Press & Media
Everybody needs a fan.
Turns out, the press agrees.
From concert stages in Vietnam to Pride marches, drag bars, and dance floors across the world, FabulousMe’s fans keep showing up in the story. Here’s where Crack That Fan® culture has been covered — straight from the source.
In the press
20 articlesCLUBLAND® Makes Its Dallas Debut With Brazilian DJ Allan Natal
FabulousMe's nightlife brand CLUBLAND® left its San Francisco roots behind for a first-ever Dallas date, headlined by Brazilian DJ and producer Allan Natal. The brand marked the occasion with a limited BEEN THERE® fan made just for the night.
11,000 Envelopes and FabulousMe's First Logistics Disaster
Long before bulk custom orders took over, founder Lan Vu bulk-ordered 11,000 branded padded envelopes to make every small retail order feel special. Years later, less than half have ever been used — and boxes of them still follow the brand from move to move.
From YouTube to GagaOOLala: “Home Par” and FabulousMe's Film Collaboration
FabulousMe served as official sponsor and Lan Vu as executive producer on Home Par, a queer short film that grew from a YouTube upload into a GagaOOLala streaming release and, later, an 11-part social series watched hundreds of thousands of times.
The Parasol Saga, Part 2: From EDC Heat to 2 a.m. Parasol Sales
At Camp EDC in Las Vegas, FabulousMe's festival parasols sold out twice in one weekend as prices climbed from $35 to $65 — and kept selling at indoor after-parties at 2am, long after the sun (and any practical need for shade) was gone.
The Parasol Saga, Part 1: When FabulousMe Expanded Beyond the Hand Fan
The hand fan became FabulousMe's signature almost by accident. This piece traces how the brand's festival-lifestyle lineup grew to include high-fidelity earplugs and parasols, built on the same idea of function meeting self-expression.
FabulousMe Designed Fans for Safe & Sound at San Francisco Pride 2019
FabulousMe designed and donated two fan styles for Safe & Sound, a San Francisco nonprofit focused on child-abuse prevention, for its San Francisco Pride march contingent — proof custom fans have a place well beyond nightlife.
FabulousMe and the Shock Named Aftershock
A look back at 2018–2019, when FabulousMe began buying Folsom Weekend's Aftershock tickets in bulk to bundle with branded fans and earplugs — a bet that paid off when the entire allotment sold out within the hour.
CLUBLAND® Looks Back at DJ Zambianco's First U.S. Performance
Brazilian DJ Zambianco played his first-ever U.S. show at CLUBLAND®'s Double Trouble night in San Francisco in 2022, sharing the bill with drag performer and DJ Las Bibas From Vizcaya at Space 550.
FabulousMe and Its CRACK THAT FAN® Legacy at Palace Bar, Miami
A multi-year partnership with Palace Bar, the long-running South Beach drag and performance venue, shows how FabulousMe's fans moved from merch table to the stage itself, becoming part of the venue's performance culture.
BEEN THERE®: FabulousMe's Destination-Keepsake Fan Line, Born in Key West
What began as a single test design featuring Key West's Southernmost Point, sold through Graffiti Key West, grew into BEEN THERE® — FabulousMe's now-trademarked line of fans built around specific places and travel memories.
FabulousMe Creates a Custom Fan for American Dance-Music Artist Kristine W
Dance-music veteran Kristine W (“Feel What You Want,” “One More Try”) worked with FabulousMe on a fan built into her show's closing number — handed to dancers mid-routine, then gifted straight to the audience.
From Bangkok to Palm Springs: How 2019 Launched FabulousMe's International Journey
A passport mishap, a nearly-missed flight, and a chance meeting with menswear brand JJ Malibu at White Party Bangkok — the story of the trip that opened FabulousMe's first partnerships outside the U.S.
CLUBLAND® Was Born Mid-Pandemic From the Gay Community's Need to Reconnect
When San Francisco nightlife shut down in COVID-19, FabulousMe partnered with The Midway on socially-distanced, table-based outdoor parties — the two founding nights that became CLUBLAND®.
FabulousMe Looks Back on Designing Fans for AIDS Walk San Francisco
Marking AIDS Walk San Francisco's 40th anniversary, this piece traces FabulousMe's in-kind fan donations to the event since 2019 — a partnership fondly recalled by the walk's event director as a tradition participants look forward to each year.
FabulousMe Founder Featured in APCOM's #PrideEveryday2026 Campaign
Founder Lan Vu was profiled by Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Health and Rights (APCOM) for the #PrideEveryday2026 campaign, speaking on building spaces of visibility and connection through FabulousMe's fans.
Vietnamese Brand Marks Six Years With Phoenix Pride's Commemorative Fan Tradition
Phoenix Pride's 45th-anniversary commemorative fan competition marks FabulousMe's sixth consecutive year producing the festival's official keepsake fans — a tradition running since 2021 across seven designs and counting.
FabulousMe Marks Its Third Year at White Party Vietnam
400 CRACK FAN®s went out free to attendees at White Party Vietnam 2026's Ken-Land edition, marking three straight years of FabulousMe fans on the dance floor at one of Vietnam's biggest queer nightlife events.
FabulousMe Partners With ISLC 2026, Hosted by Operation Smile in Bangkok
FabulousMe supplied 500 custom BEEN THERE® fans for the International Student Leadership Conference in Bangkok, where 400 young delegates from 37 countries gathered under Operation Smile.
The Journey of “Crack That Fan,” From Queer Spaces to the Mainstream Stage
This feature traces how the “crack” of a hand fan snapping open, once a signature of queer performance spaces, spread into mainstream Vietnamese concerts — crediting FabulousMe's consistent presence alongside singer Thanh Duy for shaping its early mainstream look.
When the Hand Fan Takes the Stage in Vietnamese Fandom
A national culture feature on how thousands of hand fans snapping open in unison became a signature sound at Vietnamese concerts — naming FabulousMe, via its partnership with singer Thanh Duy, as one of the brands that helped bring the trend home.