drag king

Although queens make the gender-bending art of drag look like a piece of cake, just finding the fitting garments requires thorough research on its own. Most queens prefer designing or altering clothes to match their personal style by making outfits more revealing, glittery, extravagant and fun. Finding places to buy drag outfits is only where you start. You then work your own magic on the clothes themselves. Buying at drag artist-owned businesses is ideal for finding the perfect performance looks and a brilliant way to support the community affordably and effectively.

The seven following “drag” stores are an optimal starting point for building up your closet and supporting drag artists with your purchase. It’s a win-win for all!

That perfect-persona body can often use a little help, and that’s where proportionising comes in. The subtle … or not so subtle art of padding is usually made from foam, latex, and everything but the kitchen sink. When funds are low and the body needs to be snatched, anything will do.

The choices for todays’ drag community are finally stepping into the 21^st century and getting better by the stiletto. At RuPauls’ 2019 Drag Con, the A.V. club talked to some of the industry’s leading padding companies about the importance of achieving the illusion of a perfect body with various female and male body enhancements.

For both a drag king and queen, padding is part of a long line of crucial necessities when constructing the fantasy and delivering a good performance. So how would you use padding? And where is it best to place them?