Willie Norris

My work is included in the 2026 Costume Institute exhibition, “Fashion is Art.” This moment is shared with my eternal muse and absolute DAUGHTER, miss @aarianaphilip , whose custom mannequin so elegantly displays a look she wore in my first (and still only) runway show.. and her first time walking a runway…which I held in 2019 at La Mama Galleria. I funded the show with 10K I made off selling t-shirts on Kickstarter, and a hell of a lot of gigantic asks. I never sold, or offered for sale, any of the pieces in the show, though that was never really the point for me. I was so pleased when the Met asked to acquire this look for their permanent collection and display it in this year’s exhibition, because it so perfectly illustrates my personal thesis: that all creation should be done with humility and be born from humble means, with what’s around you. A pair of Rustler shorts I found at a thrift store and added angled zipper pockets to. A used white t-shirt I had lying around and printed myself. To see this look presented amongst couture gowns and historical sartorial artifacts illustrates a plane of creation and recognition that I really can get down with. About the printed QUEER|CAPITAL design: it’s always been a personal prompt to myself (and you, but only if you want), guiding me to question how I can use what I have to get what I want—the personal is the collective here. It’s hopelessly idealistic and so deeply imperfect, but somehow it’s guided me well so far. I practice it, but don’t ask me to defend it with words, because I won’t. I’m not particularly interested in continuing the discussion the way I was in 2019. What I will say is I am not against capital. I am against capital as the only choice. I’ve taken the last year and some bit off from fashion in any real way—intentionally, but also because I realized that inherited ambition was blocking my power and my ability to use my work to connect with and truly serve people with a gift I was lucky enough to receive. I’m still in my cocoon, still emerging from a genesis goo I knew I needed to put myself back into, but I won’t always be. Big love always. Thanks for taking the time. RUNWAY 2 when??

Norris, Willie, Tirado, Fran. “FUN NEVER DIES.” (2025). Art and copy. Doll Invasion, Fire Island, New York.

COLOR THEORIES BY JULIO TORRES BY WILLIE NORRIS | A special collaborative project between @spaceprincejulio and @willienorrisworkshop inspired by Torres’ Off-Broadway show presented at @performance.space.new.york and subsequent @hbo comedy special, COLOR THEORIES BY JULIO TORRES BY WILLIE NORRIS translates lines from Julio’s script into colorful tees and hats with bold text and high-chest placements drawn from Willie’s signature tees. Available now on WWW.WILLIENORRISWORK.SHOP Available for a limited time. All tees are $35 and available in S-3X. Gildan 5000 merch blank. All hats are $35 and O/S. Please allow up to seven business days for orders to ship. All sales final except for manufacturing fault. A •WORKSHOP SERVICES• PRODUCTION Starring @spaceprincejulio Photos by @samlleephoto Hair by @stylebysergio Makeup by @willssassy Photographed in Brooklyn, NYC on Thursday, March 12 2026

For all my grief girlies, self-parenters, mom-havers and not-havers alike, those stuck in a cycle they’re not sure there is escape from. Love you mean it. Happy Mother’s Day.

