A look inside Richie Shazam's symbolic style at the premiere of her documentary
—which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend—explores how the model struggled with her femme identity while growing up in her native New York. “I had gender dysphoria, and I felt disconnected from my body,” Shazam says in the film. Feeling lost, the model would often ride the subway for hours just to escape her disapproving home life, or jet around the city in search of a new community that would accept her.
For the film’s premiere on Friday night, Shazam certainly embraced this spirit of community: She got ready at friend Andalore’s house alongside her partner Draghi and close friends like Fox, Paloma Elsesser, and Cara Braglia. Makeup artist Rommy Najor, hairstylist Evanie Frausto, and stylist Julio Cesar Delgado were also on glam—it was a whole family affair. “My core glam group are like part of my family,” says Shazam. “We work together consistently and they just always know what time it is.