There seem to be a couple ways to wear drag. One is as a serious
attempt by a male to look like a female; the other is camp, or
essentially a costume joke. I still remember the team of (all genuine)
ex-Marines in miniskirts who had an act goose-stepping balletically
together down Market Street. Then there was the nun group, the Sisters
of Perpetual Indulgence. (Of course, there was, on the other end, the
guy who wore a pair of chaps, some sort of footwear which I forget, and
nothing else.) So in some cases the excessive makeup is not meant to be
convincing. I used to see guys in low-cut evening gowns in the Castro
who didn't even shave off their beards or their chest hair.
However, to judge from same, the primary ticket to a modern female
figure is to get a bust. Those guys looked like they were wearing padded
push-up bras, possibly the same kind the woman who feels underendowed
buys at a department store.
I'm hardly an expert; there must be tons of websites and egroups that
give tips on how to wear drag, convincing or otherwise.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Deredere Galbraith wrote:
One of the mistakes a lot of travesties make is that they use to much
makeup.
And colors that are too hard.
Greetings,
Deredere
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