The Latex Ball presents The Celebration Ball
The Latex Ball
presents
The Celebration Ball
(CASH PRIZES WILL BE POSTED SOON.)
In the face of everything happening around us, we are turning the volume all the way up. We aim to rekindle a sense of joy and celebration by reintroducing vibrant colors into our Ballroom experience. This year's Latex Ball is a full-on celebration of love, creativity, color and unapologetic expression. Our community has always found a way to shine through every challenge, every loss, every moment that tried to dim our light. From the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic to today, we have survived, thrived, and shown up for each other with power, resilience, and heart. As a tribute to the very first Latex Ball in 1993, we cordially invite you to attend the ball draped completely in white; clean, bold, and ready. Then watch as the runway explodes with color, as our competitors bring the energy, the artistry that will ignite a sense of joy within us all.
RUNWAY
MF ALL AMERICAN RUNWAY 4 TROPHIES (BQ, Transman, Butch, Legend/Icon)
PASTELS IN FUTURISTIC
Pastel colors are associated with positive feelings like optimism, joy, romanticism and summer. They have a classic, relaxing soft appearance. The strength lies in their relatively low color saturation. In a manic and bold world, we want you to bring forth a Futuristic Bold look in multiple shades of pastels. We want to give you the creative freedom to go all out, even by using shapes. No black or white allowed.
GNC RUNWAY 1 TROPHY
TIE DYE COUTURE
Tie Dye was popularized in the 1960’s representing a movement of peace, love and happiness. Tonight, we want you to maintain this message but toss out the 1960’s gimmicks and bring forth a futuristic high fashion, bizarre effect in Tie Dye. The choices of colors are completely up to you. Just show us something we have never seen before!
BQ EUROPEAN RUNWAY 4 TROPHIES (Big vs. Small vs. Tall vs. Legendary/Icon)
AURORA BOREALIS (NORTHERN LIGHTS)
Aurora Borealis is a natural phenomenon characterized by the appearance of light streamers in the sky. It’s usually represented in rhinestones, film paper, and other materials in an iridescent way with pinks, purples, blues, and green accents. This category is asking you to come up with an Ultimate High Fashion creative look fit for the Latex Ball stage using this material. Note: we took inspiration from singer Bjork’s “The Gate” music video. You do not have to replicate these looks; however, you can get an idea of what we are looking for. White accents will be allowed.
FEMALE FIGURE RUNWAY 5 TROPHIES (FQ vs. Drags vs Women vs Big Girls vs. Legendary/Icon)
NEON AFRO PUNK
Neon colors signify energy, excitement, and modernity. Attention grabbing with their high-visibility, electric brightness, often linked to nightlife, technology, and bold statements, while also conveying urgency or playfulness depending on the specific hue and context, like safety vests or retro fashion. In a world of futuristic – Afro Punk – Afrocentrism, we want you to bring life in a world of no bounds represented by bright neon colors. This category is inspired by culture, tradition, the future, music, and ballroom all in one. The effect must be bold in shape and color and showcase the endless bounds of your creativity.
FACE
MF FACE 3 Trophies (BQ, Transman, Butch)
THINK PINK!
Pink symbolizes tenderness, unconditional love, nurturing, and compassion, often representing a blend of passionate red and pure white. It is heavily associated with femininity, youthfulness, and innocence. Psychologically, pink is recognized for its calming, soothing effects on the human psyche, frequently used to reduce aggression and stress. Tonight, in a high fashion couture look we want to see a Bold and Beautiful take on the color pink in any one or multiple shades. Be Creative, Be Refined, Be Bold. You can use silver and gold to accent your look but keep it minimal. No black or white.
