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Ellen Kinnally

Overview

  • Born
    April 7, 1961 · Queens, New York, USA
  • Height
    5′ 6″ (1.68 m)

Biography

  • Ellen Kinnally was the Fashion Editor of Details Magazine in the early 80s. She was a go go girl and a fashion/performance artist at Studio 54, the Mudd club, Area, Danceteria, CBGBs LimeLight and many others. She was the first to wear a black bra and leggings on the downtown club scene and made history the night she went out as (channelled) Marie Antoinette to the clubs. Pictured in Patrick McMullan's So80s book with Boy George, Michael J. Fox and Kate Harrington. As a dancer she had roles in Liquid Sky and as a prostitute with a Long Island accent in Alien Space Avengers. Mentioned in Boy George's book Man Boy.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Keith Davies

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  • She pioneered the black bra and leggings and the Marie Antionette looks that were later picked up / co-opted by Madonna.
  • She first appeared as a child on 4 Vogue children covers. Later she was Marc Jacob's first "muse".

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