Vinii, Father of the House of Revlon: 'Voguing is about liberation and freedom'

On the Paris voguing scene, dancers do more than strike poses—they strike at convention itself. Voguing, which emerged from nineteen sixties Harlem ballrooms and crystallized in the nineteen eighties, fuses fashion, movement, and radical self-expression. According to France 24, Vinii, the Father of the international House of Revlon, describes the art form as fundamentally about liberation and freedom. For Paris's LGBTQ+ community, voguing has become a powerful medium for identity and artistic resistance.

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