ME X @dieuxskin …this one’s for you, mom ❣️🌻 We always talked skincare and beauty, but more so, we talked about getting ready—rituals that made us feel like ourselves, rituals we didn’t need to explain to anyone (ourselves included). I used to watch you get ready for hours…it was the only time I could really focus as a kid. Now, watching myself do it is the only time I can really focus as an adult. Something there, me thinks. But… how damn cool is it that I did a beauty collab?! It’s a blessed blessed life, and it doesn’t escape me for one second how lucky I am to have a life where I can do projects like this. To take photos of myself with eye masks that say “PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY”? That’s the stuff right there. (BTW—wondering why one is backwards? Snag a pair, take a selfie, look at the photo and see that it actually very legible in the digital realm. As @aminatou would say, “women in STEM, baby!”) I’m proud to share that this is my second collab of the year where all proceeds will go towards providing direct financial assistance to causes and organizations I admire. For this collab, all proceeds will benefit @glits_inc ...the house that @doroshow built. A huge shoutout to my absolute sissy @charlotteparler for always getting it and finding a way to get it when she doesn’t get it. In 2020, when I had the urge to try every skincare and makeup product while experimenting with a more outwardly feminine appearance, she sent me a giant (GIANT!) box of makeup—no questions asked. We hadn’t yet met, but I knew then that she was a friend forever. I use Dieux every day, fr. I have been using it daily for over two years. it’s a staple staple staple for me. Deliverance? That’s my hero product, baby. I have a morning bottle, an evening bottle, a travel bottle, plus a stockpile in my cabinet—just in case… I’ve never hidden my love for skincare, stunning photography, and striking a goddamn pose. How fab that this project combines all three! Thank you @hunterabrams and @samlleephoto for these gorgeous photos. Thank you @johnnovotny and @alexlevymakeup for my glam. Thank you to the fab @dieuxskin team. You’re all my girls forever and ever and you always dieux me right.

It is with the heaviest heart I’ve known in this mortal life that I share the passing of my mom, Cyndi (cyndi4ever if you’re a real one) on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. She was my hero and I was hers 💔❣️

showing off these gams for @gq 🩳 🤩 wearing a @willieherself top, @adidasoriginals shorts, @martine_rose x @nike kicks and my new fave socks. Thanks for having me team ❤️ Written by @samuelhine Photography by @bowenfernie Styled by @branduh Grooming by @melissa.dezarate special thank you to @ellemenopeeee

few things on my mortal timeline have been as correct as the @coleescola summer we are swimming in ⭐️ some snaps from their shoot with @tomboyx i directed ❣️

34 today and, quite frankly, honored to be here ❤️🎣 Sharing some of my starred “ok that looks like me” photos from the past year and two of me at my 11th (decorating my own birthday cake at shaws) and 12th birthday (wearing a superman hoodie at Applebees.. the birthday where I exclusively received gel lens as gifts),because kid willie photos are my favorite image genre. Love you, love us!

@spaceprincejulio wears LOOK 35 — ‘TROUTSKIN PONCHO’ — from the Willie Norris for Outlier Spring/Summer 2024 (IDEAS 6) collection for the Pride issue of @galore magazine. Styled by @angelemmanuel and photographed by @brianvu 🎣 The poncho was hand painted by the genius @decalcify23 ⚡️

Over the course of seven IDEAS collections (or containers, as I really prefer to call them), I have had the express privilege of working with teams of creative collaborators who helped bring my vision into clarity and power. Here, I have chosen one image that has proven itself- really stood the test of time for me- for each one of these containers. IDEAS 7 — DIRTY DIRTY JOBS ft. @spaceprincejulio by @actuallyriver IDEAS 6 — ESCAPE ft. @phillipevelynii by @liaclay IDEAS 5 — PROOF ft. @montez.xyz by @thisisnottricia IDEAS 4 — NEW MATH ft. @iamwestdakota by @liaclay IDEAS 3 — ROOM 24 ft. @alikadotcom by @hunterabrams IDEAS 2 — MARTIANS GO HOME ft @june_gordon_ by @liaclay IDEAS 1 — CONTAINMENT ft. Pace by @laurelgolio ❣️

@lilnasx wears the titular tank from WILLIE NORRIS FOR OUTLIER - IDEAS 7 “DIRTY DIRTY JOBS” 🧑‍🔬 The Italian double-knit spun polyester base is sublimated by @nyembroiderystudio with sublime (AI) artwork by my friend @yukijames ❣️ I remember seeing this particular artwork and feeling like I’d seen it before….it sounded like Massive Attack, felt like Billy Elliot, kinda had a stink of Monty Python. Maybe you see those things too. Maybe you don’t. The runway look featured an ice job c/o my forever collaborator @sterlingtullnyc on my forever muse @nnnvvvaaa 🥶❤️ I was elated to see this on LNX, thank you @mazurbate for your eye.