Arts & Entertainment
The High Line Hat Party: Crazy Hats, Club Kids And Drag Queens
Photographer Daniela Kirsch shares her exclusive coverage of The High Line Hat Party in New York City!
On Thursday night a crowd of colorful club kids, drag queens, and party-ready New Yorkers arrived in the Meatpacking District to celebrate the first Hat Party on the High Line.
The party included a contest for the best and most raucous hat judged by an eclectic panel consisting of Alan Cumming, Aki Sasamoto, Florent Morellet, Charles Renfro, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, along with Vi Vacious and Acid Betty from RuPaul's Drag Race. Take a look at our exclusive coverage below!
8:45 p.m.
That's a hat!
8:55 p.m.
IT-Boy Di Mondo looks like a mushroom. Let's get high on the High Line!
8:56 p.m.
Vi Vacious and friends looking gorgeous tonight.
8:57 p.m.
These two bed-cherries dance all night long.
8:58 p.m.
More drag!
9:04 p.m.
Deborah Fenker is one of the contestants for the best hat tonight.
9:05 p.m.
These two keep falling from the boxes while presenting their hats. I hope you are alright, guys!
9:08 p.m.
Let's take another photo!
9:15 p.m.
Are these three girls from the Hamptons? They would certainly fit in.
9:16 p.m.
I had to stop this Brazilian carnival inspired one right away.
9:21 p.m.
MC Daphne Always announces the contestants.
9:24 p.m.
The youngest contestant knows how to work it.
9:25 p.m.
Number 4 rocks a reminisce to the past; luxury department B. Altman & Co.
9:29 p.m.
Origami Master Mind.
9:31 p.m.
God of the Night.
9:34 p.m.
Number 13 cut down her garden for this hat.
9:44 p.m.
Acid Betty and Alan Cumming.
9:45 p.m.
Vi Vacious announces her favorite hats.
9:46 p.m.
She takes second place.
9:49 p.m.
He wins! It's also his birthday, what a lucky coincidence! Happy Birthday!
9:58 p.m.
Club Kid
10:04 p.m.
The dance party starts.
10:10 p.m.
Mia Moretti mixes the tunes.
10:27 p.m.
Vi Vacious walks up and down like on a catwalk and teaches us all how to do it.
Daniela Kirsch is co-founder of NameFace — a facial recognition application that can identify celebrities in photographs. Through her technical and creative expertise, Kirsch has changed the entertainment industry, and she knows more than just a thing or two about photographing A-list events.
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