FQ FACE 1 TROPHY
LADY WEARS THE BLUES
With a sense of calm, relaxation, trust, loyalty, and authority, the positive highlights convey honesty, commitment, serenity, and peace. On the other hand, what does the color blue symbolize in its darker aspects? Often fragility, depression, predictability, and even emotional coldness. Tonight, in a high fashion couture look we want you to bring a look with glamour in one of the most powerful colors in the world. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
WOMEN’S FACE 1 TROPHY
PURPLE ROYALE
The color purple is heavily rooted in royalty, luxury, nobility, and power, stemming from the historical rarity and high cost of purple dye. It blends red’s energy with blue’s stability, symbolizing creativity, wisdom, spirituality, and mystery. It is often used to evoke sophistication, calmness, and inspiration. It will only be appropriate to bring this color in the way it’s intended to be… through royalty. Tonight, bring us a look in any shade of purple that represents your reign as queen. Just like any queen you must have your crown, but the trick is to wear a creative crown we have never seen before. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
PERFORMANCE
OTA LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE 2 TROPHIES (FF and MF)
MONOCHROMATIC
A monochromatic color scheme uses variations of a single hue (color) from the color wheel, specifically incorporating its various tints, shades, and tones to create a cohesive, harmonious, and minimalist design. Derived from the Greek words "monos" (one) and "chroma" (color), this approach creates a clean, sophisticated, and calming effect, avoiding color clashes. Throughout the decades we have seen some breathtaking looks where people have made monochromatic palettes, and tonight it’s your turn. Bring forth a creative and visually appealing look of monochromatic tones of your choice.
DRAGS PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
YELLOW BRIGHT!
The color yellow commonly symbolizes happiness, optimism, warmth, and energy, often associated with sunlight, creativity, and intellect. It is a highly visible, attention-grabbing hue used for caution and warnings, while also representing caution, deceit, or illness in certain contexts. It is also widely considered a joyful, stimulating color. Drag Queens are usually known for their vibrant energy, beauty, and burst of beauty and creativity, and tonight we want you to bring it to the mainstage in any shade of yellow that is a breathtaking look which screams Drag Excellence. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
FQ PERFORMANCE 1 Trophy
BIRTH STONE
Birthstones offer colors and meanings for each month, like January's red Garnet for protection (in Dark Red), February's purple Amethyst for wisdom (in Purple), March's blue Aquamarine for courage (in Aqua), April's clear Diamond for strength (in white), May's green Emerald for rebirth (in Emerald Green), Junes Pearl Purity wisdom , balance, love (in Cream), July's red Ruby for passion (in Red), August Peridot (in lime green) health, peace, strength, inspiration, September's blue Sapphire for loyalty (in Blue), October's Opal/Tourmaline for creativity (in AB iridescent), November's Citrine/Topaz for happiness (in Gold), and December's Turquoise/Zircon/Tanzanite for good fortune or transformation (in Turquoise) Tonight, bring us a gorgeous effect represented by a color above accented by your stone.
BQ PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
CANDY COATED
Candy colors are used strategically in packaging and product design to influence consumer behavior by evoking emotions and signaling flavors, with bright, warm colors often indicating fruity, high-energy, or nostalgic experiences, while cooler, deeper tones suggest sophistication or specific, intense flavors. Tonight bring it in a sexy BQ effect coated in bright candy inspired colors.
WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
THE COLOR OF LOVE
The colors of love symbolize various emotional, psychological, and romantic states, with red representing intense passion and desire, while others signify different relationship dynamics, and pink for tender affection. These colors help identify communication styles, partnership strengths, and emotional needs. Tonight, bring a sweet but sultry look representative of multiple colors of love, do not use just one color. The look should be sexy, sweet, creative, and full of love!
BQ REALNESS WITH A TWIST 1 TROPHY
GENDER REVEAL!
Gender reveal colors traditionally use pink for girls and blue for boys, a relatively modern convention solidified by marketing in the 1940s. Though historically colors were used interchangeably or even reversed (pink for boys).
We couldn’t think of a palette more fitting for a category that bends gender norms. For your 10’s, bring it in an all-white look and for the battles reveal, your gender in either pink or blue.
