A celebration of Billy Porter's show-stopping red carpet style

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Billy Porter at the Roksanda show during London Fashion Week September 2019
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Billy Porter at the Christopher Kane show during London Fashion Week September 2019
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Billy Porter during London Fashion Week in September 2019
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Billy Porter at the Fashion For Relief event in London in September 2019
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Billy Porter at the an event for FX's 'Pose' in California in August 2019
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Billy Porter at an event for FX's 'Pose' in New York in August 2019
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Billy Porter at the WorldPride Opening Ceremony Benefit Concert in New York in June 2019
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Billy Porter at the Love Ball in New York City in June 2019
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Billy Porter at a 'Pose' event in California in June 2019
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Billy Porter at a 'Pose' event in NYC in June 2019
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Billy Porter at the Love Ball in New York in June 2019
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Billy Porter at the 2019 Tony Awards in New York in June 2019
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Billy Porter at the 78th Peabody Awards in New York in May 2019
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Billy Porter at the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion in NYC in May 2019
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Billy Porter at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York in May 2019
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Billy Porter at the 2019 PaleyFest in LA in March 2019
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Billy Porter at the 2019 Oscars in California in February 2019
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Billy Porter at the 24th Annual Critics Choice Awards in LA in January 2019
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Billy Porter at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards in California in January 2019
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Billy Porter atOut Magazine's OUT100 Awards in California in November 2018
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If Billy Porter isn’t on your radar already, he should be. The American performer, who celebrates his 50th birthday on 21 September 2019, has been making waves with his boundary-breaking red carpet outfits in recent months.

His fashion is bold, playful and designed to make an impression. After a 30-year career, it was a tuxedo gown worn to this year’s Oscars that made him known globally.

The look, a velvet tailored jacket paired with a full-skirted dress designed by Christian Siriano, defied fashion norms and sparked a discussion about self-expression and gender representation.

“I’m not a drag queen,” Porter, who stars in FX series ‘Pose’, told Vogue at the time. “I’m a man in a dress.”

Mere weeks later, he hit headlines again after donning a bejewelled jumpsuit to be carried, by six shirtless men, into the Met Gala.

And this week, he changed into no fewer than 20 outfits in five days at London Fashion Week: an array of looks including a tiered, burnt orange Roksanda gown and a baby pink, satin coat by Christopher Kane.

Porter’s sartorial prowess shows no sign of fading.