The Art Fag may be pretentious; he may be obnoxious; he may be a huge snob and possibly an annoying know-it-all; but at least girl’s got taste.

- An Ascot. Nothing says class like an ascot. But it being both summer and Pride — and the Art Fag being gay and thus secretly a whore deep down — he can pair it with his favorite billowy tank and booty short combo. And considering the proliferation of ascots on Prada’s Spring 2012 runway, you’ll be giving him the best gift of all: being ahead of the trend.

A look from Prada Spring 2012 Mens Collection

-  Tickets to Master Class. Forget Beyoncé, hang Gaga and don’t even mention Katy Perry. When it comes to divas, the Art Fag is not easily impressed. Maria Callas was DIVA on a whole other level: having an affair with Aristotle Onassis, downing tapeworms left and right to lose weight and generally owning the world. Played to critical acclaim by Tony and Emmy winner Tyne Daly in Terrence McNally‘s play, Master Class, the Art Fag will be brought to an edge of glory to which Gaga could never bring him.

- Duffy by Chris Duffy. Brian Duffy, one of the few photographers to shoot the Pirelli calendar twice, lost his shit in the late-70s — didn’t we all? — and burned a ton of his negatives in the garden behind his house. Luckily, some of them were salvaged/recovered and are now available in this recently released tome on the iconic photographer that will inspire even the most temperamental Art Fag. Which is just about every Art Fag.

- Grace Jones’ Nightclubbing. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this week, Grace Jones’ classic disco/reggae/post-punk dance album is likely to get your Art Fag up and flailing about despite his best ambivalent, cooler-than-thou intentions. Nightclubbing features Jones covering songs by Bill Withers, Iggy Pop and Flash and the Pan as well as her ode to anal sex and the double entendre, “Pull Up to the Bumper. ” And what’s gayer than buttsex and wit, especially when delivered by an androgynous fashion model? Not a goddamn thing, that’s what.

- Absolut Vodka. At the end of the day, Pride’s about celebrating who you are and if there’s one thing the gays love to do is celebrate. Excessively. And Art Fags love to get wasted as much as, if not more than, the next trashy girl. Absolut, a longtime supporter of LGBT issues — look no further than the various Absolut-inspired challenges on RuPaul’s Drag Race –  also goes well with anything: orange juice, seltzer, regret…

Now, I know you didn’t watch the Tonys — even I tuned out after growing tired of waiting for Patti Lupone to rip out Kristin Chenoweth‘s weave, but since this is the future, Brooke’s blunder is a moment that will live on forever and ever. Or at least till something with a cat doing something ornery and cute overtakes the Interwebs…in about 5 seconds.

Check out the video below, and if you can’t bear to sit through the entire opening musical number — but Harris does give her all, Liza bless her — skip to 3:11 to see Shields stun and stumble:

The cover is part of L’Officiel‘s 90th anniversary celebration and B’s obsession with the Tony-award winning musical Fela!, which served as inspiration for her upcoming album.

It’s been almost 5 years since we saw Beyoncé as a black lady, lest we forget this scene from Dreamgirls:

I like when she re-explores a theme like “being black,” or “being fierce” or “acting.” Check out a quick video of the shoot below to get enticed for the cover (featuring La Knowles in that Gucci dress that’s been making the rounds for the past few months in every editorial under the sun) and B’s triumphant return to popdom.

Link Love: Jezebel

Annie Leibovitz shamefully put her name on these photos from next month’s Vogue. The fact that Anna Wintour let this monstrosity anywhere near those hallowed pages, in Dior no less, proves what I’ve been saying for years: that Anna Wintour’s been dead for the past ten years and staffers have just been dressing up a broom in a bob and giant sunglasses to keep up appearances.

How else can you explain this?

LINK LOVE: BuzzFeed

GALLERY: DESIGNER TO KNOW: Kai Kuhne Fall 2009

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