OTA OLD WAY VS NEW WAY 2 TROPHIES
FIRE AND ICE
Fire color indicates temperature and efficiency, with blue being the hottest and most efficient. Orange/red are cooler and indicate lower-temperature burning. White indicates very high temperatures, whereas yellow suggests incomplete burning of solid materials. Ice color indicates its density, age, and safety, with blue representing dense, old, and safe ice, while white or cloudy ice suggests trapped air bubbles, and grey/dark indicates unsafe, slushy conditions. Blue ice appears that way because it absorbs red light and scatters blue light, a phenomenon caused by intense pressure expelling air bubbles. Tonight bring forth a look that best represents your element. New Way in liquid form representing fluidity and flexibility, and Old Way in fire form representing efficiency and destruction. Fire can use black and gold accents and ice can use white and silver accents.
OTA ARMS CONTROL 1 TROPHY
LISA FRANK
In the 80’s and 90’s, Lisa Frank popularized and created a world of endless bounds of imagination and color. Through coloring books, stickers, and merchandise she was known to use endless numbers of colors to create whimsical characters and prints. In tribute to Lisa Frank, we want you to come in a look fully inspired by their universe. However, you must wear your choice of black or white gloves.
REALNESS
FQ REALNESS 1 TROPHY
COLOR SPECTRUM
The color spectrum refers to the ordered array of colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—produced when light is dispersed, such as in a rainbow or through a prism. It represents the visible, continuous band of wavelengths (approx. 400–700 nm) detectable by the human eye within the electromagnetic spectrum. Inspired by the Bronner Bros Hair Shows of the 90’s and 2000’s as well as the movie BAPS, tonight we want you to bring your “bangee” swag to the forefront with an extreme hairdo that would win Grand Prize. Let’s have fun and remember tonight is not the night for a Bob. The hair should be in multiple colors of your choice from the spectrum. There will be an extra prize to the girl with the most creative hairdo. Bring it in a white tee and jeans and let your hair do the talking.
BQ REALNESS 2 TROPHIES (BQ vs Legend/Icon) Two at a Time
TRIBUTE TO THE ERAS
In tribute to Dray and Derrick Ebony, the creators of colors by eras want you to bring a look from head to toe of the color of your era. The color of your era should be representative of the year you started walking balls not started attending balls. The look is on you, but mediocrity will not be allowed. Gold Era- 1967-1973, White Era- 1974-1985, Red Era- 1986-1990, Black Era- 1991-1997, Blue Era- 1998-2004, Green Era- 2005-2010, Yellow Era-2011-2016, Orange Era- 2017-2022, Purple Era- 2023-Present. You should be fully immersed in your color.
TRANSMAN REALNESS 1 TROPHY
GO GREEN!
The color green primarily symbolizes nature, growth, renewal, and health, largely due to its abundance in the natural world. It is widely associated with money, wealth, and prosperity, as well as freshness and stability. Additionally, green represents safety ("go"), environmentalism, and can signify fertility, harmony, or negativity, envy and inexperience. Tell us a story tonight, whether it be in a suit representative of wealth, workout clothes representative of the environment, camouflage representative of war or even street clothes, we want to see a head to toe look in all green!
SEX SIREN
FQ SEX SIREN 1 Trophy
METALLICS IN SEX
A metallic color appears to be that of a polished metal. The visual sensation usually associated with metals is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source. From precious metals to vibrant metallics, we want you to bring a sexy S&M look in full metallic gear.
MF SEX SIREN 2 TROPHIES (BQ vs Transman)
FLESH TONE TEASE
Flesh tone refers to the varied, subtle colors and nuances within human skin, often described as a mix of pink, yellow, red, and brown, used in art and makeup to represent skin realistically, going beyond a single "skin color" to capture depth and warmth. Let’s celebrate our skin by bringing forward a breathtaking look that teeters on the line of nudity and illusion. We are looking for fantasy not vulgarity.
BODY
OTA BODY 2 TROPHIES (MF’s BQ, Transman and FF’s Fem Queen, Drag Queen, Women)
POLYCHROMATIC
Polychromatic colors refer to the use of many, varied, or changing hues in a single subject, artwork, or design, meaning "many-colored" (derived from poly meaning many and chroma meaning color). It signifies a vibrant, multi-hued approach that contrasts with monochromatic (single-color) schemes. You created a new vibrant workout line of polychromatic colors through prints, and you’re debuting and modeling the active wear yourself at the Latex Ball for the world to see. Show off that body you worked so hard for in full vibrancy.
