Here at House of Larréon our only limits are your imagination and how much of your private parts you want to show. Larry grew up in St.
Here's how it happened:
House of Larréon is Larry Krone. Louis, Missouri, studying art and music throughout his childhood. It would be a long time before he considered opening a fashion house, but the seeds of inspiration were being planted by his regular visits to the KISS section at the local record stores, exposure to touring and local productions of shows such as The Wiz, Pippin, and even C
ats as well as annual visits with his family to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when it came to town. A childhood meet & greet with one of the elephant riders in the arena parking lot after a show was a pivotal moment when Larry first considered the mystery and magic of stage costuming and showmanship. During his high school years in the mid-1980's, Larry hung out at punk & hardcore shows, played saxophone in rock/funk bands, and took a sewing class as a home ec requirement. Parliament/Funkadelic, Pee Wee's Playhouse, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n' Roses, the new Batman movie, and the cheap 1950's and 1960's clothing & stuff you could get at the St. Louis thrift stores were some of his obsessions & influences in those days. In 1989, Larry moved to New York to study art at NYU. The core of his art education was in conceptual, minimal, non-object based, performance, and video art. Parallel to all of this seriousness was Larry's enthusiastic immersion in a newly discovered afternoon/nightlife at hard-drinking country bars that catered to minors. It was inevitable that the music and aesthetics of this world would find their way into Larry's art work, ultimately leading to videos and live performances. The costumes for Larry's shows started off simple: found garments altered, adorned and embellished with mix-matched patches and trims to create a showbiz poverty look. But as the act expanded to include Larry's sister Janet and her husband Randy, Larry drew upon his skills learned in high school sewing class, starting from scratch to make coordinated looks for the 3 of them. The costumes became works of art in themselves, as they were made largely by hand and with obsessive embroidered details, exaggerated scales, and flamboyant embellishments. After several years of performing at art galleries and museums including the New Museum and the Whitney, in 2003, Larry first performed outside of his comfort zone of the artworld at Julian Fleisher's Monday music night at the Starlight Bar & Lounge in the East Village. During this time, Larry met many downtown performers who were also part of Julian's roster-- among them Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett, David Clement, and a certain handsome accordionist/singer and then-member of the band The Isotoners, Jim Andralis who performed with Larry during that first show at The Starlight and moved quickly to become his sexy loving partner in life. While continuing to do his solo act, Larry developed a spin-off duo with Jim. They performed at the Starlight, Dixon Place, Tonic, the Living Room and regularly at Joe's Pub in Our Hit Parade, a monthly variety show hosted by Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett, and Neal Medlyn. Devastated by Beyonce's House of Darréon's discontinuation of their line of big girl evening wear, Bridget turned to Larry for some new stage looks, and House of Larréon was born!
05/04/2026
You could not have told 8-year-old me that there was anything cooler that you could say than “every day in every way” just like Kelly did. And guess what, you can’t tell me that today, either.
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04/26/2026
I just got recognized (in a private ceremony) as one of Joe's Pub’s top fans!
04/15/2026
Last chance for House of Larréon x Joe's Pub t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and buttons! Larry Krone designed them all for your pleasure a few years ago, and now they’re getting phased out, so you better get yours before they’re gone after April 30!
04/05/2025
We did it again, and we will keep doing it! This one felt good despite the rain and a smattering of trolls doing a really bad job with their screaming and fist-shaking to persuade us that we have it all wrong about Mump and Trusk. Let’s keep fighting—marching is a good start!
11/18/2022
What will YOU be wearing this party season?? Be like Jim Andralis, Skye Tyson, and Sacha Wynne and look gorgeous in some Larry Krone + Todd Oldham Maker Shop separates but ONLY IF YOU WANT EVERYONE TO THINK YOU’RE GREAT!!! We styled these süpérmœdèls in H2T looks composed of the Vegetable Print P*ekaboo Half Muscle Tee and the Chili Pepper Skirt, but if you really want to impress the gang with your finesse for fashion, mix up a Maker Shop piece or two with some of your favorite staples you already have in your closet! Imagine an unstructured blazer over that half muscle tee! Or a flowy charmeuse slip dress UNDER it! Think about a cropped sweater with the über-embellished tiered short Chili Pepper skirt! Or maybe a prim Peter Pan-collared schoolteacher blouse tucked in! The possibilities are endless, as are the hand sewn details I did on these heirloom hope chest honeys!
Please enjoy these inspirational photos by Todd Oldham, and check out the website for more pieces from the collection plus the infotaining backstories of the materials and the whole Todd Oldham Maker Shop project!
AND STAY TUNED FOR A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN NEW YORK IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. WE WILLBE DOING SOMETHING, AND IT RHYMES WITH “BOP-PUP”!
08/15/2022
Help! I can’t stop sewing! Now, what the heck am I supposed to do with all these hi-fashion yo-yos??
07/20/2022
Anyone out there a fan of ruffles, lace, ball fringe, and various thrift shop notions and trims? Those who answered yes are going to love the fruits of how I’ve been spending every waking moment this summer. Wait and see!
06/20/2022
This has turned out to be the summer of sewing for the House of Larréon team of seamsters, piecers, and feather-stitchers, headed by Larry Krone! Well, the summer of singing, too- you’ll see! Will these pant be worn by Jim Andralis onstage at Irving Plaza when we open for Bikini Kill Records July 9? No fair guessing!
PS This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more hi-fashion rolling out throughout the summer & into the fall, including some stuff that will actually be available for Larréon Girl consumption!
12/14/2021
Who the heck has been tending the House of Larréon SHOP?? Evidently some maniac, because not only did it take them this long to do a holiday sale, the price reductions are downright IRRESPONSIBLE!! Check it out at www.larrykrone.com/shop - all Diva Hiver and Dr. Larréonstein hats and scarves are 25-33% off! As seen in the Joe's Pub and Millay Arts gift guides! Will these hi-fashion warmth-inducers make it to you in time for X-mas? I’ll try. But why not take advantage of the sale to buy something special for YOURSELF that will arrive AFTER as your reward for making it through the season?? It’s the Larréon way!
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