BEAT a dragazine
the truth about
fas hion
BEAT
art
body
mug camp
Sasha Velour Raja Gemini Naomi Smalls
gender is a construct, tear it apart
Violet Chachki Max Malanaphy Yvie Oddly
bend the rules don't surrender
ser ve
BEAT
,
Drag fashion
,
unlike mainstream fashion is not concerned with
:
,
the trappings of
,
,
clothes buttons
.
shoes zippers
seams Drag is not about the
.
fashion itself but its serve
Serve is the
.
act of performing fashion Violet Chachki has
,
mastered the art of serving of creating a character and
.
story to pair with her looks
,
Drag fashion
because it often
(
,
,
intends an illusion
,
),
padding tucking
binding painting conveys a
.
,
'
Just ask Rita Baga
Quebec s campy queen
.
pretence of
and the extraterrestrial
gender The serve
goddess of Canada Her
.
,
,
is a major way to
costumes however
achieve this
simple are sold almost
You can serve a
,
look with a
particular walk
.
attitude or by
'
,
As FX s Pose taps into
.
the serve is also a way to achieve confidence
giving face The
'
.
exclusively by her serve
1980
in the
looks aren t
a serve was their
:
necessarily the most beautiful
,
For many trans women
most successful
s and earlier
.
gateway to reality
01
BEAT
(
high camp
-
exists in a state
French
of self aware queer
):
se camper
to pose
exaggeratedly
parody
Susan
'
Sontag s
grotesque
camp
Notes on Camp
funny
hyperbolic
pioneered the first
, , ,
camp is
mainstream
personal
and universal
attempt at definition
:
'
.
pictured above Miss Fame s Death Becomes Her runway
.
She can barely hear a thing inside this muff
02
BEAT
give give face face
'
.
Cut crease
You don t want to
Lips overlined
look like a woman
Highlight Brow raising Eyeshadow
You want to look
.
like a person in drag
Blocking Colour correcting Caking Contouring
.
Give it the full fantasy
Sasha Velour
.
paints and contours her head
Raven snatches
.
her face back like no other
03
BEAT
KID
CLUB
et oi N t n ie A Mar
by th a db es loo B am o J c St Dis es m Ja
.
eye see you
c ig g ie
04
Klub Kid Bus Konductor
BEAT
SPOOKY
05
BEAT
refere nces
In drag, references are everything.
Drag is a confused and highly
.
hysterical combination of pop culture references It turns
,
the respectable into the
.
absurd into a caricature of
(
itself
'
Iconic examples are Raja s
),
'
Carrie reference pictured
above
Gigi Goode s Scooby
'
Doo inspired purple look and
Courtney Act s Klaus Nomi
.
esque black and white runway
,
Since drag has historically existed as a subculture it gains respectability and
.
pastiche power by subverting the mainstream
,
In recent times drag has slowly gained credibility and
.
turned into the reference material itself
06
BEAT
BEARDS Notes on the bearded queen.
07
BEARDS BEAT
,
In the past the
success of drag
has been defined
.
by the success of
,
its gender illusion Today people have come to recognise its
.
relationship with art
'
A bearded
,
queen s beard is a
,
reminder that in fact her
.
presentation is a performance
Even fishy queens
- -
often make
Season
6
white
beard look
7'
inspired Season s legendary
runway with
tongue in cheek
.
references to this in their drag
,
'
Milk s Drag Race
,
iconic looks from Max Malanaphy
.
Miss Fame and Violet Chachki
Of course drag was always and
"
".
Madame Madness
than a man in a wig
,
serves some of
Hair can be
,
the most severe
important
.
'
The Netherlands
still is much more
,
wherever it is
geometric looks
located
known to woman
/
especially her
Dark light beards and red lips
,
create a bold
legendary Queen
.
of Hearts runway
.
striking contrast
08
BEAT
HAIR
09
BEAT
HAIR Hair (or lack thereof, รก la Ongina and Sasha Velour) can either accessorise or inform a drag look.
Hair is one of the
"
main ways to
"
traditionally tell
.
apart a man and
,
a woman Female hairstyles
,
,
,
historically are
.
long elaborate coiffed
, ,
Male hairstyles on
: '
the other hand
,
Pictured above
are seen as
Crystal Methyd s
shorter more
,
Sesame Street
inspired look with
.
,
.
rugged close to the scalp
hair spiked and piled high
Hair is also used to
(
blur the gender
,
Also featuring
'
Opal Methyd
)
Crystal s drag daughter
.
line Going bald
"
"
with a full face of feminine makeup
or wearing an intricate wig and masculine clothes can make a powerful
.
statement
10
BEAT
stranger than
,
fiction
better
than art
11
BEAT
The most memorable and groundbreaking
.
drag is also the
w
.
strangest
.
with shepherds
Instict Truth
. .
Milk is obsessed
.
Point of view
e
Raja Gemini with her culture
' .
She s more true than real
i
,
It tells a lie as if it
r
.
is the truth or the truth as if it is a lie
Many have built
d
. ?
platforms and
'
aesthetics off oddity What s stopping you
12
BEAT
MILK
13
BEAT
MILK source: Interview Magazine
:
, .
.
’
MILK That comes from experience Where the light would hit that s where you want to highlights to be
.
And blending
’
’
’
You can tell when it s somebody s first time
. ’
in drag when they draw a line and don t do
.
anything with it It s all about learning what light you will be under
,
.
Learn where the best light in the club is and hang out at that location
,
And if you are having your picture taken
.
you know what your angle is going to be
,
with whatever light is on you If you are
,
attracted to drag you have to be
.
attracted to attention because that is what you are going to get
14
BEAT
SASHA
from Nylon
30-
;
She floats down from the heavens in a lustrous set of
,
pound wings she
.
practically melts into her backdrop in a puddle of projected light
"
,
-
,"
'
Later while lip synching to Lana del Rey s
High by the Beach
.
15
she saws herself in half
BEAT
SASHA
—
,
In the final number she transforms herself into a tree
,
sculptural branches lift up off
.
her costume into a breathtaking canopy of projected leaves
-
,
,
Tree Sasha cycles through the seasons
... ' ,
'
beginning in winter bursting into verdant summer
it s about what s beautiful and
.
16
temporary dedicated to her late mother
PEARL
17
PEARL
18
BEAT.