I can see that - and I could feel that in the moment! It was difficult to know how to give those garments the life that they deserve. I cannot be the only one who recognizes this contrast. You’re seen as this butch, gay lumberjack type. And there was something very liberating and fun about being in those clothes and walking down the street in Venice. I couldn’t be happier and more honored to be a part of that kind of discussion. It’s a political gesture in a way, and it’s something we really do need to think about and talk about. Anybody can wear clothes like this, but we gender things and that should change. Thinking about it in terms of gender fluidity is a good way to look at it. What role do these photos play in the gender-subversion dialogue? We’ve seen it with Jaden Smith in Louis Vuitton, too. Your cross-dressing photos are part of a bigger conversation happening regarding gender fluidity.
Finally one of them said, “Why don’t we go dip them in the canal and stretch them out?” And they did! There’s one photo - the one where you can see my penis - and I’m wearing big, knee-high, perforated black leather boots and an assistant was struggling to put these shoes on me. And they didn’t have my size in Venice so they were squeezing me in shoes that were probably four or five sizes too small.
I’ve never actually worn high heels before in my life. No! I didn’t know anything until I got there and they pulled the clothes off the rack.ĭid you have any prior experience in heels?
So how did he come to pose in her ad campaign wearing red knee-high boots? The Cut chatted with Keller about porn, gender fluidity, and why, when it comes to shoes, size matters.ĭid you know that Vivienne Westwood had planned on dressing you in women’s clothes?
Westwood is a renowned glam-rock legend Keller is a rugged gay porn star who recently road-tripped through the States for a sex-meets-art web series called Colby Does America. Fashion heroine, trailblazing tycoon, maker of Carrie Bradshaw’s strapless wedding dress in the Sex and the City movie - surely she deserved a bed?Įqually as surprising, perhaps, is the collaboration itself. Keller had forever admired Westwood from afar, but that’s not how he expected to meet the designer when he landed in Venice to drop trou for her new 2016 campaign. Vivienne Westwood was out cold on the floor, curled into a ball, when porn star and model Colby Keller strolled into her suite.