FASHION
OTA BIZARRE 1 Trophy
EXPLOSION OF COLOR
In theme of the ball, we couldn’t think of any other category to encompass what the inspiration of this ball means than OTA Bizarre. Embodying love and celebration of self-expression through color. We want to see an eclectic explosion of color represented in a way no one else can do but BIZARRE. The idea is to create a look that’s a collage and mash-up of many different colors, textures, shapes, prints, and elements that scream CELEBRATION!!!
OTA BEST DRESSED 3 TROPHIES (MF vs FF vs GNC)
FASHION IS ART
In the theme of the 2026 MET GALA, the category is calling for “Fashion is Art” exploring the relationship between art history, fashion design and fashion in art. Bring it by articulating your personal connection to fashion as an art form. The look is completely on you; however, we ask for you to stick with the theme of the ball “Celebration of Color” so keep black and white to a minimum.
OTA HIGH FASHION STREETWEAR 3 TROPHIES (MF vs FF vs GNC)
LIGHT BRIGHT
Combining colors, prints, textiles, and texture is truly mesmerizing, and when it’s done right, it can be a truly artistic masterpiece in the streets, and your way of individual style can have no limitations. Tonight, we want you to bring us a look bursting with color and life that shows no bounds to streetwear style. The idea is to keep black and white to a minimum and showcase color in a way that will truly amaze us.
AS A HOUSE
FQ AS A HOUSE 5 TROPHIES (Realness, Face, Body/Sex, Runway, Performance)
COLOR BLOCK
(In fashion and design) denoting or relating to an item characterized by contrasting blocks or panels of solid, typically bright color. For the first time ever, we want only FQs to bring their best as a house in a look that is color blocked and cohesive. Each look should represent your respective category but when standing all together, it should look like a cohesive collection.
presents
The Celebration Ball
(CASH PRIZES WILL BE POSTED SOON.)
In the face of everything happening around us, we are turning the volume all the way up. We aim to rekindle a sense of joy and celebration by reintroducing vibrant colors into our Ballroom experience. This year's Latex Ball is a full-on celebration of love, creativity, color and unapologetic expression. Our community has always found a way to shine through every challenge, every loss, every moment that tried to dim our light. From the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic to today, we have survived, thrived, and shown up for each other with power, resilience, and heart. As a tribute to the very first Latex Ball in 1993, we cordially invite you to attend the ball draped completely in white; clean, bold, and ready. Then watch as the runway explodes with color, as our competitors bring the energy, the artistry that will ignite a sense of joy within us all.
RUNWAY
MF ALL AMERICAN RUNWAY 4 TROPHIES (BQ, Transman, Butch, Legend/Icon)
PASTELS IN FUTURISTIC
Pastel colors are associated with positive feelings like optimism, joy, romanticism and summer. They have a classic, relaxing soft appearance. The strength lies in their relatively low color saturation. In a manic and bold world, we want you to bring forth a Futuristic Bold look in multiple shades of pastels. We want to give you the creative freedom to go all out, even by using shapes. No black or white allowed.
GNC RUNWAY 1 TROPHY
TIE DYE COUTURE
Tie Dye was popularized in the 1960’s representing a movement of peace, love and happiness. Tonight, we want you to maintain this message but toss out the 1960’s gimmicks and bring forth a futuristic high fashion, bizarre effect in Tie Dye. The choices of colors are completely up to you. Just show us something we have never seen before!
BQ EUROPEAN RUNWAY 4 TROPHIES (Big vs. Small vs. Tall vs. Legendary/Icon)
AURORA BOREALIS (NORTHERN LIGHTS)
Aurora Borealis is a natural phenomenon characterized by the appearance of light streamers in the sky. It’s usually represented in rhinestones, film paper, and other materials in an iridescent way with pinks, purples, blues, and green accents. This category is asking you to come up with an Ultimate High Fashion creative look fit for the Latex Ball stage using this material. Note: we took inspiration from singer Bjork’s “The Gate” music video. You do not have to replicate these looks; however, you can get an idea of what we are looking for. White accents will be allowed.
