What would be more fun than watching some drunken lezzies get into a brawl over some girl drama at their local dyke bar? Going to next week’s refreshingly campy and fabulously fierce fashion battle: STYLE WARS.

Put on by the House of Diehl in New York City, this live fashion design competition is bringing together Style War Champions from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami for the Ultimate National Championship of Style. Think Project Runway meets old-school Vogue competitions of the late '80s with a little trashy Lower East Side NYC hipster-dom thrown in for good measure.

Touted as “Instant Couture,” here is what the House of Diehl has to say about this event: “THE DESIGNER IS DEAD... experience the world's first entirely improvised couture collection. Against the clock, DJs of Style(TM) mix and mash fashions, local materials and unique personalities — in an event equal parts runway show, interactive performance, makeover, party and style riot.”

HERE IS A COOL VIDEO CLIP OF STYLE WARS:

Unlike Project Runway, which gives the designers a few hours to a few days to whip up an outfit, Style War competitors have to use their wit, nimble fingers and spontaneity to whip up something worthy of a walk down the runway in FIVE minutes! To make it even more challenging, they will not know who their model is going to be or what the judges are going to ask them to do until right before the competition begins. It’s probably a good thing that most of the judges will already be smashed on Stoli cocktails from the open bar by the time the battle happens.

The first round of competition in NYC happened last October. As it turns out, of ALL the fierce competitors who battled it out, the Fiercest of Them All happened to be a ridiculously talented queer fashion designer and jill-of-all-trades by the name of Kelly Horrigan.

Kelly has been rockin’ her kick-ass style, hair and attitude in NYC for over a decade now and is constantly amazing those who know her with her boundless creativity and mad design skillz.

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO TO SEE KELLY IN ACTION AT THE NEW YORK STYLE WARS LAST OCTOBER:

I first met Kelly when she and I were both designing for Old Navy’s menswear back in 2001. She was the super foxy dyke with the hot tattoos, the badass hair and killer jean/boot/belt ensembles. Everyone had a secret crush on her, gay or straight. We bonded instantly and have been fashion collaborators, disco divas, partners-in-crime and best friends ever since. She also blew me away one Halloween when she met up with me on the subway wearing a handmade Ziggy Stardust costume that she had whipped together earlier that day.

I wish I was going to be in New York next Friday, May 9 when the Style War Championship takes place. The competition is going to be stiff, I’m sure, but I would put my money on Kelly walking away with the national championship. When she’s not competing on stage, Kelly is busy being a professor of fashion design at PRATT in Brooklyn, NY and working on her baby — the ultra-luxurious handmade leather line called Kelly Horrigan Handmade.

Kelly also gets called upon to create all sorts of custom-made clothes and accessories for modern dancers, Circus Amok performers, brides-to-be and an assortment of fashion labels who love to hire her for her magic touch.

If you live in NY, do me a favor and join in the debaucherous good time and be part of the rowdy audience at Style Wars. And give Kelly a high-five for me when she wins the competition. Who says dykes don’t know how to rock fashion with style?

Parisa Parnian is the creator of queer fashion label RIGGED OUTFITTERS.