Leigh Bowery
E1340309
UNEXPLORED
Leigh Bowery was an influential Australian performance artist, fashion designer, and club figure known for his extreme, avant-garde costumes and boundary-pushing body art in London’s 1980s underground scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leigh Bowery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18722685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leigh Bowery Context triple: [Leigh Bowery (Seated), depicts, Leigh Bowery]
-
A.
L'Wren Scott
L'Wren Scott was an American fashion designer, stylist, and former model known for her glamorous, tailored designs and high-profile clientele.
-
B.
Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow was a British magazine editor and influential fashion stylist best known for discovering and championing designers like Alexander McQueen and milliner Philip Treacy.
-
C.
Edie Sedgwick
Edie Sedgwick was an American socialite, actress, and fashion icon best known as one of Andy Warhol’s most famous muses and a defining figure of 1960s New York underground culture.
-
D.
Michelle Visage
Michelle Visage is an American singer, television personality, and LGBTQ+ icon best known for her longtime role as a sharp-tongued, supportive judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
-
E.
Susan Spungen
Susan Spungen is an American cook, food stylist, and cookbook author known for her work as the founding food editor of Martha Stewart Living and for styling food in films such as "Julie & Julia."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leigh Bowery Target entity description: Leigh Bowery was an influential Australian performance artist, fashion designer, and club figure known for his extreme, avant-garde costumes and boundary-pushing body art in London’s 1980s underground scene.
-
A.
L'Wren Scott
L'Wren Scott was an American fashion designer, stylist, and former model known for her glamorous, tailored designs and high-profile clientele.
-
B.
Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow was a British magazine editor and influential fashion stylist best known for discovering and championing designers like Alexander McQueen and milliner Philip Treacy.
-
C.
Edie Sedgwick
Edie Sedgwick was an American socialite, actress, and fashion icon best known as one of Andy Warhol’s most famous muses and a defining figure of 1960s New York underground culture.
-
D.
Michelle Visage
Michelle Visage is an American singer, television personality, and LGBTQ+ icon best known for her longtime role as a sharp-tongued, supportive judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
-
E.
Susan Spungen
Susan Spungen is an American cook, food stylist, and cookbook author known for her work as the founding food editor of Martha Stewart Living and for styling food in films such as "Julie & Julia."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.