Hey bestie! Let’s take a brisk walk through the history of the “gay best friend” trope
Vanity Fair story about the supposed end of the walker era, fashion executive Boaz Mazor said that he’d get deliveries of caviar that showed up randomly at his house, and he heard stories of walkers being taken by to high-end designer stores.
Vanity Fair’s ode to the dying art of getting a queer man to accompany a woman to events is hardly a portrait of reality. Walkers still exist, although their cultural importance has taken new form.
Occasionally, one will emerge to take headlines by storm, such as George Mickum, a.k.a. the Birkin Bandit who recently conned a bunch of New York socialites with fake Birkins, but the term no longer has the thrill it once used to.The entertainment world has remained fascinated by socialites, though.
But rather than glamorous women dripping in jewels, the 2000s brought us the Hilton Sisters in rhinestoned Juicy Couture (RIP), the Kardashians in various types of stretchy material, and a plethora of Real Housewives franchises where every woman has a wine glass in hand.
