Chappell Roan gave the speech for Cyndi Lauper at the latter’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, and talked a lot about what Lauper’s “True Colors” meant to her as a queer kid growing up in Missouri. The outfit is a combo of a skirt and a headdress from the video:
Efrain Nava designed the skirt with assistance from Manny Robertson, who also handled the chandelier on her head. Nava talked about it to Vogue:
“Cutting newspaper took the longest,” says Nava. “I really wanted to make the newspaper inform the news of today, articles about things that Chappell and I both care about.” On the hip there was news about the rainforest, on the rear, a section from a piece about Tim Curry. “The front of the skirt specifically says ‘stay informed California,’ as we go through grueling times with the state of the country,” adds Nava. “I included articles about trans athletes and the Palisades fire.” The skirt used around nine full-length newspapers, glued into place.
Logistics! If only they could’ve gone meta and used an article about the creation of the skirt in the creation of the skirt. Like a very special episode of that Kyle Chandler show Early Edition.