FEMALE FIGURE RUNWAY 5 TROPHIES (FQ vs. Drags vs Women vs Big Girls vs. Legendary/Icon)
NEON AFRO PUNK
Neon colors signify energy, excitement, and modernity. Attention grabbing with their high-visibility, electric brightness, often linked to nightlife, technology, and bold statements, while also conveying urgency or playfulness depending on the specific hue and context, like safety vests or retro fashion. In a world of futuristic – Afro Punk – Afrocentrism, we want you to bring life in a world of no bounds represented by bright neon colors. This category is inspired by culture, tradition, the future, music, and ballroom all in one. The effect must be bold in shape and color and showcase the endless bounds of your creativity.
FACE
MF FACE 3 Trophies (BQ, Transman, Butch)
THINK PINK!
Pink symbolizes tenderness, unconditional love, nurturing, and compassion, often representing a blend of passionate red and pure white. It is heavily associated with femininity, youthfulness, and innocence. Psychologically, pink is recognized for its calming, soothing effects on the human psyche, frequently used to reduce aggression and stress. Tonight, in a high fashion couture look we want to see a Bold and Beautiful take on the color pink in any one or multiple shades. Be Creative, Be Refined, Be Bold. You can use silver and gold to accent your look but keep it minimal. No black or white.
FQ FACE 1 TROPHY
LADY WEARS THE BLUES
With a sense of calm, relaxation, trust, loyalty, and authority, the positive highlights convey honesty, commitment, serenity, and peace. On the other hand, what does the color blue symbolize in its darker aspects? Often fragility, depression, predictability, and even emotional coldness. Tonight, in a high fashion couture look we want you to bring a look with glamour in one of the most powerful colors in the world. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
WOMEN’S FACE 1 TROPHY
PURPLE ROYALE
The color purple is heavily rooted in royalty, luxury, nobility, and power, stemming from the historical rarity and high cost of purple dye. It blends red’s energy with blue’s stability, symbolizing creativity, wisdom, spirituality, and mystery. It is often used to evoke sophistication, calmness, and inspiration. It will only be appropriate to bring this color in the way it’s intended to be… through royalty. Tonight, bring us a look in any shade of purple that represents your reign as queen. Just like any queen you must have your crown, but the trick is to wear a creative crown we have never seen before. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
PERFORMANCE
OTA LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE 2 TROPHIES (FF and MF)
MONOCHROMATIC
A monochromatic color scheme uses variations of a single hue (color) from the color wheel, specifically incorporating its various tints, shades, and tones to create a cohesive, harmonious, and minimalist design. Derived from the Greek words "monos" (one) and "chroma" (color), this approach creates a clean, sophisticated, and calming effect, avoiding color clashes. Throughout the decades we have seen some breathtaking looks where people have made monochromatic palettes, and tonight it’s your turn. Bring forth a creative and visually appealing look of monochromatic tones of your choice.
DRAGS PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
YELLOW BRIGHT!
The color yellow commonly symbolizes happiness, optimism, warmth, and energy, often associated with sunlight, creativity, and intellect. It is a highly visible, attention-grabbing hue used for caution and warnings, while also representing caution, deceit, or illness in certain contexts. It is also widely considered a joyful, stimulating color. Drag Queens are usually known for their vibrant energy, beauty, and burst of beauty and creativity, and tonight we want you to bring it to the mainstage in any shade of yellow that is a breathtaking look which screams Drag Excellence. You can use silver or gold to accent your look but no black or white.
