Seattle. We think it would be fun if we dressed up for the 2026 Genius Awards, Seattle, what do you think? This can mean whatever you want it to mean!

Do you have a special or weird thing in your closet that you never get to bust out? Now is the time! Memento mori. 

POSSIBLE GENIUS LEWKS

Opulent magician

Rhinestone cowboy

Champagne anarchist

Miss Scarlet from the 1985 Clue movie

Peak 1930s Clark Gable

Renaissance pope 

Easter in September 

Halloween in September 

Non-problematic Miami Vice 

Problematic Miami Vice

Blade Runner replicant (pleasure model)

Divine (any era) 

Minor European royalty

successful cult leader

Fifth Element (any character)

Problematic Miami Vice

Liberace

Billionaire widow (not sad)

Blade Runner replicant (pleasure model)

Y2K

Bianca Jagger on a white horse in Studio 54

Princess Diana revenge dress

Mariah Carey's 2001 pink red carpet look from Glitter

Roxy Music album cover

Bryan Ferry (white suit era)

Bryan Eno (freak glam long-hair era) 

The Devil Who Went Down to Georgia Wearing Prada

Anthropocene realness 

New Wave villain

We’d love to see a beehive 

Do you have a feather boa laying around 

What about a velvet suit

Headpieces (fascinators, top hats, tiaras; we will even accept a fedora)