CAMP RULES
“THE HALLMARK OF CAMP IS THE SPIRIT OF EXTRAVAGANCE. CAMP IS A WOMAN WALKING AROUND IN A DRESS MADE OF THREE MILLION FEATHERS. CAMP IS THEPAINTINGS OF CARLO CRIVELLI, WITH THEIR REAL JEWELS AND TROMPE-L'OEIL INSECTS AND CRACKS IN THE MASONRY. CAMP IS THE OUTRAGEOUS AESTHETICISM OF STEINBERG’S SIX AMERICAN MOVIES WITH DIETRICH, ALL SIX, BUT ESPECIALLY THE LAST, THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN.”
– SUSAN SONTAG, 1964
eather boas, La Lupe and . On paper, these three don’t have much in common, but for feminist writer Susan Sontag, they were perfect examples of what camp can be. In her influential 1964 essay , they each helped describe the
