Jackie 60 — New York City
In the late 1980s and ’90s, Jackie 60 wasn’t just a bar — it was a downtown happening. Part nightclub, part performance art, part queer fever dream, it lived in the basement of Mother on Gansevoort Street and became one of the most legendary underground party spaces in New York.
Hosted by Justin Bond (before Kiki & Herb) and named after Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis, Jackie 60 was a weekly collision of drag, club kids, artists, musicians, models, freaks, and fashion insiders. One night might feature poetry, the next go-go boys, the next avant-garde theater, all wrapped in candlelight, chaos, and impeccable downtown style.
It was glam and trash, high art and low humor, queer and unclassifiable — exactly the kind of place where the lines between stage and audience, gender and costume, fame and anonymity completely dissolved.
This shirt honors Jackie 60 — a reminder of a time when New York nightlife was dangerous, beautiful, creative, and absolutely unrepeatable.
