Ami and Jack Guinness be a part of forces to have a good time The Queer Bible

On the precipice of London Vogue Week and just some brief days following the weekend that had been destined to host the cancelled London Delight celebrations, mannequin and writer Jack Guinness will tonight group up with Parisian model Ami to mark the launch of the previous's new ebook, The Queer Bible. 

A giant homosexual celebration of all issues, nicely, homosexual, the get together is about to happen in Mayfair and, amongst different issues, will characteristic a efficiency from RuPaul's Drag Race UK celebrity Tayce, alongside readings from the ebook by contributors together with Russell Tovey and Paul Mendez. Oh, and what would an enormous homosexual get together be with out a DJ set from Jodie Harsh? 

The Queer Bible, conceived and edited by Guinness, is a celebration of LGBTQ+ tradition in all its many various and fabulous varieties. The ebook consists of a sequence of essays written by queer luminaries together with Elton John, Graham Norton, Tan France, Munroe Bergdorf, Russell T Davies and Gus Kenworthy, to call a number of, and every essay is accompanied by an illustration produced by an LGBTQ+ or ally artist.

It ought to come as little shock, subsequently, that Ami was the companion chosen by Guinness to assist him have a good time in excessive model. Since being based by Parisian designer Alexandre Mattiussi a decade in the past in 2011, the label has labored laborious to carve an area for itself because the world’s premier purveyor of reasonably priced luxurious menswear with a French accent. 

Vibrant, brilliant and completely aligned with the daring, inclusive nature of the queer group, the model tonight opens The Home Of Ami for one night time solely in celebration of the launch. 

“I’ve been a fan of Ami Paris for years so I couldn’t be happier to be partnering with them for The Queer Bible ebook launch. We share the identical values of making group by means of tradition,” Guinness tells GQ. “As such, tonight goes to be a celebration of queer tradition, with readings from Russell Tovey, Paul Mendez and UK Black Delight’s Woman Phyll. It’s my dream get together – I’m going to completely lose it when Tayce from Drag Race carry out ‘Bing Bang Bong’ – and it’s going to be a hilarious smashing collectively of London and Parisian tradition. I would have to get them to show me to stroll within the large heels I’m sporting.”

“Ever since our beginnings, we’ve pledged to assist the LGBTQ+ group in any manner and as a lot as we might,” explains Alexandre Mattiussi, artistic director and founding father of Ami. “Jack Guinness completely embodies love, equality and inclusion, the values that outline Ami. We’re delighted to be part of The Queer Bible’s launch and have a good time the voices of our LGBTQ+ heroes.” 

“The LGBTQ+ group have been particularly affected by Covid restrictions so being collectively once more with so many good allies can be very shifting,” continues Guinness. “I’m most likely going to cry, snigger and dance, which really sums up the queer expertise: quite a lot of ache however, in the end, celebration! You possibly can't cancel Delight!”

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