FQ PERFORMANCE 1 Trophy
BIRTH STONE
Birthstones offer colors and meanings for each month, like January's red Garnet for protection (in Dark Red), February's purple Amethyst for wisdom (in Purple), March's blue Aquamarine for courage (in Aqua), April's clear Diamond for strength (in white), May's green Emerald for rebirth (in Emerald Green), Junes Pearl Purity wisdom , balance, love (in Cream), July's red Ruby for passion (in Red), August Peridot (in lime green) health, peace, strength, inspiration, September's blue Sapphire for loyalty (in Blue), October's Opal/Tourmaline for creativity (in AB iridescent), November's Citrine/Topaz for happiness (in Gold), and December's Turquoise/Zircon/Tanzanite for good fortune or transformation (in Turquoise) Tonight, bring us a gorgeous effect represented by a color above accented by your stone.
BQ PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
CANDY COATED
Candy colors are used strategically in packaging and product design to influence consumer behavior by evoking emotions and signaling flavors, with bright, warm colors often indicating fruity, high-energy, or nostalgic experiences, while cooler, deeper tones suggest sophistication or specific, intense flavors. Tonight bring it in a sexy BQ effect coated in bright candy inspired colors.
WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE 1 TROPHY
THE COLOR OF LOVE
The colors of love symbolize various emotional, psychological, and romantic states, with red representing intense passion and desire, while others signify different relationship dynamics, and pink for tender affection. These colors help identify communication styles, partnership strengths, and emotional needs. Tonight, bring a sweet but sultry look representative of multiple colors of love, do not use just one color. The look should be sexy, sweet, creative, and full of love!
BQ REALNESS WITH A TWIST 1 TROPHY
GENDER REVEAL!
Gender reveal colors traditionally use pink for girls and blue for boys, a relatively modern convention solidified by marketing in the 1940s. Though historically colors were used interchangeably or even reversed (pink for boys).
We couldn’t think of a palette more fitting for a category that bends gender norms. For your 10’s, bring it in an all-white look and for the battles reveal, your gender in either pink or blue.
OTA OLD WAY VS NEW WAY 2 TROPHIES
FIRE AND ICE
Fire color indicates temperature and efficiency, with blue being the hottest and most efficient. Orange/red are cooler and indicate lower-temperature burning. White indicates very high temperatures, whereas yellow suggests incomplete burning of solid materials. Ice color indicates its density, age, and safety, with blue representing dense, old, and safe ice, while white or cloudy ice suggests trapped air bubbles, and grey/dark indicates unsafe, slushy conditions. Blue ice appears that way because it absorbs red light and scatters blue light, a phenomenon caused by intense pressure expelling air bubbles. Tonight bring forth a look that best represents your element. New Way in liquid form representing fluidity and flexibility, and Old Way in fire form representing efficiency and destruction. Fire can use black and gold accents and ice can use white and silver accents.
OTA ARMS CONTROL 1 TROPHY
LISA FRANK
In the 80’s and 90’s, Lisa Frank popularized and created a world of endless bounds of imagination and color. Through coloring books, stickers, and merchandise she was known to use endless numbers of colors to create whimsical characters and prints. In tribute to Lisa Frank, we want you to come in a look fully inspired by their universe. However, you must wear your choice of black or white gloves.
REALNESS
FQ REALNESS 1 TROPHY
COLOR SPECTRUM
The color spectrum refers to the ordered array of colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—produced when light is dispersed, such as in a rainbow or through a prism. It represents the visible, continuous band of wavelengths (approx. 400–700 nm) detectable by the human eye within the electromagnetic spectrum. Inspired by the Bronner Bros Hair Shows of the 90’s and 2000’s as well as the movie BAPS, tonight we want you to bring your “bangee” swag to the forefront with an extreme hairdo that would win Grand Prize. Let’s have fun and remember tonight is not the night for a Bob. The hair should be in multiple colors of your choice from the spectrum. There will be an extra prize to the girl with the most creative hairdo. Bring it in a white tee and jeans and let your hair do the talking.
