Shaved her legs and then he was a she

Once again the Warhol circus is in town, as the "triumph of art over nature" Holly Woodlawn arrives to speak at an exhibition of the bewigged one's artworks this week.

Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Holly, the legendary drag queen who hitch-hiked from Miami to New York City in the 60's to become one of Andy Warhol's Factory-era protégés, was immortalised in Lou Reed's famous song Walk on the Wild Side. She was one of Warhol's major muses, and is indeed a survivor - the last man/woman standing from the original Factory crowd.



As good an excuse as any to replay that magnificently decadent tribute song to a lost era:

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

Holly Woodlawn is in conversation with actress and writer Mary Woronov and Bibbe Hansen, the youngest Warhol Superstar and mother of musician Beck, at the Purcell Room on the South Bank this Thursday (9th October).

Holly Woodlawn biography