

    …and “see you next year” – was that a standard reaction, or a clue that you *are* going to ride the ride next year?

  3. tienchiu says

    June 11, 2008 at 8:48 am

    Lord, no. the current plan is to make seven fabulous tutus, then cheer the riders on from the side of the road. I’m even planning to put Priuscilla, my Prius in a tutu! (She’s named after a movie bus that carries fabulous drag queens, so I’m sure she’ll be thrilled.)

    I will probably still raise funds for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, though, because I believe in what they’re doing. Also because I like making chocolates, and what would I do with them if I didn’t send them out to all my sponsors?

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