BQ REALNESS 2 TROPHIES (BQ vs Legend/Icon) Two at a Time
TRIBUTE TO THE ERAS
In tribute to Dray and Derrick Ebony, the creators of colors by eras want you to bring a look from head to toe of the color of your era. The color of your era should be representative of the year you started walking balls not started attending balls. The look is on you, but mediocrity will not be allowed. Gold Era- 1967-1973, White Era- 1974-1985, Red Era- 1986-1990, Black Era- 1991-1997, Blue Era- 1998-2004, Green Era- 2005-2010, Yellow Era-2011-2016, Orange Era- 2017-2022, Purple Era- 2023-Present. You should be fully immersed in your color.
TRANSMAN REALNESS 1 TROPHY
GO GREEN!
The color green primarily symbolizes nature, growth, renewal, and health, largely due to its abundance in the natural world. It is widely associated with money, wealth, and prosperity, as well as freshness and stability. Additionally, green represents safety ("go"), environmentalism, and can signify fertility, harmony, or negativity, envy and inexperience. Tell us a story tonight, whether it be in a suit representative of wealth, workout clothes representative of the environment, camouflage representative of war or even street clothes, we want to see a head to toe look in all green!
SEX SIREN
FQ SEX SIREN 1 Trophy
METALLICS IN SEX
A metallic color appears to be that of a polished metal. The visual sensation usually associated with metals is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source. From precious metals to vibrant metallics, we want you to bring a sexy S&M look in full metallic gear.
MF SEX SIREN 2 TROPHIES (BQ vs Transman)
FLESH TONE TEASE
Flesh tone refers to the varied, subtle colors and nuances within human skin, often described as a mix of pink, yellow, red, and brown, used in art and makeup to represent skin realistically, going beyond a single "skin color" to capture depth and warmth. Let’s celebrate our skin by bringing forward a breathtaking look that teeters on the line of nudity and illusion. We are looking for fantasy not vulgarity.
BODY
OTA BODY 2 TROPHIES (MF’s BQ, Transman and FF’s Fem Queen, Drag Queen, Women)
POLYCHROMATIC
Polychromatic colors refer to the use of many, varied, or changing hues in a single subject, artwork, or design, meaning "many-colored" (derived from poly meaning many and chroma meaning color). It signifies a vibrant, multi-hued approach that contrasts with monochromatic (single-color) schemes. You created a new vibrant workout line of polychromatic colors through prints, and you’re debuting and modeling the active wear yourself at the Latex Ball for the world to see. Show off that body you worked so hard for in full vibrancy.
FASHION
OTA BIZARRE 1 Trophy
EXPLOSION OF COLOR
In theme of the ball, we couldn’t think of any other category to encompass what the inspiration of this ball means than OTA Bizarre. Embodying love and celebration of self-expression through color. We want to see an eclectic explosion of color represented in a way no one else can do but BIZARRE. The idea is to create a look that’s a collage and mash-up of many different colors, textures, shapes, prints, and elements that scream CELEBRATION!!!
OTA BEST DRESSED 3 TROPHIES (MF vs FF vs GNC)
FASHION IS ART
In the theme of the 2026 MET GALA, the category is calling for “Fashion is Art” exploring the relationship between art history, fashion design and fashion in art. Bring it by articulating your personal connection to fashion as an art form. The look is completely on you; however, we ask for you to stick with the theme of the ball “Celebration of Color” so keep black and white to a minimum.
OTA HIGH FASHION STREETWEAR 3 TROPHIES (MF vs FF vs GNC)
LIGHT BRIGHT
Combining colors, prints, textiles, and texture is truly mesmerizing, and when it’s done right, it can be a truly artistic masterpiece in the streets, and your way of individual style can have no limitations. Tonight, we want you to bring us a look bursting with color and life that shows no bounds to streetwear style. The idea is to keep black and white to a minimum and showcase color in a way that will truly amaze us.
AS A HOUSE
FQ AS A HOUSE 5 TROPHIES (Realness, Face, Body/Sex, Runway, Performance)
COLOR BLOCK
(In fashion and design) denoting or relating to an item characterized by contrasting blocks or panels of solid, typically bright color. For the first time ever, we want only FQs to bring their best as a house in a look that is color blocked and cohesive. Each look should represent your respective category but when standing all together, it should look like a cohesive collection.
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