Pose spotlights the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York’s underground ball culture, a movement that first gained notice in the 1980s.
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Lisa Bonet, Toni Braxton, and Other 90s Icons Who Inspired Pose s Best Beauty Looks
Pose may have jumped ahead to the early 90s for its third and final season on FX, but the hair and makeup featured on the show is still as extravagant as it has always been. The show s lead characters Blanca (Mj Rodriguez), Pray Tell (Billy Porter), Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain), Elektra (Dominique Jackson), Angel (Indya Moore), Papi (Angel B. Curiel), Ricky (Dyllón Burnside), Candy (Angelica Ross), and Lulu (Hailie Sahar) have had their own signature looks since the beginning, and as it turns out, each one drew inspiration from icons and television shows from the late 80s and 90s.
By Stacy Lambe FX
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Pose is largely an ensemble show, following the lives transgender women and gay men of color as they live out their best lives in the ballroom scene and navigate the realties of living in a less than accepting New York City during the AIDS crisis, Mj Rodriguez’s character, Blanca, has always been the heart of the FX series.
Upon receiving an HIV positive diagnosis at the beginning of season 1, Blanca stepped out on her own to create the House of Evangelista and became the mother that many in her community never had. Over the course of the series, she has provided for and guided her children Angel (Indya Moore), Damon (Ryan Jamaal Swain), Ricky (Dyllón Burnside), Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) while attempting to run her own nail salon.