The true story unfolds about the convergence of the Harlem Ball scene, the Paradise Garage, The House of Field, and 7th | dG1feFJzSXRZNTdzU2s
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00:00Some people go through their entire lives and never feel synchronicity, the right place
00:11at the right time.
00:21You're intelligent, you're interesting, you're creative, come on.
00:29I was asked to come and work at the shop by Pat at Dance Interior, and I had no idea what
00:35I was stepping into.
00:37Being an outsider, you know you're different, and you need a family.
00:43If you worked at Patricia Fields, you got a Paradise Garage card, which gagged the kids.
00:50The Paradise Garage was like a church.
00:55The Paradise Garage was the club that all the ball kids went to.
01:00Myra and I decided that we should have the House of Field, the idea of, like, we could
01:05be a gang, we're a gay gang.
01:08The House of Field introduced fashion to the ball scene.
01:11Willie's going to open the voting category for you.
01:12Notice the beauty and the precision in Willie's moves.
01:13Very happy to have him as a member of our group.
01:14All right, Willie.
01:15Those magnetic, spiritual, like, forces sucked me in.
01:34I was sucked into a ball, because that's where I really wanted to be.
01:39This had never, ever been done before.
01:42Mark Jacobs walked against David Spada in a category.
01:46Incredible.
01:47He's like, look, this is the real deal.
01:49They have, like, big celebrity judges here.
01:51We got to slay this runway tonight.
01:53Earn your points.
01:55Work for your scores.
01:57Walk with bravery.
01:58Speak through your own fashion.
02:01He wouldn't have known Willie Ninja had he not been at that ball.
02:06Had he not met Willie Ninja and done that video, I don't think Madonna would have done
02:10both.
02:11If Madonna had not done Vogue, I don't think America would know Vogue.
02:15If America didn't know Vogue, Pose would not be on TV.
02:20That ball changed it all.