Legendary House of Bianca

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You may not remember the legendary House of Bianca from the Drag Balls featured in Paris is Burning but that’s because the house didn’t exist.  Rather, House of Bianca is a skate deck line created by Pro Skater Alex Olson, as part of his Bianca Chandôn line. Alex Olson has always been known for his punk type attitude and love of Vivienne Westwood. He bring this love of subversion to his new brand, trying to usurp the hetero-normative culture of Skating through Bianca Chandôn.

The line draws inspiration from drag ball culture, the glory days of disco, Fire Island and campy seventies imagery. For the series of skate decks, Olson has also donated the proceeds to LGBTQ youth group.

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Christian has been a cultural and style junkie since the age of 6; while most kids were swiping cookies, he was swiping his grandfathers' Patek Philippe. Raised to appreciate art, fashion,design and  literature (yeah, this one actually reads) by a single mother fondly called Jackie-O. Christian quickly went from childhood cultural capital thief to academia protégé. Referred to as the cat's meow by some, too clever by half by others, Christian eschewed the academic life and ran away to join the circus -the fashion circus. Several well-appointed positions later and a career on the rise would be most people's dream but it was time to say fuck off and start all over again.

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