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Avant-garde designer and nightclub promoter Leigh Bowery was born on March 26, , in Sunshine, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Bowery moved to London at a young age, establishing himself as a fashion designer and flamboyant nightlife fixture. In , Bowery opened the disco and fetish nightclub Taboo. Bowery remained active in art and theater circles until his death from AIDS-related illness in From a young age, Bowery felt alienated from his conservative surroundings.

He first learned about London and the New Romantic scene through British fashion magazines. Bowery moved to London in after taking a fashion course in high school. He became a known fixture at local clubs, in part for wearing outlandish outfits of his own design. The three men moved in together, and Bowery outfitted his friends in his creative designs.

The trio became known in the London club scene as the "Three Kings. Bowery found some success as a designer, showing several collections at the London Fashion Week show, as well as in New York and Tokyo. He was best known, however, as a club promoter and London nightlife fixture. In , Bowery opened the disco club nightclub Taboo. Originally an underground party, Taboo quickly became London's answer to Studio Taboo was known for its defiance of sexual convention, and its embrace of what Bowery called "polysexual" identities.