Article: Vienna life ball.(TOP TIPS)(12th annual Life Ball)(Austrian AIDS charities)(Elton John AIDS Foundation)(Brief Article)

You'll need more than a smidgen of rouge to get past the style police at Vienna's City Hall at the 12th annual Life Ball on May 21. False lashes, feathers, body paint, glitter, latex, and general outrageousness are de rigueur. Versace will stage this year's fashion show for 40,000 spectators on a red ribbon-shaped catwalk outside city hall. Then 4,000 bewigged and bedazzled ticket holders will enter the richly decorated ballrooms, dance floors, and courtyards of the historic building for a wild waltz of well-intentioned decadence. Proceeds go to Austrian AIDS charities and the Elton John AIDS Foundation (Sir Elton will be there, in God knows what). This year's theme: ...

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