That’s the year Charles, the host of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” made history in becoming the first queer man in a sequined evening gown and mile-high blonde coif to win a Primetime Emmy Award.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-22/aesthetics-of-drag-gop-legislature

The black velvet evening gown, which had a square neck edged with lace, puffed sleeves, and a fishtail skirt, had once belonged to Lady Ottoline.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/25/the-bloomsbury-group-is-back-in-vogue

The Top 16 competed in both swimwear (with capes provided by Liva Fluid Fashion where candidates turned them into works of art incorporating their advocacies) and evening gown of their own choosing.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/15/fil-am-miss-usa-is-miss-universe-2022/