On a crisp November morning, I arrive at Pearl Studios, a rehearsal space in midtown Manhattan. As I reach the twelfth floor and step out of the elevator, I’m drawn to the noise I hear in the room opposite. There, members of the House of Gorgeous Gucci are gathered: Lola, Rana, Zahara, Midori Monet, Hazel, Christian, Los, Jozea, Thaddeus, Kiddy, and Corey, as well as co-founders Jack Mizrahi and Kelly, are in the midst of preparing for the Porcelain Ball , held last weekend in Brooklyn.

“I come from a 30-year legacy in ballroom as a founding member of the House of Mizrahi. After decades working with the founder of the house, Andre Mizrahi, where we built so much and changed ballroom, I wanted to go in a different direction,” says Mizrahi. “I felt like a blueprint was needed of what a mo

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