showcase my creativity

I’ve been trying to be more creative in my show costumes. I have been learning some better drawing skills for garment design.  I’m so proud of how quickly I have been able to sketch designs now.  Understanding the human form has been helpful.  I will try to add some pictures to this blog of my work with movement and form.

 I have been sewing more. I was kind of in a slump for a while.  One of my more recent concepts was an Asian inspired dress. I found an amazing heavy weight stretch fabric. It was white with a metallic colorful floral print.  Scott helped me mix the music. I ordered some hair accessories and even rhinestoned  chop sticks to put in my hair. I used the color red for a strong accent color. I wore bright red jewelry and red gloves and shoes.  I felt so amazing.  I even camped it up a bit and passed out fortune cookies when the crowd tipped me.  I played coy and placed them in their hands.  I really had a good time with it.  I felt beautiful and felt like no one could ever do what I do in that moment. I think that is the key to being a successful drag queen.  You have to find a way to do what no one else can do.  I felt original.

I have many other concepts that I want to try next. This will allow me to push myself.  One such idea is a star wars theme. I want to be Princess Leia. And I have some ideas for the music.   I also want to be Maleficent. In fact, the costume is now done and it looks great. The only set back is that Scott has been out of town, and I don’t have music for it yet.  Hopefully we can sit down work on it this weekend. 

I love to sew show gowns and character costumes. I have a Dorothy wizard of Oz costume that I made last year. I found a musical parody version and made the costume to go with it.  I even had a basket and stuffed dog Toto.  It was so much fun.  I even had ruffle socks and red glitter shoes that I ordered online.

I also made two puppets to use for a show. I did the opening casino medley from Sister Act the movie.  We ( the puppets and I ) were all dressed the same.  I learned to lip-sync and puppeteer with both hands.  It was so challenging. But I got really good at it.  A friend told me that my puppets were the best he had ever seen.  I too, thought they turned out great and looked professional.  The hardest part is putting on two puppets, it takes some help to make sure they are straight and the clothes are hanging correctly.  Scott was helpful the two times I did the act.  I have aspirations to do a similar concept where it is me and two puppets dressed as nuns.  I have the fabrics, I just need to get busy on the construction.